Aequatio
21-07-2004, 11:59
ANN Special Report - New Fleet Flagship Launched
Nelson Naval Yards, Magna Casa, Aequatio - After twenty-two months of around the clock work, the pride of the Aequatian Navy, the Vanguard Class Battleship, was completed today and launched during a ceremony where President Schaeffer christened the vessel. The warship is scheduled to visit several cities around the country in the surrounding continents, with the President being present for the trip between Nelson Naval Yards in Magna Casa to Scheer Naval Base in Arrio, home to the Aequatian Battleship fleet.
The RNS Vanguard is the first vessel to be named fleet flagship since the retirement of the Devastation Class Battleships earlier this month. The new design of the Vanguard has the largest armament an Aequatian vessel has ever been given and is expected to lead Aequatian warship design for many years to come.
RNS Vanguard (BB-20) - Anatomy of a Flagship
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Power Plant: Two Nuclear Power Plants (A4W Pressurized Water Reactor)
Propulsion: Four shafts, four propellers, five blades each
Displacement: 74,560 metric tons
Length: 312.5m
Beam: 41m
Maximum Speed: 29 knots
Crew: 2560; 74 officers, 2486 enlisted
Armament:
9 – Mk.4 18.1-inch/50-caliber guns
24 – Mk.45 5-inch/62-caliber guns
32 – Tomahawk ASM/LAM (8 Armored Box Launchers)
16 – Harpoon ASM (4 Quad Cell Launchers)
6 – 20mm Phalanx CIWS mounts
Seawolf Missile Defense System
Aircraft:
4 – SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters
2 - SH-46 Sea Knight helicopters
24 – Predator UAV reconnaissance drones
With a new flagship and the Aequatian Navy's battleship fleet now complete, the Republic can now fully control its position in the Eastern Pacific and defend its sovereign waters as well as its national interests around the world.
--ANN Special Report--
Nelson Naval Yards, Magna Casa, Aequatio - After twenty-two months of around the clock work, the pride of the Aequatian Navy, the Vanguard Class Battleship, was completed today and launched during a ceremony where President Schaeffer christened the vessel. The warship is scheduled to visit several cities around the country in the surrounding continents, with the President being present for the trip between Nelson Naval Yards in Magna Casa to Scheer Naval Base in Arrio, home to the Aequatian Battleship fleet.
The RNS Vanguard is the first vessel to be named fleet flagship since the retirement of the Devastation Class Battleships earlier this month. The new design of the Vanguard has the largest armament an Aequatian vessel has ever been given and is expected to lead Aequatian warship design for many years to come.
RNS Vanguard (BB-20) - Anatomy of a Flagship
http://home.graffiti.net/bomfy:graffiti.net/vanguard_class_battleship.jpg
Power Plant: Two Nuclear Power Plants (A4W Pressurized Water Reactor)
Propulsion: Four shafts, four propellers, five blades each
Displacement: 74,560 metric tons
Length: 312.5m
Beam: 41m
Maximum Speed: 29 knots
Crew: 2560; 74 officers, 2486 enlisted
Armament:
9 – Mk.4 18.1-inch/50-caliber guns
24 – Mk.45 5-inch/62-caliber guns
32 – Tomahawk ASM/LAM (8 Armored Box Launchers)
16 – Harpoon ASM (4 Quad Cell Launchers)
6 – 20mm Phalanx CIWS mounts
Seawolf Missile Defense System
Aircraft:
4 – SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters
2 - SH-46 Sea Knight helicopters
24 – Predator UAV reconnaissance drones
With a new flagship and the Aequatian Navy's battleship fleet now complete, the Republic can now fully control its position in the Eastern Pacific and defend its sovereign waters as well as its national interests around the world.
--ANN Special Report--