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24-08-2004, 18:57
Valour-class Battleship
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Overview
The Valour-class Battleship was comissioned by the Arenumberg Offices for the Defence of the Motherland, or ODM. The ODM approached the DPUO government requesting a new battleship be built to provide fire-support, ship-to-ship capability, etc. DPUO's Government took up the contract and requested design submissions from the three large shipbuilding companies of the nation. The winning design proposal, chosen after much careful thought and investigation, came from the State Shipbuilding Company (SSC).
The SSC co-operated with the Casena Bay Shipyard and its owners Hyuga Technologies to ensure compatibility with Arunembergian conditions and design needs, and the two were then hired to construct the ships for the ODM.
The specification given by the ODM allowed a high degree of design flexibility - in fact no specification was given, short of "build us a Battleship" - and thus the designers were able to employ various methods to make these ships as effective and safe as possible.
General
Crew: 2,365
Dimensions: Length 407.3m, Beam 41.8m, Draught 9.1m
Displacement: 86,032 tonnes unladen, 97,853 tonnes fully laden
Endurance: 150 days' steaming, 80 days' combat.
Armament
The main arament of these ships is the DK-23 18-inch rifled gun, as fitted to the Frunze-class Battleship, firing a shell of 3,392lbs (this for an armour-piercing round). The guns have a maximum accurate range of approximately 26.9 kilometres and maximum range of 45.2 kilometres, and can fire APDS, HE-FRAG, HE and low-calibre (10-inch) guided shells, as well as a rocket-assisted shells with a range of 56km and accurate an accurate range of 23.4Km, and chemical shells. Barrel life is estimated at 270 full-charge firings per gun. The guns can elavate to 41 degrees and depress to -12 degrees. Rate of fire is approximately 3 RPM per gun. The guns are arrenged in four twin turrets in A, B, X, Y positions, with turrets B and X superfiring.
Secondary armament is composed of 8 2A88N (for Naval) 203mm guns mounted in four twin-gun turrets with an elevation of 44 degrees and depression of -13 degrees. Rate of fire is 2 RPM per gun with the aird of automatic loaders. These guns have a maximum range of 27Km and an optimum accurate range of 18Km, and can fire APHE, HE, HE-FRAG and chemical munitions.
The ship also carries six AK-130 130mm quick-firing guns in two triple turrets mounted abreast the aft superstructure. Rate of fire is 25-30 RPM in burst fire and 12-15 RPM in sustained fire. The guns can elevate to 31 degrees and depress to -17 degrees, have a maximum range of 24.1Km and an optimum accurate range of 15.1Km, and fire AP, APHE, HE-FRAG and smoke shells.
Missile armament comprises the SS-N-22 SSM in two trainable four-round launcher boxes mounted abaft the forward superstructure and the SS-N-19 SSM mounted in a 36-cell VLS system on the centreline of the ship which pierces the reactor spaces.
Long-range anti-aircraft and anti-missile armament is provided by an SA-N-6 long-range SAM system contained in two VLS blocks each of eight launcher cells. The cells are fed by a system of horizontal reloading chutes and a vertical reload system. Mid-range AA/AM systems are the SA-N-9 SAMs of which four are carried on the forward superstructure, again reloaded by vertical ammunition loaders. Short-range air defence si handled by the SA-N-20 SAM (four launchers) and the AO-18 CIWS system (four carried).
The ship is provided with a hangar bay which can accommodate two Ka-27 ASW helicopters or similar, including eight Yak-061 "Shmel" UAVs.
Finally, the class carries three RBU-1000 ASW rocket launchers and four covered torpedo tubes.
Ammunition allocations
Main armament: 888 rounds
Secondary armament: 880 rounds
AK-130: 720 rounds
AO-18: 240,000 rounds
SA-N-20: 72 missiles
SA-N-9: 80 missiles
SA-N-6: 104 missiles
SS-N-22: 40 missiles
SS-N-19: 36 missiles
Compartmentation
The hull consists of 12 compartments, divided by 125mm steel bulkheads.
1) Crew accommodation, storage, diesel storage, sonar systems;
2) Additional storage, galley, 10% main armament ammunition magazines, diesel storage;
3) A turret magazine;
4) B turret magazine;
5) Reactor spaces, upper area forward secondary turret magazines;
6) Main machinery spaces, containing heat exchangers and high-pressure turbines, upper segment SS-N-19 VLS cells;
7) Ancilliary machinery spaces (turboalternators, backup diesels, batteries), upper segment SS-N-29 VLS cells;
8) Stern secondary armament magazines, SA-N-6 magazines;
9) X turret magazine;
10) Y turret magazine;
11) Diesel storage, crew accommodation, propeller shafts, helicopter munitions storage;
12) Steering gear, sternmost RBU-100 magazine, diesel storage, crew accommodatiom.
Armour
The armour belt runs as follows:
Side armour from bow to bulkhead 2: 350mm composite with Kontakt-5 ERA double outer layer and anti-corrosion paint. Two layers of 120mm composite armour over deck, space between filled with insulating foam.
From bulkhead 2 to bulkhead 4: 470mm composite with Kontakt-5 ERA double outer layer and anti-corrosion paint. Two layers of 185mm composite armour over deck, space between filled with insulating foam.
From bulkhead for 4 to bulkhead 6: 425mm composite with Kontakt-5 ERA double outer layer and anti-corrosion paint. Two layers of 180mm composte armour over deck, space between filled with insulating foam.
From bulkhead 6 to bulkhead 7: 280mm composite with Kontakt-5 ERA double outer layer and anti-corrosion paint. Two layers of 120mm composte armour over deck, space between filled with insulating foam.
From bulkhead 7 to bulkhead 10: 470mm composite with Kontakt-5 ERA double outer layer and anti-corrosion paint. Two layers of 200mm composte armour over deck, space between filled with insulating foam.
From bulkhead 10 to bulkhead 12: 310mm composite with Kontakt-5 ERA double outer layer and anti-corrosion paint. Two layers of 180mm composte armour over deck, space between filled with insulating foam.
Titanium alloy anti-torpedo bulge of 200mm filled with insulating foam integral to hull design, running from compartment 2 to compartment 10 inclusive.
Hull armour configuration:
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Turret armour
Front: 400mm composite
Side: 320mm composite
Rear: 200mm composite
Roof: 270mm composite
Secondary turrets carry 300mm composite on front, 260mm composite on sides and roof, 150mm composite on rear. AK-130 turrets carry 150mm front, 70mm side and 30mm rear armour.
Superstructure and missile boxes are armoured against shell splinters, missile splinters, shell up to 50mm calibre etc.
Electronics: Radar, Sonar, Ladar, Fire-control, EW
Radar/LADAR
MR-710 Fregat-MA 3d Air/Surface search radar, datalinked with Kite Screech and Oko radars
4 Palm Frond Nav radar
Volna SA-N-6 fire-control radar
Kite Screech AK-130 fire-control radar
IULLDES LADAR and Radar systems (4 Osminog LADAR, 4 Oko Fire-control radar, 2 SBI-16KB surface-search radar)
2 MR-360/Podkat SA-N-9 Fire-control
Garpun-Bal SSM guidance/targeting radar
Sonar
Zvezda-IIM Sonar suite, MKG-345 bow-mounted LF sonar dome
Ox Tail LF VDS
Fire-control
KOK-615B fire-control computer, measures gun angle, ship speed, target speed, wind speed, wind direction, cant angle, air temperature, gun temperature, an inputted barrel wear value and ship movement to give highly accurate fire-control for main armament and secondary armament when under manual control.
EW
Wine Glass and Bell Shroud ESM Intercept receivers
Bell Squat Jammer systems
Burn Eye anti-LADAR steam-generators; armoured vents in sides of hull
10 PK-10 Chaff Decoy RLs
Propulsion
2 OK-700w 210MW Pressurised-water reactors driving four sets geared steam turbines turning four shafts, each with 1 seven-bladed variable-pitch bronze screw
8 backup 10,000HP F-55 diesel engines, two per shaft, driving through two automatic gearboxes with 4 forward and 2 reverse speeds.
Top speed for the class is 36 knots.
Current Producers and Design Owners
Casena Bay Shipyards, Hyuga Technologies
Valour Naval Shipyards, Arenumberg
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Price: 6.9 Billion
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/Ravenart/4efe86c2.jpg
Overview
The Valour-class Battleship was comissioned by the Arenumberg Offices for the Defence of the Motherland, or ODM. The ODM approached the DPUO government requesting a new battleship be built to provide fire-support, ship-to-ship capability, etc. DPUO's Government took up the contract and requested design submissions from the three large shipbuilding companies of the nation. The winning design proposal, chosen after much careful thought and investigation, came from the State Shipbuilding Company (SSC).
The SSC co-operated with the Casena Bay Shipyard and its owners Hyuga Technologies to ensure compatibility with Arunembergian conditions and design needs, and the two were then hired to construct the ships for the ODM.
The specification given by the ODM allowed a high degree of design flexibility - in fact no specification was given, short of "build us a Battleship" - and thus the designers were able to employ various methods to make these ships as effective and safe as possible.
General
Crew: 2,365
Dimensions: Length 407.3m, Beam 41.8m, Draught 9.1m
Displacement: 86,032 tonnes unladen, 97,853 tonnes fully laden
Endurance: 150 days' steaming, 80 days' combat.
Armament
The main arament of these ships is the DK-23 18-inch rifled gun, as fitted to the Frunze-class Battleship, firing a shell of 3,392lbs (this for an armour-piercing round). The guns have a maximum accurate range of approximately 26.9 kilometres and maximum range of 45.2 kilometres, and can fire APDS, HE-FRAG, HE and low-calibre (10-inch) guided shells, as well as a rocket-assisted shells with a range of 56km and accurate an accurate range of 23.4Km, and chemical shells. Barrel life is estimated at 270 full-charge firings per gun. The guns can elavate to 41 degrees and depress to -12 degrees. Rate of fire is approximately 3 RPM per gun. The guns are arrenged in four twin turrets in A, B, X, Y positions, with turrets B and X superfiring.
Secondary armament is composed of 8 2A88N (for Naval) 203mm guns mounted in four twin-gun turrets with an elevation of 44 degrees and depression of -13 degrees. Rate of fire is 2 RPM per gun with the aird of automatic loaders. These guns have a maximum range of 27Km and an optimum accurate range of 18Km, and can fire APHE, HE, HE-FRAG and chemical munitions.
The ship also carries six AK-130 130mm quick-firing guns in two triple turrets mounted abreast the aft superstructure. Rate of fire is 25-30 RPM in burst fire and 12-15 RPM in sustained fire. The guns can elevate to 31 degrees and depress to -17 degrees, have a maximum range of 24.1Km and an optimum accurate range of 15.1Km, and fire AP, APHE, HE-FRAG and smoke shells.
Missile armament comprises the SS-N-22 SSM in two trainable four-round launcher boxes mounted abaft the forward superstructure and the SS-N-19 SSM mounted in a 36-cell VLS system on the centreline of the ship which pierces the reactor spaces.
Long-range anti-aircraft and anti-missile armament is provided by an SA-N-6 long-range SAM system contained in two VLS blocks each of eight launcher cells. The cells are fed by a system of horizontal reloading chutes and a vertical reload system. Mid-range AA/AM systems are the SA-N-9 SAMs of which four are carried on the forward superstructure, again reloaded by vertical ammunition loaders. Short-range air defence si handled by the SA-N-20 SAM (four launchers) and the AO-18 CIWS system (four carried).
The ship is provided with a hangar bay which can accommodate two Ka-27 ASW helicopters or similar, including eight Yak-061 "Shmel" UAVs.
Finally, the class carries three RBU-1000 ASW rocket launchers and four covered torpedo tubes.
Ammunition allocations
Main armament: 888 rounds
Secondary armament: 880 rounds
AK-130: 720 rounds
AO-18: 240,000 rounds
SA-N-20: 72 missiles
SA-N-9: 80 missiles
SA-N-6: 104 missiles
SS-N-22: 40 missiles
SS-N-19: 36 missiles
Compartmentation
The hull consists of 12 compartments, divided by 125mm steel bulkheads.
1) Crew accommodation, storage, diesel storage, sonar systems;
2) Additional storage, galley, 10% main armament ammunition magazines, diesel storage;
3) A turret magazine;
4) B turret magazine;
5) Reactor spaces, upper area forward secondary turret magazines;
6) Main machinery spaces, containing heat exchangers and high-pressure turbines, upper segment SS-N-19 VLS cells;
7) Ancilliary machinery spaces (turboalternators, backup diesels, batteries), upper segment SS-N-29 VLS cells;
8) Stern secondary armament magazines, SA-N-6 magazines;
9) X turret magazine;
10) Y turret magazine;
11) Diesel storage, crew accommodation, propeller shafts, helicopter munitions storage;
12) Steering gear, sternmost RBU-100 magazine, diesel storage, crew accommodatiom.
Armour
The armour belt runs as follows:
Side armour from bow to bulkhead 2: 350mm composite with Kontakt-5 ERA double outer layer and anti-corrosion paint. Two layers of 120mm composite armour over deck, space between filled with insulating foam.
From bulkhead 2 to bulkhead 4: 470mm composite with Kontakt-5 ERA double outer layer and anti-corrosion paint. Two layers of 185mm composite armour over deck, space between filled with insulating foam.
From bulkhead for 4 to bulkhead 6: 425mm composite with Kontakt-5 ERA double outer layer and anti-corrosion paint. Two layers of 180mm composte armour over deck, space between filled with insulating foam.
From bulkhead 6 to bulkhead 7: 280mm composite with Kontakt-5 ERA double outer layer and anti-corrosion paint. Two layers of 120mm composte armour over deck, space between filled with insulating foam.
From bulkhead 7 to bulkhead 10: 470mm composite with Kontakt-5 ERA double outer layer and anti-corrosion paint. Two layers of 200mm composte armour over deck, space between filled with insulating foam.
From bulkhead 10 to bulkhead 12: 310mm composite with Kontakt-5 ERA double outer layer and anti-corrosion paint. Two layers of 180mm composte armour over deck, space between filled with insulating foam.
Titanium alloy anti-torpedo bulge of 200mm filled with insulating foam integral to hull design, running from compartment 2 to compartment 10 inclusive.
Hull armour configuration:
http://img26.exs.cx/img26/6738/Armour.jpg
Turret armour
Front: 400mm composite
Side: 320mm composite
Rear: 200mm composite
Roof: 270mm composite
Secondary turrets carry 300mm composite on front, 260mm composite on sides and roof, 150mm composite on rear. AK-130 turrets carry 150mm front, 70mm side and 30mm rear armour.
Superstructure and missile boxes are armoured against shell splinters, missile splinters, shell up to 50mm calibre etc.
Electronics: Radar, Sonar, Ladar, Fire-control, EW
Radar/LADAR
MR-710 Fregat-MA 3d Air/Surface search radar, datalinked with Kite Screech and Oko radars
4 Palm Frond Nav radar
Volna SA-N-6 fire-control radar
Kite Screech AK-130 fire-control radar
IULLDES LADAR and Radar systems (4 Osminog LADAR, 4 Oko Fire-control radar, 2 SBI-16KB surface-search radar)
2 MR-360/Podkat SA-N-9 Fire-control
Garpun-Bal SSM guidance/targeting radar
Sonar
Zvezda-IIM Sonar suite, MKG-345 bow-mounted LF sonar dome
Ox Tail LF VDS
Fire-control
KOK-615B fire-control computer, measures gun angle, ship speed, target speed, wind speed, wind direction, cant angle, air temperature, gun temperature, an inputted barrel wear value and ship movement to give highly accurate fire-control for main armament and secondary armament when under manual control.
EW
Wine Glass and Bell Shroud ESM Intercept receivers
Bell Squat Jammer systems
Burn Eye anti-LADAR steam-generators; armoured vents in sides of hull
10 PK-10 Chaff Decoy RLs
Propulsion
2 OK-700w 210MW Pressurised-water reactors driving four sets geared steam turbines turning four shafts, each with 1 seven-bladed variable-pitch bronze screw
8 backup 10,000HP F-55 diesel engines, two per shaft, driving through two automatic gearboxes with 4 forward and 2 reverse speeds.
Top speed for the class is 36 knots.
Current Producers and Design Owners
Casena Bay Shipyards, Hyuga Technologies
Valour Naval Shipyards, Arenumberg
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Price: 6.9 Billion