Hamptonshire
01-04-2005, 05:01
Primogenitor Class Super Dreadnought[b]
The Primogenitor Class Super Dreadnought is the first domestically designed and produced warship of this size and type. While budget minded Royal Senators kept the effort to build a Hamptonian SD at bay, the recent elevation of former Fleet Admiral Lord Rosecrans to the Commander-Generalship of the Royal Armed Forces finally tipped the balance of power.
The Primogenitor is not a weapon of war, it is a weapon of terror. Current plans put class production at four units (Primogenitor, Hamptonshire Ascendant, Paterfamilias, Magnus Dux) with a possible expansion of three additional units. These ships will function as Combined Fleet Flagships, coordinating not only thousands of Hamptonian but also thousands of Allied vessels.
[b]UPDATE: Construction has finished on six additional units (Consanguinity, Promontory, Exuberant, Intransigent, Insidious, Copenhagen). Total class production stands at seven vessels.
These ships will serve to "show the flag". To that extent each ship comes with full conference and diplomatic facilities. It's not quite the Hilton, but diplomatic suites and conference rooms aboard ship are superior to any others found on the open waters today.
In addition to the formidible offensive and defensive weaponry found aboard the Primogenitor, great care has been made to outfit the entire class with the latest in computing, targeting, and electronics hardware/software. This class is the first to incorporate NALCAD Suite (NAtional Level Command And Defense). A NALCAD equipped ship is capable of coordinating and executing a major offensive war or an all out defensive operation.
The Magnus Dux, when commissioned, will become the flagship of HomeFleet (1st Fleet). Accordingly, this unit will have enhanced command and control, long range weaponry, and communication capabilities at the expense of main armament.
Propulsion: Eight EI-PeB Mk. 8 pebble-bed nuclear fission reactors (315 MW each); Fourteen WTI-MMDH Diesel-Electric generators; Six HDC Type 36 Gas Turbines
Propulsion System: 8 Primary Waterjets, 10 Secondard Waterjets
Length: 993.25 meters (3,258.7 feet)
Beam: 249 meters (816.9 feet)
Draft: Full- 29.3 meters (96.1 feet)
Displacement: 2.95 million tons
Maximum Speed: 30 knots
Cruise Speed: 20 knots
Armor: "HDC Composite Armor"- Steel, titanium, ballistic ceramics, kevlar, and iron whiskers in a spaced armor lay out. Reinforcing and redundant hull bracing. "Non-integrated" keel. Armor Thickness- 76-94" main belt; turrets 48" face and sides, 36" back; 62" main barbettes; 36" secondary barbettes; 64" main missile magazines; 72" hangar; 72" deck (key spaces); 88" main conning tower, CIC; Bulkheads 12".
Crew: 9892 Naval; 5,500 Marine; 600 Flag; 8,500 Air Wing. Total- 24,492.
Armament:
5 x Triple Mount 750mm Electrothermal Cannons; 7 x Double Mount 8" Electrothermal Cannons; 22 x Mk.101b Barracuda CAMDS; 10 x 2" HCIWS; 20 x 96 Cell Solsbury-B HVLS; 36 x 96 Cell Goddard VLS; 36 x 30mm "Western Special" Heavy Machine Guns; 26 Mk.65 "Ninja Star 3" SCUWDS
Flight Deck:
400 meters long, average of 67.5 meters wide
Aircraft:
92- 46 CTOL/VSTOL jets; 22 ASW/EW Helicopters; 20 Medium/Heavy Transport Helicopters; 4 C-2 Greyhound compatable transport planes
Cargo:
17,500 tons of dry and/or liquid stores. Up to 15 LCACs and/or medium transport boats.
Sensor Systems:
EI/TEAP-3 Advanced Integrated Offensive Warfare Electronics System; EI/TEP-5 Advanced Navigational and Coordination Package; NALCAD-1 Total Strategic Command and Control Package; EI/SSD-14 Passive Towed/Dual Mode Mounted Digital Sonar Arrays; EI-IRS Omindirectional Looking Infrared; Full Area Ranging, Detection, and Surveillance (FARDS) System; EI/TEAP Bartley-6C Advanced Integrated Defensive Warfare Electronics System; O-MSQ Mounted Sonar
Cost:
$365 billion (Only Available For Limited Sale)
The Primogenitor Class Super Dreadnought is the first domestically designed and produced warship of this size and type. While budget minded Royal Senators kept the effort to build a Hamptonian SD at bay, the recent elevation of former Fleet Admiral Lord Rosecrans to the Commander-Generalship of the Royal Armed Forces finally tipped the balance of power.
The Primogenitor is not a weapon of war, it is a weapon of terror. Current plans put class production at four units (Primogenitor, Hamptonshire Ascendant, Paterfamilias, Magnus Dux) with a possible expansion of three additional units. These ships will function as Combined Fleet Flagships, coordinating not only thousands of Hamptonian but also thousands of Allied vessels.
[b]UPDATE: Construction has finished on six additional units (Consanguinity, Promontory, Exuberant, Intransigent, Insidious, Copenhagen). Total class production stands at seven vessels.
These ships will serve to "show the flag". To that extent each ship comes with full conference and diplomatic facilities. It's not quite the Hilton, but diplomatic suites and conference rooms aboard ship are superior to any others found on the open waters today.
In addition to the formidible offensive and defensive weaponry found aboard the Primogenitor, great care has been made to outfit the entire class with the latest in computing, targeting, and electronics hardware/software. This class is the first to incorporate NALCAD Suite (NAtional Level Command And Defense). A NALCAD equipped ship is capable of coordinating and executing a major offensive war or an all out defensive operation.
The Magnus Dux, when commissioned, will become the flagship of HomeFleet (1st Fleet). Accordingly, this unit will have enhanced command and control, long range weaponry, and communication capabilities at the expense of main armament.
Propulsion: Eight EI-PeB Mk. 8 pebble-bed nuclear fission reactors (315 MW each); Fourteen WTI-MMDH Diesel-Electric generators; Six HDC Type 36 Gas Turbines
Propulsion System: 8 Primary Waterjets, 10 Secondard Waterjets
Length: 993.25 meters (3,258.7 feet)
Beam: 249 meters (816.9 feet)
Draft: Full- 29.3 meters (96.1 feet)
Displacement: 2.95 million tons
Maximum Speed: 30 knots
Cruise Speed: 20 knots
Armor: "HDC Composite Armor"- Steel, titanium, ballistic ceramics, kevlar, and iron whiskers in a spaced armor lay out. Reinforcing and redundant hull bracing. "Non-integrated" keel. Armor Thickness- 76-94" main belt; turrets 48" face and sides, 36" back; 62" main barbettes; 36" secondary barbettes; 64" main missile magazines; 72" hangar; 72" deck (key spaces); 88" main conning tower, CIC; Bulkheads 12".
Crew: 9892 Naval; 5,500 Marine; 600 Flag; 8,500 Air Wing. Total- 24,492.
Armament:
5 x Triple Mount 750mm Electrothermal Cannons; 7 x Double Mount 8" Electrothermal Cannons; 22 x Mk.101b Barracuda CAMDS; 10 x 2" HCIWS; 20 x 96 Cell Solsbury-B HVLS; 36 x 96 Cell Goddard VLS; 36 x 30mm "Western Special" Heavy Machine Guns; 26 Mk.65 "Ninja Star 3" SCUWDS
Flight Deck:
400 meters long, average of 67.5 meters wide
Aircraft:
92- 46 CTOL/VSTOL jets; 22 ASW/EW Helicopters; 20 Medium/Heavy Transport Helicopters; 4 C-2 Greyhound compatable transport planes
Cargo:
17,500 tons of dry and/or liquid stores. Up to 15 LCACs and/or medium transport boats.
Sensor Systems:
EI/TEAP-3 Advanced Integrated Offensive Warfare Electronics System; EI/TEP-5 Advanced Navigational and Coordination Package; NALCAD-1 Total Strategic Command and Control Package; EI/SSD-14 Passive Towed/Dual Mode Mounted Digital Sonar Arrays; EI-IRS Omindirectional Looking Infrared; Full Area Ranging, Detection, and Surveillance (FARDS) System; EI/TEAP Bartley-6C Advanced Integrated Defensive Warfare Electronics System; O-MSQ Mounted Sonar
Cost:
$365 billion (Only Available For Limited Sale)