Sarzonia
29-05-2005, 19:03
Background: With the Resolute-class guided missile battleship nearing the end of its effective life without a major refit to the class, the Portland Iron Works was contracted by the Incorporated Sarzonian Navy to design a new class of monohulled battleship to serve as the workhorse of the fleet. Tasked with supporting coastal bombardments and anti-ship actions, the new ship is intended to be an improvement on the Resolute-class's capabilities. The result is the new Trinity-class battleship.
Armament: Named to honour Sarzonia's close relationship with both the United Kingdom of Isselmere-Nieland and the Democratic Imperium of Praetonia, the Trinity-class is armed with nine 508 mm (20 inch) guns in three triple turrets in A, B, and Y positions. The class also comes with the Sarzonian Mark 136 vertical launch system (VLS), which is capable of firing any Mark 41 standard missile or the Sarzonian-built Scourge or Scorcher missiles. The class can fire 256 of these before being reloaded. Also fitted to the Trinity is four launchers for the newly-designed Bayonet 650 mm (25.6 inch) ultra large torpedo, a torpedo that with a nuclear warhead can wipe out an entire carrier battlegroup. The Trinity also carries six 155 mm (6.1 inch) guns as a secondary armament to allow it to handle close-in threats and 14 Rattlesnake CIWS suites (35 mm Millennium Gun and Yellow Jacket mini-SAM launchers).
Propulsion: The Trinity is powered by four Pebblebed nuclear reactors with four internalised waterjets. Two diesel engines provide emergency 'get you home' propulsion in the event of nuclear reactor failure. Extensive thermal insulation reduces noise emissions from the Pebblebed reactors and also reduces infared signature. The ship is capable of travelling at 34.6 knots.
Trinity-class battleship
Length: 327 m; Beam: 43 m; Draught: 12.6 m
Displacment: 146,370 tonnes full
Armament: 3 x 3 508 mm ETC guns in A, B and Y positions; 4 x 64 cell Mk 136 VLS; 6 x 155 mm ETC guns in single turrets port and starboard; 4 x 650 mm TT for Bayonet torpedoes; 14 x 'Rattlesnake' CIWS (10 port and starboard; 2 each fore and aft).
Protection: Advanced armour composite (amorphous steel, titanium, aluminum, ballistic ceramics). Main deck: 508 mm; Turret tops and sides: 720 mm; Turret rear: 670 mm; Engines and magazines: 720 mm. Command and control centre: 720 mm. Double-bottomed, reinforced keel with void spaces. Hardened crossbeams installed across bulkheads with void spaces. KERI foam installed in void spaces provides some protection against KE attacks.
Propulsion: Four Pebblebed nuclear reactors; four internalised waterjets. Extensive thermal insulation reduces noise emissions and infared signature. 34.6 knots.
Complement: 1,520 plus 100 Naval Infantry.
Aircraft: 1 helipad aft for three medium ASW helicopters.
Electronics: AN/SPY-4 MFR and AN/SPN-23 navigational radars; AN/SQR-6 (B) passive towed array and AN/SQS-57 dual-mode mounted digital sonar array; A/P Mounted Sonar: AN/SQS-57 active/passive, preformed beam, digital sonar providing panoramic echo ranging and panoramic (DIMUS) passive surveillance.
Countermeasures: Decoy: AN/SLQ-25 Nixie.
Price: $5.75 billion
Running Cost: $250 million per year.
Armament: Named to honour Sarzonia's close relationship with both the United Kingdom of Isselmere-Nieland and the Democratic Imperium of Praetonia, the Trinity-class is armed with nine 508 mm (20 inch) guns in three triple turrets in A, B, and Y positions. The class also comes with the Sarzonian Mark 136 vertical launch system (VLS), which is capable of firing any Mark 41 standard missile or the Sarzonian-built Scourge or Scorcher missiles. The class can fire 256 of these before being reloaded. Also fitted to the Trinity is four launchers for the newly-designed Bayonet 650 mm (25.6 inch) ultra large torpedo, a torpedo that with a nuclear warhead can wipe out an entire carrier battlegroup. The Trinity also carries six 155 mm (6.1 inch) guns as a secondary armament to allow it to handle close-in threats and 14 Rattlesnake CIWS suites (35 mm Millennium Gun and Yellow Jacket mini-SAM launchers).
Propulsion: The Trinity is powered by four Pebblebed nuclear reactors with four internalised waterjets. Two diesel engines provide emergency 'get you home' propulsion in the event of nuclear reactor failure. Extensive thermal insulation reduces noise emissions from the Pebblebed reactors and also reduces infared signature. The ship is capable of travelling at 34.6 knots.
Trinity-class battleship
Length: 327 m; Beam: 43 m; Draught: 12.6 m
Displacment: 146,370 tonnes full
Armament: 3 x 3 508 mm ETC guns in A, B and Y positions; 4 x 64 cell Mk 136 VLS; 6 x 155 mm ETC guns in single turrets port and starboard; 4 x 650 mm TT for Bayonet torpedoes; 14 x 'Rattlesnake' CIWS (10 port and starboard; 2 each fore and aft).
Protection: Advanced armour composite (amorphous steel, titanium, aluminum, ballistic ceramics). Main deck: 508 mm; Turret tops and sides: 720 mm; Turret rear: 670 mm; Engines and magazines: 720 mm. Command and control centre: 720 mm. Double-bottomed, reinforced keel with void spaces. Hardened crossbeams installed across bulkheads with void spaces. KERI foam installed in void spaces provides some protection against KE attacks.
Propulsion: Four Pebblebed nuclear reactors; four internalised waterjets. Extensive thermal insulation reduces noise emissions and infared signature. 34.6 knots.
Complement: 1,520 plus 100 Naval Infantry.
Aircraft: 1 helipad aft for three medium ASW helicopters.
Electronics: AN/SPY-4 MFR and AN/SPN-23 navigational radars; AN/SQR-6 (B) passive towed array and AN/SQS-57 dual-mode mounted digital sonar array; A/P Mounted Sonar: AN/SQS-57 active/passive, preformed beam, digital sonar providing panoramic echo ranging and panoramic (DIMUS) passive surveillance.
Countermeasures: Decoy: AN/SLQ-25 Nixie.
Price: $5.75 billion
Running Cost: $250 million per year.