Isselmere
04-06-2005, 20:07
The Royal Shipyards of Isselmere-Nieland (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=361894), faced with the prospect of lost exports, has decided to offer the Jimnam-class heavy battleship for general sale.
The Jimnam-class offers the same heavy armour pattern of the Europa-class with the efficient firepower of twelve massive twenty-five inch guns arrayed in four triple turrets. A further eight 210mm rail guns on the superstructure and twenty-four 140mm guns provide direct-fire support against smaller vessels and shore targets. The 140mm guns may also be used effectively against low-flying aircraft.
Yet aircraft would have a difficult time against the Jimnam-class in any case. It may be equipped with a wide variety of anti-air missiles, from the Lanneret long-range surface-to-air missiles (SAM) to the Lark very short range SAM. Beyond those are the GWLS.68 gun-missile complexes, equipped with a 35mm autocannon and sixteen tubes for GWS.65 Kite fire-and-forget intermediate range SAM and NLG-30 30mm crew-operated autocannons.
The Jimnam-class's GWLS.35M2 vertical launch system can accommodate a wide range of missiles, from SAM to surface-to-surface missiles and anti-submarine missiles.
The Jimnam-class's effectiveness does not end there, however. It may also operate and hangar thirty-six vertical or short take-off aircraft as well as house two Fettes-class offshore patrol vessels (OPV).
As a command vessel or as a power projector, the Jimnam-class is precisely what a modern navy requires.
Jimnam-class BBAN
Planform: Large trimaran hull
Dimensions: length: 765.42m; beam: 177m; draught: 18.45m (full)
Displacement: 1.64 Mt (standard), 1.9 Mt (full load)
Crew: 5,136 + vehicle crews (1,751) + 906 Marines + 500 staff (generally 8,461 embarked)
Compartmentalisation: 104 transverse and 8 longitudinal bulkheads, supported by hardened crossbeams; double-bottomed with displaced reinforced keel. Void spaces between corridors and bulkheads serve to reduce effect of battle damage. 42 Nuclear, biological, and chemical warfare citadels with over-pressure mechanisms and air-filtration devices.
Protection: Europa-armour pattern. Main belt: 1420-1120mm; deck: 920-630mm; bulkheads (longitudinal): 860mm-710mm; bulkheads (transverse): 710mm-660mm; ; main turrets: 1420 (glacis, fore-roof)-1140 (roof, sides)-860mm (rear); main barbettes: 1140mm; secondary turrets: 305mm; secondary barbettes: 405mm; tertiary turrets: 250mm; tertiary barbettes: 405mm; missile magazines (main): 405mm; missile magazines (heavy): 405 (sides)-920mm (launch doors); command information centre (CIC): 405mm; conning tower: 1420mm; Nuclear, biological and chemical warfare citadels: 1420mm; engineering (reactors): 506mm; engineering (engines): 310mm; engineering (turbines): 350mm (mid-hull); hangar: 608mm.
Powerplant:
24 propulsors (16 internal (12 in primary hull, 2 each in the outriggers), 8 in Azipods), with 12 bow thrusters for station-keeping and manoeuvring; Combined Operation, Nuclear and Gas turbine Integrated Full-Electric Propulsion (CONAG-IFEP); 8 INNEC RA(PB)-5 (300 MW) pebble-bed nuclear fission reactors, 4 IMW MTG-6 (32 MW) gas turbines, 12 IMW MMD-44 (5.12 MW) diesel-electric generators. One RA(PB)-5 and the MTG-6 are to power the main turrets.
Cargo capacity:
To be determined
Hospital capacity:
To be determined
Hangar:
To be determined
Elevators:
Four, two each side rising from the hangar within primary hull below the gun deck, with three landing positions each side, 45.36t capacity each.
Weapons:
AAW: 36 x GWLS.66M2, 36 x GWLS.68M2, 36 x GWLS.74M, 72 x 30mm NLG-30 cannons
ASW: 24 x GWLS.60M2, 6 x 3 324mm TT (p/s), 8 x 660mm TT (6 ff., 2 af.)
ASuW: 4 x 3 635mm ETC guns (A, B, X, and Y), 8 x 1 210mm rail guns (p/s superstructure), 24 x 1 140mm (12 p/s outriggers (6 each side), 8 p/s superstructure (4 each side), 2 fc., 2 a.)
GP: 92 x GWLS.35M2, 96 x GWLS.58M2
MCM: 18 x 30mm RST (500 SCR/RST)
Vehicles:
Aircraft: Capable of deploying 12 Sea Fury FA.1 V/STOL fighters, 4 Sparrow HA.1 attack helicopters, 8 Merlin HC.1 medium lift helicopters, 8 Merlin HM.1 anti-submarine helicopters, 4 Merlin HAEW.1 airborne early warning helicopters
Ship's Boats: 12 Salamander rigid hull inflatible boats (RHIB), 2 Fettes-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV)
Aerial Drones: 2 Auk DHM.1 (helicopter drone), 4 Parrot DES.1 (command relay drone), 2 Puffin DHAEW.1 (airborne early warning helicopter drone), 4 Rook DRA.1 (reconnaissance and attack drone), 4 Tern DA.1 (attack drone), 6 Thrush DFA.1 (fighter/attack drone)
Submersible Drones: 14 Cuttlefish DSR.1 (reconnaissance drone), 4 Seahorse DSA.1 (attack drone), 8 Squid DSM.1 (multipurpose drone)
Shipborne/Land Drones: 36 Canary DMNC.1 (reactor maintenance drones), 80 Dodo DMU.1 (damage control drone), 3 Ferret DLM.1 (land attack drone)
Electronics suite:
Computer complexes: MEI.5 Muninn (Integrated Shipboard Operating Management System); MEM.6 ODIN (Operational Deployment Integration Network)
Threat management systems: MEQ.181 NAIADS (anti-air), MEQ.185 SELKIE (anti-torpedo), MMX.193 MITRE (target recognition), MDQ.261 (signature self-detection)
Radars: MRU.262 Hydra (multifunction), 2 x MRS.118 Kafka (fore and aft, air volume search), 3 x MRN.116 Beluga (navigation), 2 x MRS.164 Hofvarpnir (surface search), 16 x MRG.182 Balmung (secondary gun fire control), 4 x MRG.265 Mjollnir (gunnery fire control)
Optronics: 2 x MPU.124 Adder (long range search and tracking), 4 x MPS.127 Owl (surface surveillance)
Combination radar/optronics: 2 x MMP.131 Friday (automatic carrier landing system), 36 x MMG.183 Gjallar (close-range fire direction)
Sonars: MQU.264 Tanngnost (keel-mounted, low frequency), MQR.266 Tanngrisni (variable depth)
ECM/ESM: MLR.165 (radar/signals emissions receiver and direction finder, complete system), MLR.184 Nott (laser warning receiver and direction finder, complete system), MEQ.188 Valtarn (radar/signals emissions processor and retransmitter, complete system), MLQ.189 (jammer, complete system), 10 x MWD.199 (signals direction finder, complete system).
Communications: CSZ.17b Godi (Link 17.2; secure datalink), 4 x MUZ.121 Alvis (secure satellite communications system), 12 x MSP.123b Gna (Link 17.2D; secure drone control datalink), 6 x MSW.125b Ran (Link 17.2G; secure missile guidance datalink), 12 x GQZ.128b Dvalin (Link 17.2U; encrypted acoustic modem), MWZ.178 (secure communications system), 10 x MJZ.190C (laser communications transceiver, command version), 8 x GSZ.196C (encrypted burst communications transceiver, command version)
Countermeasures: 4 x MLQ.135 lines (for 12 MLQ.135 Mackerel anti-torpedo decoys), 4 x ULQ.136 ports (for 12 ULQ.136 Remora anti-torpedo decoys), 24 x 16-cell MLE.140 MUSE (for 384 multi-spectral anti-missile decoys)
Cost: $212,000 million
Production time: 10-16 years
The Jimnam-class offers the same heavy armour pattern of the Europa-class with the efficient firepower of twelve massive twenty-five inch guns arrayed in four triple turrets. A further eight 210mm rail guns on the superstructure and twenty-four 140mm guns provide direct-fire support against smaller vessels and shore targets. The 140mm guns may also be used effectively against low-flying aircraft.
Yet aircraft would have a difficult time against the Jimnam-class in any case. It may be equipped with a wide variety of anti-air missiles, from the Lanneret long-range surface-to-air missiles (SAM) to the Lark very short range SAM. Beyond those are the GWLS.68 gun-missile complexes, equipped with a 35mm autocannon and sixteen tubes for GWS.65 Kite fire-and-forget intermediate range SAM and NLG-30 30mm crew-operated autocannons.
The Jimnam-class's GWLS.35M2 vertical launch system can accommodate a wide range of missiles, from SAM to surface-to-surface missiles and anti-submarine missiles.
The Jimnam-class's effectiveness does not end there, however. It may also operate and hangar thirty-six vertical or short take-off aircraft as well as house two Fettes-class offshore patrol vessels (OPV).
As a command vessel or as a power projector, the Jimnam-class is precisely what a modern navy requires.
Jimnam-class BBAN
Planform: Large trimaran hull
Dimensions: length: 765.42m; beam: 177m; draught: 18.45m (full)
Displacement: 1.64 Mt (standard), 1.9 Mt (full load)
Crew: 5,136 + vehicle crews (1,751) + 906 Marines + 500 staff (generally 8,461 embarked)
Compartmentalisation: 104 transverse and 8 longitudinal bulkheads, supported by hardened crossbeams; double-bottomed with displaced reinforced keel. Void spaces between corridors and bulkheads serve to reduce effect of battle damage. 42 Nuclear, biological, and chemical warfare citadels with over-pressure mechanisms and air-filtration devices.
Protection: Europa-armour pattern. Main belt: 1420-1120mm; deck: 920-630mm; bulkheads (longitudinal): 860mm-710mm; bulkheads (transverse): 710mm-660mm; ; main turrets: 1420 (glacis, fore-roof)-1140 (roof, sides)-860mm (rear); main barbettes: 1140mm; secondary turrets: 305mm; secondary barbettes: 405mm; tertiary turrets: 250mm; tertiary barbettes: 405mm; missile magazines (main): 405mm; missile magazines (heavy): 405 (sides)-920mm (launch doors); command information centre (CIC): 405mm; conning tower: 1420mm; Nuclear, biological and chemical warfare citadels: 1420mm; engineering (reactors): 506mm; engineering (engines): 310mm; engineering (turbines): 350mm (mid-hull); hangar: 608mm.
Powerplant:
24 propulsors (16 internal (12 in primary hull, 2 each in the outriggers), 8 in Azipods), with 12 bow thrusters for station-keeping and manoeuvring; Combined Operation, Nuclear and Gas turbine Integrated Full-Electric Propulsion (CONAG-IFEP); 8 INNEC RA(PB)-5 (300 MW) pebble-bed nuclear fission reactors, 4 IMW MTG-6 (32 MW) gas turbines, 12 IMW MMD-44 (5.12 MW) diesel-electric generators. One RA(PB)-5 and the MTG-6 are to power the main turrets.
Cargo capacity:
To be determined
Hospital capacity:
To be determined
Hangar:
To be determined
Elevators:
Four, two each side rising from the hangar within primary hull below the gun deck, with three landing positions each side, 45.36t capacity each.
Weapons:
AAW: 36 x GWLS.66M2, 36 x GWLS.68M2, 36 x GWLS.74M, 72 x 30mm NLG-30 cannons
ASW: 24 x GWLS.60M2, 6 x 3 324mm TT (p/s), 8 x 660mm TT (6 ff., 2 af.)
ASuW: 4 x 3 635mm ETC guns (A, B, X, and Y), 8 x 1 210mm rail guns (p/s superstructure), 24 x 1 140mm (12 p/s outriggers (6 each side), 8 p/s superstructure (4 each side), 2 fc., 2 a.)
GP: 92 x GWLS.35M2, 96 x GWLS.58M2
MCM: 18 x 30mm RST (500 SCR/RST)
Vehicles:
Aircraft: Capable of deploying 12 Sea Fury FA.1 V/STOL fighters, 4 Sparrow HA.1 attack helicopters, 8 Merlin HC.1 medium lift helicopters, 8 Merlin HM.1 anti-submarine helicopters, 4 Merlin HAEW.1 airborne early warning helicopters
Ship's Boats: 12 Salamander rigid hull inflatible boats (RHIB), 2 Fettes-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV)
Aerial Drones: 2 Auk DHM.1 (helicopter drone), 4 Parrot DES.1 (command relay drone), 2 Puffin DHAEW.1 (airborne early warning helicopter drone), 4 Rook DRA.1 (reconnaissance and attack drone), 4 Tern DA.1 (attack drone), 6 Thrush DFA.1 (fighter/attack drone)
Submersible Drones: 14 Cuttlefish DSR.1 (reconnaissance drone), 4 Seahorse DSA.1 (attack drone), 8 Squid DSM.1 (multipurpose drone)
Shipborne/Land Drones: 36 Canary DMNC.1 (reactor maintenance drones), 80 Dodo DMU.1 (damage control drone), 3 Ferret DLM.1 (land attack drone)
Electronics suite:
Computer complexes: MEI.5 Muninn (Integrated Shipboard Operating Management System); MEM.6 ODIN (Operational Deployment Integration Network)
Threat management systems: MEQ.181 NAIADS (anti-air), MEQ.185 SELKIE (anti-torpedo), MMX.193 MITRE (target recognition), MDQ.261 (signature self-detection)
Radars: MRU.262 Hydra (multifunction), 2 x MRS.118 Kafka (fore and aft, air volume search), 3 x MRN.116 Beluga (navigation), 2 x MRS.164 Hofvarpnir (surface search), 16 x MRG.182 Balmung (secondary gun fire control), 4 x MRG.265 Mjollnir (gunnery fire control)
Optronics: 2 x MPU.124 Adder (long range search and tracking), 4 x MPS.127 Owl (surface surveillance)
Combination radar/optronics: 2 x MMP.131 Friday (automatic carrier landing system), 36 x MMG.183 Gjallar (close-range fire direction)
Sonars: MQU.264 Tanngnost (keel-mounted, low frequency), MQR.266 Tanngrisni (variable depth)
ECM/ESM: MLR.165 (radar/signals emissions receiver and direction finder, complete system), MLR.184 Nott (laser warning receiver and direction finder, complete system), MEQ.188 Valtarn (radar/signals emissions processor and retransmitter, complete system), MLQ.189 (jammer, complete system), 10 x MWD.199 (signals direction finder, complete system).
Communications: CSZ.17b Godi (Link 17.2; secure datalink), 4 x MUZ.121 Alvis (secure satellite communications system), 12 x MSP.123b Gna (Link 17.2D; secure drone control datalink), 6 x MSW.125b Ran (Link 17.2G; secure missile guidance datalink), 12 x GQZ.128b Dvalin (Link 17.2U; encrypted acoustic modem), MWZ.178 (secure communications system), 10 x MJZ.190C (laser communications transceiver, command version), 8 x GSZ.196C (encrypted burst communications transceiver, command version)
Countermeasures: 4 x MLQ.135 lines (for 12 MLQ.135 Mackerel anti-torpedo decoys), 4 x ULQ.136 ports (for 12 ULQ.136 Remora anti-torpedo decoys), 24 x 16-cell MLE.140 MUSE (for 384 multi-spectral anti-missile decoys)
Cost: $212,000 million
Production time: 10-16 years