Sarzonia
07-04-2006, 18:45
Background With the Incorporated Sarzonian Army's recent decision to convert to a mostly Trimaran hulled navy, the nation's inventory of capital ships was evaluated and the ISN discovered that many of its medium-sized battleships (carrying 18-22 inch guns) were monohulls. With the need to promote greater survivability within the fleet and a need for newer and more modern battleships below the dreadnought level, the Portland Iron Works was commissioned to construct a new class of battleship to serve as a standard bearer for its fleets, capable of a faster rate of fire than the larger dreadnought vessels and for line duties and coastal bombardments. Thus, the Pavanne class battleship was developed.
The Pavanne was named after a Sarzonian colony, but its lineage begins with the powerful and successful Sarzonian export, the Resolute class guided missile battleship. It follows the successor to that popular design, the Trinity class, and also replaces the old Capital and Estado classes in ISN service. It provides a powerful surface combatant that bridges the gap between the battle cruisers of many navies and Sarzonia's own massive capital assets with its 12 508 mm naval guns.
Armament The first decision for PIW was to decide between an armament consisting of nine 22 inch guns in three triple turrets or twelve 20 inch guns in four triples. With 25 inch guns providing the main capital ship calibre for command dreadnoughts and their related vesssels, the 22 inch gun was dismissed as being too close in calibre to their larger cousins. Guns of smaller calibres than the 20 inch guns would also be streamlined into the 14 inch gun made popular on the General Dent large cruisers and the Perseus class river monitors, among others, along with eight inch naval guns on heavy cruisers and the new Dahlgren class monitors. Thus, with a configuration sporting 12 Mark IV ETC guns in four triple turrets, the Pavanne-class can bring devastating fire capable of damaging nearly any surface target. Secondary weapons include new 110 mm Mark IV ETC guns for a dual purpose (anti-surface and anti-air) role, while 384 Mark 142 VLS tubes, capable of firing the new Dragonfly long-range SAM along with Scourge and Scorcher SSMs. To defend against missile attacks, eight RAM launchers, 12 Rattlesnake CIWS suites featuring the highly-successful Yellow Jacket mini-SAM and the 35 mm Millennium Gun, and four 650 mm torpedo tubes for the Bayonet heavy torpedo.
Pavanne-class Trimaran battleship
Length: 342 m; Beam: 61 m; Draught: 14.8 m
Displacement: 248,970 tonnes fully laden
Armament: 4 x 3 508 mm Mark IV ETC guns (A, B, X, Y positions); 10 x 110 mm Mark IV DP ETC guns; 8 x 48 cell Mark 142 VLS; 8 x RAM launchers; 12 x 35 mm Rattlesnake CIWS suites; 4 x 650 mm TT; 4 x 35 mm supercavitating guns
Protection: 560 mm-780 mm advanced armour composite (titanium, vanadium, aluminum, amorphous steel, ballistic ceramics); double-bottomed, reinforced keel with void spaces along a honeycomb frame. Composite rods and KE-reducing ceramic plates installed.
Propulsion: Four Pebblebed nuclear reactors; two internalised waterjets. 35+ knots.
Aircraft: Space for up to four F-34 Leopard V/STOL fighters and three H-15 Dragon ASW helicopters.
Complement: 2,400 plus 500 Naval Infantry and 150 air crew.
Electronics: Sensors: AN/SPY-3B MFR multi-function radar; AN/SPS-64(V)10 navigational radar; AN/SQS-56 (K) hull mounted sonar; Electronics Warfare Suite: AN/SLY-2 (V) Advanced Integrated Electronic Warfare System (AIEWS); Decoys: AN/SLQ-49; AN/SLQ-25 Nixie; MK-53 Nulka DLS; Fire Control: MK-99 FCS missile fire control; Gun fire control: MK-88 GFCS (System calculates ballistic gun orders, The GFCS conducts direct firing attacks against surface radar and optically tracked targets); Torpedo Fire Control: MK-117 ACWSCS (Anti-Submarine Weapon Control System, Underwater Fire Control System); Countermeasures: Towed array sonar utilizing a hull transducer or a towed active transducer or both. It is an integrated ASW, Mine Avoidance and Torpedo Defense underwater system.
Price: $6.5 billion
Running Cost: $210 million
The Pavanne was named after a Sarzonian colony, but its lineage begins with the powerful and successful Sarzonian export, the Resolute class guided missile battleship. It follows the successor to that popular design, the Trinity class, and also replaces the old Capital and Estado classes in ISN service. It provides a powerful surface combatant that bridges the gap between the battle cruisers of many navies and Sarzonia's own massive capital assets with its 12 508 mm naval guns.
Armament The first decision for PIW was to decide between an armament consisting of nine 22 inch guns in three triple turrets or twelve 20 inch guns in four triples. With 25 inch guns providing the main capital ship calibre for command dreadnoughts and their related vesssels, the 22 inch gun was dismissed as being too close in calibre to their larger cousins. Guns of smaller calibres than the 20 inch guns would also be streamlined into the 14 inch gun made popular on the General Dent large cruisers and the Perseus class river monitors, among others, along with eight inch naval guns on heavy cruisers and the new Dahlgren class monitors. Thus, with a configuration sporting 12 Mark IV ETC guns in four triple turrets, the Pavanne-class can bring devastating fire capable of damaging nearly any surface target. Secondary weapons include new 110 mm Mark IV ETC guns for a dual purpose (anti-surface and anti-air) role, while 384 Mark 142 VLS tubes, capable of firing the new Dragonfly long-range SAM along with Scourge and Scorcher SSMs. To defend against missile attacks, eight RAM launchers, 12 Rattlesnake CIWS suites featuring the highly-successful Yellow Jacket mini-SAM and the 35 mm Millennium Gun, and four 650 mm torpedo tubes for the Bayonet heavy torpedo.
Pavanne-class Trimaran battleship
Length: 342 m; Beam: 61 m; Draught: 14.8 m
Displacement: 248,970 tonnes fully laden
Armament: 4 x 3 508 mm Mark IV ETC guns (A, B, X, Y positions); 10 x 110 mm Mark IV DP ETC guns; 8 x 48 cell Mark 142 VLS; 8 x RAM launchers; 12 x 35 mm Rattlesnake CIWS suites; 4 x 650 mm TT; 4 x 35 mm supercavitating guns
Protection: 560 mm-780 mm advanced armour composite (titanium, vanadium, aluminum, amorphous steel, ballistic ceramics); double-bottomed, reinforced keel with void spaces along a honeycomb frame. Composite rods and KE-reducing ceramic plates installed.
Propulsion: Four Pebblebed nuclear reactors; two internalised waterjets. 35+ knots.
Aircraft: Space for up to four F-34 Leopard V/STOL fighters and three H-15 Dragon ASW helicopters.
Complement: 2,400 plus 500 Naval Infantry and 150 air crew.
Electronics: Sensors: AN/SPY-3B MFR multi-function radar; AN/SPS-64(V)10 navigational radar; AN/SQS-56 (K) hull mounted sonar; Electronics Warfare Suite: AN/SLY-2 (V) Advanced Integrated Electronic Warfare System (AIEWS); Decoys: AN/SLQ-49; AN/SLQ-25 Nixie; MK-53 Nulka DLS; Fire Control: MK-99 FCS missile fire control; Gun fire control: MK-88 GFCS (System calculates ballistic gun orders, The GFCS conducts direct firing attacks against surface radar and optically tracked targets); Torpedo Fire Control: MK-117 ACWSCS (Anti-Submarine Weapon Control System, Underwater Fire Control System); Countermeasures: Towed array sonar utilizing a hull transducer or a towed active transducer or both. It is an integrated ASW, Mine Avoidance and Torpedo Defense underwater system.
Price: $6.5 billion
Running Cost: $210 million