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Royal Sovereign Class SD Unveiled

Praetonia
10-06-2006, 22:03
Royal Sovereign Class DN

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Overview

The Royal Sovereign Class is the first Praetonian superdreadnought sized vessel to be constructed for some years since the conclusion of the Centurion Class construction project. Ostensibly intended as a test-bed for the new 27.5" naval artillery piece produced by Imperial Ordnance, the weapon was accepted into Praetonian service before the first vessel was commissioned and the class is expected to take a prominent role in the Imperial Praetonian Navy's heavy-hitting super-dreadnought arsenal. Armed with sixteen 27.5"/84 ETC Naval Rifles, the vessel is a dangerous opponent for any similarly sized vessel. The ship is also very heavily armoured for its size, and can take a considerable amount of punishment.

The vessel is a good, solid gun platform able to endure heavy storms, and is capable of carrying a large amount of supplies and general stores to support other operations. Armed with strategic-length missile tubes, the vessel can deploy strategic nuclear munitions, or engage 'god-rod' carrying satellites. Supporting a heavy secondary battery - a new innovation for Praetonian capital warships - and a hefty missile battery, the vessel is capable of filling a variety of roles, from land-attack, general anti-ship combat, air- and missile-defence to its primarily intended role - combating other super-dreadnoughts in gunnery duels.


General Specifications

Dimensions: (length:) 869m; (beam:) 152m; (draught:) 30m
Complement: 10,850 Officers and Ratings
Propulsion: 4x Imperial Atomworks 250MW AGCR; 2x Imperial Oil & Gas 40MW COGAD Turbines powering four internal IPS Mk.12 Waterjets
Maximum Speed: 34kts
Cruising Speed: 30kts
Armour / Construction: Ballistic ceramics and high-tensile strength steel alloys backed by a titanium superstructure and spectra fibre spalling layer. Void spaces around engines and magazines. Advanced fire-control systems throughout vessel. Double bottomed and equipped with reinforced keel for torpedo protection.
Belt: 620mm - 1,670mm
Turrets: 2,100mm - 920mm
Barbettes: 1,400mm
Deck: 800mm + 150mm
Superstructure: 720mm - 300mm
Armament:
16x 27.5"/84 PS-ETC Naval Guns in four quad turrets (pos. A, B, Y and Z) (6,400 shells)
16x 15"/64 PS-ETC Naval Guns in eight dual turrets (10,000 shells)
36x 6"/72 PS-ETC Naval Guns in eighteen dual turrets (36,000 shells)
100x 4.25" PS-ETC DP Guns in forty-eight dual turrets (25,000 shells)
8x Testudo C(ombined)G(un)R(ocket)CIWS (48,000 shells; 48 rockets)
24x Testudo-S S(upercavitating)G(un)CIWS (96,000 shells)
40x 7.7mm caseless chainguns
Missiles
2x 14 (7x2) cell Bulldog VLS (28 missiles)
60x 64 (8x8) cell Ballista VLS (7680 missiles)
64x 32 cell Wellington AMMS (2048 missiles)
Torpedoes
16x 25" (635mm) Torpedo Tubes (400 weapons)
4x 1000mm Torpedo Tubes (100 weapons)
Aviation: 4x Helicopter or VTOL aircraft (hangar space); 10x Helicopter or VTOL aircraft (maximum stowage)
Endurance: (fuel:) 16 years' continuous; (consumables:) 18 months' standard
Displacement: 1,436,260 metric tonnes (standard) 1,710,205 (fully laden)
Electronics: ImpElec P-111 Surface-Search Radar; ImpElec P-211 Air-Search Radar; ImpElec A-111 SubSurface-Search Sonar; ImpElec A-722 Surface Countermeasure Co-ordination Radar & Systems; ImpElec A-711 SubSurface-Search Countermeasure Co-ordination Radar & Systems; ImpElec G-101 SCG Naval Fire Control Radar; ImpOrd CS-230 Surface Countermeasures Suite; ImpOrd CC-450 SubSurface Countermeasures Suite

Operating Costs: $8,000,000,000
Build Cost: $250,000,000,000
Purchase Cost: $275,000,000,000
Vrak
10-06-2006, 22:21
OOC: I hope you don't mind me asking, Praetonia, but what are the given ranges for your guns and missile systems?
Praetonia
10-06-2006, 22:29
[OOC: Not at all. My most common anti-ship missile is documented here (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10447045&postcount=2).

I haven't worked out any specifics for the 6"ers and 15"ers, but the 27.5"ers have a range of ~110 miles using normal shells, with a range considerably higher than that (even as high as 500 miles, optimum) with rocket-assist shells. Of course, these are maximum attainable ranges, and not necessarily accurate ranges.]
Praetonia
14-06-2006, 13:42
Bump
Independent Hitmen
14-06-2006, 13:54
OOC: A very nice vessel! I've just shelled out most of my Defence procurement budget for a while but consider this a tag for when its recovered for me to look into this class of vessel :)