Prevoygrad Class (naval)
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Similar to the IJN Yamato class battleships, the Prevoygrad class battleships are the only battleships left in active Prevanian service. | Similar to the IJN Yamato class battleships, the Prevoygrad class battleships are the only battleships left in active Prevanian service. | ||
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| - | The main weaponry consists of 6 46 cm (18,1 inch) naval guns mounted in 2 | + | ===Main Battery=== |
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| + | The main weaponry consists of 6 46 cm (18,1 inch) naval guns mounted in 2 three-gun turrets. Each gun is 23 m long of which about 15 m protrudes from the turret. Each turret weighs about 3000 metric tonnes. | ||
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| + | Each gun weighs about 150,000 kg. They fire projectiles weighing from 900 to 1,400 kg at a maximum speed of 850 m/s up to 45 km. The maximum firing rate for each gun on a Prevoygrad-class battleship is three rounds per minute | ||
Unusually, both turrets face foreward, with none to the stern. This is so that personnel can operate on the rear deck during battle and it frees up space for VLTs for tomahawk missiles. | Unusually, both turrets face foreward, with none to the stern. This is so that personnel can operate on the rear deck during battle and it frees up space for VLTs for tomahawk missiles. | ||
Revision as of 09:38, 26 February 2008
| Class Overview | |
| Type: | Battleship |
| Name: | Prevoygrad Class |
| Operators: | The Prevanian Navy |
| Ships in class: | 4 |
| Ships sunk: | 0 |
| Ships decommissioned: | 2 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 40,500 t standard; |
| 51,200 t full load | |
| Length: | 241.6 m waterline; |
| 251 m overall | |
| Beam: | 36m |
| Draught: | 9.1 m standard; |
| 10.4 m full load | |
| Propulsion and power: | 2 x 75 MW SSTAR nulear reactors |
| 4 x steam turbines | |
| 4 x shafts | |
| Speed: | 34 knots (63 km/h) nominal |
| 36 knots (67 km/h) maximum | |
| Complement: | about 1900 |
| Armament: | |
| Aircraft carried: | |
Similar to the IJN Yamato class battleships, the Prevoygrad class battleships are the only battleships left in active Prevanian service.
Weaponry
Main Battery
The main weaponry consists of 6 46 cm (18,1 inch) naval guns mounted in 2 three-gun turrets. Each gun is 23 m long of which about 15 m protrudes from the turret. Each turret weighs about 3000 metric tonnes.
Each gun weighs about 150,000 kg. They fire projectiles weighing from 900 to 1,400 kg at a maximum speed of 850 m/s up to 45 km. The maximum firing rate for each gun on a Prevoygrad-class battleship is three rounds per minute
Unusually, both turrets face foreward, with none to the stern. This is so that personnel can operate on the rear deck during battle and it frees up space for VLTs for tomahawk missiles.
For secondary armament, 18 12 cm (4.7 inch) guns are mounted in 6 triple turrets.
