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Description
Safeguard Class hospital ship, an organically designed class based loosely on the American* San Antonio Class* and Dutch Karel Doorman, A833 ships. The Safeguard subclass was built using the Aurora Class Landing Platform Dock design to save on production costs and simplify logistics. The Safeguard is special in that it is flagged as a Deviant Republic Naval Ship, but is crewed by members of both the Deviant Republic Navy, and the Fire Freak State Navy.

Ships of the Class:

DRNS Safeguard, AH-2

General Characteristics:

Builder: Bayside Naval Shipyard
Proceeded by: Hope Class
Succeeded by: N/A
Laid Down, November 5, 2014
Commissioned and Launched: March 9, 2016
Planned: 1
Active: 1
Displacement: 28000 tons (Fully loaded)
Length: 671 Feet, 7 Inches
Draft: 24 Feet
Propulsion: 4x Colt-Pielstick Diesel engines, 2x shafts, 2x Wärtsilä Bow Thrusters, 1x Wärtsilä Stern Thruster
Speed: 22 Knots
Range: 9,000 Nautical Miles at 15 Knots
Boats Carried: 2x RHIBs
Compliment: Ships Company - 50 Civilian ; 450 Hospital Staff ; 100 Naval Support Staff ; Air Wing - 50
Hospital Capacity: 500 Beds (Surge Capacity of 800)
Sensors and Processing Systems: Thales Integrated Mast, Thales SeaMaster 400 SMILE Air Warning radar, Thales SeaWatcher 100 SeaStar Surface detection radar, Thales Gatekeeper electro-optical surveillance system, Thales SCOUT Mk 3 low probability of intercept shipborne surveillance radar
Armament: 8x 7.62x51 GP Machine Gun mounts (For self defense only), small arms
Aircraft Carried: Can Launch/Land 2x CH-46Fs simultaneously, with room to place 4x Ch-46F's on the flight deck, and one in the hangar.
Aviation Facilities: Large Helicopter Flight Deck, Large Hanger

(Credit to Mitchell300, and Pegasus206 over on shipbucket, as well as SILVER-70CHEV here on deviantart)

Description
Safeguard Class hospital ship, an organically designed class based loosely on the American* San Antonio Class* and Dutch Karel Doorman, A833 ships. The Safeguard subclass was built using the Aurora Class Landing Platform Dock design to save on production costs and simplify logistics. The Safeguard is special in that it is flagged as a Deviant Republic Naval Ship, but is crewed by members of both the Deviant Republic Navy, and the Fire Freak State Navy.

Ships of the Class:

DRNS Safeguard, AH-2

General Characteristics:

Builder: Bayside Naval Shipyard
Proceeded by: Hope Class
Succeeded by: N/A
Laid Down, November 5, 2014
Commissioned and Launched: March 9, 2016
Planned: 1
Active: 1
Displacement: 28000 tons (Fully loaded)
Length: 671 Feet, 7 Inches
Draft: 24 Feet
Propulsion: 4x Colt-Pielstick Diesel engines, 2x shafts, 2x Wärtsilä Bow Thrusters, 1x Wärtsilä Stern Thruster
Speed: 22 Knots
Range: 9,000 Nautical Miles at 15 Knots
Boats Carried: 2x RHIBs
Compliment: Ships Company - 50 Civilian ; 450 Hospital Staff ; 100 Naval Support Staff ; Air Wing - 50
Hospital Capacity: 500 Beds (Surge Capacity of 800)
Sensors and Processing Systems: Thales Integrated Mast, Thales SeaMaster 400 SMILE Air Warning radar, Thales SeaWatcher 100 SeaStar Surface detection radar, Thales Gatekeeper electro-optical surveillance system, Thales SCOUT Mk 3 low probability of intercept shipborne surveillance radar
Armament: 8x 7.62x51 GP Machine Gun mounts (For self defense only), small arms
Aircraft Carried: Can Launch/Land 2x CH-46Fs simultaneously, with room to place 4x Ch-46F's on the flight deck, and one in the hangar.
Aviation Facilities: Large Helicopter Flight Deck, Large Hanger

(Credit to Mitchell300, and Pegasus206 over on shipbucket, as well as SILVER-70CHEV here on deviantart)