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The brainchild of one admiral lion el Lothariusm, the Alnus class battlecruisers was a radical departure from previous Saderan battlecruiser designs, in unlike previous battlecruisers a compromise between heavy guns decent armour and decent speed, the Alnus class embraced the speed over armour philosophy that many Admirals during the course of the II coronation War, had come to believe that this was next logical evolution of the battlecruiser design, even though this ran cancer to the pre-existing Saderan battlecruiser Design philosophy, which required a battlecruiser in conjunction with operating and as a fleet scout, was also able to operate as part of the battle line when necessary, as a result of this requirement battlecruisers was supposed to have relatively decent armour, as a result the main gun size would have to be slightly smaller than most other countries contemporary battlecruisers, however Alnus class as stated above would embrace the speed over armour philosophy, and as a result as designed her classes top speed was 35 knots, which compared to most contemporary battlecruisers of the day was a bit on the slow side, another issue was her main guns which were the standard 14 inch M1817, which even though it was beginning to look it's age by 1821, it was still considered by many in the Admiralty to still be effective capital ship gun, however the problem was that the class didn't carry enough main guns to make up for the extremely thin belt armour and high-speed, meaning that in Battle it would have been most likely that the ship would have been outgunned by contemporary and older battlecruiser designs, however as a result of the war ending in 1823, the monstrous budget that the navy had was quickly cut, and as a result many ships that were under construction or design had to be cancelled due to lack of funds, the Alnus class was chief among them and was brought up as an example during the House of Commons debate over the subject, however the 50% complete hull of Alnus would be completed as a aircraft carrier and she would prove herself to be an effective design

Description
The brainchild of one admiral lion el Lothariusm, the Alnus class battlecruisers was a radical departure from previous Saderan battlecruiser designs, in unlike previous battlecruisers a compromise between heavy guns decent armour and decent speed, the Alnus class embraced the speed over armour philosophy that many Admirals during the course of the II coronation War, had come to believe that this was next logical evolution of the battlecruiser design, even though this ran cancer to the pre-existing Saderan battlecruiser Design philosophy, which required a battlecruiser in conjunction with operating and as a fleet scout, was also able to operate as part of the battle line when necessary, as a result of this requirement battlecruisers was supposed to have relatively decent armour, as a result the main gun size would have to be slightly smaller than most other countries contemporary battlecruisers, however Alnus class as stated above would embrace the speed over armour philosophy, and as a result as designed her classes top speed was 35 knots, which compared to most contemporary battlecruisers of the day was a bit on the slow side, another issue was her main guns which were the standard 14 inch M1817, which even though it was beginning to look it's age by 1821, it was still considered by many in the Admiralty to still be effective capital ship gun, however the problem was that the class didn't carry enough main guns to make up for the extremely thin belt armour and high-speed, meaning that in Battle it would have been most likely that the ship would have been outgunned by contemporary and older battlecruiser designs, however as a result of the war ending in 1823, the monstrous budget that the navy had was quickly cut, and as a result many ships that were under construction or design had to be cancelled due to lack of funds, the Alnus class was chief among them and was brought up as an example during the House of Commons debate over the subject, however the 50% complete hull of Alnus would be completed as a aircraft carrier and she would prove herself to be an effective design