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  The design that would become the Feianeth-class battleship was drawn up during the late buildup to the First Dawn-Telenese War, in response to the crying need of the Magisterial Navy for a new class of capital ship to supplement its stock of aging armoured and heavy cruisers. Initially a design for a new heavy cruiser with improved firepower and armour protection was submitted by Auros Heavy Industries and Saraneth Industrial Steelworks, the Dawn's principle shipbuilders at the time, but the proposals were soon bombarded with ever more demanding requirements from the Magisterial Admiralty. Quickly, the design turned from heavy cruiser to battlecruiser and finally to fast battleship, spurred particularly by reports of the new Chancellor-class battleships being ordered by the Telerenn Parliamentary Navy. The first ship of a planned four was still under construction when hostilities broke out between the Dawn and the Telerenn Republic, and after the capture of the Telenese flagship Chancellor, the refit of the captured battleship into the Regent-class took priority over the incomplete vessels, and as such no ships of the Feianeth-class would see combat until late in the conflict.

Despite their late arrival, the Feianeth-class battleships would prove themselves invaluable- after all, 16-inch guns are still 16-inch guns, and the considerable speed of the class compared with many older capital ships of the beligerent Telerenn Parliamentary Navy did not go amiss. While the captured and refitted Chancellor-class battleships Regent and Magistrate did a much of the heavy lifting in major fleet engagements, the Feianeth-class became the accidental backbone of the Magisterial battleship line, often finding themselves working in support roles with Elegance-class battlecruisers and in escort of the fleet's considerable carrier complement. Feianeth and her youngest sister ship Titanianeth would distinguish themselves alongside much of the Magisterial battleship fleet during the Burning of Hederedth- the destruction of the Telenese capital and the final battle of the First Dawn-Telenese War that would finally force a peace.

With respectable speed, respectable armour protection, respectable firepower, and reliable, straightforward design, the Feianeth-class would continue to serve the Magisterial Navy well into future conflicts, earning their place as a beloved workhorse of the fleet.

Specifications:
  Dimensions:
      Length (waterline): 220 metres
        Length (overall): 225 metres
        Beam: 30 metres

    Beam (with torpedo bulgest): 35 metres
      Draft: 10 metres
  Propulsion:
        4x shafts driving 3 bladed screws, 3.6 meter diameter
  Powerplant:
        4x bi-propellant steam turbines developing 111,000 shp

  Speed:

    Top speed: 27 knots
    Cruising speed: 18 knots
Sensors and Communications:
        2x XVD-1 surface detection radar
        3x XVP-2 surface fire control radar
        2x XAR-1 air detection radar
        2x XAP-3 air fire control radar
        Numerous long range radio antennae
  Armament:
        4x2 Auros Heavy Industries 16-inch/50 caliber Mark III heavy rifles
        12x2 Auros Heavy Industries 150mm/27 caliber Mark VIII guns
        10x2 Sarineth Industrial Steelworks Mark II 150mm/40 caliber high-angle gun
      32x2 Saraneth Industrial Steelworks 40mm/70 caliber autocannons
        23x2 Saraneth Industrial Steelworks 20mm/70 caliber autocannons
        18x2 Magisterial Arms LL-10 10mm light machine guns
  Defenses:
      Main belt armour: 300mm
        Barbettes: 350mm

    Deck: 75mm

    Bulges: 75mm
  Crew Complement:
        Captain
        XO
        Navigator
        Helmsman
        Gunnery officer
      400 gunners
        1,100 various other officers and men

Auxiliary Craft:

    2x Type-1 Fleet Activity Boats

Aircraft complement:

    3x Sea Kestrel float planes

    1x steam catapult

(As a note, this ship was- as might be obvious- very heavily based upon the Nagato-class battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, just a bit bigger, a bit more heavily armoured, and a bit faster. Written on her bow is "Feianeth", meaning "Homeland" in Lastreian, the language and script of the Imperial Dawn.)

Description

  The design that would become the Feianeth-class battleship was drawn up during the late buildup to the First Dawn-Telenese War, in response to the crying need of the Magisterial Navy for a new class of capital ship to supplement its stock of aging armoured and heavy cruisers. Initially a design for a new heavy cruiser with improved firepower and armour protection was submitted by Auros Heavy Industries and Saraneth Industrial Steelworks, the Dawn's principle shipbuilders at the time, but the proposals were soon bombarded with ever more demanding requirements from the Magisterial Admiralty. Quickly, the design turned from heavy cruiser to battlecruiser and finally to fast battleship, spurred particularly by reports of the new Chancellor-class battleships being ordered by the Telerenn Parliamentary Navy. The first ship of a planned four was still under construction when hostilities broke out between the Dawn and the Telerenn Republic, and after the capture of the Telenese flagship Chancellor, the refit of the captured battleship into the Regent-class took priority over the incomplete vessels, and as such no ships of the Feianeth-class would see combat until late in the conflict.

Despite their late arrival, the Feianeth-class battleships would prove themselves invaluable- after all, 16-inch guns are still 16-inch guns, and the considerable speed of the class compared with many older capital ships of the beligerent Telerenn Parliamentary Navy did not go amiss. While the captured and refitted Chancellor-class battleships Regent and Magistrate did a much of the heavy lifting in major fleet engagements, the Feianeth-class became the accidental backbone of the Magisterial battleship line, often finding themselves working in support roles with Elegance-class battlecruisers and in escort of the fleet's considerable carrier complement. Feianeth and her youngest sister ship Titanianeth would distinguish themselves alongside much of the Magisterial battleship fleet during the Burning of Hederedth- the destruction of the Telenese capital and the final battle of the First Dawn-Telenese War that would finally force a peace.

With respectable speed, respectable armour protection, respectable firepower, and reliable, straightforward design, the Feianeth-class would continue to serve the Magisterial Navy well into future conflicts, earning their place as a beloved workhorse of the fleet.

Specifications:
  Dimensions:
      Length (waterline): 220 metres
        Length (overall): 225 metres
        Beam: 30 metres

    Beam (with torpedo bulgest): 35 metres
      Draft: 10 metres
  Propulsion:
        4x shafts driving 3 bladed screws, 3.6 meter diameter
  Powerplant:
        4x bi-propellant steam turbines developing 111,000 shp

  Speed:

    Top speed: 27 knots
    Cruising speed: 18 knots
Sensors and Communications:
        2x XVD-1 surface detection radar
        3x XVP-2 surface fire control radar
        2x XAR-1 air detection radar
        2x XAP-3 air fire control radar
        Numerous long range radio antennae
  Armament:
        4x2 Auros Heavy Industries 16-inch/50 caliber Mark III heavy rifles
        12x2 Auros Heavy Industries 150mm/27 caliber Mark VIII guns
        10x2 Sarineth Industrial Steelworks Mark II 150mm/40 caliber high-angle gun
      32x2 Saraneth Industrial Steelworks 40mm/70 caliber autocannons
        23x2 Saraneth Industrial Steelworks 20mm/70 caliber autocannons
        18x2 Magisterial Arms LL-10 10mm light machine guns
  Defenses:
      Main belt armour: 300mm
        Barbettes: 350mm

    Deck: 75mm

    Bulges: 75mm
  Crew Complement:
        Captain
        XO
        Navigator
        Helmsman
        Gunnery officer
      400 gunners
        1,100 various other officers and men

Auxiliary Craft:

    2x Type-1 Fleet Activity Boats

Aircraft complement:

    3x Sea Kestrel float planes

    1x steam catapult

(As a note, this ship was- as might be obvious- very heavily based upon the Nagato-class battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, just a bit bigger, a bit more heavily armoured, and a bit faster. Written on her bow is "Feianeth", meaning "Homeland" in Lastreian, the language and script of the Imperial Dawn.)