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The Magnificent-class was a class of nine Elipian heavy cruisers and was the successor to the Crown-class of heavy cruisers as part of the Cruiser Standardization Program. Fast and heavily armed, they were often used as escorts for transports and support ships for capital ships against air attacks. Fifteen were ordered initially to replace the heavy losses suffered by the Crown cruisers, however only nine were built before the end of the war.

The Magnificent-class participated in the heaviest surface battles in the closing months of the war. Magnificent, Longcross and Wakefield were all sunk during the Nordkanal campaign, while Norfield and Vonwood were sunk along with the carrier HMS Unyielding by the battlecruisers HC-12 and HC-13.

After the war, the surviving four cruisers continued service with their torpedoes removed until 1971, when they were decommissioned and were initially scheduled to be scraped. Fortunately for the ships, they were instead used as testbeds for new missile technologies, and eventually converted into Virtuous-class guided missile cruisers, extending their lifespan until the late 1980s when they were finally decommissioned. No example of the Magnificent-class still exists.

Displacement:

13,175 t light; 14,073 t standard; 15,278 t normal; 16,241 t full load

Length:
Waterline: 191.4m
Overall: 194.4m

Beam: 20.5m

Draft: 8.5m

Installed Power:
120,000shp (89,500 kW)
4 Water-tube boilers

Propulsion:
4 screws; 4 steam turbines

Speed:
32.5 knots

Range:
8,000 nmi (14,800km) at 15 knots (28km/h)

Compliment:
685-900

Armaments:
9 × 8.3” (210mm)/55 cal. guns in four three-gun turrets
16 × 5” (130mm)/40 cal. DP guns in eight two-gun turrets
32 × 40mm/58 cal. AA guns in eight quadruple mounts

28 × 40mm/58 cal. AA guns in fourteen twin mounts
16 × 20mm AA guns in single mounts
8 × 21'' torpedo tubes

Armor:
Belt: Main - 152mm

Belt: Upper - 32mm
Barbettes: 160mm
Deck: 102mm
Turrets: 50mm to 2225mm

Aircraft:
2 floatplanes; 2 catapults

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Truth be told this ship is suppose to replace the Admiration-class as i have many issues with this old design, namely the hull, misreading the gun calibers of takao leading to its oversized guns, the general style of the ship not being in-line with the rest of the Elipian fleet, etc. So much of my older work needs to be changed. Elipida should be using metric system, which is why this ship and the past ones had odd gun calibers (160mm, 210mm, etc) but I couldn't change the 127mm guns to 130mm or 125mm because too many recent work also used it.

Anyways, two of four cruisers done. Prinz is more or less done too, but im having trouble designing the superstructure, can't decide on what it should include, not like any irl german cruisers survived the war to get modernization, or at least survive the war and not get nuked.

Basis include Baltimore-class, New Orleans-class, South Dekota for the superstructure, etc.

Description

The Magnificent-class was a class of nine Elipian heavy cruisers and was the successor to the Crown-class of heavy cruisers as part of the Cruiser Standardization Program. Fast and heavily armed, they were often used as escorts for transports and support ships for capital ships against air attacks. Fifteen were ordered initially to replace the heavy losses suffered by the Crown cruisers, however only nine were built before the end of the war.

The Magnificent-class participated in the heaviest surface battles in the closing months of the war. Magnificent, Longcross and Wakefield were all sunk during the Nordkanal campaign, while Norfield and Vonwood were sunk along with the carrier HMS Unyielding by the battlecruisers HC-12 and HC-13.

After the war, the surviving four cruisers continued service with their torpedoes removed until 1971, when they were decommissioned and were initially scheduled to be scraped. Fortunately for the ships, they were instead used as testbeds for new missile technologies, and eventually converted into Virtuous-class guided missile cruisers, extending their lifespan until the late 1980s when they were finally decommissioned. No example of the Magnificent-class still exists.

Displacement:

13,175 t light; 14,073 t standard; 15,278 t normal; 16,241 t full load

Length:
Waterline: 191.4m
Overall: 194.4m

Beam: 20.5m

Draft: 8.5m

Installed Power:
120,000shp (89,500 kW)
4 Water-tube boilers

Propulsion:
4 screws; 4 steam turbines

Speed:
32.5 knots

Range:
8,000 nmi (14,800km) at 15 knots (28km/h)

Compliment:
685-900

Armaments:
9 × 8.3” (210mm)/55 cal. guns in four three-gun turrets
16 × 5” (130mm)/40 cal. DP guns in eight two-gun turrets
32 × 40mm/58 cal. AA guns in eight quadruple mounts

28 × 40mm/58 cal. AA guns in fourteen twin mounts
16 × 20mm AA guns in single mounts
8 × 21'' torpedo tubes

Armor:
Belt: Main - 152mm

Belt: Upper - 32mm
Barbettes: 160mm
Deck: 102mm
Turrets: 50mm to 2225mm

Aircraft:
2 floatplanes; 2 catapults

----------------------------

Truth be told this ship is suppose to replace the Admiration-class as i have many issues with this old design, namely the hull, misreading the gun calibers of takao leading to its oversized guns, the general style of the ship not being in-line with the rest of the Elipian fleet, etc. So much of my older work needs to be changed. Elipida should be using metric system, which is why this ship and the past ones had odd gun calibers (160mm, 210mm, etc) but I couldn't change the 127mm guns to 130mm or 125mm because too many recent work also used it.

Anyways, two of four cruisers done. Prinz is more or less done too, but im having trouble designing the superstructure, can't decide on what it should include, not like any irl german cruisers survived the war to get modernization, or at least survive the war and not get nuked.

Basis include Baltimore-class, New Orleans-class, South Dekota for the superstructure, etc.