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Description
The Basilisk class were refitted in the mid 1910's to bring them up to world standards. Equipped with a new state of the art fire control system in place of a searchlight on the fore mast and an enclosed armored bridge, they were able to hit targets with increased firepower from farther and more accurately than any other ships heretofore built. A new clipper bow and new machinery increased speed by 4 knots and they were re-armored to give better resistance against the heavier guns on the latest battlewagons. To bring their guns up to par they were given new titanium alloy barrels which could handle more powerful charges for longer range and a higher velocity, in tests making them equivalent to 15" cannons. The new speed and increased firepower makes them a match for the new Panther class battlecruisers and has caused considerable concern in allied navies.

Statistics:

Length: 617' 6"
Beam: 102'
Draught: 27.6'

Armament:

12x12" High Velocity cannons in 6 twin turrets
6x6" cannons in 8 single casemates
18x1.5" anti-air cannons in 10 single mounts
2x18" submerged torpedo tubes with 4 total torpedoes

Armor: (Rolled Armored Steel)
Main Belt: External "18" belt thinning to 10" at ends with 10" strake over steering gear
Deck: 5" "Burster" plating with 10" main deck and 6" secondary anti-splinter deck
Main Turrets: 18" all around protection with 16" roofs
Casemates: 10" horizontal protection

Torpedo Protection:
Extensive torpedo bulkhead installed outside of external main belt, subdivided by 3 longitudinal bulkheads and 27 transversal filled with a checker pattern of cork and void

Propulsion: ****Unknown**** providing 26.7 Kts (Measurement courtesy of Naval Intelligence, Branch 4, subsection 7)

Displacement: 33,000 tons

Crew Compliment: Unknown

Aircraft Compliment: NONE

Description
The Basilisk class were refitted in the mid 1910's to bring them up to world standards. Equipped with a new state of the art fire control system in place of a searchlight on the fore mast and an enclosed armored bridge, they were able to hit targets with increased firepower from farther and more accurately than any other ships heretofore built. A new clipper bow and new machinery increased speed by 4 knots and they were re-armored to give better resistance against the heavier guns on the latest battlewagons. To bring their guns up to par they were given new titanium alloy barrels which could handle more powerful charges for longer range and a higher velocity, in tests making them equivalent to 15" cannons. The new speed and increased firepower makes them a match for the new Panther class battlecruisers and has caused considerable concern in allied navies.

Statistics:

Length: 617' 6"
Beam: 102'
Draught: 27.6'

Armament:

12x12" High Velocity cannons in 6 twin turrets
6x6" cannons in 8 single casemates
18x1.5" anti-air cannons in 10 single mounts
2x18" submerged torpedo tubes with 4 total torpedoes

Armor: (Rolled Armored Steel)
Main Belt: External "18" belt thinning to 10" at ends with 10" strake over steering gear
Deck: 5" "Burster" plating with 10" main deck and 6" secondary anti-splinter deck
Main Turrets: 18" all around protection with 16" roofs
Casemates: 10" horizontal protection

Torpedo Protection:
Extensive torpedo bulkhead installed outside of external main belt, subdivided by 3 longitudinal bulkheads and 27 transversal filled with a checker pattern of cork and void

Propulsion: ****Unknown**** providing 26.7 Kts (Measurement courtesy of Naval Intelligence, Branch 4, subsection 7)

Displacement: 33,000 tons

Crew Compliment: Unknown

Aircraft Compliment: NONE