View source for Knight-class fast attack craft

{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Knight''-class fast attack craft}}
{|{{Infobox ship begin|infobox caption=''Knight''-class fast attack craft}}
|+ '''''Knight''-class fast attack craft'''
{{Infobox ship image
|Ship image=[[File:Fastattackcraft.jpg|border|300px]]
|Ship caption=''ICN Paladin'' in Castarcian territorial waters
}}
{{Infobox ship class overview
|Name=''Knight''-class fast attack craft
|Builders={{flagicon|Allied Connurist States}} Fort Castarcia Shipbuilding
|Operators={{flagicon|Allied Connurist States}} [[Imperial Castarcian Navy]] <br> {{flag|Kheiastan}}
|Class before=
|Class after=
|Subclasses=
|Cost= $133 million
|Built range=
|In service range= 
|In commission range=2004–present
|Total ships building=0
|Total ships planned=16
|Total ships completed=25
|Total ships cancelled=
|Total ships active=20
|Total ships laid up=
|Total ships lost=5
|Total ships retired=
|Total ships preserved=
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
|Hide header=
|Header caption= 
|Ship class=
|Ship type={{wpl|Fast attack craft}}
|Ship tonnage=
|Ship displacement=510 tonnes
|Ship tons burthen=
|Ship length=60 m
|Ship beam=10 m
|Ship height=
|Ship draught=
|Ship draft=2 m
|Ship depth=
|Ship hold depth=
|Ship decks=
|Ship deck clearance=
|Ship ramps=
|Ship ice class=
|Ship power= 3 x diesel electric engines delivering 31,500 hp
|Ship propulsion=3 x {{wpl|Pump-jet|Water Jets}}
|Ship sail plan=
|Ship speed=45 kn
|Ship range=
|Ship endurance=8 days
|Ship boats=
|Ship capacity=
|Ship troops=
|Ship complement=38
|Ship time to activate=
|Ship sensors=Thales Nederland Scout (I/J band) radar <br> EADS TRS-3D Radar <br> CEROS 200 fire radar and optronic sight <br> 
|Ship EW=4 × chaff/IR launchers <br> {{wp|Electronic warfare sipport measures|ESM}}/{{wp|Electronic countermeasure|ECM}}
|Ship armament=1 × Imperial Ordnance 76 mm cannon <br> 8 x VLS cells <br> 1 x {{wp|RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile|RIM-116 RAM}} launcher (21 cells) <br> 1 x {{wp|Phalanx CIWS}} <br> 2 x HMG-1 12.7mm machine guns
|Ship aircraft=
|Ship aircraft facilities= 
|Ship notes=
}}
|}

The '''''Knight'''''-class {{wp|Fast attack craft|fast attack craft}} is a small warship in service with the Imperial Castarcian Navy primarily designed for littoral combat, with secondary applications in naval combat against larger hostile warships. The Knight class shares a similar design philosophy to the more recent [[Rampage-class Corvette|Rampage-class corvette]], in that speed and stealth are prioritised, as well as survivability. The use of waterjet propulsion allows the Knight-class to have excellent manoeuvrability and a top speed of 45 knots, allowing for rapid and swift combat entry and exit, and the Knight retains the radar cross section of a fishing boat. Unlike its predecessors within the Imperial Castarcian Navy and many counterparts on the seas, the Knight is capable of defending itself against aerial threats with the {{wp|RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile|RIM-116 RAM}} and the {{wp|Phalanx CIWS}}.

However, as a fast attack craft, the Knight has poor seagoing qualities compared to larger capital ships and other warships such as the Rampage-class corvette, and also suffers from cramped quarters. 

Originally, sixteen Knight-class vessels were planned and sixteen were constructed accordingly. However, five were lost in combat during the Great Castarcian War of 2009 and 2010. Therefore, after the conclusion of the conflict, five more were constructed and put into service in order to bolster the total amount of Knight-class warships back up to sixteen.

Between 2010 and 2012, [[Kheiastan]] ordered four vessels.

==Ships in class==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Ship
! Hull Number
! Status
|-
!colspan=7|''Knight'' subclass
|-
| ''Knight''
| FAC-681
| Active
|-
| ''Paladin''
| FAC-682
| Active
|-
| ''Warrior''
| FAC-683
| Active
|-
| ''Gallant''
| FAC-684
| Sunk
|-
| ''Cavalier''
| FAC-685
| Active
|-
| ''Chevalier''
| FAC-686
| Active
|-
| ''Conquistador''
| FAC-687
| Sunk
|-
| ''Swashbuckler''
| FAC-688
| Sunk
|-
| ''Chivalrous''
| FAC-689
| Active
|-
| ''Buccaneer''
| FAC-690
| Active
|-
| ''Lionheart''
| FAC-691
| Active
|-
| ''Dauntless''
| FAC-692
| Sunk
|-
| ''Crusader''
| FAC-693
| Active
|-
| ''Intrepid''
| FAC-694
| Active
|-
| ''Indomitable''
| FAC-695
| Active
|-
| ''Plucky''
| FAC-696
| Sunk
|-
| ''Musketeer''
| FAC-697
| Active
|-
| ''Corsair''
| FAC-698
| Active
|-
| ''Marauder''
| FAC-699
| Active
|-
| ''Plunderer''
| FAC-700
| Active
|-
| ''Stalwart''
| FAC-701
| Active
|-
[[Category:Allied Castarcian States]]