Eisvögel class Starship

SMS Prinz Adalbert in 2380
Class overview
Builders:	Englean Kaiserreich
Operators:	Kaiserliche-Marine
Preceded by:	Graf von Geberhard Class
Built:	2360-2380
In commission:	2363-2480
Planned:	20
Completed:	17
Cancelled:	3
Active:	0
Retired:	16
Preserved:	1
General characteristics
Type:	Heavy Cruiser
Displacement:	3,205,000 metric tons
Length:	685.7 m (2,250 ft)
Beam:	250.6 m (822 ft)
Draft:	88.2 m (289 ft)
Propulsion:	1 x Heinrichsohn Adler IV warp drive
Range:	Unlimited
Complement:	750
Armament:	14 phaser arrays 6 forward torpedo tubes 4 aft torpedo tubes 18 photon cannons
Armour:	Deflector shields, polarised hull
Aircraft carried:	4 x shuttles
Aviation facilities:	1 x shuttle bay

The Eisvögel-class starships were a class of starships operated by the Kaiserliche-Marine, serving as the primary workhorse for the Englean Kaiserreich for the majority of the late 24th Century.

Design

Following the Graf von Geberhard class of heavy cruisers which were built in the early 2340s, the Kaiserliche-Marine sought for a new class of heavy cruisers that could compete with the Pantorran Imperium and various alien civilisations that were being encountered throughout the universe. Learning from the results of the Battle of Icarus I, the Eisvögel began its conception with the idea of a"compact, heavily armoured starship that would be able to easily sneak through enemy defenses through the usage of its cloaking device while being able to survive multiple hits to its hull. The vessel was also to have heavy firepower, which would be equal to a small capital ship. The class was to have some of the most advanced technologies available in the Kaiserreich during the time, and was to house the latest in warp drive technology - the Heinrichsohn Adler IV warp drive - capable of a maximum of warp 9.8. In 2055, the vessel's design was presented to the Kaiserliches Oberkommando der Marine which requested the addition of more torpedo tubes in both the forward and aft sections of the vessel. In 2358, the vessel's design was approved and scheduled for construction in 2060 as the Eisvögel class.

Ships in the class

Name	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Notes
Eisvögel	Germaniawerft Raumschiffe	30 December 2360	20 October 2363	3 May 2364	28 October 2450
Prinz Adelbert	Germaniawerft Raumschiffe	31 December 2360	30 October 2363	3 May 2364	15 November 2430	Preserved as museum ship on Germania V
Kronprinz Erich	Germaniawerft Raumschiffe	31 January 2360	31 October 2364	3 May 2364	19 December 2440
Kronprinz Luitpold	Germaniawerft Raumschiffe	25 February 2365	20 January 2368	3 May 2369	19 December 2440
Herzog Karl	Germaniawerft Raumschiffe	25 February 2365	3 February 2368	13 May 2369	19 December 2440
Siegfried der Große	Germaniawerft Raumschiffe	25 February 2365	4 February 2368	13 May 2369	20 July 2446
Enterprize	Germaniawerft Raumschiffe	25 February 2365	5 February 2368	13 May 2369	30 June 2445
Graf von Gesterwald	Germaniawerft Raumschiffe	24 February 2366	30 May 2369	30 March 2370	23 April 2446
Heinrich der Große	Germaniawerft Raumschiffe	24 February 2366	30 May 2369	30 March 2370	22 March 2480
Taifun	Germaniawerft Raumschiffe	24 February 2366	2 June 2369	24 April 2370	23 April 2446
Hebentien	Germaniawerft Raumschiffe	24 February 2366	5 July 2369	24 April 2370	23 April 2446
Sturmvogel	Germaniawerft Raumschiffe	6 July 2368	3 June 2371	30 June 2372	30 January 2430
Tempest	Germaniawerft Raumschiffe	6 July 2368	8 June 2371	9 July 2372	30 January 2430
Sentinel	Germaniawerft Raumschiffe	6 July 2368	6 July 2371	3 August 2372	30 January 2430
Germania	Germaniawerft Raumschiffe	2 September 2376	2 June 2379	3 April 2380	30 September 2480
Prinz Heinrich	Germaniawerft Raumschiffe	2 September 2376	4 September 2379	3 April 2380	4 January 2468
Gottlieb Damsen	Germaniawerft Raumschiffe	5 October 2377	2 November 2380	22 November 2381	5 April 2479