Brindisi-Class Light Cruiser

Class overview
Name:	Brindisi-class light cruiser
Builders:	Royal Shipbuilders of Cacerta
Operators:	Cacertian Royal Navy
Succeeded by:	Savina-class
In commission:	1927 – 1943
Planned:	12
Completed:	12
Lost:	3
Retired:	9
General characteristics
Type:	Light cruiser
Displacement:	5,610 tons standard 5,863 tons fully loaded
Length:	156 meters
Beam:	15.4 meters
Draft:	5 meters
Propulsion:	4 × CNRC steam turbines 4 × 3-drum boilers 4 × shafts each driving three-bladed propellers
Speed:	32.5 knots (60.2 km/h)
Range:	4,850 nautical miles at 11 knots
Complement:	487 officers and crew
Sensors and processing systems:	Type 128 ASDIC Type 279 early-warning radar
Armament:	Guns: 10 × 130mm RN-QFI guns (5 × 2) Anti-aircraft: 8 × 40mm RN-DPII guns (4 × 2) 4 × MG50 machine guns Other: 6 × 540mm torpedo tubes

The Brindisi-class was the first class of light cruisers built for the Cacertian Royal Navy in the aftermath of the Divide War and subsequent reevaluation of Cacertian naval doctrine. They were designed specifically as a class of protection cruiser that would work with lighter destroyers to screen fleet elements and perform reconnaissance. By comparison to pervious cruiser designs, the Brindisi-class was considered a major improvement.

During the Siduri War, it was common for the ships of the class to work independently as fleet raiders, many operating out of the Empire’s naval base in Andria and bounding far from port to attack Syaran commerce. The 130mm RN-QFI guns that made up the primary armament of the Brindisi-class were surprisingly effective as both a surface and anti-aircraft weapon; later improved versions of the QFI were later implemented across the entire navy both as primary and secondary weapons.

A total of twelve ships were completed, three of which were lost in combat operations during the Siduri War. The remaining nine were later decommissioned in 1943 and eventually scrapped.

Units

#	Designation	Name	Shipyard	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Status	Commanding Officer
I	CL-Br-001	Brindisi						N/A
II	CL-Br-002	Messigola
III	CL-Br-003	Vefplio
IV	CL-Br-004	Metatsini
V	CL-Br-005	Starmi
VI	CL-Br-006	Amancamento
VII	CL-Br-007	Panorini
VIII	CL-Br-008	Senice
IX	CL-Br-009	Astucia
X	CL-Br-010	Fuves
XI	CL-Br-011	Vigesaro
XII	CL-Br-012	Morfu