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|Builders              =[[Royal Shipbuilders of Cacerta]]
|Builders              =[[Royal Shipbuilders of Cacerta]]
|Operators            =[[Image:CRNEnsign.png|border|22px]] [[Cacertian Royal Navy]]
|Operators            =[[Image:CRNEnsign.png|border|22px]] [[Cacertian Royal Navy]]
|Class before          =[[Savina-Class Light Cruiser|''Savina''-Class]]
|Class before          =[[Savina-Class Light Cruiser|''Savina''-class]]
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|Ship draft            =7 meters
|Ship draft            =7 meters
|Ship propulsion      ={{Unbulleted list|4 × shafts|4 × CNRC geared turbines}}
|Ship propulsion      ={{Unbulleted list|4 × CNRC geared turbines|8 × CNRC water-tube boilers|4 × shafts each driving four-bladed propellers}}
|Ship speed            =32.5 knots (60/2 km/h)
|Ship speed            =32.5 knots (60.2 km/h)
|Ship range            =10,000 nautical miles at 15 knots
|Ship range            =10,000 nautical miles at 15 knots
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|Ship armament        ={{Unbulleted list|'''Guns:'''|15 × [[Cacertian 130mm RN-QFIV Gun|130mm RN-QFIV guns]] (5 × 3)|'''Dual-purpose:'''|8 × 75mm RN-DPII guns (8 × 1)|'''Anti-aircraft:'''|16 × [[Vitali MG50 Heavy Machine Gun|MG50 machine guns]]|'''Other:'''|8 × 540mm torpedo tubes}}
|Ship armament        ={{Unbulleted list|'''Guns:'''|15 × [[Cacertian 150mm RN-QF Naval Gun|150mm RN-QFII guns]] (5 × 3)|'''Dual-purpose:'''|8 × 75mm RN-DPII guns (8 × 1)|'''Anti-aircraft:'''|16 × [[Vitali MG50 Heavy Machine Gun|MG50 machine guns]]|'''Other:'''|8 × 540mm torpedo tubes (4 × 2)}}
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[[Category:Military of Cacerta]]
[[Category:Military of Cacerta]]
[[Category:Cacertian Royal Navy]]
[[Category:Cacertian Royal Navy]]
[[Category:Cruiser Classes of Cacerta]]

Latest revision as of 20:14, 6 January 2022

PaduaClassLightCruiser.png
Class overview
Name: Padua-class light cruiser
Builders: Royal Shipbuilders of Cacerta
Operators: CRNEnsign.png Cacertian Royal Navy
Preceded by: Savina-class
In commission: 1933 – 1945
Planned: 10
Completed: 10
Lost: 4
Retired: 6
Preserved: 1
General characteristics
Type: Light cruiser
Displacement:
  • 8,767 tons standard
  • 9,885 tons fully loaded
Length: 180 meters
Beam: 19 meters
Draft: 7 meters
Propulsion:
  • 4 × CNRC geared turbines
  • 8 × CNRC water-tube boilers
  • 4 × shafts each driving four-bladed propellers
Speed: 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h)
Range: 10,000 nautical miles at 15 knots
Complement: 868 officers and crew
Armament:

The Padua-class was a class of light cruisers built for the Cacertian Royal Navy leading up to and during the Siduri War. The Padua-class were heavily armed for light cruisers and possessed a main battery of fifteen 130mm quick-firing guns capable of devastating damage to light class warships. They were also the final class of light cruisers built under the auspices of Andrea Doria’s post-Divide War new naval strategy.

A total of eight ships were initially planned but this was later increased to ten following the start of the Siduri War. Three were immediately assigned to Task Force Andria to bolster the naval contingent there, five assigned to Task Force Center, and the remaining two assigned to Task Force North. Although all of the ships served extensively during the war, three were present during the Battle of the Sabri Sea of which the Trapini and the Cremona were sunk during the action.

The remaining ships served until they were decommissioned in 1945 and sold for scrap. The Padua is the only surviving example of the ship and is moored at the naval outpost at its namesake city.

Design

Armament

Armor

Propulsion

Construction

Service History

Current Status

Units

# Designation Name Shipyard Laid down Launched Commissioned Status Commanding Officer
I CL-Pa-001 Padua N/A
II CL-Pa-002 Raphae
III CL-Pa-003 Durovernon
IV CL-Pa-004 Amida
V CL-Pa-005 Theveste
VI CL-Pa-006 Lutetia
VII CL-Pa-007 Trapini
VIII CL-Pa-008 Ascalon
IX CL-Pa-009 Cremona
X CL-Pa-010 Ostium