Confection Class

TS Chartreuse Jelly (far right, very distant)
Class overview
Builders:	West Woods Shipyard (西章, ser-tjang)
Operators:	Themiclesia
Preceded by:	Tuver
Succeeded by:	Sabot
Built:	1947–1948
In commission:	1950–
Planned:	5
Completed:	5
Active:	1
Scrapped:	3
Preserved:	1
General characteristics
Type:	Frigate
Displacement:	3,525 t
Length:	87 m
Draught:	8 m
Propulsion:	fossil fuel
Speed:	24 knots
Range:	not measured

The Confection Class (干艇, kem-hling’) is a class of frigates of the Themiclesian Navy. Ships in class were named for the favourite creations of the Secretary of Confections that sacrificed his life to protect the Themiclesian Emperor Shljaps-tsung from assassination.

Namesake and controversy

The Themiclesian Navy preserves its ship-naming scheme from its founding over 12 centuries ago, with all ships named after celestial bodies. The early navy was known for its superstition and wished to associate its vessels with stars, which do not "sink" and appear to be permanent. Even after the introduction of Casaterran concepts in the 16th century and forward, ships were still named this way. During the Pan-Septentrion War, the Empire of Dayashina infiltrated the Themiclesian Marine Corps and made several attempts on Emperor Shljaps-tsung's life; in one particularly close occasion, the Secretary of Confections grabbed, with his bare hands, hot coals from a mobile stove and therewith incapacitated the assassins. He died of severe burns and blood loss several days afterwards. In 1946, the Navy Secretary ordered an investigation into the infiltration, which was hushed during the war; the investigators found that the infiltration was far more extensive than previously thought and recommended the Navy to dedicate a memorial to the Secretary of Confections, who had "perished due to the negligence of ministers". The Navy Secretary chose to name the new class of frigates after the desserts for which the victim was renowned at court.

When the order to name the new frigates was announced, there was some degree of dissent in the Navy. Conservative officers believed that the Navy should not flirt with fate by naming its ships after things "which melt or sink in water", while others thought that the Navy's naming scheme should be preserved. In 1947, Vice Admiral Rik told his subordinates that, "even in the interest of the esteemed Secretary of Confections, it is not appropriate to name ships after his desserts, because if the ship were to have an accident, it would amount to a curse on his spirit and insult to his dignity." Another officer, Admiral Trjang, opined that if new ships were to be named this way, "we shall have to avoid these desserts throughout the Navy, lest we cast a hex onto their hulls". Nevertheless, the Navy Secretary pressed on with this policy, and the ships were commissioned with these names in 1950 and 1951.

Ships in class

Name	Hull no.	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Status
Chartreuse Jelly	9	West Woods Shipyard	10 January 1947	23 December 1947	1 January 1950		Refit
Cotton Candy	10	West Woods Shipyard	15 October 1947	13 January 1949	1 January 1950	10 March 1971	Scrapped
Marshmallow	11	West Woods Shipyard	18 October 1947	15 January 1949	4 May 1951	29 May 1975	Scrapped
Pudding	12	West Woods Shipyard	22 Nov 1947	23 January 1949	3 January 1952	2 November 1975	Preserved in the West Woods Museum
Sorbet	13	West Woods Shipyard	3 August 1948	14 December 1949	1 August 1952	16 February 1977	Scrapped
Name	Hull no.	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Status