Tasarin-class battleship

LBS Tasarin at sea during the Great Astyrian War
Class overview
Name:	Tasarin class
Builders:	Alukiri and Malle Aquilifer Naval Engineering
Operators:	Amalfi Arimathea Nikolia Txekrikar
Subclasses:	Aegatic-class
Cost:	about $7,800,000
Built:	1908–1920
In service:	1909–1939
In commission:	1909–1933
General characteristics
Type:	Dreadnought battleship
Length:	142.7 metres
Beam:	23.1 metres
Draught:	7.8 metres
Complement:	654
Armament:	10 × 12 in (305 mm)/45 cal guns (5 × 2) 18 × 4.7 in (120 mm)/50 cal guns 9 × 3-pounder × single 12-pdr 18 cwt Mark I guns

The Tasarin-class battleship, known outside Astyria as the Aegatic-class, was a class of dreadnought battleships that was designed by Alukiri and Malle of Arimathea prior to the Great Astyrian War, in which they subsequently served in the navies of several Western Powers including Arimathea and Txekrikar. A near-identical design was also sold to Amalfi's Aquilifer Naval Engineering, which produced them for general export under the name Aegatic as part of the two firms' long-standing exchange programme. Aquilifer later supplied Alukiri and Malle with its Alaia Regia-class battleship, known in Astyria as the Barezh-class.

The class was named for the tasarin, a flower which is traditionally and symbolically linked to Arimathea having been transplanted there from its native Aquitayne during the Ethlorek migrations.

Design

Design sketch for the Tasarin-class

The first sketches of an Arimathean dreadnought were drafted in 1904 after the Parsig Meeting established the admiralty's new dreadnought-building agenda. The grand duke, Josev VI, was loath to invest in a new fleet and had instructed the navy to purchase second-hand ships from foreign powers or continue building older designs. He rejected outright the idea of a modern, Arimathean-designed and built warship. The admirals at the Parsig Meeting therefore resolved not to commission a single new ship until Josev authorised a line of dreadnoughts.

The design that would become the Tasarin was one of six sketches made in February 1905 by the Admiralty Design Office and was identified by the procurement committee as the dreadnought design best suited to Arimathea's revised naval doctrine. The design was redrafted and updated throughout the year and by the time the 1906 budget was debated in the Avikli, in November 1905, it was considered a necessary addition to the country's navy.

Production

Ship	Builder	Operator	Ordered	Laid down
LBS Tasarin	Kaedroth Valley Yards, Arimathea	Grand Ducal Navy of Arimathea	1907	1908
LBS Galornia	Kaedroth Valley Yards	Grand Ducal Navy of Arimathea	1907	1908
LBS Temolen	Temolen Shipyards	Grand Ducal Navy of Arimathea	1907	1908
LBS Tythim	Temolen Shipyards	Grand Ducal Navy of Arimathea	1907	1908
LBS Maktal	Alukiri and Malle, Kahazar	Grand Ducal Navy of Arimathea	1908	1908
LBS Kahazar	Alukiri and Malle	Grand Ducal Navy of Arimathea	1908	1908
LBS Vertifem	Temolen Shipyards	Grand Ducal Navy of Arimathea	1908	1909
LBS Dargai	Temolen Shipyards	Grand Ducal Navy of Arimathea	1909	1909
LBS Vedalkae	Kaedroth Valley Yards	Grand Ducal Navy of Arimathea	1909	1910
VIS Lorijz	Kaedroth Valley Yards	Navy of Txekrikar	1915	1915
VIS Batara	Alukiri and Malle	Navy of Txekrikar	1915	1915
VIS Kefit	Alukiri and Malle	Navy of Txekrikar	1915	1916
VIS Taeziri	Kaedroth Valley Yards	Navy of Txekrikar	1915	1915
VIS Morqizan	Temolen Shipyards	Navy of Txekrikar	1915	1916