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The Mukurthi-class battleship was a class of four fast battleships built for the Royal Tennaiite Navy (RTN) in the 1920s. They reinforced Tennai's "eight-eight fleet" of eight battleships and eight battlecruisers after Syara announced a major naval construction programs in the same period. The Mukurthi-class was designed to be superior to all other existing battleships, planned or building. | |||
==Design and background== | |||
==Description== | |||
==Construction== | |||
Revision as of 06:22, 22 February 2021
 Right elevation line drawing of the design for the Mukurthi-class
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| Class overview | |
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| Operators: |
 Tennai |
| Preceded by: | Anginda class |
| Succeeded by: | Kattumala class |
| Planned: | 4 |
| Completed: | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Fast battleship |
| Displacement: | 47,500 t (46,700 long tons) (normal) |
| Length: | 274.4 m (900 ft 3 in) |
| Beam: | 30.8 m (101 ft 1 in) |
| Draft: | 9.8 m (32 ft 2 in) |
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| Propulsion: | 4 shafts; 4 × geared steam turbines |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
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The Mukurthi-class battleship was a class of four fast battleships built for the Royal Tennaiite Navy (RTN) in the 1920s. They reinforced Tennai's "eight-eight fleet" of eight battleships and eight battlecruisers after Syara announced a major naval construction programs in the same period. The Mukurthi-class was designed to be superior to all other existing battleships, planned or building.