Knight-class fast attack craft

Knight-class fast attack craft

Knight-class fast attack craft

File:Fastattackcraft.jpg ICN Paladin in Castarcian territorial waters
Class overview
Name:	Knight-class fast attack craft
Builders:	Template:Country data Allied Connurist States Fort Castarcia Shipbuilding
Operators:	Template:Country data Allied Connurist States Imperial Castarcian Navy Template:Country data Kheiastan
Cost:	$133 million
In commission:	2004–present
Planned:	16
Building:	0
Completed:	25
Active:	20
Lost:	5
General characteristics
Type:	Fast attack craft
Displacement:	510 tonnes
Length:	60 m
Beam:	10 m
Draft:	2 m
Installed power:	3 x diesel electric engines delivering 31,500 hp
Propulsion:	3 x Water Jets
Speed:	45 kn
Endurance:	8 days
Complement:	38
Sensors and processing systems:	Thales Nederland Scout (I/J band) radar EADS TRS-3D Radar CEROS 200 fire radar and optronic sight
Electronic warfare & decoys:	4 × chaff/IR launchers ESM/ECM
Armament:	1 × Imperial Ordnance 76 mm cannon 8 x VLS cells 1 x RIM-116 RAM launcher (21 cells) 1 x Phalanx CIWS 2 x HMG-1 12.7mm machine guns

The Knight-class fast attack craft is a small warship in service with the Imperial Castarcian Navy primarily designed for littoral combat, with secondary applications in naval combat against larger hostile warships. The Knight class shares a similar design philosophy to the more recent Rampage-class corvette, in that speed and stealth are prioritised, as well as survivability. The use of waterjet propulsion allows the Knight-class to have excellent manoeuvrability and a top speed of 45 knots, allowing for rapid and swift combat entry and exit, and the Knight retains the radar cross section of a fishing boat. Unlike its predecessors within the Imperial Castarcian Navy and many counterparts on the seas, the Knight is capable of defending itself against aerial threats with the RIM-116 RAM and the Phalanx CIWS.

However, as a fast attack craft, the Knight has poor seagoing qualities compared to larger capital ships and other warships such as the Rampage-class corvette, and also suffers from cramped quarters.

Originally, sixteen Knight-class vessels were planned and sixteen were constructed accordingly. However, five were lost in combat during the Great Castarcian War of 2009 and 2010. Therefore, after the conclusion of the conflict, five more were constructed and put into service in order to bolster the total amount of Knight-class warships back up to sixteen.

Between 2010 and 2012, Kheiastan ordered four vessels.

Ships in class

Ship	Hull Number	Status
Knight subclass
Knight	FAC-681	Active
Paladin	FAC-682	Active
Warrior	FAC-683	Active
Gallant	FAC-684	Sunk
Cavalier	FAC-685	Active
Chevalier	FAC-686	Active
Conquistador	FAC-687	Sunk
Swashbuckler	FAC-688	Sunk
Chivalrous	FAC-689	Active
Buccaneer	FAC-690	Active
Lionheart	FAC-691	Active
Dauntless	FAC-692	Sunk
Crusader	FAC-693	Active
Intrepid	FAC-694	Active
Indomitable	FAC-695	Active
Plucky	FAC-696	Sunk
Musketeer	FAC-697	Active
Corsair	FAC-698	Active
Marauder	FAC-699	Active
Plunderer	FAC-700	Active
Stalwart	FAC-701	Active