RS Faithful and Fervent
 Faithful and Fervent in 1932
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| History | |
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| Republic of Syara | |
| Name: | Faithful and Fervent |
| Builder: | Breeze Builders |
| Launched: | 1931 |
| Status: | Sunk 24 November, 1935 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Fast battleship |
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| Length: | 214.5 meters |
| Beam: | 31.08 meters |
| Draft: | 8.7 meters |
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| Speed: | 30 knots |
| Range: | 13,900 kilometers |
| Complement: | 1,400 |
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Faithful and Fervent was a Makedon-class battleship that served in the Navy of the Syaran Republic. The Faithful was the first of her class completed in 1928 and was briefly the flagship of the entire Syaran Navy. Like the rest of the Makedon-class she was faster than the Galania-class battleship she was built to surpass, but deficiencies in armor and armarment led to the design being surpassed by the Zovahr=class battleships.
Upon the outbreak of the Siduri War she was assigned to the National Fleet and took part in action off the coast of Mansuriyyah, where she was torpedoed by a Mansuri submarine in March 1934. Rapid repairs saw her returned to service by October and was chosen to take part in Operation Scylla, the intended invasion of the Cacertian territory of Andria. Faithful was placed in charge of Omnicron Cluster which engaged elements of the Andria Fleet during the main action on 24 November, 1935. The engagement went very poorly for the Syarans and the Faihtful in particular; she was struck seven times by Cacertian heavy shells. Following the destruction of its escort destroyer Angel, the Faithful and Fervent was struck another four times, the last two which punched underneath the waterline and severely damaged her propulsion. She went down just over an hour later, although over 70% of her crew were able to escape and were picked up by the Cacertians.