Alba-class destroyer
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Alba-class air defence destroyer |
| Builders: | TBA |
| Operators: |
 Imperial Navy |
| Cost: | $1.8 billion |
| In service: | 2006- |
| Completed: | 10 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Tonnage: | 7,150 tons (Full load) |
| Length: | 155.4 m |
| Beam: | 20.52 m |
| Draught: | 5.2 m |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: |
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| Range: | 6,100 nmi (11,000 km) cruise |
| Complement: | 236 |
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| Armament: |
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| Aircraft carried: | 2 x Cassini or similar medium-lift aircraft |
The Alba-class guided-missile destroyer is a class of air defence destroyer in service with the Navy of the Latin Empire.
The class began it's life as part of the Latin Naval upgrade project that intended to amalgamate multiple older designs into single, multi-purpose platforms that met requirements placed upon the Imperial Navy in the combat theatres of the twenty-first century. While the intended design was for a truly multi-purpose vessel, the admiralty felt that a focus on anti-air warfare (AAW) was needed as a priority to counter new generations of combat aircraft, with a frigate designed - the Victoria-class following three years later.
Development
The Imperial Navy issued a requirement in 2002 for what was titled the 'Future Sea Combatant Project for the twenty-first century', or FSC21. The project initially focused on the prospect of a general purpose destroyer.
Development of the destroyer toward a 'general purpose' role saw the domestic development of the Augustus Multi-Function Active Radar system that featured a higher data rate and a a larger set of adaptive beam emitters for the ability to track multiple targets simultaneously in a battle-space. Shortly after the live testing of the AMFAR system the admiralty decided to shift focus on the design toward an air defence role, with the idea being that the Alba casts a defensive 'bubble' over a task force operating in hostile areas to defend from air attack. The shift resulted in the development of the Thalassan group G-24 Long-range active radar that is capable of long-range interrogations of detected airborne objects with a high success rate of detection toward aircraft with low-RCS body structures.
Facing the potential of having to redesign the entirety of existing missile stocks, the Imperial Navy worked alongside the Federation Navy, a long-time ally, to domestically manufacture a number of munitions such as the Orestes Foundries gun series, the Lance Missile family, the Archer missile family, and after 2008 the Foreganger missile, a long-range supersonic missile platform.
Operators
Ships in class
| Name | Number | Comissioned | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| I.M.S Alba | D647 | 2006 | Active |
| TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |