Austerlitz-class battlecruiser

Class overview
Operators:	Sieuxerrian Navy
Preceded by:	Lafayette class
Succeeded by:	Jena-Auerstedt class
Built:	1916-1920
In commission:	1922-19XX
Planned:	4
Completed:	1 as designed, 2 converted into carriers
Cancelled:	1
Retired:	3
Scrapped:	4
General characteristics
Type:	Battlecruiser
Displacement:	28,500 t (28,000 long tons) (normal) 30,000 t (30,000 long tons) (full load)
Length:	230 m (750 ft)
Beam:	26.5 m (87 ft)
Draught:	8.5 m (28 ft) (normal) 8.73 m (28.6 ft)
Installed power:	40 boilers, 115,000 shp (86,000 kW)
Propulsion:	4 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed:	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range:	6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement:	1,100
Armament:	Initial: 4 × twin 380 mm (15") guns 16 × single 138.6 mm (5.4") guns 8 × single 75 mm (3") guns 12 × single 8 mm machine guns 4 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes 1930: 4 × twin 380 mm (15") guns 12 × single 138.6 mm (5.4") guns 8 × single 90 mm (3.5") guns 4 × twin 37 mm (1.4") guns 12 × single 13.2 mm machine guns 1937: 4 × twin 380 mm (15") guns 10 × single 138.6 mm (5.4") guns 4 × twin 90 mm (3.5") guns 4 × twin 37 mm (1.4") guns 4 × quad 13.2 mm machine guns 4 × twin 13.2 mm machine guns 1940: 4 × twin 380 mm (15") guns 8 × twin 100 mm (3.9") guns 12 × twin 37 mm (1.4") guns 40 × single 20 mm automatic cannons
Armor:	Belt: 225 mm (8.9 in) Decks: 65 mm (2.6 in) Barbettes: 225 mm (8.9 in) Turrets: 225 mm (8.9 in) Conning tower: 225 mm (8.9 in) Bulkheads: 100 mm (3.9 in)

The Austerlitz class was a class of battlecruisers built for the Sieuxerrian Navy. Originally four ships were to be built, however the outbreak of the War of Gothic Succession and later discussions of the impending Selkiö Naval Treaty meant that while all four hulls had been laid down, the first; Austerlitz, would be completed as a battlecruiser. The class was a continuation of a general design that had been started by the Conquérante-class. A major change was the upgunning from 13.4" to new 15" guns. Austerlitz would be the last capital ship completed by Sieuxerr prior to the Selkiö Naval Treaty. Of the other three hulls, the two most completed ones would be converted into the Bearn class carrier, the last hull would sit uncompleted until the mid-1920s when it would be broken up in place.