Hæstirétt class battleship

IANS Neils III
Class overview
Name:	Majestic class
Builders:	National Shipyards
Operators:	Imperial Navy
Preceded by:	Cnut class
Built:	1942-1947
In service:	1945 to XXX
In commission:	1945 to XX
Planned:	4
Completed:	2
Laid up:	2
General characteristics
Type:	Battleship
Displacement:	65,432 tons
Length:	310 metres
Beam:	37 metres
Draft:	11.2m
Installed power:	180,000 shp
Propulsion:	12x Vundstradt Diesel Engines 3 × controllable-reversible pitch propellers 2 × rudders
Speed:	30 knots
Range:	19,200 nmi at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement:	3,120
Sensors and processing systems:	1x BN43 air search radar 2x Hedgj Rangefinders 2x Valstrom targeting radars
Armament:	10x 40.6cm naval guns 12 × 15 cm (5.9 in) guns 16 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) guns 16 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) guns 12 × 2 cm (0.79 in) guns 6 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes
Armor:	Main belt: 300 mm (11.8 in) Upper belt: 145 mm (5.7 in) Bulkheads: 220 mm (8.7 in) Barbettes: 365 mm (14.4 in) Turret face: 385 mm (15.2 in) Conning tower: 350 mm (13.8 in) Decks: 50–80 mm (2.0–3.1 in), 100–120 mm (3.9–4.7 in)

The Hæstirétt class battleship is a class of two battleships constructed by Aureumterra in the 1940s for the Imperial Navy of Aureumterra during the Nordic Sea Arms Race of 1905-1950. The ships were both a significant departure from earlier vessels, armed with ten 406mm guns and a rear triple turret design previously not seen in the region, which was a direct counterweight to the new Velikoslav Type 47 470mm naval gun that had recently been tested. The ships were considered ahead of their time, using capable but complex diesel engines to achieve a maximum of 30 knots and travel at ranges in excess of 19,000 nautical miles. These engines proved complex to maintain, however, and significantly increased the vessel's maintenance costs. As a result, out of the four planned, only two were completed. They were considered the culmination of Aureumterran battleship design and the final Aureumterran battleship constructed before naval doctrines began to shift away from the vessels.