RS Rapid Salvation

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Rapid Salvation in 1931
History
SyaranRepublicNavy.jpgRepublic of Syara
Name: Rapid Salvation
Builder: Scitarian Ship Crafters
Launched: 1929
Status: Sunk 24 November, 1935
General characteristics
Type: Battlecruiser/Fast battleship
Displacement: 30,120 Tons Standard
Length: 219.61 m (720 ft 6 in)
Beam: 33.1 m (108 ft 7 in)
Propulsion: 4 steam turbines
Speed: 30 knots
Range: 16,700 kilometers
Complement: 1,550
Armament:
  • 4 x 356mm guns
  • 8 x 152mm guns
  • 18 x 37mm anti-aircraft guns
  • 32 13.2mm anti-aircraft guns

Rapid Salvation was a Moddra-class battlecruiser fielded by the Navy of the Syaran Republic. Launched in 1929, the Rapid Salvation was sometimes labeled as a battleship along with her sisters by foreign observors.

Following the outbreak of the Siduri War Rapid Salvation saw extensive service as a commerce raider far into the Nuandan Ocean and the Sundering Sea, sinking more than a dozen vessels. She recieved minor damage in the Sundering Sea during September 1935 but was repaired just in time to take part in Operation Scylla against the Cacertian territory of Andria. Assigned to Psi Cluster for the Battle of the Sabri Sea, Rapid Salvation engaged elements of the Andria Fleet in the morning of 24 November. Things went poorly from the start; she was struck by a friendly torpedo from the destroyer Tempest which undercut her steering and limited her functionality of her rudders. With limited maneuverability the battlecruiser made for an easy target for the Cacertian battleships, who struck her more than 20 times. She sank at 08:10, taking all but 329 of her crew with her.