Republic-class battleship
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Republic-class battleship |
| Builders: | Makedonian Naval Foundary |
| Operators: |
 Navy of the Syaran Republic |
| Preceded by: | Nemaro-class battleship |
| Succeeded by: | Syara-class battleship |
| In commission: | 1902-1906 |
| Planned: | 10 |
| Completed: | 5 |
| Cancelled: | 5 |
| Lost: | 5 |
| Retired: | 0 |
| Preserved: | 0 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Battleship |
| Displacement: | 14,870 metric tons (14,640 long tons) |
| Length: | 135.25 meters (443 ft 9 in) |
| Beam: | 24.25 m (79 ft 7 in) |
| Draft: | 8.2 m (26 ft 11 in) |
| Propulsion: | 3 screws, 3 triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed: | 18 knots |
| Range: | 15,600 km |
| Complement: | 32 officers, 710 crew |
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The Republic-class battleship was a series of pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Republic of Syara from 1901-1906. Intended to supplament and later replace the older Nemaro-class battleships, production of the class was abruptly stopped following the introduction of the Cacertian dreadnought design, which rendered the class obsolete. Only five of the planned ten vessels were finished; the Redemption of Sin, Clarity of Grace, By Wisdom's Words, Purity in Solidarity, and the Provider of Purpose.
The class saw limited service in the Syaran-Ruvelkan War, mostly through shore bombardment. The design was pressed into service for the Divide War, but against the more powerful battleships of the Cacertian Empire it was largely outclassed. By Wisdom's Words and Clarity of Grace were sunk in 1916, followed by the Provider of Purpose in 1917. Redemption of Sin and Purity in Solidarity survived the war and were originally slated to be retired in the 1920s, only to be brough back to service for the Siduri War. Both survivors were sunk during the Sundering Sea Campaign.