HMS Eerika Waterly-Davion (BB-EWD-001)
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 HMS Eerika Waterly-Davion in 1910.
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 Cacerta
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| Name: | HMS Eerika Waterly-Davion |
| Namesake: | Matriarch Eerika Waterly-Davion |
| Ordered: | 5 September 1901 |
| Builder: | Royal Shipbuilders of Cacerta |
| Laid down: | 23 December 1901 |
| Launched: | 7 April 1902 |
| Commissioned: | 12 August 1902 |
| Decommissioned: | 8 October 1920 |
| Struck: | 11 January 1924 |
| Honors and awards: | Divide War: 8 |
| Fate: | Broken up for scrap, 15 May 1924 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Eerika Waterly-Davion-class battleship |
| Displacement: |
list error: <br /> list (help) 18,873 tons standard 21,020 tons fully loaded |
| Length: | 146 meters |
| Beam: | 27 meters |
| Draft: | 8.8 meters |
| Propulsion: |
list error: <br /> list (help) 2 × Andura steam turbines 16 × Andura boilers 4 × shafts each driving four-bladed propellers 17,000 kW (23,000 shp) |
| Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
| Range: | 8,300 nmi at 12 knots |
| Complement: | 1,008 officers and crew |
| Armament: |
list error: <br /> list (help) Guns: 12 × 28cm L-45 guns (6 × 2) 12 × 15cm L-45 guns (12 × 1) 16 × 9cm L-45 guns (16 × 1) Other: 6 × 45cm torpedo tubes (2 × 3) |
| Armor: |
list error: <br /> list (help) Belt: 102 – 279 mm Deck: 19 – 76 mm Barbettes: 102 – 279 mm Turrets: 76 – 305 mm Conning tower: 279 mm Bulkheads: 203 mm |
The HMS Eerika Waterly-Davion (BB-EWD-001) was a Cacertian Royal Navy battleship that revolutionized naval power in Tyran and ushered in the era of dreadnought battleships after she was launched in April 1902. Eerika Waterly-Davion’s entry into service represented significant advances in naval technology as she was the first battleship of her era to have a uniform main battery instead of a mixed armament of heavy and small caliber guns. She was also the first capital ship to be powered by steam turbines which made her the fastest battleship in the region at the time of her completion and thus sparked a naval arms race. The Royal Ossorian Navy, Royal Acrean Navy, and the Navy of the Syaran Republic immediately began working to match her design.
Eerika saw significant service during the Divide War as part of the Royal Navy task force sent to destroy the Syaran Navy in a decisive action. Although the first battle ended in a tactical victory for Cacerta, it led to several running engagements in which the CRN was unable to lock down the Syaran Navy for the desired single battle. Eerika suffered damage from gunfire which disabled her second and third turrets, but she continued to fight as part of the Royal Navy task force until taking several torpedo hits that forced her to make port in neutral Mátészalka. After making emergency repairs, she returned at half-power to Fumicino where she was fully restored to fighting condition.
She was planned to return to Syara to continue fighting in the Divide War, but the conflict ended before her full repairs were completed. The aftermath of the war saw significant changes to the Royal Navy’s strategy which resulted in Eerika being placed in reserve in 1919 and eventually decommissioned. She was later sold for scrap in 1924.