Savina-Class Light Cruiser

Class overview
Name:	Savina-class light cruiser
Builders:	Royal Shipbuilders of Cacerta
Operators:	Cacertian Royal Navy
Preceded by:	Brindisi-class
Succeeded by:	Padua-class
In commission:	1929 – 1950
Planned:	8
Completed:	6
Cancelled:	2
Lost:	1
Retired:	5
General characteristics
Type:	Light cruiser
Displacement:	6,825 tons standard 7,518 tons fully loaded
Length:	165 meters
Beam:	16.1 meters
Draft:	6.3 meters
Propulsion:	24 × CNRC geared steam turbines 4 × 665 psi boilers 2 × shafts each driving four-bladed propellers
Speed:	33.6 knots (62.2 km/h)
Range:	8,500 nautical miles at 15 knots
Complement:	673 officers and crew
Sensors and processing systems:	Type 130 ASDIC Type 152 surface-search radar
Armament:	Guns: 16 × 150mm RN-QFII guns (8 × 2) Anti-aircraft: 16 × 40mm RN-AAIII guns (4 × 4) 6 × 20mm RN-AAIII guns (6 × 1) Other: 8 × 540mm torpedo tubes (2 × 4)

The Savina-class was a class of six experimental light cruisers built as fast scout cruisers focused on anti-aircraft armament for the Cacertian Royal Navy. Armed with a total of sixteen RN-QFII naval guns, the Savina-class possessed arguably the heaviest anti-aircraft armament of any cruiser in the Siduri War. Many of the ships in the class saw heavy action during the conflict with one ship—HMS Megantis—sunk during the Battle of the Sabri Sea.

Despite being well-received in their intended role, the Savina-class did not fair well as surface combatants with the only ship of the class to have engaged in a direct surface battle being sunk. This has often been attributed to a combination of its light armor and relatively short-range surface armament. Eight ships were initially planned, but the final two were cancelled at the start of the Siduri War.

After the war, the remaining five ships served as training vessels until eventually being decommissioned in 1950.

Units

#	Designation	Name	Shipyard	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Status	Commanding Officer
I	CL-Sa-001	Savina
II	CL-Sa-002	Kastolcis
III	CL-Sa-003	Aveinhede
IV	CL-Sa-004	Megantis
V	CL-Sa-005	Sidora
VI	CL-Sa-006	Colleria