Scáthach-class battleship
| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Scáthach-class |
| Operators: |
 Royal Ossorian Navy |
| Preceded by: | Mórrígan-class |
| Built: | 2007 - Present |
| In commission: | 2012 - Present |
| Planned: | 9 |
| Building: | 2 |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Active: | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Guided-missile battleship |
| Length: | 262 meters |
| Beam: | 32 meters |
| Draught: | 10 meters |
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| Speed: | +30 kts |
| Range: | Unlimited |
| Complement: | 900 |
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The Scáthach-class battleship is a class of guided-missile battleships, built for and serving with the Royal Ossorian Navy (RON) starting in 2007. The class was the second class of guided-missile battleship built by the RON and the first Ossorian battleship class to be outfitted exclusively with missiles as its primary armament.
Design
General characteristics
The Scáthach-class ships have an overall length of 262 m, a beam of 32 m, and a draught of 10 m. Each of the class' four steam turbines drive a single 5-bladed Variable-pitch propellers and are powered by a pair of LFTRs and are rated at 215,000 shaft horsepower. This gives ships of the class a reported speed in excess of 30 knots.
Sensors
The Scáthach-class ships were designed and built around the Caer Warfare System and its omni-directional active phased array radar.
Armament
- Eleven 30 mm close-in weapon systems for use against close-in surface and airborne targets; with eight mounted around the superstructure, one fore, and two aft.
- Two batteries of vertical launch systems totaling 48 cells designed to fire the Móralltach anti-ship missile against standoff-range surface targets, with one battery of 24 cells each mounted fore and aft of the superstructure.
- Two batteries of vertical missile launchers totaling 240 cells capable of launching a variety of surface-to-air missiles, surface-to-surface missiles, and anti-submarine missiles for use against standoff-range airborne, surface, and subsurface targets, with one battery of 144 cells mounted on the foredeck and a second battery of 96 cells mounted on the afterdeck.
Aviation
The Scáthach-class ships are outfitted with a helicopter hangar and a flight deck on the stern and are capable of operating helicopters. The ships are additionally outfitted with the launch and retrieval system for a complement of ten reconnaissance UAVs.
Ships
| Ship | Namesake | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
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| Scáthach | Goddess of Strategy | HRM Dockyard, Gabhrán | 2007 | 2010 | 2012 | |
| Andraste | Goddess of Victory | HRM Dockyard, Gabhrán | 2010 | 2013 | 2015 | |
| Aífe | Goddess of Courage | HRM Dockyard, Gabhrán | 2013 | 2016 | 2018 | |
| Triana | Goddess of Magic | HRM Dockyard, Gabhrán | 2016 | 2019 | 2021 | |
| Étaín | Goddess of the Stars | HRM Dockyard, Gabhrán | 2019 | 2022 | 2024 (Planned) | |
| Mórrígan | Goddess of Warfare | HRM Dockyard, Gabhrán | 2022 | 2025 (Planned) | 2027 (Planned) | |
| Arduinna | Goddess of the Hunt | HRM Dockyard, Gabhrán | 2025 (Planned) | 2028 (Planned) | 2030 (Planned) | |
| Niamh | Goddess of the Dawn | HRM Dockyard, Gabhrán | 2028 (Planned) | 2031 (Planned) | 2033 (Planned) | |
| Anu | Goddess of Flames | HRM Dockyard, Gabhrán | 2031 (Planned) | 2034 (Planned) | 2036 (Planned) |