The Riamese Navy is the naval component of the Armed Forces of Riamo. Her duties include protecting Riamese and regional diplomatic, economical, and social interests, as well as providing an offensive and defensive force capable of defending the nation and its peoples.

Role

Functions of the defense force include:

Defend national interests of Riamo
Assisting in labors of national security as well as during environmental disasters
Affirming Riamese position as a leading naval power
Project a sense of security to the nations with economical, cultural, historical and political ties to Riamo
Humanitarian Aid and Peacekeeping

Riamo has no separation between navy, coast guard, sea police or anything alike, being the navy the force that encompasses all roles coast guard would also cover in traditional countries.

History

Royal Riamese Navy
Royal Riamese Navy
Founded	9 June 1719; 305 years ago
Website	www.armedforces.gov.ri
Personnel
Military age	18
Industry
Foreign suppliers	Gassasinia ; Kentalis (former)
Annual exports	Vultesia ; Gavrilia ; Qazhshava ; Hoterallia ; Krenya ; Freice Freice

Pre-colonial times

Before the dawn of the Empire the Riamese fleet was mostly composed of smaller trading vessels, with Speer, Butter and Linghtings being common sights. The vast majority of the wartime fleet was not owned by the monarch but rather medieval lords, whose ships would be called to assist the king in case of war but were allowed to operate with normality otherwise.

By the late 14th century, the invention of the Galtiner as an exploration ship allowed Riamese adventurers to start discovering lands far from Metropolitan Riamo, while others like the Portington spread around Guri and the central coast as an efficient armed attack sailing ship.

Empire

By the 16th century, explorers had managed to expand Riamese influence over the waves, with colonies eventually sparkling across and around the Talsar Ocean with massive incentives from the crown. Ships like the Double Galtiner and the Portington were popularized throughout the empire by this time, and would become the backbone of the navy for years to come.

Larger ships like the Tripple would allow for farther exploration by the 17th century, allowing for the colonization of Freice and Gassassinia, among others. It would be variations of the Tripple that helped put Riamese ships at par with the rest of the eastern kingdoms.

Bellic Era

Tall masted wooden vessels would soon be phased out for newer ships by the late 19th century, with cruisers being caught first by the wave of armoured shipbuilding. All first Riamese attempts at armoured shipbuilding proved futile, most including some combination of masts and engines with wood and metal while usually including less than half the safe boats needed for embarking their full crews. By the 1880s sails had proved counterproductive when combined with boilers, being phased out in the Riamese and Neuew navies by 1885.

Armoured & Protected Cruisers

Armoured cruisers would appear in the mid 1880s, featuring am armoured belt on the waterline protective against most direct hits to the broadside, but would soon be proven ineffective against the ever-advancing high penetration projectiles that were appearing by the dawn of the 20th century.

They would be closely followed by the protected cruisers, featuring an internal armoured deck that covered the vital parts and citadel at an angle, increasing effectiveness in relation to thickness, some still proving useful by the late 1920s.

Dreadnoughts

RRN Dreadnought (left) and RRN Majestuous (right)

By the dawn of the 20th century it had become obvious that armoured ships were the future. Steam and turrets had replaced wind and cannons, and ships were now truly expensive and heavy. By then ships had multiple calibres that made it hard to guess which splash came from which gun, making the aiming process difficult, reason why Riamese naval engineer Dreadnought envisioned a single calibered armoured ship with 5 turrets. His idea would be quickly adopted by the naval powers of Riamo and Neuewland. Having put afloat the first Dreadnought battleships by 1903, the former would make quick development of engines and turrets, while the latter would pioneer superfiring turrets by 1905. It would take years for most other naval powers to commit to the concept.

Although not the first one laid down, RRS Elizabeth was the first Charles Class Battleship to be commissioned. She pioneered the tripod mast design, inspired by Neuewland's latest dreadnought classes, which would revolutionize Riamese naval construction after 1906.

By 1908 came the iconic Majestuous Class, which stepped up to have 2 tripod main masts as opposed to only one in the Dreadnought Class, with 5 main turrets which would settle the grounds for the second generation of Riamese Dreadnought Battleships. The Majestuous would also show the advantages of not having uniform armour thickness across the ship, helping with manoeuvrability and speed.

Second Generation Dreadnoughts

1911 saw the dawn of the Furious Class Battleships, which stepped down to 4 main turrets and kept Dreadnought's 2 tripod mast configuration. RRN Furious was the first ship in the navy to have an armour belt that did not cover the entire ship's length. This generation was short but proved the effectiveness of uneven armour and superstructures on ships, while proving wrong previous assumptions around efectiveness of casemate guns.

Third & Fourth Generation Dreadnought Battleships

RNN Gloria - Gloria Class Battleship, designed in 1935

Third generation ships came lead by Blackwood Class in 1916, reintroducing the single tripod mast plus secondary pole mast configuration. Casemates would be utterly abandoned in favor of mounts, which proved effective at providing extra firepower against casemates' reduced firing arches and tightness of spaces. This generation pioneered the island-type superstructure and most ships would remain on service for decades.

The fourth generation was born by the 1930s, with ships like the Trident and Longsword demonstrating the efficiency of having great calibered guns mixed with anti-air and anti-ship secondary armament around the superstructure. This generation would aim for slightly less slimmer vessels and more decentralized superstructures like RRN Gloria, which emphasized having as many mounts with frontal firing arches as possible.

Modern Cruisers

The so-called Light Cruisers would be born as lighter versions of Armoured Cruisers by the 1900s. Mostly meant for escort, spotting and patrol duties, they would soon be popularized. The idea would stay afloat past the Battleship period, with a generational change between the early 1920s, time by when the concept evolved to cover fleet needs and trade protection roles.

In the Riamese Navy, 1930s Cruisers came to encompass roles such as trade protection ships, flotilla leaders, heavy escorts, and anti-aircraft defense batteries, with the four branches of development becoming clearer as the decade progressed. Overall, they usually presented a combination of good speed, manoeuvrability, torpedo armament, and -although not often- plane launching systems, in exchange for lower armour and firepower than heavier ships.

The success of the Gassasinia Class (1926) would lead to the dual-floor stacked frontal superstructure to become a prominent feature of cruisers of the post-protected cruisers era, but it would be the Portington Class (1930) the first to display the benefits of dual turrets, while incorporating the Hawville Catapult in their designs.

By 1933 the admiralty attempted to mitigate the then widely aknowledged poor reconaissance capabilities of the fleet, a reason that lead to the modification of the Albore Class vessel RSS Albion, while under construction, in 1934. The redesign saw a major refit of the mid section of the ship, featuring an early version of an Aviation Crane and space for two Aerobee reconaissance Aircraft.

By her commissioning in 1935, the RSS Albion soon became a staple of naval modernisation within Riamo, paving the way for another 2 Albore cruisers to be modified into a scheme similar to Albion's, giving birth to what would come to be known as the Albion Class (1934), and paving the way of what would later become a staple of the riamese navy: Aviation Cruisers.

Albion Class

Built as the first ship officially designated as a Heavy Cruiser, the Albion Class was developed following lessons learnt from lighter escort cruisers like the Gassassinia Class, which lacked in firepower and armour in expense for speed, manoeuvrability and AA-gunnery. She would be planned to hold sustainable amounts of firepower for her displacement while keeping a relatively high cruising speed and acceptable armour.

Topped with 4x triple 6-inch turrets and a plane catapult, she was expected to be the first of a class that would cover most flotilla leader capabilities while providing firepower needed on most trade-raiding engagements.

Albion & Defiant

By November 1928, the admiralty had received several reports regarding the poor reconnaissance and firepower capabilities of most previous cruiser classes, which would often force the usage of battleships as part of escort flotillas. This void sparkled the creation of the Defiant Class of Heavy Cruisers off of unfinished cruiser RRS Defiant, former member of the Albion Heavy Cruiser Class.

By their commissioning in 1930, the 2 now former sister ships were unrecognizable. Albion, which had been redesigned to meet the AA-battery & support roles, now varied vastly from Defiant, modified to have a Hawville-designed state-of-the-art catapult system which gave her capacity for 4 planes, including a torpedo bomber, as well as an extended delta-type command deck and Mk7 radar system. RRN Defiant would be the only ship of the Royal Navy to be part of 2 different classes upon being laid down, the second of which would pioneer the Spotting Cruisers.

Patrol Cruisers

RSS Gallgee: the first official Patrol Ship. The ship's foremast had to be trimmed into a single tower-like rounded mast with no high top-floor to avoid possible collisions dring rendez-vous maneuvres. All equipment was moved forward and the back third of the ship's main deck was covered by a false deck from where to handle the aircraft, with polleys and carts being used to move the equipment around. This simplistic-tower plus half-aft-deck design would become the default for these types of ships.

Originally designated as "Heavy Escort Seaplane tenders", the Patrol Cruisers were a series of vessels whose main characteristic was their Hawville catapult located between the funnels, which allowed them to carry multiple planes on board. The 1929 Defiant Class served as testament, almost by mistake, of the great power that held having a deployable bomber on board. First ships would go on to try a torpedo bomber configuration which would be soon replaced by a carpet bomber due to the extremely low efficiency that came with the use of a sole torpedo bomber.

Aerobee being launched from RRN Audacious

1933 would see the appearance of the Seahawk Class, which was able to carry 6 planes on board, from which half were redeployable carpet bombers. This class would again prove the efficiency of the usage of carpet bombers, albeit with the cost of primary armament firepower.

The Albert Shawn (also called Admiral) Class would come in 1937 followed by the D-Class of 1944, each of which were capable of carrying up to 7 squeezed planes. These late Patrol Cruisers allowed for the wide usage of reconaissance planes without the need of seaplane tenders or aircraft carriers, which would have been costly and have limited severely the efforts of the Riamese Navy throughtout the decade of the 1930s. Patrol cruisers would utterly define the Riamese Navy's strategy, aiming for a very limited usage of fixed-wing aircraft carriers.

30's Cruisers

RSS Clevey in 1939

Upon splitting from their airborne-focused sisters by 1928, the admiralty took lessons learnt from the 1930 Albion Class, taking the heavier line and focusing it on front-line manouverability, with the two-ship Leviathan Class of 1935 showing off its nine 150mm cannons and 30 knot maximum speed.

After them came the Clevey Class of 1935, which went to show off a larger slimmer body and 32.5 knots of maximum speed, all while increasing to 4x3 150mm turrets as main armament. Their design was conceived as a cruiser class with much a vast autonomy, improved anti-aircraft designs, a larger and thicker torpedo belt, and overall improved attack capabilities compared to previous classes.

While there were no large-scale international armed conflicts during this period, the height of the Nostrian Standoff saw increased spenditure on military development and construction by the 1940s, era by which the Riamese admiralty pursued 3 strong lines of cruisers: - Heavy Cruisers, tasked with accompaigning fleet leads and large task forces, lead by the Brooklyn and Southern Star classes; - Light Cruisers, taking the role of convoy protectors and maveuverable gun carriers, lead by the Freice and Gassasinia classes; - and Patrol Cruisers, tasked with aerial vigilance for which they had increased size and armor, lead by the Loxpool Class.

Heavy Cruiser RSS Brooklyn (left), Light Cruiser RSS Gassasinia (center) and Patrol Cruiser RSS Loxpool (right)

Assets

Name	Ships	Notes
Surface Combatants
Triumphant Class Amphibious Assault Ships (Landing Helicopter Dock) Riamo	RRN Triumphant RRN Indomable
Diana Class Amphibious Assault & Medical Assistance Ship Riamo	RRN Diana
Fair Class Helicopter Carrier (Support and Helicopter Training) Riamo	RRN Fair
Liberty Class Destroyers Riamo Hoterallia (6) Qazhshava	RRN Liberty RRN Unity RRN Prosperity	Sometimes called "Guri-B Class", the Liberty Class is a never version of the Guri Class with changes in configuration and design. All units but Qazhshavan ones have the Riamese-Vultesian designed Trident Combat System
Guri Class Destroyers Riamo	RRN Guri RRN Lighton RRN Nashe RRN Loxpool RRN Portington RRN Nammington RRN Olchester	Sometimes called "Guri-A Class", the Guri Class Destroyers are the first series to include the Riamese-Vultesian designed Trident Combat System
Albert Jhonson Class Litoral Patrols Riamo	RRN Albert Jhonson RRN Elizabeth Portmary RRN George Dilmuth RRN David Black
Delta Class Frigates Riamo	RRN Delta RRN Danney RRN Diore RRN Dormant RRN Destroyant RRN Dido	Mostly used as light coastal patrol
Thunder Class Litoral Patrols Riamo Vultesia Krenya Qazhshava	RRN Thunder RRN Lighting RRN Bolt RRN Clash Batch 2: RRN Predator RRN Bold RRN Audacious RRN Fearless RRN Splendid RRN Magnificent	Co-developed by Riamo & Krenya Sister of Seabird Class Vultesia
Yankee Class Minehunters Riamo Kentalis	RRN Yankee RRN Yorktown RRN Young RRN Yarmuth RRN Yaughter RRN Yielding	Co-developed by Riamo & Kentalis from Kentalian Dual Class. In use by the Vultesian Navy
Monarch Class Corvettes Riamo	RRN Monarch RRN Queen RRN Majesty RRN Conqueror
Queensboro Class Assault Submarines Riamo	RRN Queensboro RRN Aldentown RRN Simpton RRN Forrey RRN Rudery RRN Sourthport
Auxiliary Ships
Mercy Class Hospital Ships Riamo	RRN Mercy RRN Peace
Cape June Class At-sea-replenishment Ships Riamo	RRN Cape June RRN Sefan Strait RRN Cape White
Sundancer Class Hidrographic Vessels Riamo	RRN Sundancer RRN Blacknight
Independence Class Oceanographic Vessel Riamo	RRN Independence