Majestic class battleship

IVNS Majestic, 1957
Class overview
Name:	Majestic class
Builders:	Fortuna Ironworks
Operators:	Grand Navy of Velikoslavia
Preceded by:	Tsar class
Succeeded by:	Skald class
Built:	1945-1954
In service:	1948 to present
In commission:	1949 to present
Planned:	Velikoslavia 3
Completed:	Velikoslavia 3
Active:	Velikoslavia 1
Laid up:	Velikoslavia 2
General characteristics
Type:	Battleship
Displacement:	70,298 tons
Length:	342 metres
Beam:	45.6 metres
Draft:	12.5m
Installed power:	205,000 shp
Propulsion:	8x triangle type boilers 3 × controllable-reversible pitch propellers 2 × rudders
Speed:	27 knots
Range:	7,600 nmi at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement:	3,250
Sensors and processing systems:	1x SC-3 Air Search Radar 2x NFCS8 Fire Control Sensor Systems 2x NRT-51
Armament:	6x Type 47 470mm naval guns 6x Type 10 406mm naval guns 8x Type 22 twin 152 mm (6 in) guns 8x Type 74 twin 100 mm (3.9 in) gun (DP) 2x NML11 missile launchers 10 × 37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K)quadruple 37 mm (1.5 in) AA guns
Armor:	Waterline belt: 450 mm Deck: 250mm Gun turrets: 700mm (face)
Aircraft carried:	1x helicopter

The Majestic class battleships were a class of battleships designed and built in Velikoslavia in the 1940s and 1950s. They were designed in response to the X battleships being built by X. Discussions on the number of vessels to build was a hot topic in several procurement sessions and it was eventually decided that three vessels, the Majestic, the Glory, and the Splendor would be constructed.

These ships were capable of rivaling any other battleship built in terms of firepower and armor with six 470-millimeter guns and six 406-millimeter guns, which are the largest guns to be mounted to a warship in the world. In terms of armor, the vessels were designed to be able to absorb hits from significant sized weapons in order to counteract Ludvosiyan battleships and shore guns in the confined areas that the ships potentially would be required to operate in.

All three ships were construced at the Fortuna Ironworks shipyards in Ustengrav under strict secrecy. The first, the Majestic, was unveiled in 1948 and deployed immediately into the Nordic Fleet where it was appointed as the flagship by Danil V. The vessels underwent several upgrades over their lifetime, including multiple sensor refits. Today, the Majestic and the Glory are laid up and the Splendor remains in active service as the flagship of the Grand Velikoslavian Navy after an extentive four year rebuild.

2020 Refit

IVNS Majestic, 2020
Class overview
Name:	Majestic class
Builders:	Fortuna Ironworks
Operators:	Grand Navy of Velikoslavia
Preceded by:	Tsar class
Succeeded by:	Skald class
Built:	2016-2020 (rebuild)
In service:	1948 to present
In commission:	1949 to present
Planned:	Velikoslavia 1
Completed:	Velikoslavia 1
Active:	Velikoslavia 1
Laid up:	Velikoslavia 1
General characteristics
Type:	Battleship
Displacement:	60,298 tons
Length:	342 metres
Beam:	45.6 metres
Draft:	12.5m
Installed power:	210,000 shp
Propulsion:	2x Gripon series nuclear reactors 3 × controllable-reversible pitch propellers 2 × rudders
Speed:	30 knots
Endurance:	90-120 days
Complement:	1,540
Sensors and processing systems:	3x MPSSFC9 radars 3x Bulwark 62 fire control radars 2x Navigator 67 navigation radars 1x CSS53C "Giant Squid" sonar suite 1x Painter 60 tracking radar 1x MP6 Radar Complex
Armament:	6x Type 49 470mm naval guns 128x Drakal Vertical Launch Cellss (configurable) 8x Kalibr launch tubes 2x Type 36 76mm guns (DP) 4x Terrier Fleet Defense Emplacements 2x Valiant rolling airframe missile batteries 2x AK-630R Guardsman CIWS
Armor:	Waterline belt: 450 mm Deck: 300mm Gun turrets: 700mm (face)
Aircraft carried:	1x helicopter

The 2020 refit of the Splendor was a service life extension program on one of the Majestic class to modernize and update it to work as a guided missile battleship under the Wide Scale Denial Doctrine of 2016, which determined that missile technology would soon be capable enough to eventually supersede the dominance of Aircraft carriers, and that all surface vessels will soon be at risk from emerging technology such as hypersonic missiles. It was therefore determined that the best way to proceed would be to cease all development and pursuit of Aircraft carriers and develop ships such as submarines that are less vulnerable, and to upgrade the existing hulls of surface vessels via rebuilds and refits, allowing them to access new technology to defend against 21st century threats and extend their service lives significantly rather than spend billions developing all new surface ships. The Splendor was to be the first vessel upgraded under the 21st Century Surface Ship Directive, which was issued by the Tsar in 2015 at the advice of Naval High Command. The Splendor was subsequently refitted into a guided missile battleship and made the flagship of the 21st Century Fleet.

Weapon Upgrades

Retaining the forward main guns on the ship would allow hypervelocity rounds to be utilizes, which are projected to be a major offensive component of large caliber guns in the future. Removed two 406mms, kept the 470mms, added VLS.