Basileus-class battleship
 The RS Noble by Oath in 1915.
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Basileus-class battleship |
| Builders: | Makedonian Naval Foundary |
| Operators: |
 Navy of the Syaran Republic |
| Preceded by: | Syara-class battleship |
| Succeeded by: | Galania-class battleship |
| In commission: | 1914-1938 |
| Planned: | 10 |
| Completed: | 5 |
| Cancelled: | 5 |
| Lost: | 5 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Battleship |
| Displacement: |
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| Length: | 166 m (544 ft 7 in) |
| Beam: | 26.9 m (88 ft 3 in) |
| Draft: | 9.8 m (32 ft 2 in) |
| Propulsion: | 4 shafts; steam turbine sets |
| Speed: | 20 knots |
| Range: | 8,500 km |
| Complement: | 1,193 |
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The Basilius-class was a class of Battleships built by the Republic of Syara. Designated by the Navy of the Syaran Republic as "heavy dreadnoughts", they were largely redesigns of the preceeding Syara-class with heavier armament and longer range; 10 340mm main guns compared to the 12 305mm guns of the Syara-class. Partly inspired by the Dana Baldini-Class Battleships being produced by the Cacertian Empire, they ended up being used against them during the Divide War. The outbreak of the war occurred in the middle of production of the class, and as a result only five of the intended ten vessels were ever completed. The five constructed ships were the Serenity in Salvation, Gracious and Gallant, Faithful and Free, Noble by Oath, and Solemnly Shared Wisdom.
The most powerful ships fielded by Syara during the Divide War, the class nevertheless struggled to meet the Cacertian Grant Fleet on the open waters, owing in large part to Cacertian superiority in gunnery skills and command and control. Gracious and Gallant was sunk in 1916, with Solemnly Shared Wisdom badly damaged the same year and knocked out of the war. Faithful and Free was sunk in March 1917, and Serenity in Salvation was sunk the same year when it rammed the HMS Laura Valier after losing all of its primary weapons. The class was slated to be retired after the war but was pressed back into service for the Siduri War, where it mostly performed convoy escorts. Noble by Oath was sunk in 1936 followed by Solemnly Shared Wisdom a year later. The class was succeeded by the Galania-class battleships.