DNS Earl

DNS Earl pictured operating with Spemop.
History
Delamaria
Name:	DNS Earl
Ordered:	18 July 2011
Builder:	Monroe International
Laid down:	23 May 2012 Bodmonton, Delamaria
Launched:	9 March 2013
Sponsored by:	State of Radnor
Commissioned:	19 June 2013
Refit:	Major 2017-2019
Homeport:	DMNB Hartpool, Labrador
Motto:	No higher honor than to defend"
Status:	In Active Service, as of January 2022
Notes:	Re-dedication service: 21 December 2019
Badge:	File:HMS Albion badge.jpg
General characteristics
Class and type:	Boston Class
Displacement:	19,560 t (19,250 long tons; 21,560 short tons)
Length:	176 m (577 ft 5 in)
Beam:	28.9 m (94 ft 10 in)
Draught:	7.1 m (23 ft 4 in)
Propulsion:	2 × Wärtsilä Vasa 16V 32E diesel generators 2 × Wärtsilä Vasa 4R 32E diesel generators GE Power Conversion Full Electric Propulsion System, 2x Electric Motors and Drives bow thruster
Speed:	18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h)
Range:	8,000 miles (7,000 nmi; 13,000 km)
Boats & landing craft carried:	2 × Pacific 22 Mk2 4 × LCU MK10 4 × LCVP MK5
Capacity:	67 vehicles
Troops:	405 Marines (710 overload)
Crew:	325
Sensors and processing systems:	2 × Type 1007/8 I-band radars 1 × Type 996 E/F band radar (until 2011) 1 × Type 997 E/F-band radar (from 2017)
Armament:	2 × 20mm Phalanx CIWS (from 2017) 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 4 × General purpose machine guns, 4 x HMG, 4 x Minigun
Aviation facilities:	Two landing spots for helicopters up to the size of a Chinook.

DNS Earl is an amphibious assault ship of the Delamarian Navy. It was constructed between 2011 and 2013 in Bodmonton Ship Yards in Radnor, It was built to replace the DNS Albatros, which had inflicted damages in 2009 due to sailing into Dolch pirate mines, and the congress decided that a new ship would be preferable to repair. Designed as an amphibious warfare ship, Earl carries troops, normally Delamarian Marines, and vehicles up to the size of main battle tanks. She can deploy these forces using four Landing Craft Utility (LCUs) and four Landing Craft Vehicle and Personnel (LCVPs). A flight deck supports helicopter operations, managed by the Delamarian Naval Air Service, which maintains a small air traffic control tower on the Earl. The design drew inspiration from the Gallambrian Challenger-class, and is similar to the Seylosian Liberation Class.

It acts as the capital ship of the 2nd Fleet, and can be used as an "all service operational headquarters" in wartime.

Cabins Controversies

In 2014 the Briselle Post reported that Senior Officers aboard the Earl resided in luxury cabins, referred to on board as the "apartments", that cost four times what would generally be expected for officers of their rank. Admiral Wendall Haynes, the commander of the 2nd Fleet, reportedly had "palace like rooms... rivaling Beaumont or Pritchett". It would later be revealed that Senior naval officers lobbied within the naval liason office at Monroe to ensure that high quality accomodation would be available for them.

In January 2015 a Special Inquest within the Navy began and after findings were reported four senior naval officials resigned, including Vice Admiral George Satterlee.