Dana Baldini-Class Battleship
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Dana Baldini-Class Battleship |
| Builders: | Royal Shipbuilders of Cacerta |
| Operators: |
 Cacertian Royal Navy |
| Preceded by: | Helena Davion-Class |
| Succeeded by: | Isa Frazione-Class |
| In commission: | 1911 – 1939 |
| Planned: | 8 |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Cancelled: | 6 |
| Retired: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Super-dreadnought battleship |
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| Length: | 190.3 meters |
| Beam: | 29.7 meters |
| Draft: | 9.3 meters |
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| Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
| Range: | 9,000 nautical miles at 15 knots |
| Complement: | 1,080 officers and crew |
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The Dana Baldini-class was a class of two Royal Navy super-dreadnought battleships and the last class of purpose-built dreadnoughts for Cacerta before the Navy’s abandonment of the Decisive Battle Doctrine. Although eight ships were originally planned to be constructed, only two were ever fully completed with the keels of an additional two laid down. High production costs delayed construction for several years and the design was eventually abandoned following the performance of dreadnoughts during the Divide War.
Both of ships of the class, HMS Dana Baldini and HMS Laura Valier, saw service during the Divide War and their presence had a significant effect on the strategy employed by the opposing Navy of the Syaran Republic. The 35cm armament of both the Dana and the Laura were nearly unmatched by Syaran ships of the time, but the Cacertian reliance on a decisive battle and the guerilla warfare tactics employed by the Syarans greatly hampered their destructive potential.
The Cacertian Royal Navy underwent significant doctrinal changes following the Divide War and the Dana Baldini-class ships were later relegated to naval reserve. They spent much of the subsequent Siduri War serving as convoy escorts as a result of their significantly slower speed in comparison to their contemporaries. In the later stages of the Western Teater, both ships provided artillery support during operations on the Mansuri coastline.
After the end of the Siduri War, both ships were scrapped.