Druvo-class cruiser
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Druvo-class cruiser |
| Builders: | Ardiaei Constructs |
| Operators: |
 Navy of the Syaran Republic |
| In commission: | 1933-1955 |
| Planned: | 20 |
| Completed: | 10 |
| Cancelled: | 10 |
| Retired: | 4 |
| Preserved: | 0 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Displacement: | 7,600 tons (standard) |
| Length: | 179 m (587.3 ft) |
| Beam: | 17.5 m (57.4 ft) |
| Draught: | 5.35 m (17.6 ft) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 35 knots |
| Range: | 13,700 km |
| Complement: | 540 |
| Armament: |
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The Druvo-class cruisers were a class of Cruisers built by the Republic of Syara in the 1930s. Lighter than the other standard cruisers of the Navy of the Syaran Republic, the Druvo-class was intended to fulfill the role of longer ranged commerce raiders and patrolling as part of the Cruiser Race with the Cacertian Royal Navy. First introduced in 1932, only 10 were produced out of the planned 20 due to the outbreak of the Siduri War. The ten completed vessels were the Didactic Verse, Hidden Sanctuary, Obedient Lector, Earnest Wish, Heartfelt Bond, Crafted Vigil, Forgiven Transgressions, Watchful Guardian, Protected Pilgrimage, and Secret Covenant.
All ten ships saw extensive service during the Siduri War, most notably serving in the Nuadan Campaign and the Sundering Sea Campaign. Six ships were lost throughout the war and its aftermath, with only the Forgiven Transgressions, Hidden Sanctuary, Watchful Guardian, and Secret Covenant surviving. The four cruisers served as the center of the post-war Syaran navy, and were eventually decommissioned at the end of the Occupation of Syara.