Eisvögel class Starship

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SMS Prinz Adalbert in 2380
Class overview
Builders: Englean Kaiserreich
Operators:  Kaiserliche-Marine
Preceded by: Graf von Geberhard Class
Built: 2360-2380
In commission: 2363-2480
Planned: 20
Completed: 17
Cancelled: 3
Active: 0
Retired: 16
Preserved: 1
General characteristics
Type: Heavy Cruiser
Displacement: 3,205,000 metric tons
Length: 685.7 m (2,250 ft)
Beam: 250.6 m (822 ft)
Draft: 88.2 m (289 ft)
Propulsion: 1 x Heinrichsohn Adler IV warp drive
Range: Unlimited
Complement: 750
Armament:
  • 14 phaser arrays
  • 6 forward torpedo tubes
  • 4 aft torpedo tubes
  • 18 photon cannons
Armour: Deflector shields, polarised hull
Aircraft carried: 4 x shuttles
Aviation facilities: 1 x shuttle bay

The Eisvögel-class starships were a class of starships operated by the Kaiserliche-Marine, serving as the primary workhorse for the Englean Kaiserreich for the majority of the late 24th Century.

Design

Following the Graf von Geberhard class of heavy cruisers which were built in the early 2340s, the Kaiserliche-Marine sought for a new class of heavy cruisers that could compete with the Pantorran Imperium and various alien civilisations that were being encountered throughout the universe. Learning from the results of the Battle of Icarus I, the Eisvögel began its conception with the idea of a"compact, heavily armoured starship that would be able to easily sneak through enemy defenses through the usage of its cloaking device while being able to survive multiple hits to its hull. The vessel was also to have heavy firepower, which would be equal to a small capital ship. The class was to have some of the most advanced technologies available in the Kaiserreich during the time, and was to house the latest in warp drive technology - the Heinrichsohn Adler IV warp drive - capable of a maximum of warp 9.8. In 2055, the vessel's design was presented to the Kaiserliches Oberkommando der Marine which requested the addition of more torpedo tubes in both the forward and aft sections of the vessel. In 2358, the vessel's design was approved and scheduled for construction in 2060 as the Eisvögel class.

History

Ships in the class

Name Builder Laid down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned Notes
Eisvögel Germaniawerft Raumschiffe 30 December 2360 20 October 2363 3 May 2364 28 October 2450
Prinz Adelbert Germaniawerft Raumschiffe 31 December 2360 30 October 2363 3 May 2364 15 November 2430 Preserved as museum ship on Germania V
Kronprinz Erich Germaniawerft Raumschiffe 31 January 2360 31 October 2364 3 May 2364 19 December 2440
Kronprinz Luitpold Germaniawerft Raumschiffe 25 February 2365 20 January 2368 3 May 2369 19 December 2440
Herzog Karl Germaniawerft Raumschiffe 25 February 2365 3 February 2368 13 May 2369 19 December 2440
Siegfried der Große Germaniawerft Raumschiffe 25 February 2365 4 February 2368 13 May 2369 20 July 2446
Enterprize Germaniawerft Raumschiffe 25 February 2365 5 February 2368 13 May 2369 30 June 2445
Graf von Gesterwald Germaniawerft Raumschiffe 24 February 2366 30 May 2369 30 March 2370 23 April 2446
Heinrich der Große Germaniawerft Raumschiffe 24 February 2366 30 May 2369 30 March 2370 22 March 2480
Taifun Germaniawerft Raumschiffe 24 February 2366 2 June 2369 24 April 2370 23 April 2446
Hebentien Germaniawerft Raumschiffe 24 February 2366 5 July 2369 24 April 2370 23 April 2446
Sturmvogel Germaniawerft Raumschiffe 6 July 2368 3 June 2371 30 June 2372 30 January 2430
Tempest Germaniawerft Raumschiffe 6 July 2368 8 June 2371 9 July 2372 30 January 2430
Sentinel Germaniawerft Raumschiffe 6 July 2368 6 July 2371 3 August 2372 30 January 2430
Germania Germaniawerft Raumschiffe 2 September 2376 2 June 2379 3 April 2380 30 September 2480
Prinz Heinrich Germaniawerft Raumschiffe 2 September 2376 4 September 2379 3 April 2380 4 January 2468
Gottlieb Damsen Germaniawerft Raumschiffe 5 October 2377 2 November 2380 22 November 2381 5 April 2479