Eusebia-Class Destroyer
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Eusebia-class destroyer |
| Builders: | Royal Shipbuilders of Cacerta |
| Operators: |
 Cacertian Royal Navy |
| Preceded by: | Odilia-class |
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| In commission: | 1921 – 1939 |
| Completed: | 90 |
| Lost: | 15 |
| Retired: | 75 |
| Preserved: | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Destroyer |
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| Length: | 127.5 meters |
| Beam: | 11.7 meters |
| Draft: | 4.1 meters |
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| Speed: | 40 knots (74 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,100 nautical miles at 20 knots |
| Complement: | 250 officers and crew |
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The Eusebia-class was the first post-Divide War class of large destroyers built for the Cacertian Royal Navy starting in the early 1920s. They were designed as multipurpose, long-distance warships capable of fulfilling multiple roles. By comparison to their pre-Divide War predecessors, the Eusebias were over twenty meters longer with nearly twice the displacement. In an attempt to address the lackluster gun performance of Cacertian destroyers during the Divide War, the Eusebia-class mounted four recently developed 130mm naval guns in single gun mounts.
After the HMS Eusebia’s sea trials, they were considered a significant improvement of the previous classes in regards to performance and seaworthiness. The Cacertian Admiralty had envisioned the Eusebia-class to fully replace the entire CRN destroyer force, but the development of new technologies led to the creation of both the Ambra-class and Luciana-class destroyers. While both successor classes were arguably not as durable as the Eusebias, the technologies that were explored ultimately led to two very successful designs in the Vera-class and Elvira-class.
A grand total of ninety Eusebias would eventually be put to sea before production was halted in 1933. Many of the ships went on to see extensive careers during the Siduri War in which they were well regarded by their crews and commanding officers despite their age. The last Eusebia, HMS Dorotea, was decommissioned in 1939 after the end of the war.