Galerius Pedius Carius-class destroyer escort
 Nauarchus Galerius Pedius Carius class
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Nauarchus Galerius Pedius Carius Class |
| Builders: | Planitia Utopia Shipyards |
| Operators: | NRI Republic Navy |
| Preceded by: | -class destroyer |
| Succeeded by: | Imperium II-class destroyer |
| Cost: | $122 million NSD per ship |
| In service: | 1979-Present |
| Active: | 56 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Guided Missile Destroyer Escort |
| Displacement: | 4,100 long tons (4,200 t) full load |
| Length: |
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| Beam: | 14 m (45 ft) |
| Draught: | 6.7 m (22 ft) |
| Propulsion: |
list error: <br /> list (help) 2 × Generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and variable pitch propeller 2 × Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (260 kW) retractable electric azimuth thrusters for maneuvering and docking. |
| Speed: | 29 kn |
| Range: | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement: | 176 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
list error: <br /> list (help) Radar: (AN/SPS-49), (AN/SPS-55), (Mk 92) fire-control system Sonar: (SQS-56), (SQR-19) Towed Array |
| Armor: | steel shrapnel sheets, Kevlar spall liners |
| Aircraft carried: | up to two CH-9 helicopters |
The Galerius Pedius Carius class is a class of guided-missile destroyer escort named after the N.R.I. Nauarchus Galerius Pedius Carius, the hero of the naval Battle of XXXXX. Also known as the Carius class, the warships were designed in the New Roman Imperium in the late-1970s as general-purpose escort vessels inexpensive enough to be bought in large numbers to replace the fleet of aging destroyer escorts. Intended to protect fleets, supply and replenishment groups, and merchant convoys from aircraft and submarines. They were also later part of battleship-centred surface action groups and aircraft carrier battle groups/strike groups.
The first of the N.R.I. Republic Navy built Galerius Pedius Carius destroyer escorts entered into service in 1979, and remains in active service, with the Republic Navy's Territorial Water Defense Force.