Osmanthus-class fast battleship

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HMS Osmanthus (FBB-50) during a gunnery trial in 2053
Class overview
Builders: Alliance of Illuverendian Shipyards via Havelbank Shipyard, Abergolwyn South Yards and Vanguard Shipbuilding
Operators:  Royal Illuverendian Navy
Preceded by: Mikaella Akamatsu class
Succeeded by: Gungnir class
Built: 2049-2052
In commission: 2052-present
Planned: 4
Completed: 4
Active: 4
General characteristics
Type: Fast battleship
Displacement:
Length: 276 m (905 ft 6.1 in)
Beam: 33 m (108 ft 3.2 in)
Draught:
  • 10.4 m (34.1 ft) (standard)
  • 11 m (36.1 ft) (full load)
Propulsion: 4 shafts, 6 steam turbines
Speed: 33 kn (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range: 15,027 nmi (27,830 km; 17,293 mi) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement: 1,750 crew and officers
Armament:
Armour:
  • Belt: 305 mm (12.0 in)
  • Bulkheads: 300 mm (12 in)
  • Barbettes: 290–406 mm (11.4–16.0 in)
  • Turrets: 340–410 mm (13–16 in)
  • Conning tower: 442 mm (17.4 in)
  • Decks: 40 mm (1.6 in), 152 mm (6.0 in), 25–36 mm (0.98–1.42 in)
Aviation facilities: 1 × helipad

The Osmanthus class, alternatively the Syringa class, is a class of fast battleships ordered by the Royal Illuverendian Navy in early 2050. It is the first class of ships created for the New Generation Fast Battleships program, and a general improvement of the preceding fast battleship class, that being the Mikaella Akamatsu class.

Designed exclusively by Neverendian naval architects, the class was the first to have approved production, on January 2049, slated alongside with its similarly Neverendian-designed Hestia class. To capitalise on its pride as a Neverendian warship, the Alliance of Illuverendian Shipyards contracted two principal Havel shipyards to the Navy for the construction of the four fast battleships of the class, as well as the Abergolwyn South Yards.

Four ships were authorised as enshrined in the standards of the program, namely: Osmanthus, Jasmine, Forsythia, and Syringa. The names of the class are derived from the flowers of the Oleaceae family.

Background

Design

Characteristics

Hull

Armament

Main battery

Secondary battery

Anti-air systems

Fire control systems

Protection

Armour

Torpedo protection

Aviation facilities

Ships

Osmanthus

Jasmine

Forsythia

Syringa

Operational history