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Ship Classes of the Kirsaian Navy
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Lumaruk-class [NEW!]
Ship Classes of Veyynarian navy
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Ship Classes of Veyynarian navy
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Lumaruk-class Destroyer
Lumaruk-class Destroyer (4704)
Lumaruk (KK-495) as commissioned, August 4704
The Lumaruk-class destroyers was a series of 64 destroyers built for the Kirsaian navy during the Third Great War. The Lumaruk-class were designed to complement its smaller predecessors as a powerful light unit which could screen carrier task forces. They served throughout various theaters of the war and proved to be capable multipurpose units. Powerful, reliable, and capable of surviving damage which could sink many other destroyers, they were popular with their crews and were well regarded by the naval staff.
The Lumaruk-class was created using experience gained from three years of naval combat using the various destroyer classes built before and during the Third Great War. In designing what would eventually become this class of ships, priority was given to making the ships excellent surface combatants against other destroyers (gaining an extra gun mount) and being able to perform well as a fleet screening unit. In order to properly fulfill the latter task, the Lumaruk-class were designed with a new mount which featured significantly faster traverse and elevation mechanisms. They were also designed with a combat information center geared towards use with radar fire control. While initial designs called for a second main battery director on the aft superstructure, this was later eliminated in favor of additional 4cm cannon as the airborne threat towards Kirsaian ships increased. The torpedo armament was held over from previous destroyer classes.
In order to implement these improvements without any sacrifice, the Lumaruk-class were significantly larger than the preceding class destroyers, being 20 meters longer and over 600 tons larger. Propulsion was by two geared turbines each driving a single shaft, rated for a total of 65,000 shaft horsepower. Steam was provided by three Velmis high pressure water-tube boilers. The machinery was arranged in a unit fashion, ensuring that no single hit to the machinery spaces could immobilize the ship. Speed as designed was 36 knots, though some ships reportedly made 37 knots during trials. Their radar suit was standard to every mid-late war Kirsaian destroyer, with an air search and surface search radar, with fire control directors having their own radars as well. As the war progressed, surviving units often lost their aft torpedo armament in order to mount an additional quadruple 4cm/60 gun mount.
Lumaruk (KK-495) as seen shortly before her sinking, February 4707
Operational History
Being built during the height of the Third Great War, the Lumaruk-class saw heavy combat from almost the moment the first ship commissioned. Assigned as fleet screens to the Kirsaian carrier fleets, they first saw action in the great carrier battles of 4704 and 4705. It was during these battles where the class proved their worth as fleet screens, with their heavy dual purpose battery in combination with top-secret (at the time) proximity-fuzed shells proving to be extremely effective against aircraft of the Veyyanar Republic. Their ability to take significant damage also shined brightly, with several members of the class having taken bomb, torpedo, or rocket hits and surviving long enough to limp into port for repairs. The ships also saw combat in the savage night actions of 4705 and 4706 as fighting began to devolve into a stalemate. During these battles, the heavy firepower of the class proved valuable against opposing light forces, whose ships often sported as few as half the guns as each Lumaruk-class destroyer. However, three years of constant warfare took their toll, with multiple ships being sunk throughout these engagements. Following the White Peace of April 4707, the surviving ships were retained in service and were modernized as the years went on, eventually becoming anti-submarine warfare escorts (with the sole exception of Engal, which was converted into an experimental guided missile destroyer). All ships were retired by 4745, with all units not transferred or already preserved being scrapped or sunk as targets. Many were transferred to various minor navies in the early 4730s, with the last of these foreign-operated ships being retired in 4774. Two ships survive as museums, one in Kirsaia and one in Ilarr.
Variants - Experimental Guided Missile Destroyer Engal (KKY-513)
Engal (KKY-513) as recommissioned, October 4716
Engal is a retired Lumaruk-class destroyer of the Kirsaian navy operated between 4704 and 4729. The ship was named for Captain Heram Engal, a destroyer captain who was killed in action earlier in Third Great War. She remained a fleet escort through the end of the war and saw no surface action, though she suffered several near misses during the great carrier battles of 4704 and 4705. In 4715, she was converted into the world's first guided missile destroyer in order to test the practicability of using guided missiles on destroyers. Her experience guided the designs of future classes of Kirsaian guided missile destroyers, as well as missile systems for those destroyers. In 4722, she was converted into a radar trials ship, having served out her role as a testbed for guided missile systems. By 4729 she was thoroughly obsolete and was subsequently decommissioned and preserved as a museum ship.
Post-war Operational History
Since the beginning of the Third Great War, destroyers have functioned as a screen to protect capital ships from aircraft. With the introduction of jet aircraft to various air forces, gunfire now struggled to track and shoot down modern aircraft. To counter the jet threat, various cruisers of the Kirsaian navy were rebuilt to varying degrees in order to equip surface-to-air missiles. While the first of these was due to enter service in 4715, the concept of using missiles on board ships was still unproven on destroyer-sized ships. With contemporary surface-to-air missile systems being unable to target multiple targets, it was hoped that this flaw could be remedied through the installation of such systems on smaller, cheaper to build ships such as destroyers. In order to test this concept out, the destroyer Engal was selected for conversion into an experimental guided missile destroyer.
Work on this rebuild was started in 4715, and took one year and three months to complete. The largest task was removing the aft 13cm gun battery (and part of the upper deck) and placing a missile battery in its place. The experimental Model 16 Guided Missile Launch System (GMLS) was designed specifically for use on board the Lumaruk-class and similar sized destroyers and could hold fourteen JTM-2 "Terriya" missiles. The missile magazine itself was split down the middle by a bulkhead (designed to maximize survivability), with seven missiles in each compartment. The missiles were stored in a rotary magazine, with the magazine rotating after each missile was fired to feed the next one. The missiles would be fed onto a twin armed launcher through a port in the aft of the magazine. This was done through a mechanical rammer which pushed the missile along a rail until it reached the launcher. In order to prevent catastrophic effects in the event of an accidental detonation (the missiles of the day being extremely sensitive), the magazine featured numerous blowout ducts and vents, as well as air conditioning. Altogether, the system functioned fast enough to reload one missile per minute for each arm, for a rate of fire of two missiles per minute, though in practice it proved to be somewhat slower. The aft deck and magazine structure were treated to withstand the high heats of a missile launch. Target acquisition was done through a Model 15K radar, the first to be fitted to any ship. A modified Model 01 fire control director was used to guide the missiles to the target. In order to keep the ship stable during a missile launch, stabilizer fins were considered but the Lumaruk-class were considered stable enough to omit this feature. The majority of her intermediate and light anti-aircraft armament was removed and replaced with two twin 8cm/50 automatic dual-purpose guns. Upon recommissioning in December 4716, she was redesignated as a guided missile destroyer and given the hull number KKY-513. She would then spend the next four years participating in various weapons trials and exercises, proving the feasibility of guided missile destroyers. She also proved that current missile systems were simply too bulky for the Lumaruk-class (which were beginning to be dwarfed by still larger postwar destroyers) and other ships of the class were converted into anti-submarine warfare escorts instead.
With her role as a testbed completed by 4721, she was decommissioned for conversion into a radar trials ship. Her missile battery was removed and a mast fitted atop the former missile magazine. No longer a guided missile destroyer, her hull number was reverted to KK-513. Throughout the 4720s, her aft mast was fitted with various radar systems and tested at sea. During these missions, she would also occasionally be detached to recover the crews of various space missions, including on her last mission, where she guarded the recovery of the first astronauts to land on the closer of the two moons. With her age beginning to show, she was decommissioned in 4730 and was donated to the Kirsaian National Science Museum, where she is permanently in dry dock. Restored to her appearance as a guided missile destroyer, her many systems and rooms are now used to educate visitors about early Kirsaian space exploration.
Variants - Fleet Anti-Submarine Modernization (FASM)
Sarka as recommissioned, April 4722
The Fleet Anti-Submarine Modernization (FASM) program was conducted to extend the useful service lives of war-built Kirsaian destroyers. While an uneasy peace between Kirsaia and Veyynar had continued since the end of the Third Great War, there was still a significant level of tension. With spies reporting that Veyynar was increasing the size of its submarine sports, the Kirsaian navy found the number of anti-submarine escorts to be severely lacking. With the previous major threat being aircraft, all Kirsaian post-war destroyers were built with an emphasis on anti-aircraft warfare. While a great number of destroyer escorts had been constructed (or were held in reserve), these did not have the speeds to keep up with most Kirsaian capital ships in service. With the navy's priorities being the construction of modern guided missile cruisers, it was decided to rebuild destroyers of Third Great War vintage. The Lumaruk-class was one of three classes to be modernized, with modifications depending on the class of ship converted.
While some minor details differed on some ships of the modernized Lumaruk-class, the general scope of the modernization remained consistent for all rebuilt units. All ships lost all of their armament aft of the forward 13cm gun mounts. Much of the superstructure was replaced, with a large modern bridge structure replacing the rather antiquated one. The forward 4cm anti-aircraft guns were replaced by quadruple launchers for the Model 21 GMLS system. These fired the JTM-3 "Seafox," a small surface to air missile intended for point defense. The aft superstructure was replaced by an enclosed hanger which housed two MH-22 Drone Anti-Submarine Helicopters (DASH). These DASH drones significantly extended the ships' range against enemy submarines, even more so than the Model 19 Surface Missile Launch System (SMLS), which fired the TSM-5 anti-submarine missile to a range of 10 nautical miles. This system replaced the after gun turrets, and could also carry the TKM-16 anti-ship missile, though these were only ever carried during times of war. The ships also received a comprehensive electronics upgrades, bringing them up to nearly modern standard.
The ships of the Lumaruk-class modified to the FASM standard lasted about fifteen years in service following the rebuilds, with the last of them being withdrawn from active Kirsaian service in 4740. They gave excellent service, serving as fleet escorts and participating in various minor wars fought by Kirsaia during this period. During these wars, the Lumaruk-class engaged in bombardment of land targets, escort duty, and even engaging the occasional submarine. However, due to their age and with more modern ships with similar (if not better) capabilities entering service by 4735, the ships were gradually withdrawn from service. Several ships soldiered on in service with the Naval Reserve Force in order to train cadets and reservists, but the last of these ships, Ikera (KK-509) was retired in 4745. Some ships (mostly older ships which had seen significantly more war service) were broken up or sunk as targets while the other most were transferred to various foreign navies where the last of these ships being retired only in 4774.
General Characteristics
Type: Destroyer
Planned: 64
Completed: 64
Lost: 7 (plus 2 not repaired)
Retired: 53
Preserved: 2
Displacement (Lumaruk, 4704): 2920 tons standard, 3680 tons full load
Displacement (Engal, 4716): 3250 tons standard, 3840 tons full load
Length: 133.35 m (wl), 136.86 m (o/a)
Beam: 11.8 m
Draught: 4.57 m
Installed Power: 3 x water-tube boilers, 65,000 shp
Propulsion: 2 shafts, 2 x geared steam turbines
Speed: 36 knots
Range: 8,000 nautical miles at 18 knots (as designed)
Complement: 370 (Lumaruk, 4704), 345 (Engal, 4716)
Armament:
As Built (4704):
- 8 x 13cm/50 Model 94 dual purpose guns (4 x II)
- 12 x 4cm/60 Model 02 anti-aircraft gun (2 x IV, 2 x II)
- 24 x 2cm/70 Model 00 anti-aircraft gun (12 x II)
- 2 x 61cm Model 99 quintuple torpedo tubes (10 x 61cm Model 94 Torpedoes, 10 x reloads)
- 1 x Multiple Anti-Submarine Projector (24 x 18cm Projectiles, 144 reloads)
- 4 x depth charge projectors, 2 x depth charge racks
As KKY-513 (4716):
- 4 x 13cm/50 Model 94 dual purpose guns (2 x II)
- 4 x 8cm/50 AL Model 08 dual purpose guns (2 x II)
- 4 x 2cm/70 Model 00 anti-aircraft gun (2 x II)
- 1 x 61cm Model 99 quintuple torpedo tubes (5 x 61cm Model 06 Torpedoes)
- 1 x Model 16 GMLS twin-arm missile launcher (14 x JTM-2 missiles)
- 1 x Multiple Anti-Submarine Projector (24 x 18cm Projectiles, 144 reloads)
As Fleet Anti-Submarine Escort
- 4 x 13cm/50 Model 94 dual purpose guns (2 x II)
- 2 x Model 20 SVASTL triple antisubmarine torpedo tubes (2 x III, 24 reloads)
- 1 x Model 19 SMLS missile launcher (24 x TSM-5 missiles or TKM-16 missiles)
- 2 x Model 21 GMLS missile launcher (2 x IV JTM-3 missiles, 24 reloads)
- 2 x Rotodyne MH-22 DASH (2 x aircraft)
Ships in class:
Lumaruk (KK-495) - Torpedoed by Veyynarrian destroyer, 4707
Fuyami (KK-496) - Sunk as target, 4757
Hrose (KK-497) - Transferred to Ilarr, 4742
Azaeri (KK-498) - Scrapped, 4745
Eril (KK-499) - Scrapped, 4748
Raise (KK-500) - Transferred to Ferneit, 4739
Isilan (KK-501) - Transferred to Evoria, 4743
Korein (KK-502) - Constructive total loss, 4705
Prekop (KK-503) - Bombed by Veyynarrian aircraft, 4704
Leran (KK-504) - Scuttled as dive wreck, 4762
Devara (KK-505) - Scrapped, 4757
Pavri (KK-506) - Transferred to Ferneit, 4739
Verta (KK-507) - Rammed by troopship, 4706
Amel (KK-508) - Transferred to Ilarr, 4742
Ikera (KK-509) - Sunk as target, 4753
Kerone (KK-510) - Transferred to Radia, 4742
Celeir (KK-511) - Scrapped, 4747
Pezvel (KK-512) - Constructive total loss, 4706
Velazten (KK-513) - Transferred to Radia, 4742
Engal (KK-514) - Museum ship 4732
Melakie (KK-515) - Transferred to Meisa, 4738
Kelsan (KK-516) - Sunk by Sein-Aztarian cruiser, 4705
Merua (KK-517) - Transferred to Meisa, 4738
Erize (KK-518) - Transferred to Evoria, 4743
Lenoa (KK-527) - Scrapped, 4747
Sezu (KK-528) - Transferred to Ferneit, 4739
Minake (KK-529) - Torpedoed by Veyynarrian aircraft, 4705
Dezastre (KK-530) - Transferred to Radia, 4742
Krania (KK-531) - Scrapped, 4748
Sevane (KK-532) - Scrapped, 4750
Venzal (KK-533) - Sunk as target, 4744
Enkha (KK-534) - Transferred to Seval, 4750
Revia (KK-543) - Sunk as target, 4746
Aimyu (KK-544) - Scrapped, 4761
Sarka (KK-545) - Transferred to Ferneit, 4739
Teito (KK-546) - Torpedoed by Kharnian submarine, 4704
Leinas (KK-547) - Transferred to Seval, 4750
Tokazu (KK-549) - Scrapped, 4757
Staden (KK-549) - Transferred to Radia, 4742
Kelsta (KK-550) - Transferred to Gokureo, 4738
Geiya (KK-567) - Transferred to Radia, 4742
Fuuren (KK-568) - Transferred to Seval, 4750
Keranika (KK-569) - Transferred to Radia, 4742
Eda (KK-570) - Transferred to Gokureo, 4738
Haize (KK-571) - Transferred to Seval, 4750
Meiou (KK-572) - Sunk by Veyynarian cruiser, 4706
Veiran (KK-573) - Transferred to Gokureo, 4738
Elei (KK-574) - Transferred to Radia, 4742
Rurakia (KK-575) - Transferred to Algadar, 4740
Hokakare (KK-576) - Transferred to Radia, 4742
Almar (KK-577) - Scrapped, 4749
Tazar (KK-578) - Transferred to Radia, 4742
Geuss (KK-579) - Sunk as target, 4751
Etami (KK-580) - Transferred to Verazal, 4745
Hoeya (KK-581) - Transferred to Radia, 4742
Lovaia (KK-582) - Transferred to Algadar, 4740
Koraine (KK-591) - Scrapped, 4747
Sekar (KK-592) - Transferred to Radia, 4742
Holo (KK-593) - Transferred to Ekodan, 4744
Rekka (KK-594) - Transferred to Verazal, 4745
Menate (KK-595) - Transferred to Heleis, 4746
Ekator (KK-596) - Transferred to Radia, 4742
Falis (KK-597) - Transferred to Heleis, 4746
Kieta (KK-598) - Transferred to Ekodan, 4744
Lumaruk-class Destroyer (4704)
Lumaruk (KK-495) as commissioned, August 4704
The Lumaruk-class destroyers was a series of 64 destroyers built for the Kirsaian navy during the Third Great War. The Lumaruk-class were designed to complement its smaller predecessors as a powerful light unit which could screen carrier task forces. They served throughout various theaters of the war and proved to be capable multipurpose units. Powerful, reliable, and capable of surviving damage which could sink many other destroyers, they were popular with their crews and were well regarded by the naval staff.
The Lumaruk-class was created using experience gained from three years of naval combat using the various destroyer classes built before and during the Third Great War. In designing what would eventually become this class of ships, priority was given to making the ships excellent surface combatants against other destroyers (gaining an extra gun mount) and being able to perform well as a fleet screening unit. In order to properly fulfill the latter task, the Lumaruk-class were designed with a new mount which featured significantly faster traverse and elevation mechanisms. They were also designed with a combat information center geared towards use with radar fire control. While initial designs called for a second main battery director on the aft superstructure, this was later eliminated in favor of additional 4cm cannon as the airborne threat towards Kirsaian ships increased. The torpedo armament was held over from previous destroyer classes.
In order to implement these improvements without any sacrifice, the Lumaruk-class were significantly larger than the preceding class destroyers, being 20 meters longer and over 600 tons larger. Propulsion was by two geared turbines each driving a single shaft, rated for a total of 65,000 shaft horsepower. Steam was provided by three Velmis high pressure water-tube boilers. The machinery was arranged in a unit fashion, ensuring that no single hit to the machinery spaces could immobilize the ship. Speed as designed was 36 knots, though some ships reportedly made 37 knots during trials. Their radar suit was standard to every mid-late war Kirsaian destroyer, with an air search and surface search radar, with fire control directors having their own radars as well. As the war progressed, surviving units often lost their aft torpedo armament in order to mount an additional quadruple 4cm/60 gun mount.
Lumaruk (KK-495) as seen shortly before her sinking, February 4707
Operational History
Being built during the height of the Third Great War, the Lumaruk-class saw heavy combat from almost the moment the first ship commissioned. Assigned as fleet screens to the Kirsaian carrier fleets, they first saw action in the great carrier battles of 4704 and 4705. It was during these battles where the class proved their worth as fleet screens, with their heavy dual purpose battery in combination with top-secret (at the time) proximity-fuzed shells proving to be extremely effective against aircraft of the Veyyanar Republic. Their ability to take significant damage also shined brightly, with several members of the class having taken bomb, torpedo, or rocket hits and surviving long enough to limp into port for repairs. The ships also saw combat in the savage night actions of 4705 and 4706 as fighting began to devolve into a stalemate. During these battles, the heavy firepower of the class proved valuable against opposing light forces, whose ships often sported as few as half the guns as each Lumaruk-class destroyer. However, three years of constant warfare took their toll, with multiple ships being sunk throughout these engagements. Following the White Peace of April 4707, the surviving ships were retained in service and were modernized as the years went on, eventually becoming anti-submarine warfare escorts (with the sole exception of Engal, which was converted into an experimental guided missile destroyer). All ships were retired by 4745, with all units not transferred or already preserved being scrapped or sunk as targets. Many were transferred to various minor navies in the early 4730s, with the last of these foreign-operated ships being retired in 4774. Two ships survive as museums, one in Kirsaia and one in Ilarr.
Variants - Experimental Guided Missile Destroyer Engal (KKY-513)
Engal (KKY-513) as recommissioned, October 4716
Engal is a retired Lumaruk-class destroyer of the Kirsaian navy operated between 4704 and 4729. The ship was named for Captain Heram Engal, a destroyer captain who was killed in action earlier in Third Great War. She remained a fleet escort through the end of the war and saw no surface action, though she suffered several near misses during the great carrier battles of 4704 and 4705. In 4715, she was converted into the world's first guided missile destroyer in order to test the practicability of using guided missiles on destroyers. Her experience guided the designs of future classes of Kirsaian guided missile destroyers, as well as missile systems for those destroyers. In 4722, she was converted into a radar trials ship, having served out her role as a testbed for guided missile systems. By 4729 she was thoroughly obsolete and was subsequently decommissioned and preserved as a museum ship.
Post-war Operational History
Since the beginning of the Third Great War, destroyers have functioned as a screen to protect capital ships from aircraft. With the introduction of jet aircraft to various air forces, gunfire now struggled to track and shoot down modern aircraft. To counter the jet threat, various cruisers of the Kirsaian navy were rebuilt to varying degrees in order to equip surface-to-air missiles. While the first of these was due to enter service in 4715, the concept of using missiles on board ships was still unproven on destroyer-sized ships. With contemporary surface-to-air missile systems being unable to target multiple targets, it was hoped that this flaw could be remedied through the installation of such systems on smaller, cheaper to build ships such as destroyers. In order to test this concept out, the destroyer Engal was selected for conversion into an experimental guided missile destroyer.
Work on this rebuild was started in 4715, and took one year and three months to complete. The largest task was removing the aft 13cm gun battery (and part of the upper deck) and placing a missile battery in its place. The experimental Model 16 Guided Missile Launch System (GMLS) was designed specifically for use on board the Lumaruk-class and similar sized destroyers and could hold fourteen JTM-2 "Terriya" missiles. The missile magazine itself was split down the middle by a bulkhead (designed to maximize survivability), with seven missiles in each compartment. The missiles were stored in a rotary magazine, with the magazine rotating after each missile was fired to feed the next one. The missiles would be fed onto a twin armed launcher through a port in the aft of the magazine. This was done through a mechanical rammer which pushed the missile along a rail until it reached the launcher. In order to prevent catastrophic effects in the event of an accidental detonation (the missiles of the day being extremely sensitive), the magazine featured numerous blowout ducts and vents, as well as air conditioning. Altogether, the system functioned fast enough to reload one missile per minute for each arm, for a rate of fire of two missiles per minute, though in practice it proved to be somewhat slower. The aft deck and magazine structure were treated to withstand the high heats of a missile launch. Target acquisition was done through a Model 15K radar, the first to be fitted to any ship. A modified Model 01 fire control director was used to guide the missiles to the target. In order to keep the ship stable during a missile launch, stabilizer fins were considered but the Lumaruk-class were considered stable enough to omit this feature. The majority of her intermediate and light anti-aircraft armament was removed and replaced with two twin 8cm/50 automatic dual-purpose guns. Upon recommissioning in December 4716, she was redesignated as a guided missile destroyer and given the hull number KKY-513. She would then spend the next four years participating in various weapons trials and exercises, proving the feasibility of guided missile destroyers. She also proved that current missile systems were simply too bulky for the Lumaruk-class (which were beginning to be dwarfed by still larger postwar destroyers) and other ships of the class were converted into anti-submarine warfare escorts instead.
With her role as a testbed completed by 4721, she was decommissioned for conversion into a radar trials ship. Her missile battery was removed and a mast fitted atop the former missile magazine. No longer a guided missile destroyer, her hull number was reverted to KK-513. Throughout the 4720s, her aft mast was fitted with various radar systems and tested at sea. During these missions, she would also occasionally be detached to recover the crews of various space missions, including on her last mission, where she guarded the recovery of the first astronauts to land on the closer of the two moons. With her age beginning to show, she was decommissioned in 4730 and was donated to the Kirsaian National Science Museum, where she is permanently in dry dock. Restored to her appearance as a guided missile destroyer, her many systems and rooms are now used to educate visitors about early Kirsaian space exploration.
Variants - Fleet Anti-Submarine Modernization (FASM)
Sarka as recommissioned, April 4722
The Fleet Anti-Submarine Modernization (FASM) program was conducted to extend the useful service lives of war-built Kirsaian destroyers. While an uneasy peace between Kirsaia and Veyynar had continued since the end of the Third Great War, there was still a significant level of tension. With spies reporting that Veyynar was increasing the size of its submarine sports, the Kirsaian navy found the number of anti-submarine escorts to be severely lacking. With the previous major threat being aircraft, all Kirsaian post-war destroyers were built with an emphasis on anti-aircraft warfare. While a great number of destroyer escorts had been constructed (or were held in reserve), these did not have the speeds to keep up with most Kirsaian capital ships in service. With the navy's priorities being the construction of modern guided missile cruisers, it was decided to rebuild destroyers of Third Great War vintage. The Lumaruk-class was one of three classes to be modernized, with modifications depending on the class of ship converted.
While some minor details differed on some ships of the modernized Lumaruk-class, the general scope of the modernization remained consistent for all rebuilt units. All ships lost all of their armament aft of the forward 13cm gun mounts. Much of the superstructure was replaced, with a large modern bridge structure replacing the rather antiquated one. The forward 4cm anti-aircraft guns were replaced by quadruple launchers for the Model 21 GMLS system. These fired the JTM-3 "Seafox," a small surface to air missile intended for point defense. The aft superstructure was replaced by an enclosed hanger which housed two MH-22 Drone Anti-Submarine Helicopters (DASH). These DASH drones significantly extended the ships' range against enemy submarines, even more so than the Model 19 Surface Missile Launch System (SMLS), which fired the TSM-5 anti-submarine missile to a range of 10 nautical miles. This system replaced the after gun turrets, and could also carry the TKM-16 anti-ship missile, though these were only ever carried during times of war. The ships also received a comprehensive electronics upgrades, bringing them up to nearly modern standard.
The ships of the Lumaruk-class modified to the FASM standard lasted about fifteen years in service following the rebuilds, with the last of them being withdrawn from active Kirsaian service in 4740. They gave excellent service, serving as fleet escorts and participating in various minor wars fought by Kirsaia during this period. During these wars, the Lumaruk-class engaged in bombardment of land targets, escort duty, and even engaging the occasional submarine. However, due to their age and with more modern ships with similar (if not better) capabilities entering service by 4735, the ships were gradually withdrawn from service. Several ships soldiered on in service with the Naval Reserve Force in order to train cadets and reservists, but the last of these ships, Ikera (KK-509) was retired in 4745. Some ships (mostly older ships which had seen significantly more war service) were broken up or sunk as targets while the other most were transferred to various foreign navies where the last of these ships being retired only in 4774.
General Characteristics
Type: Destroyer
Planned: 64
Completed: 64
Lost: 7 (plus 2 not repaired)
Retired: 53
Preserved: 2
Displacement (Lumaruk, 4704): 2920 tons standard, 3680 tons full load
Displacement (Engal, 4716): 3250 tons standard, 3840 tons full load
Length: 133.35 m (wl), 136.86 m (o/a)
Beam: 11.8 m
Draught: 4.57 m
Installed Power: 3 x water-tube boilers, 65,000 shp
Propulsion: 2 shafts, 2 x geared steam turbines
Speed: 36 knots
Range: 8,000 nautical miles at 18 knots (as designed)
Complement: 370 (Lumaruk, 4704), 345 (Engal, 4716)
Armament:
As Built (4704):
- 8 x 13cm/50 Model 94 dual purpose guns (4 x II)
- 12 x 4cm/60 Model 02 anti-aircraft gun (2 x IV, 2 x II)
- 24 x 2cm/70 Model 00 anti-aircraft gun (12 x II)
- 2 x 61cm Model 99 quintuple torpedo tubes (10 x 61cm Model 94 Torpedoes, 10 x reloads)
- 1 x Multiple Anti-Submarine Projector (24 x 18cm Projectiles, 144 reloads)
- 4 x depth charge projectors, 2 x depth charge racks
As KKY-513 (4716):
- 4 x 13cm/50 Model 94 dual purpose guns (2 x II)
- 4 x 8cm/50 AL Model 08 dual purpose guns (2 x II)
- 4 x 2cm/70 Model 00 anti-aircraft gun (2 x II)
- 1 x 61cm Model 99 quintuple torpedo tubes (5 x 61cm Model 06 Torpedoes)
- 1 x Model 16 GMLS twin-arm missile launcher (14 x JTM-2 missiles)
- 1 x Multiple Anti-Submarine Projector (24 x 18cm Projectiles, 144 reloads)
As Fleet Anti-Submarine Escort
- 4 x 13cm/50 Model 94 dual purpose guns (2 x II)
- 2 x Model 20 SVASTL triple antisubmarine torpedo tubes (2 x III, 24 reloads)
- 1 x Model 19 SMLS missile launcher (24 x TSM-5 missiles or TKM-16 missiles)
- 2 x Model 21 GMLS missile launcher (2 x IV JTM-3 missiles, 24 reloads)
- 2 x Rotodyne MH-22 DASH (2 x aircraft)
Ships in class:
Lumaruk (KK-495) - Torpedoed by Veyynarrian destroyer, 4707
Fuyami (KK-496) - Sunk as target, 4757
Hrose (KK-497) - Transferred to Ilarr, 4742
Azaeri (KK-498) - Scrapped, 4745
Eril (KK-499) - Scrapped, 4748
Raise (KK-500) - Transferred to Ferneit, 4739
Isilan (KK-501) - Transferred to Evoria, 4743
Korein (KK-502) - Constructive total loss, 4705
Prekop (KK-503) - Bombed by Veyynarrian aircraft, 4704
Leran (KK-504) - Scuttled as dive wreck, 4762
Devara (KK-505) - Scrapped, 4757
Pavri (KK-506) - Transferred to Ferneit, 4739
Verta (KK-507) - Rammed by troopship, 4706
Amel (KK-508) - Transferred to Ilarr, 4742
Ikera (KK-509) - Sunk as target, 4753
Kerone (KK-510) - Transferred to Radia, 4742
Celeir (KK-511) - Scrapped, 4747
Pezvel (KK-512) - Constructive total loss, 4706
Velazten (KK-513) - Transferred to Radia, 4742
Engal (KK-514) - Museum ship 4732
Melakie (KK-515) - Transferred to Meisa, 4738
Kelsan (KK-516) - Sunk by Sein-Aztarian cruiser, 4705
Merua (KK-517) - Transferred to Meisa, 4738
Erize (KK-518) - Transferred to Evoria, 4743
Lenoa (KK-527) - Scrapped, 4747
Sezu (KK-528) - Transferred to Ferneit, 4739
Minake (KK-529) - Torpedoed by Veyynarrian aircraft, 4705
Dezastre (KK-530) - Transferred to Radia, 4742
Krania (KK-531) - Scrapped, 4748
Sevane (KK-532) - Scrapped, 4750
Venzal (KK-533) - Sunk as target, 4744
Enkha (KK-534) - Transferred to Seval, 4750
Revia (KK-543) - Sunk as target, 4746
Aimyu (KK-544) - Scrapped, 4761
Sarka (KK-545) - Transferred to Ferneit, 4739
Teito (KK-546) - Torpedoed by Kharnian submarine, 4704
Leinas (KK-547) - Transferred to Seval, 4750
Tokazu (KK-549) - Scrapped, 4757
Staden (KK-549) - Transferred to Radia, 4742
Kelsta (KK-550) - Transferred to Gokureo, 4738
Geiya (KK-567) - Transferred to Radia, 4742
Fuuren (KK-568) - Transferred to Seval, 4750
Keranika (KK-569) - Transferred to Radia, 4742
Eda (KK-570) - Transferred to Gokureo, 4738
Haize (KK-571) - Transferred to Seval, 4750
Meiou (KK-572) - Sunk by Veyynarian cruiser, 4706
Veiran (KK-573) - Transferred to Gokureo, 4738
Elei (KK-574) - Transferred to Radia, 4742
Rurakia (KK-575) - Transferred to Algadar, 4740
Hokakare (KK-576) - Transferred to Radia, 4742
Almar (KK-577) - Scrapped, 4749
Tazar (KK-578) - Transferred to Radia, 4742
Geuss (KK-579) - Sunk as target, 4751
Etami (KK-580) - Transferred to Verazal, 4745
Hoeya (KK-581) - Transferred to Radia, 4742
Lovaia (KK-582) - Transferred to Algadar, 4740
Koraine (KK-591) - Scrapped, 4747
Sekar (KK-592) - Transferred to Radia, 4742
Holo (KK-593) - Transferred to Ekodan, 4744
Rekka (KK-594) - Transferred to Verazal, 4745
Menate (KK-595) - Transferred to Heleis, 4746
Ekator (KK-596) - Transferred to Radia, 4742
Falis (KK-597) - Transferred to Heleis, 4746
Kieta (KK-598) - Transferred to Ekodan, 4744
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CURRENT AND PLANNED PROJECTS (in order of first priority)
- To be determined
CURRENT AND PLANNED PROJECTS (in order of first priority)
- To be determined
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VRS Pazhassi DD-106 as seen in 4704
Pazhassi class destroyer
General Characteristics
Type: Destroyer
•Planned: 46
•Completed: 46
•Lost: 25
•Scrapped: 19
•Preserved: 2
•Displacement: 3,300 tons standard. 4,020 tons full load
•Length: 128.17(water-line), 131.98(over-all)
•Beam: 12.5 m
•Draught: 5.03 m
Propulsion
•NBND Steam turbines ,producing 52,000 shp
•Speed: 37 knots
•Range: Max 6,000 nmi at 15 knots
Armament
•8 × 4-inch (102mm) dual-purpose guns (in dual mounts)
•7 × 3.46-inch (88mm) guns (single mounts)
•10 × 1.25-inch (32mm) quad anti-aircraft mounts
•2 × quad 21-inch (533mm) torpedo launchers (no reloads)
Sensors & Electronics
•NBND Ikon (S-band) Air search radar.
•NBND Tara Surface detection kit
Complement
327 men total
•20 officers
•307 enlisted personnel
History
The Republic had a tough time dealing with Kirsaian destroyers during the war. Mainly due to a strained supply of destroyers and a dedicated fleet for the Kirsaian Front. The light cruisers from 4698 were struggling to keep presence in the frontiers at Kirsaia. And the Tipu class were too few to be sent in numbers. Built in desparate need for more units the Pazhassi class was a bare bones design, heavily derived from the Tipu class destroyers in 4702 it was decided to build 55 of these units. Removing armour from the superstructure and the extremes to only cruising conditions. Thus the design gained a great speed boost at nearly 39 knots at testing.
And in 4703 due to a final revision adding the NBND Ikon radars to the units only 46 were given clearance.
Built in Vipin and Hymdanagar exclusively, construction began as soon as given clearance in 4703 and ended in 4705.
All units were specifically sent to the Kirsaian frontier acting as carrier escorts and in flotillas, getting into knife fights with the renowned Lamaruk class destroyers.
The ships were given prime focus on anti air. As such from contemporaries of its time these ships had relatively lower gun calibre. Nevertheless these destroyer were vital for the fights on the frontiers.
At the carrier battle of 4705, Pazhassis were seen screening and defending the fleet from attacks by Kirsaian naval aviation. The ships proved their worth by downig 42 Kirsaian fighters and dive bombers , defending the carrier formation. In return being sink by said planes. Nealy 64% of deaths in that battle was of the Pazhassis. 5 Pazhassis were sunk as cause of directed attacks. A quick and cheap class, expendable units.
Getting into knife fights were one of the key things these destroyers did. The men manning these destroyers were said to be "already dead yet fighting" according to the Admiralty. These men were bearing the full brunt of the frontiers in their ships. Fighting tooth and nail. Coming out victorious or valorous.
21 of these ships survived the war through to the white peace. The Navy seeing itself with a vast surplus of ships and shifting priorities to refitting the Marthanda class. The Pazhassis and Tipus were scrapped.
By the grace of the veterans two notable ships. The lead ship VRS Pazhassi and VRS Pahia were saved. Bought from the Navy in 4709 both ships are museum ships. At rest near the docks that built them.
Ships in class
1. DD-106: Pazhassi (Museum)
2. DD-107: Veer (Sunk)
3. DD-108: Ringol (Scrapped)
4. DD-109: Shakti (Sunk)
5. DD-110: Vikram (Sunk)
6. DD-111: Rajmer (Scrapped)
7. DD-112: Cheruna (Sunk)
8. DD-113: Bheru (Sunk)
9. DD-114: Indhanu (Scrapped)
10. DD-115: Suryan (Sunk)
11. DD-116: Samrat (Scrapped)
12. DD-117: Kalinga (Sunk)
13. DD-118: Maharaja (Sunk)
14. DD-119: Athipa (Sunk)
15. DD-120: Gajani (Sunk)
16. DD-121: Ratharana (Sunk)
17. DD-122: Varman (Scrapped)
18. DD-123: Arivel (Scrapped)
19. DD-124: Indrajeet (Sunk)
20. DD-125: Thomson (Scrapped)
21. DD-126: Janahgir (Scrapped)
22. DD-127: Parthiban (Sunk)
23. DD-128: Ravivarman (Scrapped)
24. DD-129: St.Peter (Scrapped)
25. DD-130: Pahia (Museum)
26. DD-131: Paschim Ghat (Sunk)
27. DD-132: Agnigiri (Scrapped)
28. DD-133: Samudragiri (Sunk)
29. DD-134: Himgiri (Scrapped)
30. DD-135: Udaygiri (Scrapped)
31. DD-136: Nilgiri (Scrapped)
32. DD-137: Sahyagiri (Scrapped)
33. DD-138: Mahigiri (Scrapped)
34. DD-139: Vidvan (Sunk)
35. DD-140: Simran (Sunk)
36. DD-141: Beroli (Sunk)
37. DD-142: Sehangir (Sunk)
38. DD-143: Janapati (Sunk)
39. DD-144: Sevol (Sunk)
40. DD-145: Arachan (Sunk)
41. DD-146: Kattalan (Sunk)
42. DD-147: Shehensha (Scrapped)
43. DD-148: Maruinim (Scrapped)
44. DD-149: Ehezad (Scrapped)
45. DD-150: Sultan (Sunk)
46. DD-151: Nawab (Sunk)
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VRS Talwar as seen in 4707
Talwar class light cruiser
General Characteristics
Type: Light cruiser
•Planned: 30
•Completed: 30
•Lost: 19
•Scrapped: 21
•Preserved: 0
•Displacement: 6315 tons standard. 8273 tons full load
•Length: 142.5 m (water-line), 147.6 m (over-all)
•Beam: 15 m
•Draught: 6.1 m
Propulsion
•NBND Steam turbines ,producing 69,500 shp
•Speed: 31 knots
•Range: Max 7,580 nmi at 15 knots
Armament
•8 × 5-inch (102mm) dual-purpose guns (in dual mounts)
•6 × 1.6-inch (40mm) quad anti-aircraft mounts
•6 × 3.46-inch (88mm) guns (single mounts)
•10 × 1.25-inch (32mm) quad anti-aircraft mounts
Sensors & Electronics
•NBND Ikon (S-band) Air search radar.
•NBND Bemo RDF kit
Complement
750 men total
•80 officers
•670 enlisted personnel
History