MNS Grenivík in 1948
Grenivík wore the typical late war camouflage for capital ships, which was an overall 320 Light Haze Gray and 308 Sea Blue strip above the waterline, the only one of the class to ever wear camouflage.
Class overview (as completed)
- Length; 276.3m (o/a)
- Beam and draft; 35.6m & 10m
- Standard displacement; 47,655 tons
- Installed power; 8 x Hestenes 3-drum boiler, 25,000 shp each
- Propulsion; 4 x geared steam turbines, 4 x screw propellers
- Speed; 33.25 knots
- Range; 7,100 nmi @20 knots
- Main armament; n/a
- Secondary armament/ Heavy anti-aircraft armament; 8x 114.3mm/45 Mk III QF in 4 x twin Mk XVIII turrets
- Medium anti-aircraft armament; 54 x 40mm/56 OQF Mk IX in 9 x sextuple Mk XV mounts
- Light anti-aircraft armament; 18 x 20mm/65 OQF Mk IV in 9 x twin Mk III mounts
- Torpedos; n/a
- Aircraft; 81-100 aircraft
- Air & surface search radars; 2 x Type 388E, 1 x Type 470
- Height finders; 2 x Type 388E
- Rangefinders and director radars; 12 x Type 322P (on the Mk IX and HVKS Mk V directors)
- Belt and citadel bulkheads armour thickness; 102mm & 76mm
- Main and weather deck armour thickness; 102mm & 21mm
- Conning tower and barbette armour thickness; n/a
- Main calibre turrets face armour thickness; n/a
MNS Åndalsøra in 1950
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Åndalsøra would have her refit completed in early February, enabling her to carry new jet aircraft and serve in the Mestran-Virlannian war of 1950. Her and other aircraft carriers would constantly hinder the Virlannian invasion with deep strikes into industrial targets.
Åndalsøra 1950 overview
- Length; 276.3m (o/a)
- Beam and draft; 35.6m & 10m
- Standard displacement; 47,790 tons
- Installed power; 8 x Hestenes 3-drum boiler, 25,000 shp each
- Propulsion; 4 x geared steam turbines, 4 x screw propellers
- Speed; 33.25 knots
- Range; 7,100 nmi @20 knots
- Main armament; n/a
- Secondary armament/ Heavy anti-aircraft armament; 8x 114.3mm/45 Mk III QF in 4 x twin Mk XVIII turrets
- Medium anti-aircraft armament; 54 x 40mm/56 OQF Mk IX in 9 x sextuple Mk XV mounts
- Light anti-aircraft armament; n/a
- Torpedos; n/a
- Aircraft; 81 aircraft and 5 helicopters
- Air & surface search radars; 2 x Type 499, 1 x Type 470M
- Height finders; 2 x Type 499
- Rangefinders and director radars; 12 x Type 322P (on the Mk IX and HVKS Mk VI directors)
- Belt and citadel bulkheads armour thickness; 102mm & 76mm
- Main and weather deck armour thickness; 102mm & 21mm
- Conning tower and barbette armour thickness; n/a
- Main calibre turrets face armour thickness; n/a
The Grenivík Class was the fourth Mestran aircraft carrier class to be completed in the Great War. This class was in response to the Khraelyi Sarakhiv Class, and suspected similarly sized ships from Secrazchaki, Onshokostani, and CSCR. During 1943, the Admiralitet would examine the fleet’s current and future carriers, one finding would be that the Åkreverg and Falkenstuna would carry too few aircraft for single ship large strikes, which is what proved to be the most effective. Plan’s would be drawn to modify the under construction Falkenstuna’s to carry more aircraft, but would be dropped because of how far they were. Instead, a new aircraft carrier would be drawn up in mid 1943. These early plans would be larger versions of the Falkenstuna, however these would be quickly dropped in favour of a different carrier, featuring a semi-open hangar, side lifts, an unarmoured deck, and a large airgroup. Due to the unarmoured flight deck, an expansion joint would be needed in the middle of the deck, which would give the Grenivík’s the double island. Grenivík and Åndalsøra would be ordered on October 4th, 1943, with Grenivík being laid down on November 19th and Åndalsøra laid down the next year on January 5th. Åndalsøra’s construction would be paused after she was bombed in port by Secrazchaki bombers in 1945, causing major delays. Both ships would be launched in 1947 and commissioned on different dates in 1948, Grenivík would see very late action against Onshokostan. During the short peace time following the end of the war, Grenivík and Åndalsøra would see minor refits and air group changes, with Åndalsøra seeing jet aircraft being assigned to her in 1949. When the Mestran-Virlannian war started in 1950, Åndalsøra and a sizable task force would be sent to the Thernern Sea to support the Thernern Squadron in blockading and striking the Virlannian coast. After hostilities ended, both ships would be refitted with an angled deck and new systems, eventually serving with the Navy until being scrapped in the 80s.
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