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Shannon class destroyer



ARS Erin accumulated 22 battle stars in 4 years of service, sinking eleven warships, becoming Antara's most decorated warship.

The first class of destroyer built during the WW, the Shannon class was also considered the single most powerful destroyer in the world and its combat record reflected this. The Shannon class racked up the second highest kill count for surface warships in the war, with the country's most decorated warship belonging to this class. The class was incredibly sturdy, fast and very well armed.

The Shannons were originally planned to be a massive class of 2000 ton destroyers numbering around 150-180 members, the general appearance resembling the previous Leo class, however some members of the Admiralty were able to convince the rest to instead consider a 'destroyer leader' design. While the doctrine would remain the same as other destroyers, they would be 'leaders' in size and armament. The class would be halved, but each vessel would be more like a small cruiser but with the versatility of a destroyer. The result was a very durable, fast, extremely well armed and massive warship for its era, and the best in the world.










Main battery - 4x2 130mm/45
Torpedoes - 5x2 610mm with four reloads
Speed - 40.1 knots average
Range - 8000nm at 14 knots
Armor - 13mm plating around boilers
Displacement - 2750 tons

Ships in class

Riberton Naval Shipyards

Shannon - Sunk in action, 1346
Erin - Converted to museum ship, 1366
Jasmine - Scrapped, 1367
Mura - Sunk in action, 1345
Nicole - Scrapped, 1368
Kenzington - Sold to Tabarai, 1367
Demara - Sold to Tabarai, 1366
Azure - Scrapped, 1367
Chasity - Sunk in action, 1346
Frederick - Scrapped, 1367
Terez - Scrapped, 1366
Monica - Sunk in action, 1346
Willamina - Scrapped, 1367

Riverbank Iron Works

Alain - Torpedoed, 1347
Myra - Sunk by kamikaze, 1347
Kiri - Sold to Tabarai, 1366
Jayde - Sold to Etressia, 1367
Tamura - Sunk in action, 1348
Celestia - Sunk in action, 1346
Preston - Sunk by kamikaze, 1348
Ember - Torpedoed, 1345
Shiro - Scrapped, 1367
Nizhoni - Scrapped, 1366
Abrey - Scrapped, 1366
Sarah - Scrapped, 1366
Julian - Sold to Forzetta, 1367
Malina - Sunk by kamikaze, 1348
Clara - Scrapped, 1367
Verona - Sold to Forzetta, 1366
Isolda - Scrapped, 1367

Jacarta Shipyards

Christina - Scrapped, 1366
Patrick - Scrapped, 1367
Sabrina - Sunk in action, 1348
Katerina - Sunk by kamikaze, 1347
Felix - Scrapped, 1367
Alison - Scrapped, 1366
Lucian - Scrapped, 1367
Bruna - Sold to Etressia, 1367
Rosa - Sunk by kamikaze, 1348
Emily - Scrapped, 1367
Monaca - Scrapped, 1367
Sayo - Sunk in action, 1364
Anastasia - Scrapped, 1366

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Third time I've redone this class

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Very impressive!

Excellent work!

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Hood's Worklist
English Electric Canberra FD
Interwar RN Capital Ships
Super-Darings
Never-Were British Aircraft

Thx guys

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Removed for being outdated.

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Coastal Patrol boats of the Second World War



The Fast Patrol Boat Program of 1338 was created out of the need for fast attack boats capable of defending the island territories of Antara in South East Rohilia as the threat of Osoran expansion increased. This was the first time in decades that Antara made use of small and fast coastal boats in the Navy. While brown water and riverine fleets existed for a long time due to the constant waring with her neighbors, they were operated by the Army and fell within a completely different doctrine.

The Navy's PT boats were unarmored and most carried torpedoes with the hope that they could swarm larger ships and sink them. In addition they were meant to be able to ride rough ocean seas compared to the Army boats which were slower, armored and were best suited for the calm waters of Antara's inner seas, rivers and lakes. Even though their designated area of operation was South East Rohilia they nonetheless found great use in home waters early war.



The Antaran Navy had a few designations for its fleet of coastal patrol boats and ships:

PT - Patrol motor torpedoboat. The primary armament of torpedoes was to be used against larger targets. PT boats were to defend against land invasions and conduct swarm attacks. Their smaller defense weapons made them equally suited for shooting at aircraft and firing on soft shore targets, making them versatile.

PG - Patrol motor gunboat. PGs were designed to fight other motor boats and were generally armed with larger caliber weapons. Their speeds varied but their size was typically larger than that of PT boats. While PGs existed long before the Patrol Boat program, they were part of a separate doctrine and consisted of vessels such as submarine chasers and landing support ships, which were absorbed and re-designated along with the new generation of PGs. In addition to fighting other small vessels, PGs were very well suited to supporting land invasions.

PGR - Patrol motor gunboat river. Similar to PGs, but with a smaller draft for riverine warfare. Vessels of this type saw most of their use in the home territories.

PGC - Patrol gunboat submarine chaser. Originally classified as SCs, submarine chasers became PGCs to fit alongside the other PG classifications. As the name implied, submarine chasers were short range coastal gunboats designed to hunt submarines, however they were regularly used in other roles because their artillery was more than sufficient to fight other small boats. Post-war sub chasers were once again re designated, this time as simply PGs.

PGL - Patrol motor gunboat large. Simply a larger patrol gunboat, with sizes that sometimes rival that of sloops and corvettes, but were not ocean going. Many PGLs were purpose built to support land invasions, sporting a variety of weapons such as rocket launchers.

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Subchasers of the World War

Osoran doctrine of submarine warfare called for a much larger and more extensive submarine fleet that gave priority to merchant hunting in the Tiamatic Sea and along the Antaran West Coast when the war broke out.

The amount of merchant ships sunk during the first year of the war prompted the the mass production of new sub chasers, which ditched the old PC hull code for the new PGC code. The older SCs were reclassified and were added along with a new generation of sub chasers, notably the Solanum class of 172 members, and the Celastrales class of 72 boats.



The older PC-18 class was re-designated as the Dendrobium class, which displaced 440 tonnes. They were able to attain of a speed of 21 knots, which matched the speed of Antara's own fleet boats. They were armed with a dual purpose 100mm/45, a twin 38mm AA gun and two single 25mm guns on each side, as well as depth charges and K-guns. As the war progressed their armament was replaced with a DP 3" gun that had a higher rate of fire.



The first of the Solanum class, PGC-114, displaced 380 tonnes. They were smaller than the previous generation but had better seakeeping, range and a speed of 22 knots. They were produced in the hundreds to meet the demand of war. They were armed with the usual assortment of ASW weaponry, including hedgehogs, a 76mm gun and a 25mm twin on each side.



The Beloperone-class was a gunboat modification of the Celastrales, with ASW equipment removed in favour of more auto-cannons. These gun focused boats escorted subchasers and patrolled the confined seas of West Antara.

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