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OC: Irish-class

A/N: Another Azur Lane OC Class Idea.

Class Overview:

Name: Irish-class dreadnought battleship

Preceded by HMS Dreadnought

Built: 1910

In service: 1911 - 1945

In commission: 1914 - 1945

Planned: 

Completed: 

Cancelled: 

Preserved: 1 (Radish turned into a Shipboy)

General Characteristics:

Type: Dreadnought battleship

Displacement:

< 18,120 long tons (18,410 t) (normal load)

< 20,730 long tons (21,060 t) (deep load)

Length: 527 ft (160.6 m)

Beam: 82 ft 1 in (25 m)

Draught: 29 ft 7.5 in (9 m) (deep load)

Installed power:

< 18 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers

< 23,000 shp (17,000 kW)

Propulsion: 4 × shafts; 2 × steam turbine sets

Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)

Range: 6,620 nmi (12,260 km; 7,620 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)

Complement: 700 (1907); 810 (1916)

Armament:

< 5 × twin 12 in (305 mm) guns

< 27 × single 12-pdr (3 in (76 mm)) guns

< 5 × 18 in (450 mm) torpedo tubes

Armour:

< Belt: 4–11 in (102–279 mm)

< Deck: 0.75–3 in (19–76 mm)

< Barbettes: 4–11 in (102–279 mm)

< Turrets: 3–12 in (76–305 mm)

< Conning tower: 11 in (279 mm)

< Bulkheads: 8 in (203 mm)

Ships Of The Line:

1st Ship: HMS Irish

Builder: New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey

Laid Down: 2 October, 1910

Launched: 10 February, 1911

Commissioned: 2 December, 1911

Fate: Sunk in May of 1943

2nd Ship: Radish

Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, Virginia

Laid Down: 10 February, 1911

Launched: 21 July, 1912

Commissioned: 22 May, 1913

Fate: Destroyed during the "Battle of Gryps"

3rd Ship: Échalote

Builder: Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts

Laid Down: 22 May, 1913

Launched: 15 November, 1914

Commissioned: 23 October, 1915

Fate: Destroyed during "Battle of Gryps"

4th Ship: Oasis

Builder: Norfolk Naval Shipyard

Laid Down: 23 October, 1915

Launched: 14 February, 1916

Commissioned: 12 January, 1917

Fate: Dismantled for parts, sometime in 1945.

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