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by The Commonwealth of Norrs. . 52 reads.

Royaume-class Battleship


Royaume Super-Dreadnought

Royaume-class Dreadnought Battleship


Queen Catherine II underway, 1925

CLASS OVERVIEW

Builders

Armurerie de Fer Noir
Armurerie de la Montagne Noire

Operators

Royal Commonwealth Navy

Preceded by

Sainte Anabelle class

Built

1921 — Present

In commission

1924 — Present

Planned

4

Building

1

Completed

3

Active

3

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

Type

LinkDreadnought Battleship

Displacement

56,480 tonnes

Length

297.2 meters

Beam

32.6 meters

Draft

10 meters

Propulsion

4 x Steam Turbines
4 x Turboelectric-driven shafts
(88,300 SHP)

Speed

25.3 kn

Range

9,500 nmi @ 15 kn

Complement

2,155

Sensors and processing systems

2 x ᛐᛙ1922/ᛐ14 rangefinders
2 x ᛐᛙ1923/ᛐ21 rangefinders
6 x ᛐᛙ1921/ᛐ11 rangefinders
9 x ᛐᛙ1922/ᛐ13 rangefinders
4 x ᛐᛙ1922/ᛙ406 Modèle 1920 turret rangefinders
7 x ᛐᛙ1921/ᛙ152 Modèle 1921 turret rangefinders
8 x spotlights

Armament

12 x Modèle 406 mm/1922 naval guns (4 x 4)
14 x Modèle 127 mm/1921 dual-purpose naval guns (7 x 2)
32 x Modèle 40 mm/1919 anti-air guns (8 x 4)
36 x Modèle 14.5 mm/1917 heavy machine guns

Armor

Belt: 406 mm
Main Deck: 170 mm
Turrets: 430 mm
Conning tower: 340 mm

Aircraft carried

4 x LinkCAN.41 flying boats

Aviation facilities

2 x Hangars
2 x Catapults
2 x Boat plane cranes


The Royaume class is a class of super-dreadnought currently being built for the Commonwealth Navy since the 1920's. A total of four ships were ordered in 1920 in response to the naval rearmament of several of the Commonwealth's neighbors. The Royaumes were based on a multitude of unbuilt designs from the Five Years' War that were modernized with technologies of the era with a more powerful battery of 406 mm (16 in) guns. Due to the turboelectric propulsion of the Royaumes, the general arrangement of turrets and superstructure of the battleships differed much from the previous Sainte Anabelle class. The main battery was placed in four quadruple turrets, with the funnel towards the aft of the ship to accomodate the turboelectric shafts.

Ships in Class

Ship Name

Hull No.

Builder

Ordered

Laid Down

Launched

Commissioned

Queen Hermine I

B24

Armurerie de Fer Noir

5 February 1920

11 February 1921

18 August 1924

19 December 1924

Queen Catherine II

B25

13 March 1921

21 September 1924

28 January 1925

Queen Renée III

B26

Armurerie de la Montagne Noire

22 October 1922

5 April 1926

19 September 1926

Queen Renée IV

B27

1 March 1923

18 September 1926

Liveries and Variants

Royaume class as designed


RCN Queen Hermine I (B24)

Credit to Armoured Man for the shipbucket drawing.

The Commonwealth of Norrs

Edited:

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