Finally after 1 year of building this magnificent boat.
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Behind the Build

This ship to date is my most complex build I have undertaken, it employs camera aiming systems and an optimized float model for the ocean mod.

This build actually started from my old Type 3 Fast Attack Craft which I planned to remake it while keeping some parts the same, In the end it didn't and ended up as something else, the only part of the ship that stayed the same was the radar array in front of the mast.

I was supposed to upload this thing in october of last year but alas my pc broke and I had to postpone a lot of other projects including this project, thankfully i had a backup on my laptop that was 2 weeks old at the time and lacked a lot of features the one on my pc already had, but thankfully it ended up better than expected, with help from buddies online i was able to better enhance it capabilities, so I thank them dearly.

So without further ado let me introduce you the Tanager class Corvette.

Description

The Type 3 Corvette also know as the Tanager class Corvette in Volksia is a class of Advanced Combat Ships designed by the Volksmarina Group in 1985, originally designated "Project 1375" the corvette had an impressive set of state of the art sensors and armaments while staying within the Volksian navy's budget per ship, The project started in 1984 with the volksian navy and coastguard called for the production of a domestically produced corvette and heavily armed patrol boat design under the Ship Design Requirements SDR-231

The requirements called for a maximum displacement of 1100 tons, a minimum max speed of 37 knots, and a cruising range of 8000km, system requirements stated it needed a set of accurate air and surface targeting and tracking radars, fire control systems for its guns, and a small but powerful sonar for anti submarine duties, its minimum armament requirements called for a minimum of 4 anti ship missiles, 2 76mm autocannons, 2 25 inch(635mm) tubes, an Anti Submarine Rocket(ASROC) System, and at least 3 mounts for machine guns of all types, 4 designes were submitted but only the Volksmarina Group design was accepted.

The design submitted to the Volksian navy was the Volksmarina Type 3 Corvette design, this corvette features one of the most advanced combat systems and the heaviest armament configurations for a ship of her type equipped with Antiship missiles, rapid 76mm guns, 25 inch torpedo tubes, a modular MLRS system, and many more.

The ship is powered by a Combined Diesel and Gas(CODAG) propulsion system, (1 Kortana V24-8000 diesel engine and 2 LM-2500-G07 gas turbines) which makes the ship one of the fastest operational ships in the volksian arsenal capable of reaching speeds upwards of 47 knots and in one ship VSS Bolt reaching a top speed of 53.38 knots during her sea trials.

Service History

Relating to the official name of the ship class in volksia "Tanager" the ship is named after the "Thraupidae" or Tanager bird species which is the 2nd largest family of birds with over 240 subspecies, and just like its birds namesake over 240 ships of the tanager class have been produced and operated by Volksia and its allies.

The first ship DCG-33 VSS Tanager was launched on the 14th of February 1992, at the time of her commissioning she was the fastest ship in the volksian navy, her record was soon beaten by her sister ship DCG-38 VVS Bolt the following year, due to the ships small size and mostly aluminum construction the ships usually only take 3 to 5 months to build with fitting out only lasting 2 to 3 months.

Type 3 Corvettes participated in many conflicts such as the Anteinam Civil War, Germen Civil War, War on Drugs, the War on Terror, the Sytonian Island Dispute, and the 2024 Algarvean - Atencian War, And in many exercises such as the 1998 Golden eagle Exercise with Yukon and Sovar, and the RIMSYT exercises, 1 ship was lost to enemy action.

Incidents and Losses

2009 Mine Clearing Incident

In 2009, DCG-101 VSS Fauna struck a mine during a mine clearing operation of the coast of Germany resulting in the flooding of the ships main turbine rooms and fuel tanks and death of 12 crew members and injuring 30 others including a journalist onboard, the ship limped back to a friendly base in Poland steaming at only 6 knots with its diesel engines, the ship stayed in Poland for temporary repairs and sailed back to volksia where more repairs were made, the ships later returned to service in 2011.

2013 VSS Kimber Massacre

In December of 2013, DCG-79 VSS Kimber during a routine patrol in the Essen Strait in Yuktobania was attacked by numerous fast boats of the YRF(Yuktobanian Revolutionary Forces) Rebels with machine guns and rockets, the first attack killed all the crew in the bridge of the ship, the rest of the crew members immediately responded with fire from the ships many mounted armaments but it was too futile, the YRF rebels boarded the ship, and completely ransacked it destroying what was left of the ship and its systems, the kimbers crew were lined up on the deck and shot dead by machine gun fire, the ship was then burned, which she sank after her missiles detonated 10 minutes later, the whole even was streamed live the rebels which angered not only the volksian government but its people, further investigations concluded that the ship was supposed to return home a week prior for repairs of her surface track radar which was damaged by rebel gunfire while patrolling the same area, due to poor leadership the Commanding officer in charge of operation choosing to keep the ship in its area of operations for a while longer, he was soon court martialed and dishonorably discharged from the navy, following this unfortunate even the volksian navy then sent one of its strongest vessels to the are to bombard YRF forces into submission with cruise missiles.

2020-2021 Fleet Freeze Incident

Due to the outbreak of Covid 19 many of the Volksian ships stationed in foreign ports and bases were called back to volksia, many of these ships being Type 3 Corvettes, before docking in volksia all crews were tested for the virus, most ships had crews on board who tested positive, these ships were then anchored of the coast of volksia, a few months later a huge blizzard engulfed northern volksia which froze the ships is place for weeks, some of the ships suffered damage to their radars from ice seeping thru small cracks in the superstructure which required months of repairs.

General Characteristics:

Crew: 46
Length: 75.7 Meters
Width: 9.4 meters
Height: 22.5 meters
Draft: 3.3 meters
Empty Weight: 955 tons
Loaded Weight: 1460 tons
Powerplant: 2 LM500-G07 Turbines, 1 Kortana V24-8000 diesel engine
Propulsion Systems: 2 Propellers, 2 Pump Jets

Performance:
Achievable Maximum Speed: 51 Knots (VSS Bolt)
Safe Maximum Speed: 45 knots
Cruise Speed: 16.5 knots
Range: 4500km at 15 knots
3500km at 22 knots
2800km at 30 knots
1300km at 45 knots
800km at full speed

Armament: 4x 76mm Rapid Autoloading DP(3 turrets)(200 Rounds Per Gun)
21x 225mm GMLRS launchers
2x 30mm Kashtan CIWS(1 turret)
4x SA-19/SA-19B Launchers(mounted on Kashtan CIWS)
10x Mk.9 Small VLS(1x AGM-22 or Exocet sized missile, or 4
smaller missiles(AGA,AA)
4x AGM-22/Exocet Launchers
2x 635mm Torpedo Tubes + 2 Reloads
4x 30mm Chain Guns
6x 14.5mm MGs

Armor Profile: 15 mm bow, 15 mm stern, 40 mm belt, 15 mm deck

Countermeasures: 1x 12 RBU-6000 ASROC +4 Reloads, 2x 4 Mark 36 SRBOC(Flares) + 8 Reloads, 2x 4 Mark 36 SRBOC(Chaff) + 8 Reloads, 4 Acoustic decoys, 2 ECM Jammers, 2 ECM Counters, Stealth coating/paint

Sensors:
SRM-490 Multirole Multitrack Radar, SRM-490 SSR, SMT-350 Fire Control and Missile Guidance Radar fitted on AMK-276 DPGs and Kashtan CIWS, MS-40 sonar

Boats: 1 RHIB

Creators Note

This ship isnt perfect, it still has some parts that need touching up.

TTO

02/14/23