The Banebryter class is a class of 12 corvettes built for the former Duchy of Scandinovia Navy, and currently operated by the Royal Sovereign Coast Guard and Royal Sovereign Navy. Designed as part of Scandinovia's new doctrine of Rask angrepsflåte, The Banebryter class is one of the two corvette class' that served for the former Navy, the one being the Varme class.

Class Overview

Name: Banebryter class
Builders: Anker Verft, De Vibe Jern fungerer
Operators: Duchy of Scandinovia Navy (former), Royal Sovereign Coast Guard, Royal Sovereign Navy
Preceded by: Varme class
Succeeded by: none
Cost: 320 gold bars
Built: 2087 - 2111
In commission: 2088 - present
Planned: 12
Completed: 12
Lost: 4
Active: 8

General characteristics

Type: Corvette
Displacement: 1,800 tons
Length: 104 meters
Width: 15 meters
Draught: 6.7 meters
Installed power: 2x Konig K7633 Generators
Propulsion: 2x shafts, CODAD configuration, M67 diesel engines
Speed: 38 knots
Range: 4,600 nmi at 18 knots
Endurance: unknown
Complement: 75

Sensors and processing systems:
Includes PESA, missile guidance radar, weather radar and underwater radar, all built under the ITI systems

Electronic warfare and decoys:
2x Type 76 Countermeasure tower launchers

Armament:
- Guns: 1x 105mm Kritisk Treff Gun
- Missiles:
- Anti-air: Type 34 Spyd AA missiles
- Anti-ship: Grønn hai MK10 missiles
- Torpedoes:
- 2x Triple torpedo launchers
- Steinhai Torpedoes
- CIWS:
- 1x Skjermet kanon

Aviation facilities: Hangar and a drone pad
Aircraft carried: 1x Drone

Between 2090s to 2110s, All members Banebryter class served during peacetime for peacekeeping operations. Two of the Banebryter class saw active service in non-intervention operation during the Northern Rebellion, all ships then returned back to their home waters for peacekeeping operations. The ships were transferred to the new Royal Sovereign Navy following the Unification of States in 2110. The class were divided by the Royal Sovereign Navy and the Royal Sovereign Coast Guard, Six were sent to the Coast Guard while the remaining stayed in the Navy. All ships were present during the 2nd Great War. When the Sanistan Air Force attacked the Port City of Leer, Eight of the ships were present during the attack with four damaged and two in critical condition; the other two were sunk during the attack.

The rest of the class survived the war and currently in service for the Navy and the Coast Guard.

Development

In 2069, The Admiralty of Scandinovia were pursuing the newly adopted "Rask angrepsflåte" which called out for newer ships with no lesser speed of 32 knots and is capable of powerful anti-aircraft duties to supplement it's fleet. The new class will succeed the preceding Varme class and is intended to become a flagship of a small squadron. Same as the preceding class, the ships do not carry helicopters, instead they carry drones for ASW operations.

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Controls

• Standard ship controls
• Press the corresponding AGS to activate ship features
  
  
  
  • Ag1: Train torpedo launchers to port
  
  
  • Ag2: Train torpedo launchers to starboard
  
  
  • Ag3: Activates anti-ship missile launchers, raises anti-ship missile launchers
  
  
  • Ag7: Lights
  
  
• VTOL for torpedo launcher controls
• Pitch and Roll for turret adjustments
• CIWS and main guns were installed with automatic targeting function