The Imperator Imperator Vil'gel'm Velikiy Class is a group of 10 Dreadnought Battleships built for the Imperial Severnayan Navy beginning in 2087. The ships were the first Dreadnoughts begun for the Navy as part of the plan by the Tsar of Severnaya Imperiya for improving the Severnayan Navy's naval capabilities.

History

The Tsar planned to follow up with the Modernization of the three other empires on their navies, he desired large warships that are capable of protecting the vicnity of Severnaya's possessions in all directions.

This resulted to the Imperator Vil'gel'm Velikiy Class Battleships. The Tsar planned to build only two units of the ship and experiment on it to be used as basis to future Dreadnought designs. During this time, Pre-Dreadnoughts still dominate the Northern Seas not because of lacking technology, but because the lack of enemies present on the area so the Tsar insisted that building such big Dreadnoughts with no enemies will be a waste of resources. Another portion is the lack of Materials, Northern Vale is a wasteland and only a handful of Steel productions are present which meant that production of the ships were slowed down and the Navy needs to settle on their old technology type of ships until newer Dreadnoughts arrive.

Ships

Imperator Vil'gel'm Velikiy
Imperator Nikolay III
Imperator Karl Valiant
Imperator Zhyustin
Imperator Rumynii II
Imperator Andrey VIII
Imperator Pavel Severnyy
Imperator Nikolay Yugo-Vostochnyy
Imperator Karl Sharlottskiy
Imperator Georg IX

Service History

The first ship of the class, Imperator Vil'gel'm Velikiy, joined the Northern Fleet after commisioning and proceed with her trainings, she is the first Dreadnought to join the fleet. Imperator Nikolay III joined the Western Fleet, it made her the first Dreadnought to join the fleet. Imperator Karl Valiant joined the Far South Fleet making her the first Dreadnought to join the fleet.

Severnaya-Azuma War
Imperator Zhyustin joined the Eastern Fleet 3 weeks before the outbreakb of war, She was the first Dreadnought to join the fleet. Due to her not being shaken properly, the Eastern Fleet commander, Endryu Dzhekson, decided to keep her as a secondary role if battleship and put his trained battleships, The Imperatorskiy Class, on front instead.

Plans were decided to transfer Imperator Vil'gel'm Velikiy to the Eastern Fleet but was too late as the Azuma manage to form a blockade.

Imperator Zhyustin manage to help the fleet in the Seige of Port Klinton were she provided fire support against the Azuma ships who tried to enter the port. She was torpedoed on her Starboard but was aaved by her in built Torpedo bulges. Slowly, she was able to gain experience and get more action for the fleet, eventually she was able to be transferred as a frontline ship by Endryu Dzhekson before the Battle of Dal'nevostochnoye more.

At the Battle of Dal'nevostochnoye more, Imperator Zhyustin was leading the battleship line. After the Severnayan Easterb Fleet and the Azuma Northern Fleet made in range, Imperator Zhyustin was the first ship to open fire, followed by Imperatorskiy and Imperatritsa Yekaterina. She provided fire support for the smaller maneuverable vessels while she also lead the battleships in gaining defensive positions. She sustained heavy damage during the battle but was able to keep herself intact and manage to finish the battle. After the battle, the fleet recieved tenporary repairs and went out to sea later on.

Meanwhile, the 5th member of the class, Imperator Rumynii II was launched but was assigned to the Northern Fleet instead for her trainings.

At the Battle of Borodino Sea, Imperator Zhyustin was placed behind Imperatista Yekaterina as she was leading the fleet. When the ships met in range, Imperatrista Yekaterina opened fire and was followed by Imperator Zhyustin then the other Pre-Dreadnoughts. Endryu Dzhekson used the opposite type of tactic he used on hus previous battles, instead of putting his Battleships in defense, he decided to sail along with the faster small maneuverable vessels in a diagonal line. After the battleships gained positions, they all provided heavy support for the smaller vessels. His tactics came with a cost, his Pre-Dreadnoughts can only use their fore turret so he have to rely on his two other Dreadnoughts which can fire all guns. During the Battle, Imperator Zhyustin, Imperatrista Yekaterina and teo other battlehsips were heavily damaged and one of them, Veter was sunk while Gordyy Svet was able to lay smoke and turn around. Although heavily damaged, Imperator Zhyustin, Imepratrista Yekaterina and two other Pre-Dreadnoughts continued to fight and manage to finish the battle making the Severnayan Navy victorious. It is the last major naval battle during the war.

Imperator Zhyustin was the only ship of the class in the Eastern Fleet until the arrival Imperator Karl Sharlottskiy.

After the war, Shipyard continued to work on the contracted Class while also building the other Dreadnought class, the Imperatrista Zhasmin Class. Imperator Andrey VIII was launched in Early September 2093 and joined the Far South Fleet. Imperator Pavel Severnyy was launched in Mid December the same year and joined the Western Fleet. Imperator Nikolay Yugo-Vostochnyy was launched in Late February 2094 after series of delays due to lacking materials, she later joined the Northern Fleet. Imperator Karl Sharlottskiy was launched in Mid August the same year and was the second member of the class to join the Eastern Fleet. Finally Imperator Georg IX was launched in Early October the same year and joined the Western Fleet.

Features

The ship is inspired by the Gangut Class Dreadnoughts built for the Imperial Russian Navy, with different configurations for differences. Orginal Gangut Class design did not include Torpedo bulges which is it's main weakness, even after it's modernization, I see no sources that Oktyabriskaya Revolutsiya and Parizhskaya Kommuna recieved any.

It has 12x 12 Inch guns in four turrets as it's main armament, 16x 120mm guns located both Portside and Starboard. No Torpedoes were added,Torpedo bulges were in built. It has a top speed between 21 and 22 knots

Controls

• Standard ship controls
• Press the corresponding ags to activate certain weapons
• VTOL and Trim for turret controls
  Ag1: Train weapons to Starboard
  Ag2: Train weapons to Portside
  Ag7: Lights

Note

• Some details are missing, that is because I want to keep the part count lower so that my lovely mobile users can use the ship with ease.

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