CRS Nelson is the lead ship of the Nelson class of battlecruisers for the Commonwealth Navy. Nelson is armed with wide range of weapons from the 15 inch guns down to the 120mm Sharpshooter rapid firing guns. Nelson is also armed with anti-ship missiles as well as capable of carrying a helicopter on it's deck. Nelson is named in honour of the preceding CRS Nelson, a 1940s battleship which in turn was named after Lord Admiral of the Fleet Nelson.

History

Nation: Commonwealth Republic
Namesake: Lord Admiral of the Fleet Nelson
Operator: Commonwealth Navy
Ordered: 20 May 2088
Builder: Earl Brown and Company
Laid down: 7 July 2089
Launched: 17 July 2094
Sponsored by: The Lord Protector of the Commonwealth
Christened: 4 July 2094
Commissioned: 7 December 2097
In Service: 2100
Homeport: CRNB Cornwall
Identification: 44
Motto: Palmam qui meruit ferat English: "Let him bear the palm who has deserved it"
Status: Missing in action since March 2100
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General Characteristics

Class and type: Nelson-class battlecruiser/fast battleship
Displacement: 67,000 tons
Length: 881.9 ft
Beam: 121.4 ft
Draught: 32 ft
Installed power: Integrated electric propulsion powered by two gas turbine alternators and four diesel engines
Speed: 30 knots
Range: 8,250 nautical miles (15,280 km; 9,490 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement: 900 sailors and officers
Troops carried: 250 marines
Sensors and processing systems:
- Multi-function air tracking radar
- 3-D air surveillance radar
- Integrated Bridge and Navigation System
- 2x Attitude Height and Heading Reference System
- 2x I-band Radar
- 1x E/F-band Radar
- Optical Gun Control System
- 3× Type 274 15-inch fire-control radar
- Radar tracking system
Electronic Warfare & decoys:
- Increment F cryptologic exploitation system
- Type 400 Chaff
- Naval Decoy Type 35
- Sea shock underwater deterrent weapon
Armament
Anti-air missiles:
- 16x Spearhead Missiles
Anti-ship missiles:
- 8x Harpoon V.5 Missiles
Guns:
- 4x twin 14-inch (355mm) guns
- 8x 120mm (4.7 inch) guns
- 4x Spearhead CIWS
- 4x 7.62 mm heavy machine guns
- 8x 7.62 mm general purpose machine guns
Aircraft carried:
- 1x Helicopter capable of transport or reconnaissance missions with suitable weapons
Aviation facilities:
- Below-deck Hangar

The ship is designed with the idea of gunfire support role solely armed with large artillery and cruise missiles for amphibious operations. The latter armaments currently present on the ship we're only added later. The ship also has the ability to house 250 Marines that can be deployed by a helicopter and can be supported by heavy gunfire. She is based in CRNB Cornwall.

Nelson will deploy as part of the Battle Cruiser Force Two with escorts and support ships in order to deliver efficient amphibious operations.

Nelson commenced her sea trials in June 2097, was commissioned in December 2097and entered service in 2100. Her supposedly first sea going commanding officer was Commodore Jerry Kyd who was appointed in 2094 but did not take command so Lord Admiral of the Fleet, Arthur Wellington took command and acted as her first sea going commanding officer.

In the night of March 2101, Nelson went missing while conducting sorties in the Celtic Sea.

Features

• Array of Cameras around the ship
• Anti-Air and Anti-ship missiles
• Automatic targeting secondaries
  

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Photos

- Nelson in Cornwall.

- Nelson during her sea trials

- Last photo of Nelson before she went missing.

Controls

• VTOL for Forward and Reverse
• Trim for steering
• Roll and Pitch for main gun controls
  
  
  
  • AG1: Unlocks fore turrets
  
  
  • AG2: Unlocks aft turrets
    
    -Automatic targeting secondaries
  
  
  • AG3: Portside secondaries
  
  
  • AG4: Starboard side secondaries
  
  
• AG7: Lights
  

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Note

• All stories are fictional and does not represent the true world.

Credits

@BMilan for anchors
@Shironeko for the ship buoyancy
@LocalDealer for the propellers and rotators
@NatsukiHoshino for the Life Raft containers and the launchers for HAGM-23
@KmsGelvain for the basis of the CIWS
@NavalGunnery for the 14 inch guns