Constance-Class Battleship

Fact Log

 * Class: Constance
 * Type: Battleship
 * Preceded by: Ottavio-Class
 * Succeeded by: Brutis-Class
 * Commissioned: (1937 - 1942)
 * Planned: 8
 * Completed: 8
 * Cancelled: 0
 * Active: 2
 * Retired: 4
 * Displacement: 80,362 tons
 * Length: 1000 ft (304.8 m)
 * Beam: 150 ft
 * Draft: 42.2 ft (at deep level)
 * Installed Power: 301,600 shp
 * Propulsion: 4 shafts, 10 Marshal-Saybian Diesel Engines
 * Speed: 36 Knots
 * Range: 11,805 NMI
 * Complement: 1160
 * Armament:
 * 12 x 16 in main cannons
 * 8 x 8 in cannons
 * 55 x Celebra 40mm twin AA guns
 * 30 x Celebra 40mm quad AA guns

Ships in Class

 * M.I.S Constance (1937 - 1950) (Retired) - Museum
 * M.I.S New Jarlston (1938 - 1954) (Retired) - Museum
 * M.I.S Marshal (1938 - 1941) (Sunk)
 * M.I.S Vontre (1940 - 1942) (Sunk)
 * M.I.S Shofine (1940 - 1965) (Damaged, Retired)
 * M.I.S Habien (1941 - Present) (Reserves)
 * M.I.S Auster (1942 - Present) (Reserves)
 * M.I.S Merival (1942 - Present) (Reserves)

Overview
Two decades of sailing the high seas had taken its toll on the aging Ottavio-Class Dreadnoughts. By the early 1930s, the Merick Isles Navy realized that it's once formidable warhorses of the seas were rapidly becoming obsolete compared to more modern ships.

Project Zelpher, started in 1932, aimed at fixing that problem. Zelpher was a cooperation between the new Merick Isles Foreign Espionage Unit (MIFEU) and the Merick Isles Navy to steal top grade ideas for warships and incorporate them in a new class of battleship, the Constance Class.

Project Zelpher, although considered a complete success, left the Constance Class Battleships with only one issue: Each was slightly different. New and stolen technologies were added to the ships as they were built, so ships like the M.I.S Marshal and the M.I.S Auster shared only common hull types and weapons.

Today, the I.L.S Auster and the I.L.S Merival are still in service with the I.L Navy. Although both have received massive upgrades, they are still categorized under "Reserves", and do not fight on the front lines.

[[File:Constance-Class_Battleship.jpg|thumb|670px|Study Drawing of the M.I.S Marshal.

Note how the Marshal and Auster look very similar, but differ slightly.]]