Valiant-Class Submarine

Fact Log

 * Class: Valiant
 * Type: Diesel-Electric Submarine
 * Preceded by: Orcast-Class
 * Succeeded by: Triumph-Class
 * Commissioned: (1941 - 1946)
 * Planned: 86
 * Completed: 72
 * Cancelled: 2
 * Active: 12
 * Retired: 66
 * Displacement: 1,602 tons
 * Length: 305 ft (304.8 m)
 * Beam: 25 ft
 * Draft: 16 ft
 * Installed Power: 6,000 shp (Surface) 2,825 shp (Submerged)
 * Propulsion: 1 shafts, 2 Trident-III Diesel Engines driving 2 Higgins - Agmund Electric Generators. 2 x 130 cell Sparrow Batteries.
 * Speed: 12 Knots (Surface)
 * Depth: 400 ft
 * Range: 11,200 NMI
 * Complement: 82 - 94
 * Armament:
 * 10 x 22 in SMM-12 Torpedo Tubes
 * 1 x 5 in Deck Gun
 * 2 x Celebra 40mm quad AA guns

Ships in Class

 * M.I.S Valiant (1941 - 1949) (Retired) - Museum
 * M.I.S Sargo (1941 - 1950) (Retired)
 * M.I.S Pendor (1941 - 1950) (Retired)
 * TO BE EXPANDED*

Overview
At the outbreak of WWII, the Merick Isles navy owned 26 Orcast-Class Submarines and operated only 21 of that lot. The Orcast-Class was a left over from the 1920s, and were very prone to structural and mechanical problems as well as a faultly SMM-10 Torpedo Tube that were infamously unreliable.

Research to build a new submarine class had been moving along since 1933 without any progress, and the old Orcasts were forced into WWII in 1939 due to a lack of a new working design. By January 1940, 7 submarines were lost, 6 of which to their own weaponry. The Merick Isles Navy recalled the remaining 14 Orcast-Class submarines to port on January 12th 1940, and immediately diverted a large amount of funding into making a new class.

One full year later, the Valiant-Class arrived on the scene. M.I.S Valiant was launched Jaunary 28th, 1941, and was sent on a mission the very next day. In comparison to the Orcast-Class, the Valiant-Class was a super weapon. With double the range, speed and depth of the Orcast-Class, the new Valiants were a true force to be reconded with, and they arrived in just the nick of time.

Today, 12 Valiant-Class Submarines are still active, although major upgrades have been recieved, in various countries.

