Turku class Light Escort

Turku class Light Escort
TBD
Type: EL Light Escort
Category	ACS
Size	400 Tons
Hull Configuration	Needle Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–12
Engineering
Computer	Model/3
Jump	J-3
Maneuver	5 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	4
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	11
Officers	2
Enlisted	9
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	47.0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	The Reach
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr425.65 Qty: 340.52
Architect fee	MCr4.257
Statistics
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	TBD
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Reference	Fan: Ronald B. Kline, Jr.
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance.

The Turku class Light Escort is a light warship.

• It is a military ship and a Light Escort.

Description (Specifications)

Built in the yards at Turku/Reach (Crucis Margin 2329) for their self-defense squadron and private security concerns. The typical crew consists of a pilot/captain, navigator, chief engineer and 4 engineering crew, 1 medic/science officer, and a chief weapons officer (missile battery fire control) and a pair of laser gunners.

Image Repository

No information yet available.

General Description & Deck Plans

No information yet available.

Basic Ship Characteristics

Following the Imperial Navy and IISS Universal Ship Profile and data, additional information is presented in the format shown here. The small craft factor indicates the number of squadrons (...of ten subcraft) carried on the ship. Tonnage on the universal ship profile is shown in kilotons (...thousands of tons) where necessary.

Basic Ship Characteristics
No.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage / Hull	400 tons.
2.	Crew	11 crew.
3.	Performance	Propulsion: Jump-3 5-G acceleration 148.0 tons of fuel. Power Plant-7 28-EPs Agility-5
4.	Electronics	Model/3 ship computer.
5.	Hardpoints	x4 hardpoints.
6.	Armament / Weaponry	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: Lasers: two triple beam laser turrets Energy Weapons: None Particle Accelerators: None Meson Guns: None Missiles: two triple missile turrets Other: None
7.	Defenses	Defensive Equipment: Ship Armors: None Meson Screens: None Nuclear Dampers: None Repulsors: None Other: None
8.	Craft / Drones	None
9.	Fuel Treatment	Fuel Scoops
10.	Cost	MCr425.65.
11.	Construction Time	16 months to build, 13 months in quantity.
12.	Remarks	Other Equipment: Cargo Bay: Standard cargo capacity amounts to 47.0 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)

Ordered as a light escort vessels for commerce protection if trade convoys.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Military Vessel - Escort - Light Escort:

1. Type EL class Light Escort
   1. Biter class Close Escort
   2. C-4 class Interceptor
   3. Chasseur class Close Escort
   4. Cleaver class Close Escort
   5. Edinburgh class Light Frigate
   6. Eitehr class Frigate
   7. Ekawsiykua class Escort
   8. Freya class Patrol Cutter
   9. K'Thud class Warship
   10. Kalarak class Lancer
   11. Kalaron class Escort
   12. Kearsarge class Close Escort
   13. Lancer class Light Escort
   14. Oppenheimer class Light Escort
   15. Osa class Missile Sloop
   16. Plokl class Escort
   17. Primarch class Ketch
   18. Reckless Errand class Close Escort
   19. Rift class War Galley
   20. Samardin class Patrol Sloop
   21. Sargon class Close Escort
   22. Turku class Light Escort
   23. Type 043 Yuan class Mine Countermeasure Ship
   24. Type-21 class Missile Sloop
   25. Wolf class Strike Escort
   26. Yarra class War Sloop

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy