Relief class Hospital Ship

Relief class Hospital Ship
Type: MM Medical Ship
Category	BCS
Size	3,300 Tons
Hull Configuration	Flattened Sphere Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–13
Engineering
Computer	Model 7/fib
Jump	J-4
Maneuver	4 G
Fuel Treatment	Scoops, Purifier
Armaments
Hardpoints	33
Accommodations
Staterooms	142
Low Berths	6
Personnel
Crew	43
Officers	20
Enlisted	23
Marines	3
High/Mid Passengers	96
Low Passengers	6
Payload
Cargo	0 Tons
Fuel tank	1,452 Tons
Carried craft	1 30t slow boat
Special features	Medical Bay
Construction
Origin	Third Imperium
Price
Cost	MCr2,391
Statistics
Universal Ship Profile	SM-C6444G2-490100-40000-0
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Canon	Unpublished, fan design
Designer	Ronald B. Kline Jr.
Design System	High Guard
Era	1105
Reference	Fan: Ronald B. Kline, Jr.

The Relief class Hospital Ship is a TL–13 Hospital Ship.

Description (Specifications)

This TL–13 design is armed with three triple beam laser turrets and thirty triple sand caster turrets for self defense.

It carries a Slow Boat for evacuating wounded and a Model/7 fib computer. To protect the patients and the wounded this vessel has light armor and a nuclear damper to shield them from the ionizing radiation of space. The streamlined flattened sphere hull is equipped with fuel scoops and fuel purification. It is capable of Jump-4, 4-Gs of acceleration and 3-Agility. It can handle surgery and has 96 beds for recovering patients. There are six low berths for the critically wounded.

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	3,300 tons. Streamlined Sphere Hull.
2.	Crew	43 crew.
3.	Performance	Propulsion: Jump-4 4-G acceleration Power Plant-4 1,452.0 tons of fuel. 132-EPs Agility-3
4.	Electronics	Model/7 fib ship computer.
5.	Hardpoints	x33 hardpoints.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: Three triple beam laser turrets.
7.	Defenses	Defensive Equipment: Ship Armors: None Meson Screens: None Nuclear Dampers: None Repulsors: None Other: thirty triple sand caster turrets
8.	Craft	x1 30T Slow Boat
9.	Fuel Treatment	Fuel Scoops and On Board Fuel Purification
10.	Cost	MCr2,391 in quantity MCr1,912.8
11.	Construction Time	33 months to build, 26 months in quantity.
12.	Remarks	Cargo Bay: Standard cargo capacity amounts to 0 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)

It was part of the White Fleet.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

10 Representative Medical Ship (MM) Classes

§ == ( Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information: ) == §

Civilian Ship - Liner - Medical Vessel - Type MM Medical Ship

B

• Blakeway class First Response Vessel

D

• Deliverance class Lifeboat

I

• Interstellar Lifesaver class Lifeboat

K

• KSbA Model A-23 class Lifeboat

M

• Mender-of-Herds class Hospital Ship

O

• Olyora class Medevac Pinnace

P

• Parthenolab class Bio-Construction Vessel

R

• Reliant class Lifeboat

• Relief class Hospital Ship

S

• SK-3 class Lifeboat

References

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This ship was originally designed using one of the Classic Traveller ship design rules: Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 12-23. Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-36.

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy