Prince John III class Battleship

Prince John III class Battleship
TBD
Type: BH Heavy Battleship
Category	FCS
Size	320,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	TBD Hull
Streamlining	Unstreamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–12
Engineering
Computer	Model/TBD
Jump	J-3
Maneuver	6 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	3,200
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	1,200
Officers	X
Enlisted	X
Marines	X
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	6,400 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Principality of Caledon
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr176
Architect fee	MCrMitchberg
Statistics
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Battleship
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Reference	Ref: Mitchberg
40 in service

This Heavy Battleship is a heavy warship.

• It is a military ship and a Battleship.

Description (Specifications)

The James III class of battleships is the combat backbone of the Caledonian Navy.

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	TBD tons.
2.	Crew	TBD crew.
3.	Performance	Propulsion: Jump-TBD TBD-G acceleration #.0 tons of fuel. Power Plant-TBD TBD-EPs Agility-TBD
4.	Electronics	Model/TBD fib ship computer.
5.	Hardpoints	xTBD hardpoints.
6.	Armament / Weaponry	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: Lasers: None Energy Weapons: None Particle Accelerators: None Meson Guns: None Missiles: None Other: None
7.	Defenses	Defensive Equipment: Ship Armors: None Meson Screens: None Nuclear Dampers: None Repulsors: None Other: None
8.	Craft / Drones	TBD
9.	Fuel Treatment	TBD
10.	Cost	MCrTBD.
11.	Construction Time	TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity.
12.	Remarks	Other Equipment: Cargo Bay: Standard cargo capacity amounts to TBD.0 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)

No information yet available. In the 1060s, when word of the Imperial dreadnoughts began circulating, the Caledonian military undertook a study of the concept.

The designers rejected the idea of the "all in one" dreadnought - a la the Tigress Class Dreadnought, which combined carrier and battleship functions. Caledonian fleet architects - including Admiral Euan Urquehart, the chief of the Navy's Design Establishment at the time, judged the Tigresses to be a flawed compromise that tried to do too much in one platform; too big to armor to Caledonian doctrinal specifications, operating too close to the action to truly operate effectively as a carrier (again, according to Caledonian doctrine).

As a result, Urquehart designed a battleship that was very large compared to existing Caledonian designs (the 240,000 ton Morris I, Roger II and Ian III classes), but entirely focused on fighting effectively in the line of battle.

Like all Caledonian battleships, the Johns prioritize their designs to favor...:

1. Protection - Armor, damage control and structural integrity.
2. Firepower, both offensive and defensive
3. Speed. Caledonian battleships are of fairly average speed and agility - but rely on the Caledonian fleet's strategic mobility (and the skills of its commanders) to facilitate choosing the place and time of the battles, rather than raw maneuver speed.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Contruction: The Johns were built as follows:

• 26 at the Armstrong Yard at the Caledon up port starting in 1068
• 12 at the Admiralty Yard at Douglass
• 2 at the Fairmile Yard on Stirling

40 have been completed so far. The completed ships serve in all of the RCN's task forces with single-digit numbers except for Task Forces 2 and 3.

The class is no longer in production; the last unit, Regent John Munroe was commissioned in 1090. Many have been refitted to almost Stuart IV standard. They are intended to serve for many years to come.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Military Ship - Warship - Heavy Battleship:

1. Type BH class Heavy Battleship
   1. Aedekho class Dreadnought
   2. Arrghonz class Dreadnought
   3. Charming class Battleship
   4. Cheveldi class Battleship
   5. Chiqrr class Battleship
   6. Concord class Battleship
   7. Dirqral class Battleship
   8. Dominator class Battleship
   9. Formidable class Dreadnought
   10. Grendal class Dreadnought
   11. Kirunika'rra class Battleship
   12. Jotvobl class Battleship
   13. Khurkish class Dreadnought
   14. Mastigo class Battleship
   15. Mother of War class Battleship
   16. Mukusi class Strike Battleship
   17. Oblivion class Battleship
   18. Okedi class Battleship
   19. Pride of Talokan class Battleship
   20. Prince John III class Battleship
   21. Prince Stuart IV class Battleship
   22. Retribution class Battleship
   23. Shianzpla class Battleship
   24. Staklen class Frontier Battleship
   25. Triumph class Battleship
   26. Usan class Dreadnought
   27. Wavel class Battleship

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Mitchberg
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science