Bastogne class

Name: Bastogne class Type: Destroyer Affiliation: Republic of Haven Date Introduced: 1883 PD Preceded By: Durandal class Succeeded By: Desforge class Mass: 88,500 tons Length: 383 m Beam: 45 m Draught: 26 m Acceleration: 519.6 G Crew: 417 – 63 Officers – 354 Enlisted Power: 2 RF/6 Dampierre 4 fusion reactors Electronics: AG-25 gravitic detection array AR-26 phased radar array AL-26(a) lidar array SLCF-19 18x8-channel DCS ARBB-22 ECM Armament: 18 LME-3(c) missile tubes 4 L/75 anti-ship lasers 4 L/66 anti-ship lasers 8 LMC-8(g) counter missile tubes 8 P/16x3 laser clusters Magazines: 162 E14 impeller drive missiles 216 C2 counter missiles 4 LAD-24 tethered ECM decoys Auxiliary Craft: 1 Ouragan-class pinnace 4 Mercure-class cutters

The Bastogne class was a class of destroyers used by the People's Navy.

Class design

Bastognes emphasized a heavy missile armament, with seven missile tubes per broadside. This was partially to compensate for the Royal Manticoran Navy's superior missile technology with numbers.

The class was, in turn, very light on the energy weapons, with only two laser mounts per broadside. (HH2, JIR2)

Its purpose was to serve as perimeter defense units in the ever growing People's Republic. (SITS)

The class was also sometimes called the City class. (HH2)

History

At least one of the ships was built in the Gunther Yard. (HH2)

In the later days of the class' service life, refits were proposed to make them more suitable for the changing battle doctrines of the Havenite-Manticoran Wars. PNS Bruges was used to test the changes, having six of her missile tubes replaced with lasers. This left more missiles for the remaining launchers. The design proved to increase the survivability of the class, but was deemed too costly to be implemented on the remaining vessels. (SITS)

In 1903 PD, one Bastogne-class unit, PNS Breslau, was given to the small star nation of Masada, along with Havenite "loan officers" to crew it properly. Renamed MNS Principality, it served in a proxy war against the Protectorate of Grayson, which was supported by the Star Kingdom of Manticore. (HH2)

Known vessels

• PNS Bastogne – lead ship of the class
• PNS Arlon
• PNS Breslau – recommissioned by Masada as MNS Principality
• PNS Bruges – used for alternate armament testing
• PNS Busko
• PNS Charleroi
• PNS Gorzow
• PNS Jaroslaw
• PNS Kessler
• PNS Krakow
• PNS Leuven
• PNS Liege
• PNS Lubin
• PNS Malbork
• PNS Poznan
• PNS Suwalki
• PNS Torun
• PNS Toulon
• PNS Tournai