HMS L'Imperieuse was a destroyer of the Royal Manticoran Navy. She was called "old Imp" by her crew.
Service Record[]
She was sent to the Solarian League space before the First Havenite-Manticoran War. The ship was destroyed by the Havenite heavy cruiser PNS Rienzi in a treacherous surprise attack in the Air System. Two of the ships cutters with survivors and lifeboats were also destroyed by the Havenites.
The pinnace with thirty-seven saved crewmembers was taken to the planet Hope by the neutral merchant ship Jerobahm. They all volunteered to crew HMS Ajax (the lent Melungeon Navy vessel Colonel Arabi) under the command of Hakon Nessler, Earl of Greatgap. (HHA1.2: AGT)
Technical Specifications[]
Small crafts on the ship: a pinnace and two cutters.[1]
Known Personnel[]
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- Commanding Officer, called "Captain"[2] †
- Lieutenant Gedrosian, Executive Officer †
- Lieutenant Arlemont, Chief Engineering Officer †
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Survivors of the ship's destruction:
- Boatswain's Mate Leona Harpe
- Petty Officer Kapp
- Petty Officer Bowen
- Yeoman Dismore[3]
References[]
- ↑ None of the destroyer classes described in Jayne's, Vol. 1 (1905 PD) was equipped with such a small number of small crafts
- ↑ Likely a Lieutenant Commander with lieutenants as senior officers. (JIR1)
- ↑ It is not certain if Yeoman was just a basic enlisted rank in David Drake's concept; there was another unnamed Yeoman described during repair works.