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| Built: | Shakal Imperial Naval Yards, Shakal City |
| Ordered: | 29 November 2002 |
| Laid down: | 1 December 2002 |
| Launched: | 22 May 2007 |
| Commissioned: | 1 June 2007 |
| Fate: | Remains In Service |
| General Characteristics | |
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| Displacement: | 21,196,765; 21,512,900 t Full Load |
| Length: | 1836.8 m waterline |
| Width: | 226.0 m |
| Draught: | 41.3 m |
| Armament: | 28 x 30"/70 Main Guns (3x5) All Central; 18 x Shakal MMLS (Multiple Missile Launching Systems) = 810 x Superiority Missles |
| Effective Protection: | 3200mm Tower & Turret Faces 2900mm Hull Boxes 1, 2, 3 |
| Aircraft: | 20 Helicopters, 4 Bn-VIN Harrier Vertical Takeoff Jets |
| Propulsion: | 12 x Shakal Naval Yards Nuclear Propulsion Drives;Providing 10,250,000 Shaft H.P 28.3 Knot Trials |
| Range: | Unlimited |
| Complement: | 23,700 (Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, Enlisted Men And Prize Crew) |
S.I.N Samantha is the mighties vessel in the Shakal fleet. It dwarfs even the Titan Class Supercarriers. At over 1800m in length and well over 200m in Beam it is among the largest warships ever built. The idea for it came up just after the Ragnarok Class was ordered constructed. After construction on the Ragnarok class began the Hood was discovered and immediatly the Shakal began to design a vessel to at absolute minimum compete with it.
Protection
The Samantha has more armor than the entire force of Shakal carriers and Battleships combined, over 13 million tons. Since the ship is so large it was divided into six seperate armored boxes.
Boxes 1-3
Armor boxes 1 through 3 have the most protection, aside from the tower and turret faces. 2900mm of armor is assigned to these sectors of the ship. The armor is made from a Nickel and Titanium alloy infused with Shakal designed Red Steel. THis allows it to absorb considerable kinetic shock at any temperature allowing the vessel to tranverse any sea with no worry. The Red steel is medium wieght and provides more protectio than titanium, granted the cost is much more. In total the first three armored boxes carry roughlt 6 million tons of armor weight.
Boxes 4 & 5
These boxes are on the places of the ship most likely to be hit and therefore the less armor amount is reinforced with a stron setup of watertight compartments to contail flooding or any breakhrough. The NiTi armor provides ample protection against all guns smaller than 18". Larger guns cause only minimal damage. Behind this first layer is a second hull that is around the entire ship. It contains no of armor but supplements this with the air gap helping the ship stay afloat if the hull is breached.
Box 6
Armor Box 6 is the least protected of the entire vessel. It still boasts a 2.2m of armor, easily capable of handling all shells under 16" in caliber as they exist on most Battleships and other large gun vessels. Behind this first layer hides another of 50mm Red Steel. This amount can absorb a shock impact force of a 2000kg bomb.
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