Hellespont-class destroyer

The Hellespont-class was a classification of space-faring, low-tonnage, capital warship of the UNSC Navy. The class was developed in the late 2550s, not long after the , and saw service some years later as the UNSC's premier destroyer-type ship. They quickly supplanted the tattered, aging destroyer squadrons and proved their effectiveness through a combination of a modest armament and uncanny versatility.
The foremost component of the Hellespont-class arsenal was its heavy magnetic accelerator cannon, the CR-05, Series 03. Thanks to much-improved launching and power technology, the massive weapon proved much more efficient than many of the various models seen in action during the Human-Covenant War. The CR-05s3 was complemented by dozens of missile pods, heavy magnetic acceleration turrets, close-in weapon systems, anti-ship mines, nuclear missiles, and, in some cases, prototype point-defense lasers.
UNSC military servicemen have affectionately nicknamed ships of the line Helley (or Hellie) destroyers, which is obviously a shortened version of the class' full name.
 
==Behind the Scenes==
The class' namesake is the Dardanelles, one of the Turkish Straights, which connects the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara, in northwestern Turkey. The strait's original name was Hellespont, which, in Greek, literally means "Sea of Helle."
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