Anchorite Frigate

== Overview ==
The PVT Anchorite Frigate is a design created in Y4132 by the Ministry's Navy primarily for use as a direct fire vessel against armored enemy targets. The main cannon of the ship is the same cannon mounted on the Vicar MBT platform, which simplified logistical operations during its production. The design is the work of Astusant Silas Monroe and his team, in response to the MN's poor performance during the recent Slaghuis Skirmishes in the Cartesian Channel. 
=== Armament ===
There were extensive discussions about the armament, the 5-inch (127 mm)/25 caliber anti-armor Bulwark Mk1 Cannon being favored as being easy to work and train in a fast moving and lively type of ship. The other candidate was the 5-inch/51 caliber Goliath Cannon surface type, being very powerful but all but useless against aircraft. It was a discussion made more interesting as the 5-inch/38 caliber Bulwark Mk2 dual purpose cannon became available in the early Y4120s and the Ministry's Navy favored it rather strongly. The 5-inch/38 caliber gun was simply a 5-inch/25 caliber gun with the same projectiles and a longer barrel, but significantly increased range against both air and surface targets. Anti-aircraft protection was provided by two rear-mounted quadruple-barreled Consecrator Cannons. 
=== Service ===
The Anchorite Frigate class of ships has seen consistent service since its commission, serving in all major naval conflicts between the Iron Coalition an the Pax-Viribus Theocracy. Its most notable contribution was during the 1st Battle of the Saltstraumen, when a squadron of Anchorite Frigates under the command of Archmendicant Yarin Vascon was able to defeat a force of highly-trained elite IC vessels before they could break the PVT defensive line. This ultimately resulted in routing and full retreat of the IC naval fleet, spelling their defeat.