Houworth-Class

Houworth-Class Is a slight improvement over the Alster-Class, The main difference are the newer turret housing and the catapult fitted on the rigging.
==History==
This class of ship was the first to built to the treaty's weight limit. This imposed many design challenges on the R&D department. This causes many compromises on the design to balance speed, firepower and survivability. Union's Navy approach to this problem on the -Class is to use lightweight core components, This however led to stability and mobility issues. 
==Armament==
The 0.6" guns were mounted on four twin gun turrets, The turret mount originally were meant to be a dual-purpose turret thus having high angle of elevation, Despite that the turret suffers from low traverse speed which makes it impossible to track aerial targets. 
Secondary battery consisted of eight 0.4" gun. Torpedo tubes were considered but was eventually replaced with an aircraft catapult to give them reconnaissance ability.
==Ships in class==
Name 	Hull No.	Manufacturer
ONKS-Houworth	D75 	HMN Dockyard, Leightor
ONKS-Tinerary	D69 	Halsey-Anson Dockyard, Mareswick
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