Noble class Destroyer

== The Ships ==
Noble class destroyers have served Admiralty Code and Task Force 77.3 as fleet escorts, destroyer screens, radar picket ships, and anti-aircraft escorts. They can make a speed of 90 knots and are very versatile.
The Noble Class Destroyers were constructed just after the Deltabash War, to fullfill a role the Bremen Class simply could not perform. The Noble class used two double 100mm guns that had dual purpose capability.
The Bremen class were more similar to Destroyer Leaders. They had 140mm main armament that turned and reloaded slow, contained limited missile and torpedo armament for their size, and included a catapault. Losses of the class were terribly high.
The Noble class was much smaller, while retaining much of the armament (and had better anti-air) for a smaller frame, better sensors, and superior speed. The only drawback was the new ship's lack of aircraft catapault, which was not a major issue. The Noble class themselves were also scouts.
== Service ==
The Noble class ship's service record is not very exciting. Barring the Shamrock Bay and Gambier Bay, the Cossack, the Glowworm, the Archimedes, and the Tricomalee, and the Simms, much of the several hundred vessels that belonged to the class ended up in boring escort and screening duties. Over time, an "Atlantic" and "Pacific" variant emgerged, meant to specialize the ships to their operating sector.
The Noble class is still in serve, albeit in much lower numbers. Task Force 77.3 is rumored to be operating a few, while the lost Admiralty Code most likely still has a few in their posession.
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Category:Short Range Warfare