GZNS Horizon

Crude Photoshop

Code Letters: GZHZ

300 x 6"(152mm)/30 Mark 1Hb guns

20 x 8"(203mm)/30 Mark 2Ha guns

30 x 8"(203mm)/20 Mark 2Hb guns

150 x 5"(127mm)/10 Type 10HAAb guns

6x 16"(406mm)/45 Mk 26 guns

10x15"(381mm)/50 Mk 8bis guns

12x12"(305mm)/50 Mk 5 Mod 1N guns

A lot of other armament

Barbettes: 500mm

Turrets: 100-457mm

Decks: 160mm-240mm

GZNS Horizon is Battleship ordered by the Kaiju Island Government in 1838 as part of Project Horizon.

## Background

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That's literally it

## History

### World War I (1916-1918)

The Horizon saw active service during World War I

### Inter-war period

As the Washington Naval Treaty was ratified, the Horizon was put in to question as it's weight surpassed far beyond the limits of the treaty. As such, it was the main reason why the Godzillians never signed it.

As there was nothing relatively interesting, it was put in dock, occasionally being sent out for training, and ceremonial purposes.

In 1936, it's coal-powered machinery were replaced with diesel-powered. Alongside that, smaller coal-powered turbines were put in the superstructure to accommodate the newly installed Mark 87 searchlights.

### World War II (1940-1945)

During the war, the Horizon "didn't do much", and was stationed in the English Channel, though in 1940 it shot down the majority of the Luftwaffe and heavily damaged the city of Hamburg.

#### The Hunt for Bismarck

The Horizon was called into action when Bismarck severely damaged both the HMS Hood and HMS Prince of Wales.

As such it aided in the hunt by sending out fighter squadrons, initially for reconnaissance, but were later tasked in disabling or destroying much of the anti-aircraft guns "for fun".

On May 26th 1941, it found the Bismarck and was ordered by the president himself to "Delete it".

#### Battle of the Atlantic

As the war continued, the Horizon was tasked to close the Mid-Atlantic Gap. After it was assigned it reported to have sunk 52 U-Boats, though the number could likely be higher.

#### Normandy Landings

Horizon arrived near Ouistreham, France, and completely devastated the Normandy section of the Atlantic Wall.

It then proceeded to destroy infrastructure.

### Post War

Horizon sailed back to Aecirca and was on standby until 1996, during which it was modernised multiple times.

The funnels are still used for ventilation reasons, as the searchlights were still coal fired.

## Specifications

### General Characteristics

Horizon is 670 meters long at the waterline and 675 meters overall with a beam of 100. When Horizon was launched, it has a draught 30 meters and had a displacement of at least 1,000,000 Tons.

After it's 1934 modifications, it is capable of carrying up to

### Armament

#### Main Armament

The primary armament are 12 59-inch (1500mm)/caliber Mark 1 Horizon Guns in triple turrets. The cannons are 35 meters long. The turrets weren't superimposed because they were high enough to shoot a target up to 300 kilometres away. The shell would reach the target of that distance in around a minute.

The Turrets were arranged in a kite formation.

The Guns had a maximum elevation of 45 degrees and minimum of 5 degrees. The Guns would fire at maximum range at maximum elevation, while firing a minimum of 1 kilometre at minimum elevation. They fire APHE Shells but can also fire nuclear or rocket.

#### Secondary Armament

* 2x3 16"/50 (Turreted)
* 1x4 15"/45 (Turreted)
* 2x3 15"/45 (Turreted)
* 2x3 12"/40 (Turreted)

**Smaller mounts**

* 30x1 9"/30 HZ-14 gun (Casemated)
* 200x1 6"/25 HZ-TT1 guns (Casemated)
* 8x4 5"/30 Mk 19-HZ (Turreted, DP)

## Trivia

### In Lore

* The Horizon Dockyard (as it's name suggests) was initially built for the sole purpose of construction and maintaining Horizon, though it could also be used for construction of lighter ships.
* The Aercirca Dockyard and Lamma Island Naval Yard are the only two ports capable of serving the ship.
* It was considered that Horizon were to be part of a class of a total of 9 ships, but due to the lack of both manpower and (somehow) resources, the idea was scrapped.
* It was also considered that Horizon was to be scrapped, but since it was somehow much cheaper to maintain it rather than scrap it, the suggestion was disapproved.

### IRL

* Horizon was based on a ship that GodzillaFan 2016 made with Lego
	+ The ship was originally a generic hospital ship with cruiser armament

#### Errors

* They never served as Hospital Ships during their whole career ~~(I (GodzillaFan 2016) forgot to photoshop out the red crosses cuz I'm lazy)~~
	+ The green line, and additionally the white paint scheme, was to disguise it as a hospital ship without breaking the Geneva Convention. Additionally it's also used to indicate the placement of the torpedoes.