SPQO: Navy

The Ocatvian navy frist was formed after the fall of the empire, to defend it coasts. It has changed a lot since the early days, now its primary a Costal defence force and a colonial patrol force. From the 1870s to the the 1895, octavia considerd its navy as its main tool for defence, but lately its role has been overtaken by the army as costs in naval technology are high and not enough diffrence exists between old and new ships, but this may change in 1905 and the future...

The Octavian navy's first purpose is to defend the islands and the republic and maintain the sealanes open.

The name Classis comes from the old laitn and translates to Fleet

### **Strength:**

* Roughly: 22.000 strong

* Navy: 2/5 are sea personnel and the rest are land based support.

## Naval bases:

* **Coria**
* **Batium**
* **Salvia**
* **Ibero**
* **Carteria**

There are also naval bases in the colonies:

* **Sag**
* **Talabt**
* **Ganagpur**
* **Liapur**
* **Inkanto**

It is first and foremost a coastal defence force as the but some units have the range to reach the colony posetions, as its main threat are the eraisan people that since the beginning of the republic they have vowed to retake what they consider to be their core. Their have been lots of octavina- eraisan conflicts but mostly ended indecisive for now.

Since oil was discovered in 1880s the navy took great interest in the possibility of using oil to fuel its ships, but the admiralty was reluctant to adopt oil boilers for its capital ships early so the 1898 Roma class Battleships were ordered with coal boilers only and the technology was brand new in that time.

## Stations:

1. **Home Classis/Fleet:** Based in Batium and Nicero
2. **Reserve Classis:** Fleet. Based in Ibero
3. **Sag Sation:** Based in the South Base
4. **Inkanto Station:** Based in Inkanto Harbour
5. **Gangapur Sation:** Based in the "Gang"
6. **Talabat Station:** Based in the Center Base
7. **Liapur Station:** Based in Liapur.

### **Ranks:**

* **Fleet admiral**
* **Admiral**
* **Vice Admiral**
* **Rear Admiral**
* **Commodore**
* **Captain**
* **Commander**
* **Lieutenant Commander**
* **Lieutenant**
* **2nd lieutenant**
* **Mindshipmen**

### **Prefixes:**

**SPQO: Warships**

* **B: Battleship**
* **AC: Armored Crusier**
* **PC: Protected Crusier**
* **KT: Corvette (Offshore Patrol Craft)**
* **S: Sloop/ Colonial Aviso**
* **DD: Destroyer**
* **MS/L: Mine Sweeper/ Layer**
* **Aux: Auxiliares**
* **AO: Auxiliary Oiler**
* **HS: Hospital Ship**
* **AR: Auxiliary Repair**

## Ship equipment:

**Guns:**

* 7.5/30 MGs
* 57mm/39
* 3/40
* 4/40
* 4.7/40
* 6/40
* 6/45
* 8/36 (old)
* 8/40
* 12/36
* 12/39(old)

After 1905 octavia has changed its gun length to /45 instead of the old /40s

**Torpedos:**

* 18 inch 18 f
* 20 inch 18f (Future)

**Depth Charges:**

* 50KG

## Suppliers:

* L´Acqua
* Tokkaido (designs)

## Order of Battle:

### Armored Crusiers (AC)

* Eagle class (1903)
* Defence class (1903)

### Sloops/ Avisos (S)

* Tokka class (1904)
* Avalon class (1899)

### Auxiliaries

* Liapur class Icebreakers (1899)
* Faith class auxiliary (1899) in the same hull design several versions were built
* Colier AUX-1
* Tanker AO-1
* supply Ship AUX-2
* Hospital Ship HS-1
* Repair Ship AR-1

### Building:

* Titus class MS/layer 10 units (1 for Tokkaido)
* North Star Nova class Protected Cruisers Nova and Gangapur built by L´acqua.