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Clop class cruiser

Fast Facts

Ship Type

Light cruiser

Class:

Clop

Launched:

Universal Century 0093

Class Fate:

Inactive as of UC 0223

General Characteristics

Displacement:

Unknown

Length:

292 meters

Beam:

133 meters

Draft:

Unknown

Armament:

2-barrel main gun x 2
2-barrel secondary gun x 2
machinegun x 12
missile launcher x 6

Mobile Suit Complement:

Ships of the Line:

Ra Clop, Ra Chatter, Ra Kiev, Ra Caim, Ra Keim, Ra Eym,
Ra Zym

In the fictional Gundam universe, the Clop class (also called the Ra Clop class) was introduced in UC 0093 as a replacement for the Salamis class cruiser. These ships are light cruisers, and resemble the Ra Cailum class mobile battleship in design. Three of these are assigned to Londo Bell, and see action in Char's Counterattack. This work is copyrighted. ... A light cruiser is a warship that is not so large and powerful as a regular (or heavy) cruiser, but still larger than ships like destroyers. ... In the Gundam anime series, Universal Century (or UC for short) is a term describing the age starting after humans begin to populate space, after construction of the first space colony in Side 1 was completed. ... Mobile Suit Gundam (Japanese: 機動戦士ガンダム) is a televised anime that was written and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino and is made up of 43 episodes that were aired in 1979. ... In the fictional Gundam universe, the Salamis class is the Earth Federal Space Forces backbone ship. ... A light cruiser is a warship that is not so large and powerful as a regular (or heavy) cruiser, but still larger than ships like destroyers. ... In the fictional Gundam universe, the Ra Cailum (sometimes spelled Lar Kairum, both pronounced Rock-eye-loom, first of its eponymous class) was the last battleship line commissioned by the Federation . ... In the fictional Gundam universe, Londo Bell became the Earth Federations special forces unit in UC 0093. ... Mobile Suit Gundam: Chars Counterattack is an anime movie set in the primary (UC) timeline of Gundam, taking place in UC0093. ...

The first ship of the class, Clop, was commissioned in UC 0093 at the same time as the new battleship and Londo Bell flagship Ra Cailum. This scaled down version of the Ra Cailum is equipped with two, two-barrel main turrets, two twin secondary turrets, six internal missile launchers (or torpedo tubes) and twelve anti-aircraft guns mounted in the aft, below the bridge. The Clop class sports six engines, but only one Mobile Suit hanger. In the fictional Gundam universe, Londo Bell became the Earth Federations special forces unit in UC 0093. ... A flagship is the ship used by the commanding officer of a group of naval ships. ... In the fictional Gundam universe, the Ra Cailum (sometimes spelled Lar Kairum, both pronounced Rock-eye-loom, first of its eponymous class) was the last battleship line commissioned by the Federation . ... Mobile Suits are humanoid weapon systems in the Gundam anime series. ...

The ship's design superficially resembles the Zeon Musai class cruiser used during the One Year War. The Clop lacks the ability to shoot directly to port and starboard, as its main weapons are mounted on vertical walls of the ship rather than horizontally. Unlike its predecessor, the Salamis class, the Clop class's hangar deck is somewhat more exposed, especially during mobile suit operations. Because of its greater firepower and better-protected mobile suit deck (despite myriad disadvantages), the Salamis class remained in service alongside the Clop class for much of the Second Universal Century. In the Gundam (Universal Century) fictional universe, the Principality of Zeon Musai-class light cruiser is the first warship designed to carry mobile suits. ... In the Gundam anime series, the One-Year War is the first major war of the Universal Century (UC) and is setting of many stories in the series. ... In the fictional Gundam universe, the Salamis class is the Earth Federal Space Forces backbone ship. ... In the Gundam anime series, Universal Century (or UC for short) is a term describing the age starting after humans begin to populate space, after construction of the first space colony in Side 1 was completed. ...

The Clop class never underwent any class-wide overhauls; however, the Space Ark seen in Gundam F-91 appears to be a Clop-class ship stripped for the training role. Categories: Anime and manga stubs | Gundam space vessels ... The anime movie, Mobile Suit Gundam F91, was Gundam creator Tomino Yoshiyukis attempt to launch a new Gundam saga, set thirty years after Chars Counterattack. ...

See also

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