Caledonian Royal Coast Guard
The navy of the Kingdom of Caledon is a small force dedicated to defending
the waters and shores of the kingdom, and is known as the Royal Coast Guard.
As such, it possesses no ships that are overtly offensive in nature.
In fact, all of the coast guard's original vessels were captured during the
country's liberation from the Movement for a Communist Zartania (MCZ) forces.
The MCZ, in turn, obtained most of the vessels from the former Thistland
when they succeeded in subverting that government. Below you will find
a listing of all of the Royal Coast Guard's current ships, as well as information
about some of its personnel, missions, and flags. The coast guard is
commanded by Commodore Sir Norman Lesley, with its headquarters located at
the major port of Blackstakes near Leith.
FLAGS
The Royal Coast Guard has three flags that are flown by all of its ships.
These flags are the ensign, the jack, and the commission pennant. The
Caledonian Coast Guard ensign has a red field with the national flag in the
canton. In the fly of the ensign are two crossed white anchors topped
by a gold royal crown. The ensign is flown from the stern of the ship
both at sea and in port. The jack, following international custom,
is taken from the canton of the ensign. As such, the Caledonian jack
is, essentially, the national flag. The jack is flown from the bow
of the ship when the vessel is in port and docked. The commission pennant
is a long, thin, swallow-tailed pennant that is made of three horizontal stripes
of yellow, black, and white. The pennant is flown from the ship's mainmast
from the time it is commissioned into service until it is finally decommissioned
at the end of its service life.
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Caledonian Royal Coast Guard ensign, est. 301AP
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Caledonian Royal Coast Guard jack, est. 301AP
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Caledonian Royal Coast Guard commission pennant, est. 301AP
SHIPS
The Caledonian Royal Coast Guard currently is composed of fourteen combat
vessels and various support ships, all of which were captured from the MCZ
during the liberation in 301AP. However, Caledon recently made an agreement
with Porto Capital to begin licensed production of the Portocapitalian Lideransa
Class small frigate. Renamed the Defender Class, production began on
the first ship in August of 303AP, and is scheduled to be launched in early
April 305AP. At the same time, the kingdom's shipbuilding industry
is actively involved in designing new classes of warships to replace and
augment the ones currently in service. The flagship of the coast guard
is currently the Kingdom Class destroyer HMS Caledon, the fleet's
largest combat vessel, and only destroyer. Below you'll find a list
of the current combat vessels in the coast guard, followed by various photographs
of some of the ships.
| SHIP TYPE |
SHIP NAME |
CLASS |
STATUS |
| Destroyer |
Caledon |
Kingdom Class |
flagship of the fleet |
| Small Frigate |
Defender |
Defender (Lideransa) Class |
April 305AP launching |
|
Faithful
|
Defender (Lideransa) Class
|
November 304AP keel-laying
|
| Corvette |
Eidyn |
City Class |
in service |
|
North Kiltown |
City Class |
in service |
|
Donaldville |
City Class |
in service |
|
Leith |
City Class |
under repair, Blackstakes |
|
Port Owen |
City Class |
in service |
|
Castle Sheldon |
City Class |
in service |
| Fast Attack |
Stewart |
Clan Class |
in service |
|
Lindsay |
Clan Class |
under repair, Port Owen |
|
Forsyth |
Clan Class |
in service |
|
McLeod |
Clan Class |
in service |
|
McCormick |
Clan Class |
in service |
|
McDonald |
Clan Class |
in service |
|
Richardson |
Clan Class |
in service |
Last updated August 4, 304AP.
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Young