Corinth
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| Corinth | |
|---|---|
| Vessel Profile | |
| Type | WarShip |
| Class | Thera |
History
The Thera-class carrier Corinth was under construction in 3059 and was due to enter service with the Free Worlds League black water navy in 3063, becoming the third-of-class vessel of her class, following the earlier FWLS Santorini and FWLS Sardis. Also under construction at the time were a pair of Eagle-class frigates intended to serve as escorts for the Corinth, the FWLS Gawain and FWLS Mordred.[1]
All three ships were still serving together in 3067.[2] The Corinth was suborned by the Word of Blake and would fight in their service throughout the Jihad; the Blakists also managed to suborn one of her escorts, the Mordred.[3]
The Corinth was involved in a pitched naval battle in the Atreus system on the 25th of October 3068, when loyalist and Blakist elements of the Free Worlds League navy turned on each other; the Corinth and Mordred joined the Aegis-class heavy cruiser FWLS Nueva Badajoz, Agamemnon-class heavy cruiser FWLS Aeneas, Black Lion-class battlecruiser FWLS Xanthos and the Impavido-class destroyer FWLS Impavido. The Blakist-aligned WarShips attacked the loyalist WarShips in the system, which were mainly lighter destroyers and corvettes, and which consisted of the Gawain, the Impavido-class FWLS Janos Marik, the Zechetinu-class corvette FWLS Sparta, the Zechetinu II-class corvettes FWLS Acari and FWLS Scorpion and the Essex-class destroyer FWLS Raven.[4]
The naval battle in the Atreus system was a victory for the Blakist forces; none of the Blakist WarShips were destroyed, although all of them had suffered damage, but of the loyalist forces, only the FWLS Acari and FWLS Raven escaped to seek refuge in the Duchy of Oriente.[4]
The Mordred was destroyed in a major naval battle in the Dieron system in 3077[3] but the Corinth continued to fight in the service of the Word of Blake. The Corinth survived the Jihad, and was last observed in the Jouques system operating alongside the Zechetinu II-class corvette FWLS Opilione as part of a pack of five Blakist WarShips which conducted a brief raiding campaign against the Duchy of Oriente in 3079. As at mid-3081 the Corinth remained unaccounted for.[5][6]
References
- ↑ Field Manual: Free Worlds League, p. 119, "Renovation/Construction"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 144, "Ships Of The FWL"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 128, "Captured Ships"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Jihad Turning Points: Atreus BattleCorps Exclusive Track, p. 2, "True Colors Revealed"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 127, "Naval Assets"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 128, "Ships Not Accounted For"