Editing Knox (Individual Overlord-class DropShip)

Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.

The edit can be undone. Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then save the changes below to finish undoing the edit.

Latest revision Your text
Line 11: Line 11:
 
| serviceuntil =  
 
| serviceuntil =  
 
}}
 
}}
 +
 +
==History==
 
The '''''Knox''''' was an [[Overlord (DropShip class)|''Overlord''-class]] [[DropShip]]. Part of the Liberation Flotilla, it participated in the [[Word of Blake]]'s [[Battle of Terra (3058)|attack]] on [[Terra]] on 28 February [[3058]].
 
The '''''Knox''''' was an [[Overlord (DropShip class)|''Overlord''-class]] [[DropShip]]. Part of the Liberation Flotilla, it participated in the [[Word of Blake]]'s [[Battle of Terra (3058)|attack]] on [[Terra]] on 28 February [[3058]].
  
==History==
+
Together with the DropShips ''[[Azov (Overlord)|Azov]]'', ''[[Hobart]]'', ''[[DeGrasse]]'', ''[[Halland]]'', ''[[Fife]]'' and ''[[Perry]]'' the ''Knox'' formed Task Force Gold on approach, which was scheduled to land at La Paz before moving to secure the [[Com Guards|Com Guard]] base at Manaus. On this mission, the ''Knox'' carried two ''[[Transit]]'', ''[[Stingray]]'' and ''[[Corsair]]'' [[aerospace fighter]]s each.
Together with the DropShips ''[[Azov (Individual Overlord-class DropShip)|Azov]]'', ''[[Hobart (Individual Union-class DropShip)|Hobart]]'', ''[[DeGrasse (Individual Union-class DropShip)|DeGrasse]]'', ''[[Halland (Individual Achilles-class DropShip)|Halland]]'', ''[[Fife (Individual Leopard CV-class DropShip)|Fife]]'', and ''[[Perry (Individual Hamilcar-class DropShip)|Perry]]'', the ''Knox'' formed Task Force Gold on approach, which was scheduled to land at La Paz before moving to secure the [[Com Guards|Com Guard]] base at Manaus. On this mission, the ''Knox'' carried two ''[[Transit]]'', ''[[Stingray]]'', and ''[[Corsair (Aerospace Fighter class)|Corsair]]'' [[aerospace fighter]]s each.
 
  
They were intercepted by elements from the Com Guard Terran Defense Fleet (''[[Charleston (Individual Avenger-class DropShip)|Charleston]]'', ''[[Alexander Nikolayev (Individual Achilles-class DropShip)|Alexander Nikolayev]]'', ''[[Jeanne D'Arc (Individual Leopard CV-class DropShip)|Jeanne D'Arc]]'', ''[[Casablanca (Individual Leopard CV-class DropShip)|Casablanca]]'', ''[[Sawakaze (Individual Union-class DropShip)|Sawakaze]]'', ''[[Trafalgar (Individual Union-class DropShip)|Trafalgar]]''). Task Force Gold lost approximately forty percent of its ships, primarily transport vessels. It is unknown if the ''Knox'' survived the battle.<ref>''The Fall of Terra'', pp. 21–22</ref>
+
They were intercepted by elements from the Com Guard Terran Defense Fleet (''[[Charleston (Avenger)|Charleston]]'', ''[[Alexander Nikolayev]]'', ''[[Jeanne D'Arc]]'', ''[[Casablanca]]'', ''[[Sawakaze]]'', ''[[Trafalgar]]''). Task Force Gold lost approximately forty percent of its ships, primarily transport vessels. It is unknown if the ''Knox'' survived the battle.<ref>''The Fall of Terra'', pp. 21-22</ref>
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Please note that all contributions to BattleTechWiki are considered to be released under the GNU FDL 1.2 (see BattleTechWiki:Copyrights for details). If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly and redistributed at will, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource. Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!

To edit this page, please answer the question that appears below (more info):

Cancel Editing help (opens in new window)

Advanced templates:

Editing: {{Merge}}   {{Moratorium}}   {{Otheruses| | | }}

Notices: {{NoEdit}}   {{Sign}}   {{Unsigned|name}}   {{Welcome}}

Administration: {{Essay}}   {{Policy}}   {{Procedure}}