MS Bastion
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 Rare color photo of the MS Bastion off the coast of Victoria (1960).
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders | Stevens-Ingram Company |
| Cost | M$296 million |
| Planned | 3 |
| Completed | 1 |
| Lost | 1 |
| History | |
 Libertas Omnium Maximus | |
| Name | MS Bastion |
| Owner | Maximusian Navy |
| Launched | April 10, 1954 |
| In service | 1954-1961 |
| Fate | Scuttled after being disabled by torpedo bombers during Great War |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Fortress-class aircraft carrier |
| Displacement | About 58,000 long tons (full load) |
| Length | 990 ft |
| Beam | 130 ft |
| Draught | 36 ft |
| Propulsion | 4 steam turbines (260,000 shp) |
| Speed | 32 knots |
| Complement | 5 x 127mm naval guns |
The MS Bastion was a Maximusian Fortress-class naval "super-carrier" aircraft carrier which served as the flagship of the Maximusian Navy from 1954 until the ship was disabled during the Battle of the Galinios Sea. During the early days of the Great War, as Bastion was the nation's only full-sized aircraft carrier, it was dispatched to the northern Galinios Sea to maintain air superiority over the incoming Daryan fleet. On October 5, 1961, Bastion was critically struck by a Daryan torpedo bomber, taking on substantial water. Although the ship did not sink, it was irreparably damaged, limping back to the port of Iustitia City, where it was scuttled. The carrier remains at the bottom of Iustitia City harbor to this day.