Clop class cruiser

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:	4
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 saw action in the Second Neo Zeon war.

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 hangar.

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.

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.

ee also

*Mobile Suit
*List of Mobile Suits
*Minovsky Physics

External links

* [http://www.mahq.net Mecha Anime Headquarters]
* [http://www.geocities.com/gundam_uc0079/index.html The World-Wide Gundam Informational Network]
* [http://side7.gundam.com/rgz/info/uc_ship2.html Library of Londonion (ship names & fates)]