Birmingham class battleship

Birmingham class battleship

In the fictional Gundam universe, at the end of the One Year War, the Earth Federation began a rebuilding program aimed at putting people to work to get the Federation's armed services back into shape. One of the new vessels to emerge during this time of rebuilding was the Federation's "Birmingham" class battleship.

The "Birmingham" was designed to be the flagship of the Earth Federal Space Force, so it was sailed around a lot to display the power of the Federation in the postwar years. The "Birmingham" had six two-barrel main beam turrets, missile launchers, and several anti-aircraft weapons; however, Federation engineers did not include Mobile Suit hangars.

In U.C.0083 the "Birmingham" was sailed to the Federation's naval review under the command of Admiral Green Wyatt, the highest ranking officer of the Space Force in attendance. He and several other high ranking Federation officials arranged the review in order to visually inspect the navy and show off the power of the Earth Federal Space Force. In the middle of the review the Delaz Fleet mounted a surprise nuclear attack against the Federation's fleet using the nuclear-equipped RX-78GP02A Gundam Physalis, which had been stolen earlier by Anavel Gato. The blast was centered on the "Birmingham", and destroyed the "Birmingham" and disabled over 60% of the participating ships. After Operation Stardust ended the Federation ceased building battleships that could not carry Mobile Suits and created the counter-insurgency group known as the Titans.

Interestingly enough, Bask Om's command ship, the "Dogosse Giar" (from Zeta Gundam), had a passing resemblance to the "Birmingham", and unfortunately shared the "Birmingham"'s fate when a competing Titans officer sunk the ship.

ee also

*Mobile Suit Gundam 0083
*Universal Century
*Minovsky Physics

External links

* [http://www.mahq.net MAHQ]

* [http://side7.gundam.com/rgz/info/uc_ship.html Library of Londonion (ship names & fates)]


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