Chivvay-class heavy cruiser

In the Universal Century, the Chivvay-class heavy cruiser was a ship developed by the Principality of Near Earth Orbitals to help protect convoys and perform miscellaneous tasks. It was often used to as a flagship in a battle group. It was equipped with two triple barreled beam turrets, multiple twin barreled anti-air batteries and several missile launchers, but originally was not designed to carry battle mechs. Its size was sufficient that its cargo bays could be, and usually were, easily converted to mech hangers. A handful of these vessels were remade into Tivvay-class heavy cruisers, and some of the Chivvay class vessels were refitted for use by NEO space attack commanders. The class proved itself useful, but in the end the NEO drive for ships with battle mech capacity resulted in the discontinuation of the class.

Chivvay class
Unit type: heavy space cruiser
Manufacturer: Principality of Near Earth Orbitals
Operator(s): Principality of Near Earth Orbitals
First commissioned: June UC 0070
Ships commissioned: ?
Class type: Heavy Cruiser
Class namesake: Unknown
Launched: June UC 0070
Preceded by: N/A
Succeeded by: Tivvay-class cruiser
Ships of the line: Unknown
General Characteristics
Displacement: 16,000 tons
Length: 235 meters
Width: 99.4 meters
Height: 113.2 meters

Armament:
3-barrel main gun turret x2,
2-barrel machine gun turret x18
missile launcher x12
Mech Hangers: None originally,Cargo Bays were refitted for use as Mech Hangers
Mech Catapults: None
Mech Capacity: 8
Powerplant: Unknown