Leamhan (ship)

Leamhan (ship)
leamhan hauling coal downriver in 2156
Operation History
Builder		Klensagradina Stahlduga, Ezekialgrad
Laid Down		2135
Launched		2140
Commissioned		2140
Homeport		Sys, Sahrland
Status		In Active Service as of 2200
Vessel Characteristics
Displacement		854 Tons
Length		235 m
Beam		32 m
Height		42.2 m
Draft		5 m
Propulsion		2 × MotorRioga diesel engines powering two screws and two paddlewheels
Max Speed		32 kn (16.5 m/s)
Complement		20 crew

​ Leamhan, is a river transport ship initially built as a Blokha class destroyer for the Sahren Navy, but was cancelled and had the hull sold to Oighearflot.

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Design and construction

the Leamhan was laid down in the Klensagradina Stahlduga as SN Leamhan (No.29) and would have been the fifth and final Blokha class destroyer. Similarly to the sister ships, Leanhan's construction was wrought with corruption and funding inadequacy and the design itself was a product of domestic missile production shortcomings. The maritime strategic situation was also rapidly evolving which left most of the Blokhas to be considered obsolete upon launch. As the last ship Leamhan was cancelled while being outfitted with weapons and sold to the highest bidder, which happened to be Oighearflot.

Conversion

Quality control of early Sahren vessels was poor resulting in Blokhas all having various different flaws. Leamhan's screws produced vibrations which threatened to tear the ship apart but possessed unusually high stability for her class. At the time of sale there were almost no weapons with only one 102mm cannon was installed in the foremost turret. Despite these shortcomings the company was still confident it could be turned into a profitable river transport.

In charge of the conversion work was Sinead-dana Fionnghail who is notable for work on paddle ships. Accordingly, his belief for how to address the screw issues was to install paddlewheels so the screws would not need to rotate as often to achieve the same speed. These were made of 25mm thick aluminium plating and increased the beam of the vessel from 12.1 to 16.9 metres. The two spaces where the rear turrets would have been were used for smaller 37mm cannons, and magazine size was reduced for all weapons. This all gave Leamhan a strong self defence capability which was a common factor on Oighearflot ships.