Victoria-class armored cruiser

The Victoria-class armored cruiser was a class of cruisers built by the during the. It was the first class of cruisers to use.

Service History
First built in 2945 it was designed to operate as a long-range, independent warship, capable of defeating any Insurrectionist or privateer controlled vessel apart from a true warship. Its new molecularly-strengthened Titanium-A armor gave it a durability unlike any class before it and they could withstand missile strikes or impacts that previous vessels could not take.

The Victoria-class would be responsible for UNSC victories at Tau Serpentis, Baku, Coleton, Junko, and other colonies where rebellious forces were routed. The Victoria’s success would lead to Titanium-A armor becoming standard on all UNSC ships and construction. Insurrectionist captains soon found their weapons ineffective against a new wave of UNSC warships all plated in Titanium-A.

Eventually rapid advances in ship designs and technology overtook the Victoria-class making them obsolete and they were all decommissioned by 2504. Many hulls were left to rot in remote graveyards leading many to fall into Insurrectionist hands. The UNSC Achilles was recovered by Insurrectionists and pressed into service. In 2507 the Achilles was engaged by six UNSC destroyers and destroyed over Tau Octanus. It was discovered that other hulls had been stolen and in response the UNSC launched a search-and-destroy campaign to hunt them all down and destroy them.

Over the next several years seven captured vessel were destroyed by the UNSC. By 2511 it was believed that all Victoria cruisers in rebel hands were destroyed and the remaining decommissioned hulls were scrapped.