Flagship Tapparad (Pacifica)

Tapparad (Sedunnic: "the Courageous") is the name given to the flagship of the Sedunnic Navy. The first vessel given that name was captain Linnerse's ship that was the first Sedunnic ship to successfully cross the South Pacific Ocean in 1442, a significant event in Sedunnic maritime history. Ever since, the name is passed on to the designated successor ship, normally a ship that is considered the most powerful vessel of the navy, once its predecessor bearing that name is destroyed or taken out of service. There have been 17 ships with that name.

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	Years active	Class	Notable events	Fate	Notes
	1438 - 1450	-	First ship to successfully reach Cordilia on the open sea in 1442	Run aground and sank
	1455-1479	-	-	unknown	Most records have been lost
	1491-1533	-	-	unknown	Most records have been lost
	1560 - 1589			Heavy battle damage, later struck by lightning while docked which started a fire that reached the magazine, resulting in an explosion that destroyed the ship	One of the world's largest warships of the era
	1611 - 1663	Karel	Escort service of the Sedunnic merchant fleet crossing the South Pacific Ocean	Decommissioned and used as living quarters for wharf workers in Ullenst
	1664 - 1710	Ullenst	Participated in the Trade War	Decommissioned in Grovne	One of the world's largest warships of the era
	1710 - 1750	Frad Jumienn	Participated in the Pirate Wars, hunting down and sunking pirate ships, even when they struck flag	Broken up in 1750	Nicknamed the "Blue Executioner" by pirates
	1750 - 1771	Dure	Participated in the Pirate Wars	Hit by an improvised burner and exploded shortly after
	1780-1846	Rass	Ocean patrol, participated in the Second Trade War	Preserved as a museum ship by its former captain Bettu Freamm, elected king in 1811	Notably smaller than typical flagships, built for greater speed and manoeuvrability. The ship can be visited in the Old Harbour in Grovne
	1852-1900	Flered	During the Confederate War in Karnetvor it lead escort missions and participated in the blockade against Hyreil	Reduced to a transport ship. Renamed the Ejnarasted, it frequented the various islainds of the Remetull archipelago, until broken up in 1900	The first larger Sedunnic steam ship in the navy
	1870-1912	Pjotterr Pomirranntseff	The first of the Tapparads since the original one not to participate in a war. It laid down the last section of the trans-Pacific telegraph cable between Petrovka, Karnetvor and Grovne, Sedunn	Scrapped
	1883-1915	Visi	Participated in the Sedunno-Ubesian War	Hit by a torpedo, exploded and sank during the First Battle of Lutra Strait
	1896-1942	Ron Akkallu	Participated in both the First Battle of Lutra Strait and the battle of Grovne in the Sedunno-Ubesian War (under the name Ron Akkallu)	Scrapped a few years before the Great War, badly damaged by corrosion
	1930-1951	Dellm	Before the Great War, it patrolled the important trans-Pacific trade route. In the Great War, it participated in the Second Battle of Lutra Strait	Sunk after being hit by multiple rounds fired by a Tekarian battleship
	1951-1982	Tivus	Launched as the Vetemō Hetted, renamed Tapparad after its predecessor was destroyed. During the rest of the war, it participated in most Sedunnic naval operations, and was the first destroyer to be fitted with anti-ship missiles just before before the end	Preserved as a sailing museum, but it mostly stays at its own dock in Grovne	Despite its name, the ship never had a leading role in the navy. It was given the name to confuse Imperialist intelligence resources which had to allocate significant resources to tracking the vessel
	1982-2013	Vetem	Participated in the Tasternine Crisis, denying the Nationalist Karnetvorian navy access to ports in Tasternine	Sold
	2013-	Plannsevvd	Participated in Military Intervention Against Soormann and Reizen Civil War

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