Laurasia class mobile frigate |
| Type | mobile frigate
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| Length | Approx. 200 meters
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| Armament
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937mm dual high energy beam cannon x2
450mm dual railgun
450mm railgun x2
125mm dual cannon x2
58mm CIWS x6
450mm Vertical Launch System x4
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| Mobile suits | 6
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| Linear catapults | 1
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| Ships of the class | Laurasia, Gamow, Tsuigara, Ziegler, Galvani
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In Gundam Seed, the Laurasia-class mobile frigate (hull designation code FFM) is ZAFT's primary heavy fire support spaceship. It has carrying capacity for up to six mobile suits, and a heavy battery of two dual beam cannon turrets, two dual and two single rail cannon turrets, two dual 5" guns, six CIWS mounts (though two had poor placement and were more or less useless) and two lighter single beam guns, as well as four torpedo tubes. The egg-shaped pod on the underside of the ship contained its mobile suit hanger and catapult, and could be detached for use as an atmospheric re-entry capsule.
One Laurasia class frigate, the Gamow, was assigned to the Le Creuset team and escorted the flagship Vesalius until a battle with the Earth Alliance's 8th Fleet. There, the critically damaged Gamow managed to destroy the 8th Fleet flagship Menelaos in a suicide ramming attack.
The Laurasia class is named for one of the two supercontinents which was formed after the breakup of Pangaea. The Gamow is named for George Gamow, an astrophysicist and early advocate of the Big Bang theory.
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