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King Roberts Class Ironclad Battleship

Guess who's not dead?
Me!
Guess who spent too much time building a fictional ironclad instead of a real one?
Also Me!

Lore:
Come the middle of the 19th century, the nation of earth were faced with a direct threat to their existence by France, whom had just launched the Gloire (the world's first ocean going Ironclad). In the face of this threat, the nation of Sumarnia began work on its first ironclad, the Nightingale class. Its main Rival, the trade empire of Yerkia also began work on sailing ironclads, but was suddenly faced with an economic crisis that halted large scale fleet building. The race thus became between France, Britain, and Sumarnia; as well as the United States, and the Confederate States, whom were jumping strieght into civil war.
By the 1880s, however, Yerkias economy had recovered, and the former largest naval power began to make a comeback. This prompted a response by Sumarnia. After multiple inadiquate responses to Yerkia's growing power, a new ship class was needed. The requirements were given to Ol' Cairo Ironsides (originally named for the durable wooden ships they produced) fleet yards for a ship with a large main weapon and high speeds with decent armor. A true line of battleship. It was decided by the Naval Architects ar OCI that their yards couldn't yet support ships with two turrets worth of the selected caliber, so it was instead decided to make the ship have one Massive turret, similar to Britain's recent Victoria class vessel.
The ship was to be named for the legendary historian king who had slain Emperor Yerkus of Norman Sicily: King Roberts the Invincible. King Roberts had been named Roman Emperor by the Former Byzantine Emperor (the Byzantine empire is whats left of the ancient Roman Empire's eastern half after the western part fell) after sweeping through Eastern Roman lands and breaching Constantinopal's walls. He had also conqured much of Asia and northern Africa for the glory of his people. Yerkus was named Roman Emperor by the Catholic pope, a figure who would have had no such athority in ancient Rome, which was Orthodox. This made Roberts' clash with Yerkus somehwhat inevitable. Yerkus was responisble for Roberts' only lasting scar.
If Roberts could take on Emperor yerkus himself and win, then perhaps the King Roberts class could take on the Yerkian battleline and do the same.
In 1890, the Yerkians launched the Il Giudice class battleship, which was very similar in size and capabilities to the King Roberts. The King Roberts was considered obsolete by 1895.
In 1898, the 7th Hestro-Yekrian war broke out. The Hestorian navy (Named for King Hestor the Unforgettable: the first Sumarnian king whose name anyone had bothered to write down) was deployed to take back the city of Markova on the north African Coast. The HRN King Roberts only engaged one vessel during the war, and it was an old Yerkian sailing Ironclad. It won easily. The whole class was decommisioned and scrapped in 1906.

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Anywho, sorry for the lore dump (unless you like lore dumps, in which case let me know in the comments and I'll post more of these fictional ships). Hope you guys enjoy the ironclad. It should be able to fight the DWG and some OW ships in a campaign if you wish to use it that way (I will be doing that). Hope to see you on the next build! Have a good day!