Gwazine-class

In the fictional Gundam universe, the Gwazine class battleship are developed by the Principality of Zeon to be flagships for the various space fleet Admirals. Although they fill a role similar to that of the Earth Federal Space Force's Magellan class battleships, the Gwazine class completely outclass the Megellan class in several ways.

The Gwazine class ships are the most powerful space warships during One Year War, even more powerful than the Federation's Pegasus class ships, and the second biggest type, second only to the Dolos-class heavy carrier ships. They are equipped with three massive double-barreled mega particle cannon turrets mounted on the topside. They also have ten smaller double-barreled mega particle cannon turrets, similar to the ones used by the Musai class light cruisers and finally the have large amount of 155mm double-barreled anti-aircraft machine guns mounted below the bow. But the biggest weapon on the Gwazine class ships are their Mobile Ssuit hangers. Each of these ships has room for up to twenty mobile suits, more than triple what the Federation's Pegasus-class ships can hold.

On the other hand the Gwazine class have a few drawbacks. The ships are so large that only handful would be constructed before and during the war. Also these vessels are bulky, hence manuvering them around the battlefield takes time.

At the end of the One Year War only one Gwazine class ship was still in service. That ship, the Gwaden, had been Admiral Aiguille Delaz's command vessels at A Ba A Quo, and when his fleet resigned from the battle this ship and several other Musai class vessls came to be known collectively as the Delaz Fleet. In UC 0083, this ship sailed as the flagship for Delaz's fleet as they put Operation Stardust into motion. Toward the end of the operation, this vessel was destroyed by Cima in her effort to escape Anavel Gato.