Chivvay-class

In the Universal Century, the Chivvay-class heavy cruiser was a ship developed by the Zeon to help protect convoys and perform miscellaneous tasks. It was often used to as a flagship in a battle group. It was equipped with two triple barreled beam turrets, multiple twin barreled anti-air batteries and several missile launchers, but originally was not designed to carry mobile suits. Its size was sufficient that its cargo bays could be, and usually were, easily converted to mobile suit hangers. A handful of these vessels were remade into Tivvay-class heavy cruisers, and some of the Chivvay class vessels were refitted for use by Zeon/Neo Zeon space attack commanders. The class proved itself useful, but in the end the Zeon drive for ships with mobile suit capacity resulted in the discontinuation of the class.