Zanzibar II-class

Template:Infobox/Mobile Weapon Ver.2The Zanzibar II-class is a variant of the Zanzibar-class from Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory.

Technology & Combat Characteristics

The Zanzibar II-class cruisers gained an additional four two-barrel beam turrets which made the ship as powerful as a Federation's Magellan-class battleship. It was capable of carrying eight mobile suits, and as the original, it could replace four mobile suits by a mobile armor on its hangar. The ship also featured a side mounted catapult and a rear launch deck located between the engines. It was also capable of better atmospheric flight due to a more aerodynamic design and the increase of its engines power.

Armaments

• 2-barrel Main Gun

• 2-barrel Secondary Gun

• 120mm Machine Gun

• J Missile Launcher

A large missile that can sink a cruiser-class vessels in a single hit.

Special Equipment & Features

• Optional Booster

History

At least one Zanzibar II-class ship, the Lili Marleen, was used as a flagship for the Cima Fleet during Aiguille Delaz's Operation Stardust.

The Lili Marleen was destroyed during the final phase of Operation: Stardust by the Earth Federation's experimental Mobile Armor, the RX-78GP03D Gundam "Dendrobium Orchis".

The Zanzibar-class ships are seen in Mobile Suit Gundam, The 08th MS Team, and Gundam 0083. In U.C. 0090, at least three Zanzibar II-class cruisers are used by the 32nd battalion "Desert Liner", 19th Regiment, and the 33th Independent Battalion "Night Shade" remnant forces of the first Neo Zeon movement in Mobile Suit Gundam: The Return of Zeon.

Gallery

Bridge Exterior

Bridge Interior

Zanzibar II-class mobile cruiser "Lili Marleen" as featured in Gundam War Nexa card game

Zanzibar II-class mobile cruiser "Lili Marleen" as featured in Gundam Cross War card game

Cima Fleet's Zanzibar II-class mobile cruiser "Lili Marleen" under attack during Operation Stardust (from Gundam 0083 OVA)

Action Figures

M&V Series "Mobile Cruiser Lili Marleen" figure set (North American release; 2002): package front view.

M&V "Mobile Cruiser Lili Marleen" figure set (North American release; 2002): package rear view.

M&V "Zanzibar II Class Mobile Cruiser Lily Marrein" figure set (Japanese limited Toy's Dream Project release; 2005): package front view.

M&V "Zanzibar II Class Mobile Cruiser Lily Marrein" figure set (Japanese limited Toy's Dream Project release; 2005): package rear view.

1/3500 Lili Marleen mini-figurine as part of B-Club's 1/7 "Cima Garahau & Lili Marleen" completed figure set (2006): box art

Notes & Trivia

• The Zanzibar II cruiser Lili Marleen of Cima Fleet is named after the eponymous German love song performed by Lale Andersen and later by Marlene Dietrich during the 1940s.

References

Zanzibar II schematic. Note the booster on the midleft top of the schematic.

External links

• Zanzibar II-class on MAHQ.net
• Library of Londonion (ship names & fates)