U.S.S. Warspite

U.S.S. Warspite (NCC-1468), named after the famous British Navy Warship, was one of the first of her class and served in multiple conflicts on behalf of the Federation, earning the admiration of the Starfleet Admiralty, the disdain of both the Klingon and Romulan Empires and the nickname "The Grand Old Lady of Starfleet"

History
Launched in the year 2261, she was originally launched in the original shape of the Miranda's and served as a patrol ship along the Romulan Neutral Zone. Her first tastes of action being pirates from the Orion Syndicate and other minor battles with minor targets that proved no real threat to her.

In 2267, she saw her first real battle, serving in the war with the Klingons, where she, along with her sister ships the U.S.S. Gloucester (NCC-1472) and U.S.S. Patten (NCC-1499) were instrunmental in the taking of the Archanis sector when they destroyed the Klingons ace-cruiser K'Chlat'Ka under command of General M'Brokta and broke through the Klingon lines, losing the Patten in the process. Captain Pecker was promoted to Admiral for her actions during the battle with the K'Chlat'Ka and the subsequent supporting of ground forces. Although she was offered a Constitution-class to serve as her Flagship, she chose to retain command of the Warspite. The War was over very quickly, however, thanks to the intervention of the Organians.

In 2276, she was one of the first to undergo refitting to gain the shape that she would retain for the rest of her service.

In 2296, she was retired from front-line service and relegated to boarder patrol, then in 2346, she was removed from active service alltogether and taken to be used as a training vessel for Starfleet Academy. but was almost immediately returned to service with the outbreak of war with the Cardassians. She was refitted with brand new weapons, armour and shields and took part in several of the more brutal conflicts of the war.

In 2366, she was given a centenial party where the surviving crew members of her initial flight were present.

In 2367, at the ripe old age of 101 years of age, she was, once again, returned to Utopia Plantitia Shipyards for further refitting. When the Borg made their incursion, she was rushed back out into service, unfortunately (Or, fortunately, judging by the situation.) the engines suffered a catastrophic failure and the right necelle suffered extreme damage, preventing her from joining the fleet at the Battle of Wolf 359

Commanding Officers
2261-2266 Captain Bromvak Porcranta (5 Year Mission completed)

2266-2296 Captain Elizabeth Pecker (To many commendations to list)