Class:Â Irish
Ships of the line: Irish, Radish, Zwickau, Mustache
Unit type:Â battleship
Manufacturer:Â Anaheim Electronics
Operator(s):Â AEUG (Anti-Earth Union Group); Earth Federation Forces
First deployment:Â UC 0087
Dimensions:Â overall length 400.0 meters
Equipment and design features:Â sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments:Â 2 x 2-barrel main beam gun, mounted on top and bottom of main body; 5 x beam gun, mounted on middle and rear of main body
Mobile suits:Â 12
Launch catapults:Â 2
The Irish class was a space battleship initially manufactured by Anaheim Electronics for the AEUG. It featured a larger mobile suit carrying capacity than the modified Salamis class that formed the backbone of the AEUG fleet, but was also smaller than the Argama class. Armaments included multiple beam gun turrets. The most high profile Irish class ship during the Gryps War of UC 0087 was the Radish, captained by Henken Bekkener. The Radish frequently operated in concert with the flagship Argama, but was destroyed in the conflict’s final battle in February UC 0088. The AEUG, having been devastated by losses suffered during the conflict, fielded no Irish ships during the First Neo Zeon War of UC 0088-0089. However, more ships were produced after the AEUG was reabsorbed into the Earth Federation Forces, with some remaining in service as late as UC 0120.
Captain(s):Â Henken Bekkener (Radish), Bernardo Ferre (Zwickau)
First appearance: Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
Original mechanical designer: Kazumi Fujita
Director:
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Writer(s):
Hiroshi Ohnogi
Yumiko Suzuki
Tomoko Kawasaki
Yasushi Hirano
Akinori Endo
Miho Maruo
Minoru Onoya
Mechanical Designer(s):
Kazumi Fujita
Mamoru Nagano
Kunio Okawara
Makoto Kobayashi
Kazuhisa Kondo
Hideo Okamoto
Character Designer:
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Musical Composer:
Shigeaki Saegusa
Format:
50 episodes; 3 compilation movies
Airdates:
Japan 03.02.1985 – 02.22.1986
Theatrical Release:
Japan 05.28.2005 – 03.04.2006
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