Empire-class battleship



The Empire-class battleship is a battleship type utilized by the Fire Nation Navy. It is a very large ship type, with thousands of crew members. Azula mentioned this type of ship as part of an attempt to give Chan a compliment.

History
The large flagship Admiral Zhao used during his siege of the Northern Water Tribe capital was an Empire-class battleship.

After Zuko's ship was blown up by some pirates on Zhao's orders, Zuko stowed away on the Admiral's Empire-class ship on its trip to the North Pole with Iroh acting as his inside man under the pretense of being Zhao's advisor. Zhao's flagship was seen being pushed around by the enraged Ocean Spirit, La, when he merged with Aang to be able to exact its revenge for Zhao's murder of his counterpart, Tui.

Design
Zhao's Empire-class flagship was a mammoth vessel approximately twice the length, width and height of a standard Fire Navy cruiser, the most commonly seen Fire Nation ship type. The Empire-class ships have three smoke stacks instead of two, a different and larger conning tower with several additional large decks at its base and an ornate gilded rostrum, much like that seen on Azula's royal barge.

Trivia

 * The Empire-class battleship was about the size of the largest battleships built by real-world humanity, like the American Iowa-class and Japanese Yamato-class battleships or the even bigger Super Yamato-class battleship, which was designed, but never really constructed.