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{{ | {{Title|UNSC ''Constantinople''}} | ||
{{ | {{Status|Canon}} | ||
{{ | {{Disambig header|the Halcyon-class cruiser|other uses|Constantinople}} | ||
{{Individual ship infobox | {{Individual ship infobox | ||
|name=UNSC ''Constantinople'' | |name=UNSC ''Constantinople'' | ||
|image= | |image=[[File:Living monument Constantinople.png|300px]] | ||
|class= | |class={{Class|Halcyon|light cruiser}}<ref name="HND">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yVPaI5oRXo&feature=youtu.be '''YouTube''': ''Heroes Never Die'']</ref> | ||
|manufacturer= | |manufacturer=[[Reyes-McLees Shipyards]] | ||
|modifier= | |modifier= | ||
|sysmods= | |sysmods= | ||
| | |engine=Three fusion engines (possibly [[Mark II Hanley-Messer DFR]])<ref name= "data drop">[http://halo.xbox.com/Content/assets/en-us/ONI/577839090903298928/DDR-A340024-1115-08-27-52.pdf '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Data Drop 5'']</ref> | ||
|slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] | |slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] | ||
| | |firstuse=[[2526]] | ||
|destroyed=March 1, 2526 | |destroyed=March 1, 2526 | ||
|battles=[[Second Battle of Harvest]] | |battles=[[Second Battle of Harvest]] | ||
|affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]] | |affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]] | ||
|taskforce=[[UNSC Battle Group X-Ray]] | |taskforce=[[UNSC Battle Group X-Ray]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
The '''UNSC ''Constantinople''''' was a [[UNSC Navy]] | The '''UNSC ''Constantinople''''' was a {{Class|Halcyon|light cruiser}} in service with the [[UNSC Navy]].{{Ref/Reuse|HND}} The ''Constantinople'' served in [[Battle Group X-Ray]], led by [[Vice Admiral]] [[Preston Jeremiah Cole|Preston Cole]], during the [[Second Battle of Harvest]] on [[2526#March|March 1, 2526]]. While the battle group engaged made a last, desperate attempt to destroy a single [[Covenant]] [[Rasus-pattern interdictor|super-destroyer]], the ''Constantinople'' was destroyed by the vessel's fourth salvo, along with the [[UNSC Troy|''Troy'']] and [[UNSC Lowrentz|''Lowrentz'']].<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe'''. ''"The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole"'', ''page 466''</ref> The ''Constantinople'' was declared "lost with all hands".{{Ref/Reuse|HND}} | ||
After the [[Human-Covenant War]], the crew of the vessel, along with members of the various branches of the [[United Nations Space Command]] armed forces, were commemorated for their service at the dedication of the [[Halo Living Monument|living monument]].{{Ref/Reuse|HND}} | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
The ship was named for the [[wikipedia:Constantinople|capital]] of the Byzantine (and later Ottoman) Empire, it is now known as [[wikipedia:Istanbul|Istanbul]]. | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]'' | *''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]'' | ||
**''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]'' {{1st}} | **''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]'' {{1st}} | ||
*''[[Halo Living Monument]]'' | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
{{Ref/Sources}} | |||
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