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−	The ''Galahad'' appears to have been named for a figure associated with the myths around the fifth-or-sixth-century [[w:King Arthur|King Arthur]]; in this case, one of the [[w:Knights of the Round Table|Knights of the Round Table]], [[w:Galahad|Sir Galahad]]. The pairing of the ''Galahad'' and the ''Lancelot'' as escorts together may be an allusion to stories indicating that in some of the Arthurian tales Sir Galahad was the illegitimate son of [[w:Lancelot|Sir Lancelot du Lac]].	+	The ''Galahad'' appears to have been named for a figure associated with the myths around the fifth- or sixth-century [[w:King Arthur|King Arthur]]; in this case, one of the [[w:Knights of the Round Table|Knights of the Round Table]], [[w:Galahad|Sir Galahad]]. The pairing of the ''Galahad'' and the ''Lancelot'' as escorts together may be an allusion to stories indicating that in some of the Arthurian tales Sir Galahad was the illegitimate son of [[w:Lancelot|Sir Lancelot du Lac]].
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{{otheruses|the WarShip|other uses|Galahad}} {{infoBoxIndividualSpacecraft | image = | vesselname = Lancelot | prevname = | type = [[WarShip]] | class = [[Eagle (WarShip class)|Eagle]] | prevclass = | servicesince = | serviceuntil = }} ==History== The ''[[Eagle (WarShip class)|Eagle]]''-class frigate '''''Galahad''''' and her sister ship [[Lancelot (Individual Eagle-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Lancelot'']] were both under construction in [[3059]] and were intended to be escort vessels for the first-of-class carrier of the ''[[Thera]]''-class of carriers being built by the [[Free Worlds League]], the [[Santorini|FWLS ''Santorini'']]. The ''Santorini'' was due to enter service in [[3060]] and would form the center of a battle group, alongside the ''Galahad'' and ''Lancelot''.<ref name="FM:FWLp119">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 119: "Renovation/Construction"</ref> All three ships were serving together in [[3067]]<ref name="FM:Up144">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 144: "Ships Of The FWL"</ref> and following the outbreak of the [[Jihad]] the ''Galahad'' and ''Lancelot'' worked together with the ''[[Agamemnon]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Menelaus|FWLS ''Menelaus'']] to ambush and destroy two [[Word of Blake]] WarShips in the [[Shiloh]] system in August [[3070]]. The two vessels destroyed—the ''[[Black Lion]]''-class battlecruiser [[Xanthos (Individual Black Lion-class WarShip)|WoBS ''Xanthos'']] and the ''[[Aegis (WarShip class)|Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Impetuous|WoBS ''Impetuous'']]—had both been ships in the secret fleet salvaged by the Free Worlds League prior to the Jihad with aid from the Blakists, and both were among a substantial number of League WarShips suborned by the Blakists following the outbreak of hostilities.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', pp. 108–109; ''Blake Ascending'', pp. 268–269: "Fleet Advisory: Shiloh"</ref><ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3072'', p. 25: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128: "Word of Blake Naval Assets"</ref> ==Notes== The ''Galahad'' appears to have been named for a figure associated with the myths around the fifth- or sixth-century [[w:King Arthur|King Arthur]]; in this case, one of the [[w:Knights of the Round Table|Knights of the Round Table]], [[w:Galahad|Sir Galahad]]. The pairing of the ''Galahad'' and the ''Lancelot'' as escorts together may be an allusion to stories indicating that in some of the Arthurian tales Sir Galahad was the illegitimate son of [[w:Lancelot|Sir Lancelot du Lac]]. ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== * ''[[Blake Ascending]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Free Worlds League]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' * ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3070]]'' * ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3072]]'' [[Category: Individual WarShips]] [[Category: Individual Frigates]] [[Category: Individual Eagle-class WarShips]]

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