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| name        = HMS ''Intractable''
| hcn         = SD-459
| city        = Antioch, CA, US
| affiliation = {{rmn}}
| branch      = RMN
| type        = Superdreadnought
| class       = Invictus
| launched    = 23 AUG 2016
| co          = Vacant
| status      = Inactive
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| website     = http://HMSIntractable.org
| image2      = SD459Flash.png
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'''{{hms|Intractable|SD-459|hcn}}''' was an [[Invictus-class]] pod-laying [[Superdreadnought]] of the [[Royal Manticoran Navy]], the first of her class to serve in the [[Tenth Fleet]], chartered in [[wikipedia:Antioch, California|Antioch, California]]. Commissioned in 2016 from the crew of the destroyer {{hms|Roland|DD-476}}, she served in [[Battle Squadron 2]] before her decommissioning on 4 March 2022.
==History==
''Intractable'' was commissioned on 23 August 2016 in the [[Tenth Fleet]] at Antioch, California, under [[CDR]] Jack Yeager; her crew had upgraded from the destroyer {{hms|Roland|DD-476}}.<ref name="BSD160807">[[Orders:BuShips Directive 1608-07]]</ref> That September she formed [[Battle Division 201]] with {{hms|Medusa|SD-316}} as part of the newly established [[Battle Squadron 2]].<ref name="ND16SE01">[[Orders:Naval Directive 16SE-01]]</ref> Command passed to [[CAPT]] [[Sir]] Thomas Saidak in July 2020,<ref name="BSD200702">[[Orders:BuShips Directive 2007-02]]</ref> and when Battle Squadron 2 was deactivated that year ''Intractable'' was reattached to [[Task Group 91.1]].<ref name="ND20JU02">[[Orders:Naval Directive 20JU-02]]</ref> ''Intractable'' was decommissioned on 4 March 2022, her crew transferred to the holding chapter HMSS ''Talbott''.<ref name="BSD220301">[[Orders:BuShips Directive 2203-01]]</ref>

===Commanding Officers===
{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Name !! Assumed !! Relieved
|-
| 1 || [[CAPTJG]] [[Sir]] Jack Yeager || 23 Aug 2016 || 02 July 2020
|-
| 2 || [[CAPT]] [[Sir]] Thomas Saidak, [[GSN]] || 02 July 2020 || 04 March 2022
|-
|}
===Crew Lineage===
* 01 MAY 2012: Launched as [[HMS Roland (DD-476)]].
* 23 AUG 2016: Commissioned as {{hms|Intractable|SD-459}}.
==Command Staff==
* Commanding Officer: [[CAPTJG]] Jack Yeager
* Executive Officer: [[CDR]] Eric Nelson
* Ship's Bosun: [[SCPO]] Bill Warren, Jr.
==Embarked Flag Officer(s)==
* [[High Admiral]] of the [[Grayson Space Navy]], [[ADM]] Lord Sir Thomas Saidak, KDE, DSO, [[Steadholder]] [[Henesy]].
==Auxiliary Craft==
There have been no auxiliary craft launches since the commissioning of this vessel.
==Ship's Honors==
===Decorations===
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|[[Image:Royal_meritorious_unit_citation_(ribbon).png|110px|link=Royal Meritorious Unit Citation]]
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* [[Royal Meritorious Unit Citation]]: Per [[Orders:Tenth Fleet Order 1811-02]], awarded 15 November 2018 (presented at OryCon 2018) by [[RADM]] James Jones, Commanding Officer, [[Tenth Fleet]].

==Ship's Orders==
==Related Orders==
==References==
{{reflist}}

==See Also==
* [http://hmsintractable.org HMS Intractable Home Page]

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