Laurasia class frigate

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Type	mobile frigate
Length	Approx. 200 meters
Armament	937mm dual high energy beam cannon x2 450mm dual railgun 450mm railgun x2 125mm dual cannon x2 58mm CIWS x6 450mm Vertical Launch System x4
Mobile suits	First war: ZGMF-1017 GINN, ZGMF-515 CGUE or ZGMF-600 GuAIZ x6 Second war: ZGMF-1017 GINN, ZGMF-515 CGUE, ZGMF-600 GuAIZ, ZGMF-601R GuAIZ R, ZGMF-1000 ZAKU Warrior or ZGMF-1001 ZAKU Phantom x6
Linear catapults	1
Ships of the class	Laurasia, Gamow, Tsuigara, Ziegler, Galvani, Amzen

In Gundam Seed, the Laurasia-class mobile frigate (hull designation code FFM) is ZAFT's primary heavy fire support spaceship. It has carrying capacity for up to six mobile suits, and a heavy battery of two dual beam cannon turrets, two dual and two single rail cannon turrets, two dual 5" guns, six CIWS mounts (though two had poor placement and were more or less useless) and two lighter single beam guns, as well as four torpedo tubes. The egg-shaped pod on the underside of the ship contained its mobile suit hanger and catapult, and could be detached for use as an atmospheric re-entry capsule.

One Laurasia class frigate, the Gamow, was assigned to the Le Creuset team and escorted the flagship Vesalius until a battle with the Earth Alliance's 8th Fleet. There, the critically damaged Gamow managed to destroy the 8th Fleet flagship Menelaos in a suicide ramming attack. Several hundred Laurasia-class vessels took place in the Second Battle of Jachin Due, and one is at least known to serve under the Serpent Tail flag.

The Laurasia class is named for one of the two supercontinents which was formed after the breakup of Pangaea. The Gamow is named for George Gamow, an astrophysicist and early advocate of the Big Bang theory. The Zeigler is named for Karl Zeigler, a German chemist who won the 1963 Nobel Chemistry award with Giulio Natta of Italy for developing catalysts that aid in the manufacture of plastics with greater uniformity, hardness, strength, and resistance to heat that leads to modern plastics. The Galvani is named for Luigi Galvani, an Italian physician and physicist who first covered biological electricity.