Chris B
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Those dates seem correct to me, and as you say the Enterprise April captained in the new timeline, and when he commanded it, is a mystery atm, however what I'm saying is the TOS design (not the NCC-1701 Enterprise, but it's design) was in service when Nero arrived: Starfleet was using that design for about 40 years or so before the TOS 5 year mission (not sure if this ever was stated on film though), which dates it back to around 2220-2225, so it is possible Aprils ship did use that same design.
If they do use it I would guess they will change the number though.
I could see a scenario where in light of the Kelvin's destruction, the Federation was looking to boost morale, and deciding that launching a new Enterprise would be a good way to do that, considering the reputation of the name. Still under the command of April but commissioned a bit earlier, with a different registry number as you said.
I guess you could say that this Enterprise didn't have as illustrious of a career as the original, which is why the current one has the classic number instead of just a letter added on.