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A hypothetical development of "big cruiser" designs created by British shipbuilders in the late 1930s, with the main battery gun caliber increased to 356 mm. The ship was conceived as a response to the strengthening of the Japanese Navy. Her main purpose was to counter enemy heavy cruisers.

Defence Stats

Survivability

Hitpoints	60,600
Effective HP	109,080
Armor	16-305 mm
Torpedo Protection	21%

Armament

Main Battery
Main Battery	356 mm 3x2
Range	16.00 km
Reload Time	18.0 s
Turret Turn Time	26.0 s
Gun Traverse Speed	6.9°/s
Sigma	2.00
HE Damage	6,100
HE Alpha Strike	36,600
HE DPM	122,000
Fires Per Minute	3.19
AP Damage	10,500
Overmatch	24 mm
AP Alpha Strike	63,000
AP DPM	210,000
torpedo
Torpedo Layout	2x4
Torpedo Damage	21,067
Torpedo Detectability	1.70 km
Torpedo Range	10.00 km
Torpedo Speed	67.0 kt
Secondary Battery
Secondary Range	5.00 km
Secondary Battery 1	134 mm 8x2
Secondary Range 1	5.00 km
Secondary Reload 1	6.7 s
Secondary Damage 1	1,900
Secondary Fire Chance 1	8.0%

Air Defense

AA Max DPS	435
AA Max Range	4.50 km
AA Mount 1	6x2 40 mm
AA DPS 1	136
AA Range 1	3.50 km
AA Mount 2	8x6 40 mm
AA DPS 2	234
AA Range 2	3.50 km
AA Mount 3	8x2 134 mm
AA DPS 3	65
AA Range 3	4.50 km

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed	33.0 kt
Turning Circle	770 m
Rudder Shift Time	12.7 s

Detectability

Surface Detectability	12.60 km
Air Detectability	7.50 km
Firing in Smoke Penalty	11.00 km

Defence Records

Damage340 366

Anonymous

Jan 2025

Base XP4 780

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Jan 2025

Damage Records

340 366Jan 2025

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Top Record

266 907Jan 2025

Anonymous

Second Place

214 566Jan 2025

I4nTh3Gr34t

Third Place

Base XP Records

4 780Jan 2025

Anonymous

Top Record

4 442Jan 2025

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Second Place

4 190Jan 2025

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Third Place

4 147Jan 2025

Anonymous

3 605Jan 2025

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3 593Jan 2025

Mishka

Defence Reviews

Power4.00

Fun4.00

Learning Curve3.00

Skill Ceiling4.00

Utility4.00

Konwacht

Power4

Fun4

Learning Curve3

Skill Ceiling4

Utility4

Strong cruiser; firing like a CA, but the power of a BC, very prone to citadels on the long foreship.

Peer Comparison

Legendary Cruisers

Ships	Hitpoints	Reload	AP Damage	Max Speed	Surface Detectability
Alaska	60,800	20.0 s	8,900	33.0 kt	13.30 km
Alaska B	60,800	20.0 s	8,900	33.0 kt	13.30 km
Brisbane	43,300	4.5 s	3,200	33.5 kt	12.70 km
Colbert	36,100	3.2 s	2,600	34.0 kt	12.90 km
Defence	60,600	18.0 s	10,500	33.0 kt	12.60 km
Des Moines	50,600	6.0 s	4,500	33.0 kt	13.00 km
Henri IV	53,300	13.0 s	6,200	35.0 kt	14.30 km
Minotaur	43,300	3.2 s	3,200	33.5 kt	12.10 km
Napoli	59,200	17.0 s	6,150	35.5 kt	11.50 km
Napoli B	59,200	17.0 s	6,150	35.5 kt	11.50 km
Stalingrad	65,000	20.0 s	8,800	35.0 kt	14.40 km
Venezia	51,800	19.0 s	4,800	36.6 kt	12.30 km
Worcester	45,400	6.0 s	3,200	33.0 kt	12.80 km
Yoshino	61,800	18.5 s	8,650	34.0 kt	13.10 km
Zao	44,900	13.5 s	5,400	34.5 kt	12.70 km