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as far back as at the beginning of the
year when we shared our plans with
players we said we were going to make
British battleships we realized that
this would be one of the most awaited
ship branches this year and we're happy
to finally present them to players
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these were the British engineers who
designed and launched HMS dreadnought in
1906 which completely changed the
perception of ships of the line a
construction became a turning point in
world naval shipbuilding and initiated
an arms race at sea in the beginning of
the 20th century in world of warships
the new branch represents the evolution
of battleships as viewed by their
creators the ships of the lower tiers
are designed to carry out standard tasks
force your way through a flank take
enemy fire and of course deal heavy
damage in return
however these ships do have some
national traits
first of all British battleships are
different because they have the repair
party consumable which is better than
that of other battleships it restores
more of the so called white damage
second they have aichi shells whose
penetration capacity is calculated by
the rule one-fourth of the rounds
caliber these shells can be found on
German battleships but the British ships
feature both the consumable and the
aichi shells virtually from the very
start from tier 3
the British battleship branch starts
with Bellerophon she's basically a
sister ship of HMS dreadnought the main
thing that distinguished battleships
from their predecessors ironclads was
firepower while pre-dreadnought
battleship lord nelson was able to fire
only four 12-inch guns in a broadside
salvo Bellerophon could fire eight the
next logical step was to increase the
caliber having built battleships with
12-inch guns the English were the first
to transition to battleships with larger
guns their caliber reads 13.5 inches
that's 343 millimeters the first
battleship like this was the Orion in
world of warships you'll meet her at
chair for this superdreadnought and her
sister ships took part in World War one
and performed well in the Battle of
Jutland the result of this project's
further evolution battleship iron Duke
will be awaiting players at tier five at
first sight she may seem to be a
slightly improved Orion but as a matter
of fact the English managed to strongly
increase the ship's secondary armament
at tier six you'll see another
breakthrough in naval design which
happened after the Admiralty asked
British engineers to develop an adequate
response to new German us and Japanese
ships the queen elizabeth-class
battleships appeared as this kind of
response their primary armament had a
calibre of 15 inches which made Great
Britain the world leader in this field
again beginning with tier seven gameplay
changes a bit and concealment starts
playing a decisive role by using
relevant upgrades commander skills and
camouflage you can reduce your
battleships detectability range by sea
to 11 kilometers at tiers 8 and higher
with concealment parameters like this
you'll be able to both ambush enemies
and escape from their fire unless there
is some enemy aircraft nearby as they're
quite effective for spotting British
battleships also keep in mind
peculiarities in the armor layout of the
new ships the British dreadnoughts and
super dreadnaughts at tiers 3 to 6 can
block damage quite well and have
enhanced repair party which makes
playing them pretty convenient but
starting with tier 7 their armor doesn't
allow you to stay under enemy fire for
long therefore it's important that you
don't come under focused fire and
instead impose the conditions that are
convenient for you in battle the armor
is the same as in the historic
prototypes so in the game you'll be just
as it was in real life
British battleships should be treated in
a special way they require a particular
approach to playing battleships in
general there's a certain interesting
way to play these ships approach the
enemy make a number of salvos step back
and restore your HP that way step by
step you'll be destroying the enemies
wearing down their resistance and when
you feel how these tactics work feel
this new battleship gameplay you'll be
able to enjoy playing these shifts
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at tier seven you'll meet king george v
she's the first battleship intended for
the new gameplay the ship that was
eventually launched by the shipyard
turned out somewhat less balanced in
terms of her characteristics than what
had been envisaged by the design
documentation so we decided to bring to
life one of the preliminary designs for
the king george v class battleship and
place it at tier eight under the name
monarch at tier nine you'll find lion it
was an improved version of the previous
battleship class that envisaged more
powerful primary armament the project
was real it was pretty detailed and they
even implemented it to a certain extent
Vanguard
the only battleship built after world
war ii was pretty similar to the lion
project
generally speaking she is a lion class
battleship without dated artillery from
old battle cruisers the top of the new
British branch is battleship Conqueror
this ship inherited from Lion a repair
party that restores HP faster in
addition the battleship offers a hard
choice between twelve four hundred and
twelve millimeter guns or eight powerful
457 millimeter cannons had the English
suddenly decided to build a Yamato for
their Navy their Yamato would have
resembled conquering
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another distinctive feature of British
battleships is the need to change shell
type more often no matter how the enemy
battleship is positioned to you with our
bow all side you can always find a way
to damage her with high-tier British
battleships you'll be maneuvering all
the time making use of your concealment
characteristics and cover on the map
dealing damage and dodging attacks in
return experience notes of cruiser
gameplay in a battleship Symphony
British battleships are entering the
final testing stage which means that as
soon as in the next update you'll be
able to see and check them out in battle
yourself
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