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Supertest: British Tier V Cruiser Exeter

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After a very long time during which people kept asking for British heavy cruisers, we are finally getting the very first one of them in the form of a premium ship. Ladies and Gentlemen, here is the Exeter.

The Exeter was the second ship of the York-class of heavy cruisers of the Royal Navy built during the late 1920s. The class was the second and final class of British heavy cruisers ever built and where designed following the restrictions of the Washington Naval Treaty. Initially, 7 ships were planned but only 2 ended up being constructed, the York and the Exeter, both launched in 1928.

While both ships served extensively during World War II, the Exeter has her own little prestige. She was one of the ships engaged in the Battle of the River Plate in 1939 opposing the British and Commonwealth forces to the Kriegsmarine’s Panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee.

Despite a 3 against 1 situation, the Admiral Graf Spee will still be able to severely damage the Exeter as well as the 2 light cruisers Ajax and Achilles in lesser extends. In the end, due to critical damage to the ship’s fuel system, Admiral Graf Spee was scuttled in the port of Montevideo. As for the Exeter, despite being badly damaged, she survived and was later repaired and received multiple upgrades.

Later on, she served in the Pacific Theater with convoy escorts until she was assigned to the defence of the Dutch East Indies with the rest of the allies. She would meet her end at the beginning of the Second Battle of the Java Sea, sunk by the Japanese Destroyer Inazuma after receiving a hit that damaged her boilers blocking her from escaping. The Japanese forces rescued in total 652 men of her crew including the captain but 152 would later die in captivity.

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Please Note
All stats are listed without crew and upgrade modifiers but with best available modules. The stats are subject to change during the testing.

Modules
Hull
Engine
Gun Fire Control System
Main battery
Torpedoes

Exeter

?Propulsion: 80,000 hp

Mk V mod. 1

???203 mm/50 BL

?533 mm Mk IX*

GeneralMain BatterySecondariesTorpedo TubesAir DefenseConsumables
TierV
Health 29 400 HP
Plating
Superstructure10 mm
Bow and stern13 mm
Side armor and deck19 mm
Main belt76 mm
Main Armament
Maximum Firing Range14.27 km
203 mm/50 BL Mk VIII?3×2 203?mm
Secondary Armament
Maximum Firing Range4.00 km
102 mm/45 QF Mk XIX4 x 2 102 mm
Torpedo Tubes
Maximum Firing Range8.00 km
533 mm TR Mk IV?2 x 3 533 mm
Anti Air Defense
102 mm/45 QF Mk XIX4?x?2 102?mm
40 mm Vickers 2-pdr. Mk VIII2?x?8 40?mm
12.7 mm Mk III?2?x?4 12.7?mm
Maximum speed32 kt
Turning Circle Radius650 m
Rudder Shift Time8.4 s
Surface Detectability11.0 km
Air Detectability7.10 km
Detectability After Firing Main Gus in Smoke6.10 km

3×2 203 mm/50 BL Mk VIII
180 Degree Turn Time22.5 s
Optimal fronfiring angle
37°
Optimal rear firing angle40°
Reloading Rime12.0 s
Sigma2.00 ?
Horizontal Dispersion50 m
Vertical Dispersion110 m
Maximum Dispersion131 m
Shells
Type of ProjectileHE
Alpha Damage2 850 HP
Damage1 230 HP
Alpha Piercing HE34 mm
Explosion Size0.86
Chance to Cause Fire15 %
Projectile Speed855 m/s
Air Drag0.346
Projectile Mass116.1
Projectile Krupp630
Type of ProjectileAP
Alpha Damage4 450 HP
Chance to Cause Fire-0.5 %
Projectile Speed855 m/s
Air Drag0.346
Projectile Mass116.1
Projectile Krupp2 400
Projectile detonator0.033

4 x 2  102 mm/45 QF Mk XIX
Reloading Time3.00 s
Sigma1.00 ?
Horizontal Dispersion50 m
Vertical Dispersion110 m
Shells
Type of ProjectileHE
Alpha Damage1 500 HP
Damage310 HP
Alpha Piercing HE17 mm
Explosion Size0.3
Chance to Cause Fire6 %
Projectile Speed811 m/s
Air Drag0.33
Projectile Mass15.88
Projectile Krupp3

2 x 3 533 mm Triple 1-N
Optimal front firing angle30°
Optimal rear firing angle30°
Reloading Time72 s
Maximum Distance8.0 km
Alpha Damage44 300
Damage15 867
Alpha Piercing HE1 000
Speed61 kt
Surface Detectability1.3 km

4 x 2 102 mm/45 QF Mk XIX 
Anti-air Aura0.33
Maximum Range5.00?km
Reloading Time5.0 s
2 x 8 40 mm Vickers 2-pdr. Mk VIII 
Anti-air Aura0.40
Maximum Range2.50?km
Reloading Time0.5 s
2 x 4 12.7 mm Mk III
Anti-air Aura0.04
Maximum Range1.20?km
Reloading Time0.1 s

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4
Work time: 5 s
Cooldown: 90 s

Charges: 2
Work time: 28 s
Cooldown: 120 s
Regeneration: 0.5% HP/s
Charges: 2
Work time: 100 s
Cooldown: 180 s
Torpedo detection: 3 km
Ship detection: 4 km
Charges: 2
Work time: 15 s
Cooldown: 240 s
Radius: 600 m
Life time: 96 s

Work time: 5 s
Cooldown: 60 s
Charges: 3
Work time: 28 s
Cooldown: 80 s
Regeneration: 0.5% HP/s
Charges: 3
Work time: 100 s
Cooldown: 120 s
Torpedo detection: 3 km
Ship detection: 4 km
Charges: 3
Work time: 28 s
Cooldown: 160 s
Radius: 600 m
Life time: 96 s
Charges: 2
Work time: 30 s
Cooldown: 100 s
Radius: 3 km
Charges: 3
Work time: 30 s
Cooldown: 90 s
Radius: 3 km

As a side note to end this article, Exeter’s armour scheme is interesting in the way that her citadel is only located in the middle section of the ship. There is no citadel below the turrets right now.

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15,466 thoughts on “Supertest: British Tier V Cruiser Exeter

  1. Hmmm… United Kingdom didn’t make many heavy cruisers, but they made a metric sh+tton of battlecruisers of various cl***es. I wonder if we would get the heavy cruiser/battlecruiser line in the future.

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