World of Warships Supertest: British Super-battleship Devastation

Historical background

Devastation has no real historical basis to speak of. When looking at Conqueror herself, the ship is based on the L2 battleship design from the 1920s. However, major changes were brought to this design to become more of a super-Vanguard. This origin somewhat faded away as Conqueror lost access to the 457 mm guns she could initially use. One could then make an argument that with the 419 mm guns, she resembles more to one of the… numerous Lion-class designs, specifically, 16E-38.

As for Devastation, Wargaming PROBABLY took a look at the Lion-class design X3a from 1945 which was armed with two quadruple turrets but with a smaller caliber. This could also be the source of the greater extended belt observed on Devastation.

Ship’s preview

Ship’s permanent camouflage

For the classic reminder, this is a ship in testing, anything can change so don’t look at her like she would already be released.

Modules

Hull	Engine	Gun Fire Control System	Main battery
Devastation	Propulsion: 156 630 hp	‎Mk XI mod. 1	419 mm/45 BL Mk.I on a Mk.IV mount

General Characteristics and Playstyle

Consumables
Slot 1	Slot 2
Damage Control Party Work time: 15 s Cooldown: 80 s	Repair Party Number of charges: 3 Work time: 20 s Cooldown: 80 s HP regeneration speed: +2.0%/s Casemate damage regeneration: 75% Citadel damage regeneration: 10%

Main Armament

4 x 4 419 mm/45 BL Mk.I on a Mk.IV mount
Maximum Firing Range	24.480 km
Reloading Time	35.0 s
180 Degree Turn Time	30.0 s
Optimal firing angles at the front	35°
Optimal firing angles at the rear	35°
Sigma	1.8 sigma
Maximum Dispersion	305 m
Shells
Type of Projectile	HE – 419 mm HE Mk I
Alpha Damage	7 200
Penetration capacity	105 mm
Explosion size	40.95 m
Fire chance	48 %
Projectile Speed	792 m/s
Air Drag	0.31
Projectile Mass	995.0 kg
Type of Projectile	AP – 419 mm AP Mk II
Alpha Damage	13 000
Projectile Speed	747 m/s
Air Drag	0.235
Projectile Mass	1 157.0 kg
Projectile Krupp	2 548
Projectile Detonator	0.015 s
Detonator threshold	70 mm
Ricochet Angles	45° – 60°

Secondary Armament

8 x 2 133 mm/50 QF Mk.I on an RP10 Mk.I mount
Maximum Firing Range	7.300 km
Reloading Time	6.67 s
Sigma	1.0 sigma
Shells
Type of Projectile	HE – 133 mm HE Mk IC
Alpha Damage	1 900
HE penetration	22 mm
Explosion Size	6.9 m
Chance to Cause Fire	8 %
Projectile Speed	792 m/s
Air Drag	0.321
Projectile Mass	36.3 kg

Anti-air Armament

ASW Airstrike

Handley Page Halifax GR – Depth charge airstrike 650-lb. bomb Mk VIII
Reloading Time	30 s
Number of charges	2
HP per plane	2 000
Attack range	0.5 km – 10.0 km
Number of planes in the squadron	1
Number of bombs in payload	2
Damage	4 900
Sink speed	7.5-11.3 m/s
Explosion radius	375 m
Fire chances	28%
Flooding chances	300%

The Armor

External armor protection:

Citadel armor protection:

Turrets armor protection:

Main armor deck protection:

Hidden armor protection inside the bow and stern:

Personal Opinion

God have mercy on our souls… As if Conqueror wasn’t already a horribly toxic design, now we get a bigger version with four more guns while keeping the same dispersion. Unless the Wargaming developers decide to nerf her firepower hard (which would make it unpleasant to play sadly), I can already hear the tears of cruisers and battleships being set on triple fire with half of their anti-air gone and with 15k/20k damage taken in a single HE salvo.

This is going to be… fun.

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