World of Warships Supertest: British Tier VII Premium Battleship Renown ’44

Historical background

HMS Renown was the lead ship of a class of two battlecruisers from the Royal Navy. The ship was laid down in January 1915, launched in March 1916, and commissioned in September 1916. Renown, alongside her sister Repulse, was the fastest capital ship in the world at the time of her completion. Sadly, she never saw combat during the First World War.

During the inter-war period, she underwent two major reconstructions with the one of the 1930s being the most significant. She also transported royalty during foreign tours and while Hood was under refit, she served as flagship of the Battlecruiser Squadron.

Renown saw extensive action during the Second World War. In 1939, she was deployed to hunt the German Panzerschiffe Admiral Graf Spee and while she failed to find her target, she still sank the blockade runner SS Watussi. During the Norwegian campaign, she engaged the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and managed to damage the latter. However, due to the bad weather, the Germans were able to escape.
In 1941, she also took part in the hunt of the Bismarck but didn’t come in contact with the German battleship. Other than that, she spent most of the first 4 years of the 1940s escorting convoys and even Winston Churchill and his staff for conferences with the rest of the Allies. In 1944, she was transferred to the Indian Ocean where she supported numerous attacks against Japanese positions.

The ship finally returned home in early 1945 where she had a last refit before being sent to reserves.

If you want to learn more about Renown, here is a video from Drachinifel covering the ship:

In World of Warships, that second Renown is as she appeared in… duh… 1944.

Ship’s preview

Ship’s commemorative flag

Ship’s camouflages

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	Torpedoes
Renown ’44	Propulsion: 120 000 HP	‎Mk VII mod. 1	381 mm/42 Mk.I on a Mk.I mount	533 mm Mk II

General Characteristics

Main Armament

3 x 2 381 mm/42 Mk.I on a Mk.I mount
Maximum Firing Range	16.900 km
Reloading Time	27.0 s
180 Degree Turn Time	45.0 s
Optimal firing angles at the front	30°
Optimal firing angles at the rear	30°
Sigma	1.8 sigma
Maximum Dispersion	190 m
Shells
Type of Projectile	HE – 381 mm HE Mk VIIIc
Alpha Damage	5 350
Penetration capacity	64 mm
Explosion size	2.23
Fire chance	34 %
Projectile Speed	732 m/s
Air Drag	0.338
Projectile Mass	879.0 kg
Type of Projectile	AP – 381 mm AP Mk XXIIc
Alpha Damage	11 350
Projectile Speed	732 m/s
Air Drag	0.338
Projectile Mass	879.0 kg
Projectile Krupp	2 330
Projectile Detonator	0.015 s
Detonator threshold	64 mm
Ricochet Angles	45° – 60°

Secondary Armament

10 x 2 113 mm/45 QF Mk.I/III on an RP10 Mark II BD mount
Maximum Firing Range	5.600 km
Reloading Time	5.0 s
Sigma	1.0 sigma
Shells
Type of Projectile	HE – 113 mm HE 5crh
Alpha Damage	1 700
HE penetration	19 mm
Explosion Size	0.38
Chance to Cause Fire	8 %
Projectile Speed	746 m/s
Air Drag	0.329
Projectile Mass	24.95 kg

Torpedo Armament

8 x 1 533 mm PR Mk II 533 mm Mk II
Reloading Time	95 s
Maximum Distance	8.000 km
Optimal firing angles at the front	50°
Optimal firing angles at the rear	50°
Damage	15 867
Flooding Chance	265%
Speed	61 knots
Surface Detectability	1.3 km

Anti-air Armament

Consumables

Consumables
Slot 1	Slot 2	Slot 3	Slot 4
Damage Control Party Work time: 15 s Cooldown: 80 s	Repair Party Number of charges: 3 Work time: 28 s Cooldown: 80 s HP regeneration speed: +0.5%/s Casemate damage regeneration: 50% Citadel damage regeneration: 10%	Engine Boost Number of charges: 3 Work time: 120 s Cooldown: 120 s Speed bonus: +8%	Hydroacoustic Search Number of charges: 3 Work time: 100 s Cooldown: 120 s Torpedo spotting range: 3.0 km Ship spotting range: 4.0 km
			Defensive AA Fire Number of charges: 3 Work time: 40 s Cooldown: 80 s Damage from continuous DPS: +50% Damage from flak explosions: +300%

The Armor

External armor protection:

Front and rear armor protection of the middle section:

Main belt:

Turtleback:

Citadel armor protection:

Turrets armor protection:

Hidden armor protection inside the bow and stern:

Personal Opinion

Right now, Renown ’44 looks like a solid ship. While she only has 6 guns, she gets the battlecruiser dispersion as well as 1.8 sigma compared to 1.5 for Rooke. On top of that, she has a better reload time.

Other than that, while she has a short range for a battleship, she gets the speed and concealment to make up for it and the fact that she can use a Hydroacoustic Search allows her to have a more aggressive positioning.

As the last cherry on top, she even gets a 29 mm deck armor to protect her against battleship AP up to a caliber of 410 mm.

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