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

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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

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Renown ’44

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Propulsion: 120 000 HP

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‎Mk VII mod. 1

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381 mm/42 Mk.I on a Mk.I mount

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533 mm Mk II

General Characteristics

TierVII
Health55 200 HP
Torpedo Damage Reduction13 %
Displacement27 017 tons
Dimensions
Overall length241.2 m
Beam28.06 m
Overall height (keel to the highest point on the ship)24.76 m
Freeboard7.82 m
Main Armament
Maximum Firing Range16.900 km
381 mm/42 Mk.I on a Mk.I mount3 x 2 381 mm
Secondary Armament
Maximum Firing Range5.600 km
113 mm/45 QF Mk.I/III on an RP10 Mark II BD mount10 x 2 113 mm
Torpedo Armament
Maximum Firing Range8.000 km
533 mm PR Mk II8 x 1 533 mm
Maximum speed29.9 knots
Turning Circle Radius840 m
Rudder Shift Time14.3 s
Surface Detectability12.82 km
Air Detectability10.28 km
Detectability After Firing Main Guns in Smoke12.2 km

Main Armament

3 x 2 381 mm/42 Mk.I on a Mk.I mount
 Maximum Firing Range16.900 km
 Reloading Time27.0 s
180 Degree Turn Time45.0 s
Optimal firing angles at the front30°
Optimal firing angles at the rear30°
Sigma1.8 sigma
Maximum Dispersion190 m
Shells
Type of Projectile HE – 381 mm HE Mk VIIIc
Alpha Damage5 350
Penetration capacity 64 mm
Explosion size2.23
Fire chance34 %
Projectile Speed732 m/s
Air Drag0.338
Projectile Mass879.0 kg
Type of ProjectileAP – 381 mm AP Mk XXIIc
Alpha Damage11 350
Projectile Speed732 m/s
Air Drag0.338
Projectile Mass879.0 kg
Projectile Krupp2 330
Projectile Detonator0.015 s
Detonator threshold64 mm
Ricochet Angles45° – 60°

Secondary Armament

10 x 2 113 mm/45 QF Mk.I/III on an RP10 Mark II BD mount
Maximum Firing Range5.600 km
Reloading Time5.0 s
Sigma1.0 sigma
Shells
Type of ProjectileHE – 113 mm HE 5crh
Alpha Damage1 700
HE penetration19 mm
Explosion Size0.38
Chance to Cause Fire8 %
Projectile Speed746 m/s
Air Drag0.329
Projectile Mass24.95 kg

Torpedo Armament

8 x 1 533 mm PR Mk II
533 mm Mk II

Reloading Time95 s
Maximum Distance8.000 km
Optimal firing angles at the front50°
Optimal firing angles at the rear50°
Damage15 867
Flooding Chance265%
Speed61 knots
Surface Detectability1.3 km

Anti-air Armament

10 x 2 113 mm/45 QF Mk.I/III on an RP10 Mark II BD mount
Sector range0.1 km – 5.8 km
Hit chance75 %
Sector’s damage31
Sector’s damage frequency0.29 s
Sector’s damage per second109
Flak clouds number4
Flak cloud damage1 260
3 x 8 40 mm/39 Vickers QF Mk.VIII on a Mk.VI mount
1 x 4 40 mm/39 Vickers QF Mk.VIII on a Mk.VII mount
Sector range0.1 km – 3.5 km
Hit chance75 %
Sector’s damage37
Sector’s damage frequency0.29 s
Sector’s damage per second130
8 x 1 20 mm Oerlikon Mk.I on a Mk.IIIA mount
18 x 2 20 mm Oerlikon Mk.II on a Mk.V mount
19 x 1 20 mm Oerlikon Mk.I on a Mk.IIA mount
Sector range0.1 km – 2.5 km
Hit chance85 %
Sector’s damage56
Sector’s damage frequency0.29 s
Sector’s damage per second196

Consumables

Consumables
Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4
Damage Control Party
consumable_PCY009_CrashCrewPremiumWork 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
consumable_PCY016_SonarSearchPremiumNumber 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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