World of Warships Supertest: British Tier VIII Premium Cruiser Hampshire

Historical background

Hampshire is based on an early design of heavy cruiser from the Royal Navy. This design initially started as a larger York-class with five turrets and two layouts were considered. A first, ABC XY layout similar to what the Japanese Navy went with for the Myoko and Atago-class (the one we got) and another layout with the 5th turret placed in Q position behind the second funnel.

In the end, none of the designs was kept but the experience learned from it would serve to develop the never built Surrey-class.

In World of Warships, Hampshire shares similar features as those of the British light cruisers with improved acceleration and only AP shells for the main battery. However, her AP gets the improved penetration angles, short fuse timer, and reduced arming threshold.

Ship’s preview

Ship’s commemorative flag

Ship’s 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	Torpedoes
Hampshire	Propulsion: 80 000 HP	‎‎Mk VIII mod. 1	203 mm/50 Mk VIII on a Mk.I* mount	‎533 mm QR Mk IV

General Characteristics

Main Armament

5 x 2 203 mm/50 Mk VIII on a Mk.I* mount The B turret is able to rotate at 360°
Maximum Firing Range	15.700 km
Reloading Time	10.0 s
180 Degree Turn Time	22.5 s
Optimal firing angles at the front	34°
Optimal firing angles at the rear	29°
Sigma	2.00 sigma
Maximum Dispersion	141 m
Shells
Type of Projectile	AP – 203 mm AP 256 lb
Alpha Damage	4 500
Projectile Speed	884 m/s
Air Drag	0.304
Projectile Mass	116.1 kg
Projectile Krupp	3 000
Projectile Detonator	0.005 s
Detonator threshold	12 mm
Ricochet Angles	60° – 75°

Secondary Armament

6 x 2 102 mm/45 QF Mk.XVI on a Mk.XIX mount
Maximum Firing Range	6.600 km
Reloading Time	3.0 s
Sigma	1.0 sigma
Shells
Type of Projectile	HE – 102 mm HE 35 lb
Alpha Damage	1 500
HE penetration	17 mm
Explosion Size	0.3
Chance to Cause Fire	6 %
Projectile Speed	811 m/s
Air Drag	0.33
Projectile Mass	15.88 kg

Torpedo Armament

Anti-air Armament

Consumables

Slot 1	Slot 2	Slot 3	Slot 4
Damage Control Party Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 60 s	Hydroacoustic Search Number of charges: 3 Work time: 100 s Cooldown: 120 s Torpedo spotting range: 3.5 km Ship spotting range: 5.0 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%	Spotting Aircraft Number of charges: 4 Work time: 100 s Cooldown: 240 s Maximum firing range: +20%
			Fighter Number of charges: 3 Work time: 60 s Cooldown: 90 s Number of planes in a squadron: 3 Patrol radius: 3.0 km

The Armor

External armor protection:

Front and rear armor protection of the middle section:

Citadel armor protection:

Turrets armor protection:

Personal Opinion

As of right now, Hampshire looks particularly scary in terms of firepower. Her AP on its own has really nice performances in terms of ballistics and penetration but on top of that, she gets the British CL treatment.

Tanking-wise, she might not be half bad either considering the very small citadel and the 30 mm deck armor. Also, if it wasn’t enough, she has excellent concealment.

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