World of Warships Supertest: British Tier X Submarine Thrasher

Historical background

HMS Thrasher was a T-class submarine of the Royal Navy. The ship was laid down in November 1939, launched in November 1940, and commissioned in May 1941.

Thrasher was first deployed in the Mediterranean after her commissioning. In less than a year, she sank around 20 000 tons of enemy shipping with a mix of German, Italian, Greek, or French ships. Funnily enough, the biggest damage she suffered during that time was from friendly fire. She was bombed in error by a British bomber while she was near the coasts of Egypt. The damage received took a month to repair.

In February 1942, after sinking a supply ship, Thrasher was attacked. After surfacing, the crew discovered two unexploded bombs stuck in the gun-casing. The brave Lieutenant Peter Scawen Watkinson Roberts and Petty Officer Thomas William Gould took care of this potentially fatal threat to their submarine and managed to throw both bombs over the side. As a result of their heroic action, both men received the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award in the British honours system.

Later on, the ship was assigned to the Far East in the early part of 1945. While deployed there, Thrasher sank another 24 ships before the end of the war.

After the war ended, Thrashed was sold and broken up for scrap in March 1947.

Ship’s preview

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	Sonar	Main battery	Torpedoes
Thrasher	Propulsion: 2 500 HP	‎ASDIC 10 Mod. A	102 mm QF Mark XII on an SI mount	533 mm Mk VIII Mod 0
		‎ASDIC 10 Mod. B		533 mm Mk VIII

General Characteristics

Main Armament

1 x 1 102 mm QF Mark XII on an SI mount The gun mount can turn at 360°
Maximum Firing Range	8.500 km
Reloading Time	5.0 s
180 Degree Turn Time	18.0 s
Optimal firing angles at the front	0°
Optimal firing angles at the rear	27°
Sigma	2.00 sigma
Maximum Dispersion	60 m
Shells
Type of Projectile	SAP – 102 mm CS 35 lb
Alpha Damage	2 250
Penetration capacity	29 mm
Projectile Speed	850 m/s
Air Drag	0.344
Projectile Mass	14.1 kg
Ricochet Angles	80° – 85°

Torpedo Armament and Sonar

Sonar ‎ASDIC 10 Mod. A – Stock Sonar ‎ASDIC 10 Mod. B – Upgraded
Reloading Time	7.5 s – Stock 6.0 s – Upgraded
Maximum Distance	10.000 km
Ping effect duration on a sector highlighted once	25 s
Ping effect duration on a sector highlighted twice	65 s
Ping velocity	500 m/s
Ping width	15 m
8 x 1 533 mm bow torpedo launchers 4 loaders 3 x 1 533 mm stern torpedo launcher 3 loaders
Acoustic Homing Torpedo 533 mm Mk VIII Mod 0 – Stock Acoustic Homing Torpedo 533 mm Mk VIII – Upgraded
Reloading Time	40 s
Maximum Distance	9.000 km – Stock 10.000 km – Upgraded
Firing angles at the front	0 – 15°
Firing angles at the rear	0 – 15°
Damage	4 630 – Stock 5 167 – Upgraded
Flooding Chance	77%
Speed	75 knots – Stock 78 knots – Upgraded
Arming distance	302 m – Stock 314 m – Upgraded
Surface Detectability	1.7 km

Consumables

Consumables
Slot 1	Slot 2	Slot 3
Damage Control Party Number of charges: 3 Work time: 15 s Cooldown: 60 s	Hydrophone Number of charges: 6 Work time: 30 s Cooldown: 30 s Interval between pings: 4 s Ship bearing: 6.0 km	Submarine Surveillance Preparation time: 330 s Work time: 60 s Cooldown: 120 s Detection of submarines: 6.0 km

The Armor

Personal Opinion

Welp… no need to think too hard to find a nickname for that one. Trasher stays right in line with the previous ships although her battery capacity advantage is now also gone. In action, U-2501 does absolutely everything better. The torpedoes, the survivability, the capacity to stay underwater, and the mobility, Thrasher is outmatched in all of these departments while still suffering from the other big weaknesses of her predecessors. She somewhat has an advantage with the short arming distance of her torpedoes against destroyers but then again, not sure if you would survive an encounter at such range.
As a unique gimmick, she has a controllable deck gun but with such a low HP pool and poor damage output, not sure if you would even want to risk using it. It is especially true considering that she gets standard destroyer dispersion, unlike I-56 which has the same dispersion as the Elbing branch.

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