World of Warships Supertest: HMS Audacious
3 min readHMS Audacious was an Audacious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy, in service 1951–1972. With her sister ship Ark Royal, she was one of the two largest Royal Navy aircraft carriers built.
She was laid down on 24 October 1942 at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast as one of four ships of the Audacious class. These were laid down during World War II as part of the British naval buildup during that conflict. Two were cancelled at the end of hostilities, and the remaining two were suspended. Originally designated Audacious, she was renamed as Eagle, taking the name of the cancelled third ship of the class on 21 January 1946. She was finally launched by Princess Elizabeth on 19 March 1946.
All stats are listed without crew and upgrade modifiers but with best available modules. The stats are subject to change during the testing without any warning and before final release.
Hull | Engine | Flight Control | Torpedo bombers | Dive bombers | Fighters |
?Audacious |
?152 000 h.p. |
?Mk10 mod. 1 |
?Firebrand TF.IV |
?Firebrand TF.III |
?Firebrand F.I |
?pbub911_cv10_tb_top |
?pbud911_cv10_db_top |
?pbui911_cv10_f |
| Tier | X |
| Health | 63,400 HP |
| Flight Control | |
| Torpedo Bombers | 39 |
| Dive Bombers | 39 |
| Fighters | ?39 |
| Secondary Armament | |
| Maximum Firing Range | 5,00 km |
| 114 mm/45 Mk II BD | 8 x 2 114 mm |
| Anti Air Defense | |
| 114 mm/45 Mk II BD | 8 x 2 114 mm |
| 40 mm Bofors Mk VII | ?9 x 1 40 mm |
| 40 mm Bofors Mk VI | 8 x 6 40 mm |
| 40 mm Bofors Mk V | 2 x 2 40 mm |
| Maximum speed | 32.0 kt |
| Turning Circle Radius | 1,040 m |
| Rudder Shift Time | 20.44 s |
| Surface Detectability | 14.76 km |
| Air Detectability | 14.02 km |
| Flight Control | |
| Torpedo Bombers | 39x Firebrand TB |
| Dive Bombers | 39x Firebrand DB |
| Fighters | 39x Firebrand F |
| Torpedo Firebrand | |
| Tier | X |
| Flight Height | 900 m |
| Maximum Speed | 150 kt |
| Speed with Torpedo | 129.9 kt |
| Turning Radius | 30 m |
| Torpedo Damage | 13,233 |
| Torpedo Max Distance | 3,20 km |
| Torpedo Speed | 40 kt |
| Bomber Firebrand | |
| Tier | X |
| Flight Height | 900 m |
| Maximum Speed | 150 kt |
| Speed with Bomb | 146.1 kt |
| Turning Radius | 30 m |
| Bomb Alpha Damage | 5,300 |
| Alpha Piercing HE | 41.4 |
| Bomb Burn Probability | 35% |
| Fighter Firebrand | |
| Tier | X |
| Flight Height | 900 m |
| Maximum Speed | 150 |
| Turning Radius | 30 m |
| 8 x 2 114 mm/45 Mk II BD | |
| Reloading Time | 5.0 s |
| Sigma | 1.00 ? |
| Horizontal Dispersion | 50 m |
| Vertical Dispersion | 110 m |
| Shells | |
| Type of Projectile | HE |
| Alpha Damage | 1,700 HP |
| Damage | 470 HP |
| Alpha Piercing HE | 19 mm |
| Explosion Size | 0.38 |
| Chance to Cause Fire | 8 % |
| Projectile Speed | 746 m/s |
| Air Drag | 0.329 |
| Projectile Mass | 24.95 |
| Projectile Krupp | 1 |
| 8 x 2 114 mm/45 Mk II BD | |
| Anti-air Aura | 0.71 |
| Maximum Range | 5,00 km |
| Reloading Time | 5.0 s |
| 9 x 1 40 mm Bofors Mk VII | |
| Anti-air Aura | 0.78 |
| Maximum Range | 3,50 km |
| Reloading Time | 0.5 s |
| 8 x 6 40 mm Bofors Mk VI | |
| Anti-air Aura | 2.34 |
| Maximum Range | 3,50 km |
| Reloading Time | 0.5 s |
| 2 x 2 40 mm Bofors Mk V | |
| Anti-air Aura | 0.25 |
| Maximum Range | 3,50 km |
| Reloading Time | 0.8 s |
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Audacious doesn’t make sense as a Tier 10. The design was the direct successor to the Implacable cl***. Her stats (barring HP) look closer to an Essex, or even worse than an Essex, than a Midway, and her HP fall in between the two. Audacious should be tier 9, with Malta at tier 10.
Don’t forget CV’s are gona be very different soon.