World of Warships Supertest: HMS Indomitable
3 min readHMS Indomitable was a modified Illustrious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. The Illustrious class was developed in the 1937 Naval Programme.
Originally planned to be the fourth of the class, she was redesigned to enable her to operate more aircraft, 48 instead of 36. A second hangar was added above the original, raising the flight deck by 4.3 m, although the hangar side armour had to be reduced to compensate. The lower hangar was made shorter than the upper hangar due to the need for extra workshops and accommodation to support the added aircraft.
She saw extensive action during the Second World War and returned to the UK in November 1945. The following year she carried the Great Britain national rugby league team to Australia on their first post-war tour, earning the team the nickname, ‘The Indomitables’. In 1947, she was placed in reserve and then given a refit that took three years, from 1947 to 1950.
Indomitable was placed in the reserve fleet and in October 1953 she was placed in unmaintained reserve. She was sold for scrap and arrived at Faslane for breaking up on 30 September 1955.
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 |
?Indomitable |
?111 000 h.p. |
?Mk8 mod. 1 |
?Barracuda Mk V |
?Barracuda Mk V |
?Firefly Mk I |
| Tier | VIII – Possible Premium |
| Health | 51,400 HP |
| Flight Control | |
| Torpedo Bombers | 25 |
| Dive Bombers | 25 |
| Fighters | ?25 |
| Secondary Armament | |
| Maximum Firing Range | 4,50 km |
| 114 mm/45 Mk II BD | 8 x 2 114 mm |
| Anti Air Defense | |
| 20 mm Oerlikon Mk V | 21 x 2 20 mm |
| 20 mm Oerlikon Mk IV | ?16 x 1 20 mm |
| Maximum speed | 30.5 kt |
| Turning Circle Radius | 970 m |
| Rudder Shift Time | 17.02 s |
| Surface Detectability | 13.05 km |
| Air Detectability | 13.23 km |
| Flight Control | |
| Torpedo Bombers | 25x Barracuda Mk V |
| Dive Bombers | 25x Barracuda Mk V |
| Fighters | 25x Firefly Mk I |
| Torpedo Barracuda Mk V | |
| Tier | VIII |
| Flight Height | 900 m |
| Maximum Speed | 150 kt |
| Speed with Torpedo | 116.2 kt |
| Turning Radius | 30 m |
| Torpedo Damage | 12,333 |
| Torpedo Max Distance | 3,20 km |
| Torpedo Speed | 40 kt |
| Bomber Barracuda Mk V | |
| Tier | VIII |
| Flight Height | 900 m |
| Maximum Speed | 150 kt |
| Speed with Bomb | 112.7 kt |
| Turning Radius | 30 m |
| Bomb Alpha Damage | 4,100 |
| Alpha Piercing HE | 32.70 |
| Bomb Burn Probability | 25% |
| Firefly Mk I | |
| Tier | VIII |
| 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 |
| 21 x 2 20 mm Oerlikon Mk V | |
| Anti-air Aura | 1.28 |
| Maximum Range | 2,00 km |
| Reloading Time | 5.0 s |
| 14 x 1 20 mm Oerlikon Mk IV | |
| Anti-air Aura | 0.58 |
| Maximum Range | 2,00 km |
| Reloading Time | 0.1 s |
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