Drake

Drake — British Tier IX cruiser.

The project of a warship designed in the late 1930s which was to be able to effectively counter the latest German heavy cruisers. Superiority in firepower was achieved through the use of 234 mm main guns.

Ship Stats

Survivability

Health: 36,580

Citadel Protection: 10%

Fire and Flooding Resistance: 12.50%

Damage Reduction: 9%

Torpedo Damage Reduction: 9%


Armour

Bow: 25 mm

Stern: 25 mm

Deck: 50 mm

Belt: 180 mm


Maneuverability

Top Speed: 33.34 Knots 

Time to Full Speed: 14.77 s

Max Traverse Speed: 7 deg/s

Turn Time: 9.60 s


Main Guns (234 mm L/50 Mk XII 3x3)

Reload Time: 13.5 s

Range: 11.51 km

Dispersion Min/Max/Vertical: 66 m / 241 m / 64.80 m

Sigma: 2 σ

HE Damage: 838

Fire Chance: 11%

AP Damage: 1,015

Citadel Chance: 6%

Citadel Damage Rate: 200%

Turret Traverse: 8 deg/s


Torpedo Tubes (553 mm QR Mk IV 2x4)

Reload Time: 47.60 s

Range: 8.40 km

Min/Max Torpedo Spread: 0 deg / 4 deg

Torpedo Damage: 3,894

Flood Chance: 19%

Torpedo Concealment: 1.98 km

Torpedo Traverse Speed: 25 deg/s


Anti-Aircraft Armament

Large Caliber AA Damage: 198

Large Caliber AA Range: 3.30 km

Small Caliber AA Damage: 262

Small Caliber AA Range: 2.10 km

Total AA Damage: 460


Concealment

Surface Detection: 8.70 km

After Firing Guns: 12.00 km

Ship Skills and Elite Bonus

Slot one: Dispersion (-7%)

Slot two: Acceleration (+20%)

Slot three: Concealment (+10%)

Elite Bonus: Cruiser modernization


Air Defense Alert II x3

Large Caliber AA damage: +100% for 20 s

Small Caliber AA damage: +100% for 20 s

Before: 198 / 262

After: 347 / 459

Cooldown time: 75 s


Smoke Generator I x2

Smoke Activation: 9 s

Smoke Time: 24 s

Cooldown: 105 s


Sonar I x2

Detects hostile ships and torpedoes:

3.75 km for 25 s

Cooldown: 90 s


Cruiser Modernization

Ship Hit Points: +2%

Large Caliber AA Damage: +5%

Main Battery Traverse Speed: +7%

Before: 36,580 / 198 / 8 deg/s

After: 37,312 / 208 / 8.56 deg/s


Advanced Turret

Main Battery Traverse Speed: +20%

Before: 8 deg/s

After 9.60 deg/s


Single Fire Torpedo

This ship can choose to fire off individual torpedoes in a launcher


Additional Repair Kit +1

This ship can take four repair kits in a single battle.


Emergency Repair

This ship recovers 20% more HP from Repair Kit consumables.

Ship Play-style

Historical Info

Drake is based on British concepts for a 234mm gun armed cruiser. She is one of the more accurate ships in the British CA line on account of not being total fiction. However, Drake was never built, and her model in game is based around concepts rather than finalised blueprints.