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
Rate of Fire: 40 RPM
Range: 11.51 km
Flight Time: 5.77 s
Initial Velocity: 270.02 m/s
Deceleration: 6.53 m/s²
Dispersion Min/Max/Vertical: 66 m / 241 m / 64.80 m
Sigma: 2 σ
HE Damage: 838
Raw Alpha: 7,542
Raw DPM: 33,520
Fire Chance: 11%
Raw Alpha: 64.96%
Raw FPM: 4.4 FPM
AP Damage: 1,015
Raw Alpha: 9,135
Raw DPM: 40,600
Citadel Chance: 6%
Raw Alpha: 42.7%
Raw CPM: 2.4 CPM
Citadel Damage Rate: 200%
HE Citadel Damage: 1,676
AP Citadel Damage: 2,030
Turret Traverse: 8 deg/s
Torpedo Tubes (553 mm QR Mk IV 2x4)
Reload Time: 47.60 s
Salvo Per Minute: 1.26 SPM
Range: 8.40 km
Time Expire: 28.39 s
Torpedo Speed: 63.91 Knots
Reaction Time (at standstill): 11.92 s
Min/Max Torpedo Spread: 0 deg / 4 deg
Torpedo Damage: 3,894
Raw Alpha: 15,576
Raw DPM: 19,634
Flood Chance: 19%
Raw Alpha: 56.95%
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.