
U.K.SpecialEpicGlobalDefence
WoWS World of Warships U.K. Cruiser · Tier X
- Main Battery
- 356 mm/45 Mk.VII on a Mk.II mount
- 3 turrets × 2 barrels
- Range 18.3 km
- Secondaries
- 133 mm HE Mk IC
- Range 7.3 km
- Torpedoes
- 622 mm PR Mk IV
- 2 launchers × 4 tubes
- Range 10 km
Specifications
Defence Win Rate & Combat Stats
Sample of 495.2K players · as of 2026-10-15Averages from our own crawled player sample, not official server-wide data. The sample skews toward active clan players, so its overall win rate runs about 1 point above the true server average. Battle counts are career totals and include games played before this ship’s past balance changes.
Survivability
Main Battery
Torpedoes
Secondary Battery
AA Defense
Maneuverability
Concealment
Consumables

Extinguishes fires, removes instances of flooding, and repairs damaged modules. Prevents enemy acoustic torpedoes from homing.

Partially restores the ship's HP by repairing any light damage.

Increases the range of assured acquisition of enemy ships and torpedoes, including those within smoke screens.

Generates a smoke screen that reduces the risk of being detected by the enemy.

Carries out aerial bombardment of the marked area with depth charges. Depth charges can hit enemy submarines. They also have chances of causing fire, flooding, and incapacitating modules. Increased chances of incapacitating sonar. Effective against enemy mines. Cannot spot enemy ships.
Defence Change History
- Nerfmain battery reload time16 → 18 s
- Torpedo launching angles are now wider.
- improved the repair party consumable. now it restores more hp. also, the restoration of hp for ship parts50 → 60 %
Ballistics
Armor Model
Overview
A hypothetical development of "big cruiser" designs created by British shipbuilders in the late 1930s, with the main battery gun caliber increased to 356 mm. The ship was conceived as a response to the strengthening of the Japanese Navy. Her main purpose was to counter enemy heavy cruisers.
