Audacious
Tier IX · Aircraft Carrier · U.K.
Rating A- (Above average+ within its tier and class · overall score 62) · Torpedo-bomber carrier
Torpedo-bomber carrier. Strike aircraft fly at 184 kn and cross flak zones quickly.
Key stats
- HP: 37,524
- Top speed: 31.41 kn
- Surface detectability: 11.04 km
- Main battery: 113 mm 8X2 · reload 7 s · range 7.86 km
This heavy aircraft carrier project, designed at the end of World War II, represented a further development of the Implacable class. Her large dimensions allowed her to overcome the major drawback of her predecessors—the relatively small number of airplanes she could carry. The aircraft carriers initially laid down as the Audacious class were completed much later, in the 1950s, with a significantly modified design.