Dreadnought
Tier III · Battleship · U.K. · Premium
Rating D (Bottom tier within its tier and class · overall score 6) · Agile battleship
Agile battleship. It is weak against cruisers (AP deals a same-tier cruiser's HP in about 4 min on paper). Its 10.1 km range is short, so use islands and fight inside 9 km. A survival equipment build adds damage reduction +4 pp, torpedo damage reduction +-3 pp to shore up survivability. With only 27,524 effective HP, hit-and-run from cover works better than head-on fights.
Key stats
- HP: 24,634
- Top speed: 21.13 kn
- Surface detectability: 9.78 km
- Main battery: 305 mm 5X2 · reload 21 s · range 10.14 km
This ship began a new era in naval history. It was the first battleship in the world whose main battery consisted only of large-caliber guns as well as the first ship of this type to have turbine-driven propulsion. She significantly surpassed her predecessors in size, speed, and armament in particular.