Ship:Ark Royal

VI

4,500 doubloons

Ark Royal — U.K. Premium Tier VI Aircraft Carrier.

The new aircraft carrier was to combine all the innovations: a double-level hangar, steam catapults built into the deck, heavy armor, and multipurpose guns. The armor of the hangar and the flight deck had to be sacrificed to stay within the displacement limits. In May 1941, a torpedo bomber from Ark Royal managed to hit Bismarck, which played its role in the sinking of the battleship. On November 13, Ark Royal was hit by a torpedo. After a long struggle for survivability, it was ordered to abandon the ship, and the aircraft carrier capsized and disappeared underwater.

Pros

• Level bombers with high bomb count available
• Above average hanger and squadron size

Cons

• Bombs have below average penetration
• Below average aircraft speed and health

Ship Stats

Hull Information

SURVIVABILITY
• Hit Points	44500
• Torpedo protection damage reduction (%)	28

ARMOR DETAIL
• Belt (mm)	114
• Deck (mm)	19
• Superstructure (mm)	10
• Extremities (mm)	19

MANEUVERABILITY
• Maximum speed (kt)	31.0
• Turning circle radius (m)	990
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	16.7

CONCEALMENT
• Detectability by sea (km)	13.97
• Detectability by air (km)	10.0
• Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km)	—
• Detectability by depths (km)	10.0

Secondary Battery

SECONDARY BATTERY	Automatic	Manual control
• Secondary battery range (km)	4.0	7.5

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1	Automatic	Manual control
• Shell type	HE
• Name	113 mm HE Mk XVI
• Arrangement	2x113mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	12.0	9.0
• Maximum damage	1600
• Shell velocity (m/s)	746
• Penetration (mm)	19
• Fire chance (%)	7.0%

Airstrike

ASW AIRSTRIKE (DEPTH CHARGES)
• Range (km)	6
• Minimum range (km)	0.5
• Reload time (sec)	25.0
• Number of aircraft	1
• Depth charges in payload	1
• Damage	3400
• Deployment	Automatic

AA Defense

AA ARMAMENT	MOUNTS × BARRELS
113 mm	8 × 2
40 mm	6 × 8
13 mm	8 × 4

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Short-range	38.5	95%	1.5
Mid-range	231	100%	2.5
Long-range	94.5	100%	5.8

Damage by shell explosions

EXPLOSIONS / SALVO	DAMAGE	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
4	850	100%	3.5–5.8

Aircraft

ROCKET PLANES
• Hit points	1820
• Cruise speed (kt)	121
• Squadrons	1
• Per squadron	9
• Plane regeneration time (sec)	48.0
• Ammo name	PBPR209_ARKR_RP3_60LB
• Ammo type	ROCKET
• Rockets in payload	4
• Damage per rocket	1500
• Preparation time (sec)	5.0

TORPEDO BOMBERS
• Hit points	1500
• Speed (kt)	98
• Squadron size	9
• Size of attacking flight	3
• Aircraft on deck	14
• Preparation time (sec)	10.0
• Detectability (km)	10.0
• Torpedo name	PBPT107_ARKR_MKVIII
• Torpedoes in payload	1
• Torpedo damage	13800
• Flood chance (%)	0.5%
• Torpedo speed (kt)	35
• Arming distance (m)	100
• Torpedo range (km)	0.1
• Squadrons	1

DIVE BOMBERS
• Hit points	1550
• Speed (kt)	98
• Squadron size	9
• Size of attacking flight	3
• Aircraft on deck	14
• Preparation time (sec)	9.0
• Detectability (km)	10.0
• Bomb name	PBPB107_ARKR_250LB
• Bomb type	BOMB
• Bombs in payload	8
• Bomb damage	2300
• Squadrons	1

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4

Consumables

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party  (30.0s action, 70.0s cooldown)
• Slot 2: Patrol Fighter  (4 charges, 600.0s action, 40.0s cooldown)

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Ship Change Log

• Update May 23, 2019:
  • Preliminary characteristics.
• Update June 21, 2019:
  • Fairey Albacore torpedo bombers replaced with Fairey Swordfish (because history!):
    • Aircraft hitpoints decreased from 1,110 to 1,070.
    • Aircraft cruise speed increased from 97 to 98 knots.
• Update July 19, 2019:
  • Torpedo bombers squadron size increased from 6 to 9 planes.
  • Number of torpedo bombers on deck increased from 9 to 14.
  • Torpedo bombers restoration time decreased from 81 to 59 s.
  • Armor penetration of HE bombs increased from 18 to 19 mm.
  • Number of bombs carried per plane decreased from 12 to 8.
• Update 0.8.5:
  • Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.8.5.
• Update 0.8.8:
  • Available for purchase in the Premium Shop or for completing a combat mission from the Unsinkable Sam container in Update 0.8.8.
• Update 0.9.2:
  • The minimum time between attacks by bomber squadrons was increased from 5 to 7 s.
• Update 0.9.7:
  • The rocket reticule was rotated 90 degrees, and now extends horizontally.
• Update 0.9.8:
  • Minor fixes to textures and geometry of the ship.
• Update 0.10.0:
  • The speed of the patrol fighters was increased to 221 knots.
• Update 0.11.1:
  • Minor corrections to geometry and textures of the ship.