Ship:Hawke

VIII

10,500,000

Hawke — U.K. Tech Tree Tier VIII Battleship.

After World War I, the British Admiralty continued working on new battlecruiser projects. The most modern ship of this class—Hood—was used as the basis for these projects during the design process. In 1920, two projects were presented—K2 and K3—but they were deemed too large. A proposal was made to reduce the caliber to 406 mm, which would help reduce the dimensions, but the Admiralty rejected this idea, and the project failed to be implemented.

Pros

• Main battery HE shells have high fire chance
• Great rudder shift time
• Access to Engine Boost consumable

Cons

• Difficult to angle all guns on an enemy without exposing your large and very vulnerable broadside
• Thin, easily overmatched bow and stern plating

Ship Stats

Hull Information

SURVIVABILITY	Hawke (A)	Hawke (B)
• Hit Points	65000	70600
• Torpedo protection damage reduction (%)	20

ARMOR DETAIL
• Belt (mm)	32
• Deck (mm)	32
• Superstructure (mm)	19
• Extremities (mm)	25

MANEUVERABILITY	Hawke (A)	Hawke (B)
• Maximum speed (kt)	30.5	30.5
• Turning circle radius (m)	910	910
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	29.5	21.0

CONCEALMENT	Hawke (A)	Hawke (B)
• Detectability by sea (km)	14.51	14.51
• Detectability by air (km)	10.0	10.0
• Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km)	14.44
• Detectability by depths (km)	10.0	10.0

Main Battery

MAIN BATTERY	Mk VIII mod. 1	Mk VIII mod. 2
• Arrangement	3×3 406mm
• Firing range (km)	17.1	18.81
• Reload time (sec)	31.0
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	1.9
• 180° turn time (sec)	30.0

DISPERSION
• Dispersion type	Battlecruiser dispersion
• Dispersion formula	Dispersion (m) = 8.4 × range(km) + 48
• Sigma	1.6
• Maximum dispersion (m)	191
• Dispersion at 5 km	90
• Dispersion at 10 km	132
• Dispersion at 15 km	174
• Dispersion at 17.1 km	192

HE SHELL
• Name	406 mm HE Mk IIa
• Maximum damage	5950
• Fire chance (%)	45.0%
• Shell velocity (m/s)	792
• Shell weight (kg)	929
• Penetration (mm)	68

AP SHELL
• Name	406 mm AP Mk IIIa
• Maximum damage	12600
• Shell velocity (m/s)	747
• Shell weight (kg)	1080
• Fuse time (sec)	0.015
• Ricochet start (°)	45
• Always ricochet (°)	60
• Normalisation (°)	6
• Arming threshold (mm)	68

Torpedoes

TORPEDO LAUNCHERS	533 mm Mk IX*
• Torpedo tubes (launchers × tubes)	4 × 1
• Torpedo name	533 mm Mk IX*
• Reload time (sec)	80
• 180° turn time (sec)	15
• Damage	15,867
• Range (km)	8.0
• Speed (kt)	61
• Detectability (km)	1.3
• Flooding chance (%)	265

Secondary Battery

SECONDARY BATTERY
• Secondary battery range (km)	6.6

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1
• Shell type	HE
• Name	152 mm HE Mk V
• Arrangement	2x152mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	5.0
• Maximum damage	2150
• Shell velocity (m/s)	884
• Penetration (mm)	25
• Fire chance (%)	9.0%

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 2
• Shell type	HE
• Name	113 mm HE 5crh
• Arrangement	2x113mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	12.0
• Maximum damage	1700
• Shell velocity (m/s)	746
• Penetration (mm)	19
• Fire chance (%)	8.0%

Airstrike

ASW AIRSTRIKE (DEPTH CHARGES)
• Range (km)	10
• Minimum range (km)	0.5
• Reload time (sec)	30.0
• Number of aircraft	1
• Depth charges in payload	2
• Damage	4200
• Deployment	Manual

AA Defense

Hawke (A)

AA ARMAMENT	MOUNTS × BARRELS
113 mm	8 × 2
40 mm	4 × 4
40 mm	10 × 2
20 mm	4 × 1

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Short-range	28	70%	2.0
Mid-range	479.5	75%	3.5
Long-range	84	75%	5.8

Damage by shell explosions

EXPLOSIONS / SALVO	DAMAGE	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
4	950	75%	3.5–5.8

Hawke (B)

AA ARMAMENT	MOUNTS × BARRELS
113 mm	8 × 2
40 mm	4 × 8
40 mm	10 × 2
20 mm	4 × 2 + 18 × 1

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Short-range	178.5	70%	2.0
Mid-range	504	75%	3.5
Long-range	84	75%	5.8

Damage by shell explosions

EXPLOSIONS / SALVO	DAMAGE	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
4	950	75%	3.5–5.8

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4
Slot 5

Consumables

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party  (15.0s action, 80.0s cooldown)
• Slot 2: Repair Party  (4 charges, 28.0s action, 60.0s cooldown, 390 hp/s)
• Slot 3: Engine Boost  (3 charges, 120.0s action, 120.0s cooldown)
• Slot 4: Defensive AA Fire  (3 charges, 40.0s action, 80.0s cooldown)

Gallery

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Ship Change Log

• Preliminary characteristics.
• Added the Engine Boost consumable.
• Main battery sigma parameter increased from 1.5 to 1.6.
• Stock main battery firing range increased from 16.5 to 17.1 km.
• Main battery reload time increased from 30 to 31 s.
• Update 0.11.5:
  • Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.11.5.
• Update 0.11.6:
  • Available from sequential bundle #7 of the British Battleships event (for British tokens).
• Update 0.11.7:
  • Minor fixes to the model and textures of the ship.
• Update 0.11.8:
  • Introduced to the game as a researchable ship in Update 0.11.8.