Ship:Exeter

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3,500 doubloons

Exeter — U.K. Premium Tier V Cruiser.

The programs of 1926 and 1927 included plans for building four 10,000-ton cruisers, but due to budget savings, it was decided to build cruisers with a smaller tonnage. HMS Exeter was commissioned in July 1931. During the interwar period, she served in the Atlantic and Mediterranean Fleets, as well as in the West Indies. At the beginning of World War II, the cruiser participated in the hunt for German raiders. In 1939, she fought a battle near La Plata. On February 27, 1942, while fighting the first battle in the Java Sea, HMS Exeter was damaged by fire from Japanese cruisers. She sank during the second battle.

Pros

• Repair Party consumable available
• Main battery shells have high armor penetration capabilities
• Torpedoes have good range and damage, and can be single-fired

Cons

• Low damage per minute
• Weak armor profile
• Fairly weak AA defenses

Ship Stats

Hull Information

SURVIVABILITY
• Hit Points	29400
• Torpedo protection damage reduction (%)	4

ARMOR DETAIL
• Belt (mm)	76
• Deck (mm)	19
• Superstructure (mm)	10
• Extremities (mm)	13

MANEUVERABILITY
• Maximum speed (kt)	32.0
• Turning circle radius (m)	650
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	11.0

CONCEALMENT
• Detectability by sea (km)	10.66
• Detectability by air (km)	6.44
• Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km)	6.06
• Detectability by depths (km)	6.44

Main Battery

MAIN BATTERY
• Arrangement	3×2 203mm
• Firing range (km)	14.27
• Reload time (sec)	15.0
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	4
• 180° turn time (sec)	22.5

DISPERSION
• Dispersion type	Standard CA/CL dispersion
• Dispersion formula	Dispersion (m) = 6.9 × range(km) + 33
• Sigma	2.0
• Maximum dispersion (m)	131
• Dispersion at 5 km	68
• Dispersion at 10 km	102
• Dispersion at 14.27 km	131

HE SHELL
• Name	203 mm HE 256 lb
• Maximum damage	2850
• Fire chance (%)	15.0%
• Shell velocity (m/s)	855
• Shell weight (kg)	116.1
• Penetration (mm)	34

AP SHELL
• Name	203 mm AP 256 lb
• Maximum damage	4550
• Shell velocity (m/s)	855
• Shell weight (kg)	116.1
• Fuse time (sec)	0.033
• Ricochet start (°)	45
• Always ricochet (°)	60
• Normalisation (°)	7
• Arming threshold (mm)	34

Torpedoes

TORPEDO LAUNCHERS	533 mm Mk IX*
• Torpedo tubes (launchers × tubes)	2 × 3
• Torpedo name	533 mm Mk IX*
• Reload time (sec)	72
• 180° turn time (sec)	7.2
• 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)	4.3

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1
• Shell type	HE
• Name	102 mm HE 35 lb
• Arrangement	2x102mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	20.0
• Maximum damage	1500
• Shell velocity (m/s)	811
• Penetration (mm)	17
• Fire chance (%)	6.0%

Airstrike

ASW AIRSTRIKE (DEPTH CHARGES)
• Range (km)	5
• Minimum range (km)	0.5
• Reload time (sec)	20.0
• Number of aircraft	1
• Depth charges in payload	1
• Damage	2900
• Deployment	Manual

AA Defense

AA ARMAMENT	MOUNTS × BARRELS
102 mm	4 × 2
40 mm	2 × 8
13 mm	2 × 4

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Short-range	10.5	85%	1.5
Mid-range	91	90%	2.5
Long-range	59.5	90%	5.8

Damage by shell explosions

EXPLOSIONS / SALVO	DAMAGE	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
2	300	90%	3.5–5.8

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3

Consumables

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party  (5.0s action, 60.0s cooldown)
• Slot 2: Repair Party  (3 charges, 28.0s action, 80.0s cooldown, 147 hp/s)
• Slot 3: Hydroacoustic Search  (3 charges, 100.0s action, 120.0s cooldown)
• Slot 4: Patrol Fighter  (3 charges, 60.0s action, 90.0s cooldown)

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Ship Change Log

• Update 0.8.0:
  • Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.8.0.
• Update 0.8.0.2:
  • Main battery reload increased from 12 to 15 s.
  • The Smoke Generator consumable was removed.
  • First appeared on sale and was available from completing combat missions in March 2019.
• Update 0.8.1.1:
  • Fixed a bug with incorrect width of the torpedo spread. Now the second option for launching torpedoes is narrow rather than wide.
• Update 0.9.8:
  • Minor fixes to textures and geometry of the ship.
• Update 0.10.0:
  • The firing range of the secondary battery was increased to 4.3 km.
• Update 0.10.9:
  • Available for purchase in the Armory for 15,000 Community Tokens.
• Update 0.11.1:
  • Minor corrections to the geometry and textures of the ship.
• Update 0.11.4:
  • No longer available for purchase in the Armory via Community Tokens.