Ship:Marlborough

IX

28,500 doubloons

Marlborough — U.K. Premium Tier IX Battleship.

One of the options to use as a basis for designing the Lion-class battleships was project 14B/38. It had sixteen 356 mm guns in four turrets and was developed in case the new 406 mm gun proved to be unsuccessful. The use of 356 mm guns would have sped up the construction of the Lion-class battleships, but this idea wasn't followed through.

Pros

• Large main battery salvo.
• High HE shells damage per minute.
• Fast main battery reload time.

Cons

• Low AP shells effectiveness.
• Poor main battery accuracy.
• Poor survivability.

Ship Stats

Hull Information

SURVIVABILITY
• Hit Points	76800
• Torpedo protection damage reduction (%)	23

ARMOR DETAIL
• Belt (mm)	381
• Deck (mm)	32
• Superstructure (mm)	19
• Extremities (mm)	32

MANEUVERABILITY
• Maximum speed (kt)	31.5
• Turning circle radius (m)	860
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	21.9

CONCEALMENT
• Detectability by sea (km)	14.9
• Detectability by air (km)	10.0
• Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km)	13.35
• Detectability by depths (km)	10.0

Main Battery

MAIN BATTERY
• Arrangement	4×4 356mm
• Firing range (km)	20.86
• Reload time (sec)	25.0
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	2.4
• 180° turn time (sec)	45.0

DISPERSION
• Dispersion type	Standard BB dispersion
• Dispersion formula	Dispersion (m) = 10 × range(km) + 60
• Sigma	1.45
• Maximum dispersion (m)	268
• Dispersion at 5 km	110
• Dispersion at 10 km	160
• Dispersion at 15 km	210
• Dispersion at 20 km	260
• Dispersion at 20.86 km	269

HE SHELL
• Name	356 mm HE Mk VIb
• Maximum damage	5500
• Fire chance (%)	28.0%
• Shell velocity (m/s)	757
• Shell weight (kg)	721
• Penetration (mm)	89

AP SHELL
• Name	356 mm AP Mk VIIb
• Maximum damage	10500
• Shell velocity (m/s)	757
• Shell weight (kg)	721
• Fuse time (sec)	0.033
• Ricochet start (°)	45
• Always ricochet (°)	60
• Normalisation (°)	6
• Arming threshold (mm)	59

Secondary Battery

SECONDARY BATTERY
• Secondary battery range (km)	7.0

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1
• Shell type	HE
• Name	133 mm HE Mk IC
• Arrangement	2x133mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	9.0
• Maximum damage	1900
• Shell velocity (m/s)	792
• Penetration (mm)	22
• 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

AA ARMAMENT	MOUNTS × BARRELS
133 mm	8 × 2
40 mm	10 × 2
40 mm	9 × 6

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Mid-range	528.5	75%	3.5
Long-range	80.5	75%	6.0

Damage by shell explosions

EXPLOSIONS / SALVO	DAMAGE	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
4	1100	75%	3.5–6.0

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4
Slot 5
Slot 6

Consumables

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party  (15.0s action, 80.0s cooldown)
• Slot 2: Repair Party  (4 charges, 28.0s action, 80.0s cooldown, 384 hp/s)

Gallery

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Ship Change Log

• Preliminary Characteristics.
• Max view range increased from 23.5 to 26 km.
• HE Shell Damage decreased from 5,500 to 4,800.
• First available for completing all 32 stages of the Clydebank Dockyard in December 2021.
• Update 0.10.9:
  • Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.10.9.
• Update 0.11.1:
  • Minor corrections to geometry and textures of the ship.
• Update 0.11.2:
  • Minor fixes to geometry and textures of the ship.
• Update 0.11.5:
  • Minor fixes to geometry and textures of the ship.
  • Updated 0.11.8
  • Main battery sigma parameter increased from 1.4 to 1.45.
• Update 12.0
  • The Repair Party consumable now restores 60% of the damage dealt to the hull instead of 50%.
• Update 12.11:
  • HE shell parameters changed
  • Maximum damage increased from 4,800 to 5,500.
  • Fire chances increased from 24 to 28%.