Ship:Theseus

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Theseus

Aircraft Carrier | U.K. | Tier VIII

Tech Tree Position

General

Purchase priceSpeical

Hit Points47,600

Anti-Air Defense

40 mm/56 OQF Mk.III on a Mk.VII mount17 x 1 pcs.

40 mm/39 Vickers QF Mk.VIII on a Mk.VII mount6 x 4 pcs.

. . . Long AA RangeN/A pcs.

. . . Long AA DPSN/A pcs.

. . . Mid AA Range3.5 pcs.

. . . Mid AA DPS410 pcs.

. . . Short AA RangeN/A pcs.

. . . Short AA DPSN/A pcs.

Flak RangeN/A pcs.

Flak CountN/A pcs.

Flak DamageN/A pcs.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed25 knot.

Turning Circle Radius890 m.

Rudder Shift Time10.7 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range11.36 km.

Air Detectability Range9.67 km.

Battle Levels

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VIII

Speical

Theseus — British premium Tier VIII aircraft carrier.

A light carrier of the Colossus class, the most numerous class of light aircraft carriers in the Royal Navy. Theseus occupies an intermediate position between the Illustrious-class heavy carriers and escort carriers. To reduce costs and expedite construction, technologies used in building merchant ships were employed. Theseus actively participated in the Korean War as part of the UN forces. Later, she was refitted for service in Training Squadron, Home Fleet, before being placed in reserve in 1956.

Theseus was first released for sale on 23 August 2024.

Modules

	Hit Points	Plating (mm)	Belt Armor (mm)	Rudder Shift Time (Seconds)	Turning Circle (Meters)	Surface Concealment (Kilometers)	Aerial Concealment (Kilometers)
Theseus	47,600	19 mm	21 mm	10.7 sec.	890 m.	11.36 km.	9.67 km.

	Hitpoints	Speed (Knots)	Size of Squadron (Size of attacking flight)	Aircraft on Deck	Preparation Time (Seconds)	Detectability (Kilometers)
Sea Hornet	2,670	182 knts.	4 (2)	6	90 sec.	10 km.

	Hitpoints	Speed (Knots)	Size of Squadron (Size of attacking flight)	Aircraft on Deck	Preparation Time (Seconds)	Detectability (Kilometers)
Sea Hornet	2,490	182 knts.	6 (3)	12	85 sec.	10 km.

Player Opinion

Performance

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Cons:

Research

As a premium ship, Theseus has no module upgrades to research.

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

The recommended upgrades are:

• Slot 1:
• Slot 2:
• Slot 3:
• Slot 4:
• Slot 5:

Commander Skills

Recommended Commander Skills
Cost (points)	Attack			Defense		Support
1	Last Gasp Completely restores engine boost for the last attack squadron.	Improved Engine Boost +10% Aircraft engine boost time.	Engine Techie -20% Engine Cooling cooldown time.	Air Supremacy -5% aircraft restoration time.	Direction Center for Fighters +1 fighter to CAP squadrons.	Search and Destroy +10% to action radius of Patrol Fighter and Interceptor squadrons.
2	Torpedo Bomber -10% torpedo arming distance.	Swift Fish +5% to torpedo speed.	Improved Engines +2.5% aircraft squadron speed.	Repair Specialist +1 In-flight Repair consumable +10% its action time.	Secondary Armament Expert +10% flak and continuous damage -10% secondary battery reload time.	Patrol Group Leader +1 fighter to Patrol Fighter or Interceptor squadrons.
3	Sight Stabilization +7.5% aiming speed.	Enhanced Armor-Piercing Ammunition +3% damage from AP bombs and rockets.	Pyrotechnician +1% chance of HE rockets causing a fire. +5% chance of HE bombs causing a fire.	Aircraft Armor -10% continuous AA damage while in an aura.	Survivability Expert +25 aircraft HP per ship tier.	Interceptor Interceptors replace Patrol Fighters:  +10% action radius.  Invulnerable to fighters.  Cannot attack fighters.  Cannot spot ships.
4	Bomber Flight Control +5% speed all bomber types.	Proximity Fuze -10% (absolute) to target's torpedo protection.	Close Quarters Expert Secondary batteries: +20% range -30% dispersion.	Enhanced Aircraft Armor -25% damage from flak.	Hidden Menace -15% ship detectability range. -20% Damage Control Party cooldown. +50% aircraft return time.	Enhanced Reactions -80% time before activated Patrol Fighters or Interceptors attack. +25% action time. +50% cooldown time.
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful      ★★ - Frequently Useful      ★ - Occasionally Useful     No stars - Not Useful

Consumables

Theseus equips the following consumables:

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
• Slot 1: CAP Fighter  – 4 charges

Torpedo Bombers:

• Slot 1: Engine Cooling  – 2 charges
• Slot 2: Patrol Fighter  – 3 charges
• Slot 3: In-flight Repair  – 2 charges

Skip Bombers:

• Slot 1: Engine Cooling  – 2 charges
• Slot 2: Patrol Fighter  – 3 charges

Camouflage

As a premium ship, Theseus comes with Default permanent camouflage and a set of permanent combat bonuses.

Signals

Recommended Signal Flags
Combat
Charlie Kilo +5% ship HP; +2.5% squadron HP.	Juliet Yankee Bissotwo -20% to flooding duration.	India Yankee -20% to fire duration.	Hotel Yankee -20% to damage received when ramming the enemy. +50% to damage dealt when ramming the enemy.	Victor Lima +1% chance for HE bombs and shells with a caliber above 160mm causing a fire. +0.5% chance for bombs and smaller shells causing a fire. +4% chance of torpedoes causing flooding.	India X-Ray +1% chance for HE bombs and shells with a caliber above 160mm causing a fire. +0.5% chance for bombs and smaller shells causing a fire.
Juliet Whiskey Unaone +15% chance of causing flooding.	Mike Yankee Soxisix +5% to secondary battery maximum firing range. -5% to maximum dispersion of secondary battery shells. -5% to secondary battery loading time.	November Echo Setteseven +5% continuous AA damage at all ranges. +5% damage from flak bursts.	Sierra Mike +5% to the ship's maximum speed.	November Foxtrot -5% reload time on all consumables.	India Delta +20% to the amount of HP recovered when Repair Party  is used.
X-Ray Papa Unaone +10% action time of a Smoke Generator .	Sierra Bravo +10% action time of Hydroacoustic Search  -10% reload time of Defensive AA Fire .

Gallery

Historical Info

Theseus, 19??

Construction

Builder:

Laid down:

Launched:

Commissioned:

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Specifications

? tons displacement, standard

?m length

?m beam

?m draft (mean)

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Machinery

12 boilers, 3 turbines [e.g.]

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Performance

? knots at ? shaft horsepower

?nm range at ? knots

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Armor

Main belt: ?mm

Torpedo bulkhead: ?mm

Decks: ?mm main, ?mm upper deck

Turrets: ?mm

Conning tower: ?mm

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Armament

Main

? (?x?) ?mm rifles

Secondary

? (?x?) ?mm dual purpose? rifles

Anti-Aircraft

? (?x?) ?mm guns

Torpedoes

? (?x?) ?mm torpedo tubes

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Aircraft

Three (3) ? float planes, one catapult

Historical Gallery

References

Ship Change Log

• Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 13.5.

Testing Changes

• DevBlog 534:
  • Preliminary characteristics.
• DevBlog 546:
  • Maximum number of torpedo bombers on deck reduced from 10 to 6
  • Number of aircraft in an attacking flight of skip bombers increased from 2 to 3.
    • Total number of planes in the squadron remains unchanged.
• DevBlog 546:
  • Skip bomb parameters changed:
    • Damage reduced from 13,900 to 11,700.
    • Chance to cause fire has been reduced from 79 to 66%.
  • Torpedo parameters have been changed:
    • Arming distance increased from 282 to 483 m.

• Update 13.7:
  • Available in the Armory for 13,800 Britannia Tokens as part of the Labyrinths of History event. She was also available in the Premium Shop.

Ships of U.K.

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