Ship:Audacious

14.8

Audacious

Aircraft Carrier | U.K. | Tier X

Tech Tree Position

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General

Research price355000 exp

Purchase price28,000,000

Hit Points63,400

Secondary Armament #1

113 mm/45 QF Mk.I/III on an RP10 Mark II BD mount8 х 2 pcs.

Firing Range5 km

Rate of Fire12 shots/min

Reload Time5 sec

HE Shell113 mm HE 5crh

Maximum HE Shell Damage1,700

Initial HE Shell Velocity746 m/s

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell8 %

AA Defense

40 mm/56 OQF Mk.III on a Mk.VII mount9 х 1 pcs.

40 mm/56 OQF Mk.XI on a Mk.V mount2 х 2 pcs.

40 mm/56 OQF Mk.IX on a Mk.VI mount8 х 6 pcs.

113 mm/45 QF Mk.I/III on an RP10 Mark II BD mount8 х 2 pcs.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed32 knot

Turning Circle Radius1040 m

Rudder Shift Time15.7 sec

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range14.3 km

Air Detectability Range10 km

Battle Levels

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14.8

Audacious

Aircraft Carrier | U.K. | Tier X

Tech Tree Position

stock

 top

General

Research price355000 exp

Purchase price28,000,000

Hit Points63,400

Secondary Armament #1

113 mm/45 QF Mk.I/III on an RP10 Mark II BD mount8 х 2 pcs.

Firing Range5 km

Rate of Fire12 shots/min

Reload Time5 sec

HE Shell113 mm HE 5crh

Maximum HE Shell Damage1,700

Initial HE Shell Velocity746 m/s

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell8 %

AA Defense

40 mm/56 OQF Mk.III on a Mk.VII mount9 х 1 pcs.

40 mm/56 OQF Mk.XI on a Mk.V mount2 х 2 pcs.

40 mm/56 OQF Mk.IX on a Mk.VI mount8 х 6 pcs.

113 mm/45 QF Mk.I/III on an RP10 Mark II BD mount8 х 2 pcs.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed32 knot

Turning Circle Radius1040 m

Rudder Shift Time15.7 sec

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range14.3 km

Air Detectability Range10 km

Battle Levels

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X

28,000,000

Audacious — British Tier X aircraft carrier.

This heavy aircraft carrier project, designed at the end of World War II, represented a further development of the Implacable class. Her large dimensions allowed her to overcome the major drawback of her predecessors—the relatively small number of airplanes she could carry onboard. The aircraft carriers initially laid down as the Audacious class were completed much later, in the 1950s, with a significantly modified design.

Modules

	Hit Points (HP)	Armor (mm)	Armor (mm)	Main Turrets (pcs.)	Secondary Gun Turrets (pcs.)	AA Mounts (pcs.)	Torpedo Tubes (pcs.)	Hangar Capacity (pcs.)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Audacious	63,400	13	114		8	9/2/8/8				0	3,000,000

	Speed (knot)	Average Damage per Second (HP/min)	Loadout	Hit Points (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Firebrand	137			2,190		0	1,000,000
Wyvern	140			2,280		38,000	2,500,000

	Maximum Torpedo Damage (HP)	Speed (knot)	Hit Points (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Firebrand	5,933	136	2,250		0	1,000,000
Wyvern	5,933	142	2,340		38,000	2,500,000

	Maximum Bomb Damage (HP)	Speed (knot)	Hit Points (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Firebrand		134	2,320		0	1,000,000
Wyvern		142	2,420		38,000	2,500,000

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 152,000 hp	32		0	900,000

Compatible Upgrades

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

Player Opinion

Performance

Warning: The data presented in the AA Defense sidebar section may be incorrect.
Refer to the in-game Port screens for more useful data.

HMS Audacious is a tier X Royal Navy aircraft carrier and the final researchable carrier of the Royal Navy tech tree. As such, its aircraft are the culmination of traits shared by her predecessors, featuring high hp pools compared to other aircraft at the same tier and carrying armaments that focus more on doing damage over time via fire and flooding rather than direct alpha damage. Their high hp and decent speed make them among the most survivable aircraft at their tier when under AA fire, being fast enough to get in and out of AA range quickly to get a strike off while having enough hp to take minimal losses while under fire. However, they may have some difficulty in conducting quick follow-up strikes due to their wider than average turning radius. It should also be noted that Audacious has a rather small deck capacity of only 14 planes of each type on deck with long regeneration times for all of her squads, being second to only to Franklin D. Roosevelt for the longest regeneration times for her carpet bombers and torpedo bombers. This low plane reserve and regeneration time can make it difficult to recover from heavy plane losses. Captains that prefer to position their carriers more aggressively may want to consider purchasing the Forced Takeoff and Landing Equipment () module which grants 15% better concealment, 50% reduction in time taken for the engine to reach full power, and 30% better rudder shift for the carrier itself for faster repositioning and also increases the boost time available to her air groups by 20% for faster squad cycling instead of the typical sixth upgrade slot options of increased plane hp or plane speed.

Westland Wyvern Attack Planes

Audacious’s attack aircraft, like those of previous Royal Navy carriers, are a solid secondary source of damage with a decent fire chance. Each squad consists of 9 aircraft that attack in flights of 3, each launching 12 rockets for a staggering total of 36 rockets per drop. The high number of rockets per drop combined with a short machine gun delay makes them an excellent choice to use against enemy destroyers, with well-aimed rocket salvos being capable of taking a third or even more of their low hp pools in one drop. However, the high potential alpha strike it could have against more armored vessels is largely precluded by the low penetration of only 28mm, the lowest of any tier X carrier. As such, they shouldn’t be relied upon as a primary source of damage against these targets. Should they be used against larger vessels, however, captains should aim for the superstructure as even the commonly found 30mm midsection armor on cruisers is thick enough to cause the rockets to shatter. Ideally, they should be used to hunt destroyers and to quickly reignite fires on battleships that may have been put out after an attack from the carpet bombs.

Westland Wyvern Bombers

Like other Royal Navy carriers, Audacious’s bomber squadrons consist of carpet bombers, releasing a large amount of bombs from high altitude that can potentially deal very high damage at the cost of having to lead more due to the long fall time of the bombs. Each squad consists of 9 aircraft that attack in flights of 3, each dropping 6 bombs for a total of 18 bombs per drop. The bombs themselves deal rather middling individual damage and the 41mm of penetration means that more heavily armored battleships and even some large cruisers can shatter the bombs on their decks. However, they have high fire chance for bombs of their size and combined with the amount of bombs in a single drop, it is not uncommon to light 2 or even 3 fires in a single well-aimed drop. They are best utilized against enemy battleships and cruisers, battleships in particular as their long damage control party cooldown and longer fire duration makes them particularly vulnerable to fires.

Westland Wyvern Torpedo Bombers

The torpedo bombers aboard Audacious are its most consistent form of damage against heavily armored targets. Each squad consists of 9 aircraft that attack in flights of 3, each dropping a single torpedo for a total of 3 torpedoes per drop. Key features of Audacious’s torpedoes include a converging spread like those found on her predecessors, a relatively short arming period, and the highest flooding chance of any aircraft-dropped torpedo at her tier (51%). When used in conjunction with the carpet bombers, the torpedoes can be reliably used to force an enemy vessel to use its damage control party before following up with a carpet bomb strike that will set fires that last their full duration. The high hp pool of her torpedo bombers when combined with the In-flight Repair  consumable also makes them resistant to even some of the densest AA fire when the consumable is active. They should ideally be used against enemy battleships that her bombs may struggle to penetrate or against cruisers under pressure from your own team to force them to either take damage from your torpedoes or turn broadside to your team to evade them.

Pros:

• Highest plane durability of all researchable aircraft carriers
• All plane types have a tight turn radius
• Rockets are dropped in large amounts per attack run, and cover a wide area
• Torpedoes aim quickly, have a short arming distance and a converging pattern
• Bombs have sufficient penetration and are dropped in large amounts at 18 per drop
• Both rockets and bombs are very good at igniting fires
• Short machine gun period for the rockets
• Thickly armored flight deck, resilient against long range fire, rockets and bombs
• Second best concealment among Tier X aircraft carriers
• Forced Takeoff and Landing Equipment () makes Audacious' the stealthiest and nimblest Tier X aircraft carrier (at the expense of plane survivability or speed)

Cons:

• All plane types are fairly slow, with attack aircraft being the slowest
• Rockets have poor damage and penetration for Tier X standards, though they somewhat compensate with the number of rockets dropped with each attack run
• Bomb penetration is insufficient against some battleship and cruiser decks
• Relies heavily on damage over time, predominantly fires
• Very underwhelming AA suite for a Tier X aircraft carrier

Research

Unlike most Tier X ships, Audacious has upgrades to research.

• Attack Aircraft: Upgrade to Wyvern for higher plane speed and more health, as well as two more rockets per plane.
• Torpedo Bombers: Upgrade to Wyvern for higher plane speed and more health.
• Bombers: Upgrade to Wyvern for higher plane speed and more health, as well as two more bombs per plane.

Eagle is researched off Audacious at a cost of 1 XP.

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

The recommended upgrades for Audacious are as follows:

• Slot 1: Air Groups Modification 1
• Slot 2: Aircraft Engines Modification 1
• Slot 3: Aerial Torpedoes Modification 1
• Slot 4: Torpedo Bombers Modification 2
• Slot 5: Flight Control Modification 1
• Slot 6: Forced Takeoff and Landing Equipment ()

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

Audacious can equip the following consumables:
Aircraft Carrier:

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
• Slot 2: CAP Fighter  – 4 charges

Attack Aircraft:

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

Torpedo Bombers:

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

Bombers:

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

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 .

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Historical Info

Audacious, YEAR

Construction

Builder: Yard; City, Country

Laid down: DD MONTH YEAR

Launched: DD MONTH YEAR

Commissioned: DD MONTH YEAR

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Specifications

XX tons displacement, standard

XXm length

XXm beam

XXm draft

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Machinery

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Performance

XX knots at XX shaft horsepower

XX nm at XX knots

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Armor

Main belt:

Upper belt:

Torpedo bulkhead:

Decks:

Bulkheads:

Barbettes and Turrets:

Conning tower:

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Armament

Main

Secondary

Anti-aircraft

Torpedoes

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Aircraft

Total

Fighters

Bombers

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CAPTION.

History

HMS Eagle was an Audacious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy, in service 1951–1972. With her sister ship Ark Royal, she was one of the two largest Royal Navy aircraft carriers built.

She was laid down on 24 October 1942 at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast as one of four ships of the Audacious class. These were laid down during World War II as part of the British naval buildup during that conflict. Two were cancelled at the end of hostilities, and the remaining two were suspended. Originally designated Audacious, she was renamed as Eagle (the fifteenth Royal Navy ship to receive this name), taking the name of the cancelled third ship of the class on 21 January 1946. She was finally launched by Princess Elizabeth on 19 March 1946.

Although Eagle was commissioned in October 1951 without an angled flight deck, one was added three years later. In 1952 she took part in the first large NATO naval exercise, Exercise Mainbrace.

Design

====Service====

Historical Gallery

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  HMS Eagle at flying stations in the Mediterranean, January 1970
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  Whirlwinds fly off Eagle in the late 1950s, before her rebuild
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  At Portsmouth’s South Railway Jetty after the 1964 rebuild, with remodeled island
• HMS Eagle moored in Gibraltar in January 1970
  HMS Eagle moored in Gibraltar in January 1970
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  A Fairey Gannet AEW of 849 Naval Air Squadron Fleet Air Arm overflying HMS Eagle in the early 1970s
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  Blackburn Buccaneer landing on Eagle, c.1971
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  Eagle laid up following decommissioning

References

1. Audacious-class aircraft carrier - Wikipedia

Ship Change Log

• Added for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.8.0.

Testing Changes

• October 18, 2018:
  • Preliminary characteristics (cr. The Daily Bounce).

• Update 0.8.0.1:
  • The parameters of the approach of attack for the torpedo bombers were changed: the duration of the attack preparation was increased and the angles of the torpedo spread at optimal aiming were increased.
  • The arming time and range of the aerial torpedoes were increased, and the speed was changed to 35 knots.
  • Only one type of torpedo was made available: the Mark XII.
• Update 0.8.1:
  • Made temporarily available for purchase in the Arsenal for crowns and florins during the Fly! Strike! Win! event.
• Update 0.8.1.1:
  • The hitpoints of all stock aircraft were increased to be within 5% of the hitpoints of the researchable aircraft.
• Update 0.8.2:
  • Made available in the tech tree as part of the British aircraft carrier line.
• Update 0.8.10:
  • Experience earnings decreased by 10%.
  • Experience earnings decreased by 15% after having suffered a defeat.
• Update 0.9.2:
  • The minimum time between attacks for bomber squadrons was increased from 5 to 8.5 seconds.
• Update 0.9.6:
  • The value of the in-game turning circle radius was changed to 1040 m to correct prior discrepancy.
• Update 0.9.7:
  • The rocket crosshair was made horizontal by rotating it 90 degrees.
  • Research cost was increased from 330,000 to 355,000 experience.
• Update 0.9.8:
  • Minor fixes to geometry and textures.
• Update 0.9.12:
  • The number of rockets on the stock rocket planes was reduced from 12 to 10.
  • The number of rockets on the researchable rocket planes was reduced from 14 to 12.
  • Maximum bomb damage was increased from 6,000 to 6,400.
  • The chance to set a fire with bombs was increased from 35% to 36%.
• Update 0.10.0:
  • The speed of patrol fighters was increased to 266 knots.
• Update 0.11.1:
  • Minor corrections to geometry and textures of the ship.
  • Engine acceleration value changed: Time to reach full speed forwards increased from 30 to 60 s.
  • Armor layout updated.

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