AL Cheshire - British Tier VIII Azur Lane Cruiser 1940

AL Cheshire is a heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy. Loyal and positive, Cheshire wears a maid outfit. She resembles Cheshire Cat.

 

AL Cheshire Commander

I'm Cheshire, a heavy cruiser from the Royal Navy! Until I met you, I was just a stray in the sea of people's imagination! Which is to say, both my body and soul belong to you, Owner! Squeeeze~♡

 

 

 

Azur Lane Royal Navy Flag

The Royal Navy (ロイヤル) is one of the major nations in Azur Lane who represent the British Royal Navy from World War II. This nation includes ships from associated Commonwealth navies, like the HMAS Vampire and HMNZS Achilles. They are allied with the Azur Lane, who represent the Allies from World War II, comprising of the Eagle Union and Northern Parliament as part of The Big Three, and the Dragon Empery and Iris Libre.

 

 

Key Features of AL Cheshire

• Six 234 mm guns placed in three turrets. The shells are capable of dealing significant damage for their tier. The time it takes for the turrets to traverse 180 degrees is just 18 seconds  VIII AL Cheshire's high-caliber artillery can be aimed at a target faster than the 152 mm guns of some light cruisers of the same tier. The HE shells she fires can penetrate armor up to 59 mm thick.
• Her torpedo armament comprises two quadruple-tube torpedo launchers with tube-by-tube launching capabilities. Torpedo range—8 km.
• The cruiser boasts good armor for her tier and quite a large HP pool.
• The Specialized Repair Teams consumable restores 2% of her total HP per second and can restore up to 50% of any damage dealt to her citadel.
• Her decent AA defense system is additionally reinforced with the Defensive AA Fire consumable. This consumable can be replaced with Hydroacoustic Search as an alternative.

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AL Cheshire Info

Ship Name:  VIII AL Cheshire

Tier: 8

Paper Ship: Yes

WG Introduction: November 11, 2019

Status:  Special Ship

Estimated Release: 12.6

Base Value: 11,000  doubloons

Resource Cost: 12,800  doubloons

Game Nation:  Azur Lane Royal Navy

Status: Released

AL Chesire in the Armory

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Armor

Hit Points: 42,500

Overall: 16-178 mm

Torpedo Protection, damage reduction: 19%

Side plating fore/mid/aft: 25/27-152/25-102 mm

Deck plating fore/mid/aft: 25/30/25 mm

Plating: 27-38 mm

Fires Duration: 30 s

Fore Athwartships: 19 mm

Aft Athwartships: 19 mm

Citadel Fore Athwartships: 76-152 mm

Citadel Aft Athwartships: 76-152 mm

Armor Belt: 152 mm

Citadel Deck: 70-102 mm

Superstructure: 16 mm

Citadel Bottom: 40 mm

Turrets: 76-178 mm

Tonnage: 17,450 t

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Main Battery Armament

3x2 234 mm/50 Mk.XII in a turret:

Max Range: 16.1 km

Reload: 12.5 s

180° Turn Time: 18.0 s

Dispersion at Max Range: 144 m

Sigma: 2.05σ

 

Shell Types

High Explosive Shells [HE]

6x 234 mm HE 6 CRH:

Max HE Shell Damage: 3,850

Damage per Salvo: 23,100

Damage per Minute: 110,880

Alpha Piercing, HE: 59.0 mm

Shell Air Drag: 0.36

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 8.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.01

Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0

Shell Diameter: 234 mm

Shell Krupp: 560.0

Shell Mass: 185.3 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 91.0°

Shell Velocity: 841.0 m/s

Burn Probability: 24%

 

Armor Piercing Shells [AP]

6x 234 mm AP 6 CRH:

Max AP Shell Damage: 5,750

Damage per Salvo: 34,500

Damage per Minute: 165,600

Ammo Type: Armor Piercing

Shell Air Drag: 0.36

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 7.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.033

Shell Detonator Threshold: 39.0

Shell Diameter: 234 mm

Shell Krupp: 2950.0

Shell Mass: 185.3 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 45.0°

Shell Speed: 841.0 m/s

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Secondaries [HE]

8×2 113 mm/45 QF Mk.V on an RP41 Mk.VI mount:

Max HE Shell Damage: 1,600

Range: 6.6 km

Reload: 3.0 s

Alpha Piercing HE: 19.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Air Drag: 0.3296

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.001

Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0

Shell Krupp: 1.0

Shell Mass: 25 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 91.0°

Shell Speed: 746.0 m/s

Burn Probability: 7%

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Depth Charge Airstrike

Reload: 30 s

Available Flights: 2

Number of Aircraft in Attacking Flight: 1

Plane HP: 2000

Max Range: 7.0 km

Bombs in Payload: 2x 350-LB. Bomb MK VIII

Max Bomb Damage: 4,200

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Torpedoes

2x4 533 mm QR Mk II/8x Mk IXM:

Range: 8.0 km

Reload: 96.0 s

Alpha Damage: 15,867

Speed: 61 kts

180 degree turn time: 7.2 s

Torpedo detectability: 1.3 km

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Anti Aircraft Defence

Long Range:

8×2: 113 mm/45 QF Mk.V on an RP41 Mk.VI mount:

Action Zone: 3.5-5.8 km

Hit Probability: 90 %

Damage Within an Explosion: 1470

Continuous Damage Per Second: 168

Continuous Damage: 348

Number of Explosions Per Salvo: 7

Medium Range:

10x2 40 mm/56 OQF Mk.X on a STAAG Mk.2 mount:

Action Zone: 3.5 km

Hit Probability: 90 %

Continuous Damage Per Second: 228

Short Range:

20×2 20 mm Oerlikon Mk.II on a Mk.V mount:

Firing range:  2.0 km

Damage by mid range AA guns:  249

Hit Probability:  85%

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Mobility

Maximum Speed: 34.0 kts

Turning Circle Radius: 720 m

Rudder Shift Time: 10.5 s

Propulsion: 110,000 hp

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Visibility

Surface Detectability: 11.7 km

Air Detectability: 7.5 km

Detectability by enemy Subs: 0-7.5 km

Detectability after Firing Main Guns in Smoke: 7.5 km

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Available Consumables

Slot 1: Damage Control Party:

Work Time: 5 s

Reload Time: 60 s

Slot 2: Specialized Repair Teams:

Charges: 3

Action time: 20 s

Reload time: 80 s

Regeneration per second: +850 hp/s

Slot 3: Defensive AA Fire:

Charges: 3

Action Time: 40 s

Reload Time: 80 s

Slot 3: Hydroacoustic Search:

Charges: 3

Action Time: 100 s

Reload Time: 120 s

Submarine Spotting Range at Max Depth: 2.0 km

Torpedo Detection Range: 3.5 km

Ship Detection Range: 5.0 km

 

All stats are listed without crew and upgrade modifiers but with best available modules. The stats are subject to change at any time.

 

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