HMS Rodney: Tier VII British Premium Battleship 1927

A battleship featuring an unconventional layout, designed within the confines of the Washington Naval Treaty. She's armed with 406 mm main battery guns arranged in three turrets concentrated on her bow. The warship's armor follows an all-or-nothing scheme, providing maximum protection to vital parts of the ship and minimal protection elsewhere.

 

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Key Features

• Armed with nine 406mm guns, similar to her sister ship Nelson.
• Slow turret traverse and poor accuracy for main battery guns at long range.
• Equipped with turning torpedoes, similar to the British battleship line.
  • Short reload, wide launching angles, and high damage for the ship tier.
  • Can launch only one torpedo per side.
• Consumables:
  • Fast-reloading Repair Party for survivability.
  • Engine Boost to improve her low base speed.

Gameplay

• Rodney excels at close quarters combat and prefers engaging enemies at short range.
• Dispersion formula provides improved accuracy at close distances, but performance decreases sharply with range.
• Engine Boost allows Rodney to get into action quickly.
• Fast-reloading Repair Party helps her tank significant enemy fire.
• Rodney can recover an increased portion of both regular and citadel damage.
• Note that her citadel is vulnerable to enemy battleship fire.

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Rodney Info

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Ship Name:   VII HMS Rodney. 

Level: 7

Paper ship: No

Class: Nelson-class Battleship

WG introduction: January 31, 2024

Status when final:  Premium Ship

Status during tests:  Special Ship

Estimated ship release: 13.4

Base Value:  9,500 Doubloons

Nation:  British

Current development status: Work in Progress

How to obtain:  D-Day Premium Container 1.0% chance and  D-Day Standard Containers 0.1% chance during Update 13.4 {getButton} $text={Event Details} $icon={link} $color={red}

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Rodney Armor:

Hit Points: 62,900 hp

Plating: 9-406 mm

Hull Plating (fore/mid/aft): 26/32/26 mm

Deck Plating (fore/mid/aft): 26/32/26 mm

Superstructure: 16 mm

Armor Belt: 32-356 mm

Torpedo Bulkhead: 38 mm

Fore Athwartships: 32 mm

Aft Athwartships: 32 mm

Citadel Fore Athwartships: 152-305 mm

Citadel Aft Athwartships: 32-254 mm

Citadel Deck: 95-165 mm

Turret Plating: 129-406 mm

Citadel Bottom: 40 mm

Tonnage: 44,054

Torpedo Protection, Damage Reduction: 19%

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Main Battery Armament:

3x3 406 mm/45 Mk.I on a Mk.I mount:

Max Range: 18.0 km

Reload: 30.0 s

Minimum Shell Type Switching Time: 30.0 s

180° Turn Time: 45.0 s

Dispersion at Max Range: 247 m

Sigma: 1.60σ

 

Shell Types

HE Shells 9x 406 mm HE Mk II:

Max HE Shell Damage: 5 950

Max HE Shell Damage Per Minute: 107,100

Alpha Piercing HE: 68.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Air Drag: 0.3114

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 8.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.001

Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0

Shell Krupp: 250.0

Shell Mass: 929.0 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 91°

Shell Velocity: 792.0 m/s

Chance of fire: 45%

 

AP Shells: 406 mm AP Mk IB:

Max AP Shell Damage: 10 800

Max AP Shell Damage Per Minute: 194,400

Ammo Type: Armor Piercing

Shell Air Drag: 0.28

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 6.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.015

Shell Detonator Threshold: 68.0

Shell Krupp: 2620.0

Shell Mass: 750.0 kg

Ricochet: 45.0°

Shell Speed: 788.0 m/s

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Secondaries:

6x2 152 mm/50 BL Mk.XXII on a Mk.XVIII mount

Range: 5.6 km

Reload: 12.0 s

Max HE Shell Damage: 2 150

Alpha Piercing HE: 25.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Air Drag: 0.362

Shell Velocity: 884.0 m/s

Burn Probability: 9%

6x1 120 mm/40 QF Mk.VIII on an HA Mk.XII mount

Range: 5.6 km

Reload: 5.0 s

Max HE Shell Damage: 1 700

Alpha Piercing HE: 20.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Air Drag: 0.384

Shell Velocity: 749.0 m/s

Burn Probability: 8%

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Torpedoes:

2×1 450 mm Mk VII/622 mm Mk I:

Alpha Damage: 29,367

Range: 10.0 km

Reload: 40 s

Speed: 67 kts

180 degree turn time: 15.0 s

Torpedo detectability: 1.7 km

Rodney will be equipped with turning torpedoes, as found on the British battleship line. These will have a short reload, very wide launching angles and deal very high damage for the ship tier, but she can launch only one torpedo per side.

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Depth Charge Airstrike:

Maximum bomb damage: 3,400

Available flights: 2

Attack aircraft per flight: 1

Aircraft HP: 2000

Range: 9.0 km

Bombs per payload: 1x 100 LB Bomb Mk VIII

Max Depth: 80 m

Reload time: 25 s

Chance of fire: 19%

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AA Defence:

Long Range:

120 mm/40 QF Mk.VIII on an HA Mk.XII mount:

Firing range: 5.2 km

Hit Probability: 75 %

Damage by Zone Area AA: 46

Damage Caused by Shell Explosions: 1260

Number of Explosions Per Salvo: 1

Action Zone: 3.5 - 5.2 km

Continuous Damage: 248

Mid Range:

2×8 40 mm/39 Vickers QF Mk.VIII on a Mk.VI mount:
1×4 40 mm/39 Vickers QF Mk.VIII on a Mk.VII mount:

Firing range:  2.5 km

Damage by Zone Area AA:  203

Hit Probability:  75%

Short Range:

5x2 20 mm Oerlikon Mk.II on a Mk.V mount:
14x1 20 mm Oerlikon on a Mk.4 mount:

Firing range:  2.0 km

Damage by Zone Area AA:  522

Hit Probability:  70%

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Mobility:

Maximum speed: 23.8 knots

Turning circle radius: 760 m

Rudder shift time: 15.3 s

Propulsion: 45,000 hp

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Visibility:

Surface Detectability: 14.8 km

Air Detectability: 9.9 km

Detectability by enemy subs: 0-9.9 km

Detectability whilst firing in smoke: 14.8 km

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Consumables:

Slot 1: Damage Control Party:

Charges: Infinite

Work Time: 15 s

Reload Time: 80 s

Slot 2: Repair Party:

Charges: 4

Action Time: 28 s

Reload Time: 40 s

Regeneration: +314.0 hp/s

Slot 3: Engine Boost:

Charges: 3

Action Time: 120 s

Reload Time: 120 s

Boost: +8%

 

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

 

Please note! that all information in this post is preliminary. Announced adjustments and features may change multiple times during testing. The final information will be published stated as Released on our WGB website.