![]() ![]() The proposed 14-inch guns were to be replaced by 15-inch guns - a measure strongly supported by then-First Sea Lord Winston Churchill - to keep the Royal Navy both peerless and parlous.Īs designed and ordered, the Queen Elizabeth-class battleships would have two fewer guns than their predecessors, but a heavier broadside weight due to the use of the 15-inch guns. A top speed of 25 knots was specified, to be achieved by building the ships as the first entirely oil-fueled battleships in the world. The Queen Elizabeth class was originally envisioned as an iterative improvement over the previous Iron Duke, but several previously untried principles were introduced. HMS Queen Elizabeth, Mediterranean, 1943. While she can struggle as a bottom tier ship, she's no less capable than any other Tier VI battleship. Players will find Queen Elizabeth to be as dominant as Warspite in same-tier matches and entirely capable in mid-tier matches. Her anti-aircraft suite is the best amongst Tier VI battleships, blowing past even that of New Mexico. She does not suffer nearly as much from the need to plan based upon the battle situation as New Mexico, Arizona, or Fuso, though she does suffer from the same glacially slow turret traverse speed as predecessors Iron Duke and Orion. Her ability to overmatch the common bow armor of all existing battleships through Tier VII is a notable advantage. Queen Elizabeth possesses adequate speed for her tier, and has a solid armor belt married to hard-hitting, accurate guns with good firing angles. ![]() ![]() Players who own Tier VI premium Warspite - a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship - or are veterans of Tier VI German battleship Bayern will find Queen Elizabeth to be familiar territory. Tier VI's Queen Elizabeth is the last classical dreadnought of the British battleship line. The data presented in the AA Defense sidebar section may be incorrect.įor a graphic summary of ships Tiers VIII thru XI see LittleWhiteMouse's "Actual AA DPS". ![]()
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