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HMS Prince of Wales Specifications Overview

HMS Prince of Wales was a King George V-class battleship in the British Royal Navy during World War 2. It had a crew of 1,644 and was armed with 9 14-inch main guns in three turrets. It carried various radars including Type 285 and 282 gunnery radars and was protected by armor up to 180mm thick. The ship could steam at a top speed of 29 knots but suffered damage and speed reductions based on accumulated damage points from hits taken in combat.

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HMS Prince of Wales Specifications Overview

HMS Prince of Wales was a King George V-class battleship in the British Royal Navy during World War 2. It had a crew of 1,644 and was armed with 9 14-inch main guns in three turrets. It carried various radars including Type 285 and 282 gunnery radars and was protected by armor up to 180mm thick. The ship could steam at a top speed of 29 knots but suffered damage and speed reductions based on accumulated damage points from hits taken in combat.

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HMS Prince of Wales BB King George V-class UK

BASIC SHIP DATA RADARS


Displacement: 36730 std Name Function Large Med
Smal VSmall Stealthy Gen/FC
l
Size Class: A/Large Type 285 AS, FC 9 6 5 2 1 2nd
Crew: 1644 SS, FC 9 7 5 3 2 1st/+2
Signature: Large/Loud Type 282 AS, FC 3 2 2 1 0 1st
Propulsion: Steam turbine Type 271 SS 11 10 8 5 3 1st
Armor Rating: 40/14/180 VHigh–287 High–225 Med–163 Low–84 VLow-26
Horizon
MOVEMENT Horizon-14 Large-27 Med-26 Small-25 VSmall-23 Peris-15
Advance/ Std Rudder: xxx yds (-x kts) SONARS
45º turn Hard Rudder: xxx yds (-x kts) Range (nm)
Name Type Mode Freq
Accel/ From 0-50% Max Speed: x kts 75% 50% 25%
Tac Turn From 51-100% Max Speed: x kts
Deceleration /Tac Turn from any Speed: x kts
SURFACE GUNS
Arc Name Shell Short Rng (kyds) Medium Rng (kyds) Long Rng (kyds) Extreme Rng (kyds) Obs
(bar)Mts Rng Belt Dam Rng Belt Dam Rng BPen DPen Dam Rng BPen DPen Dam
/ FC Pen Pen
radar
F/A (4) 2/ MkVII APC 0- 61 39 7.8- 44 31 19.4- 31 10 27 31.0- 24 19 23
Type 285 14in/45 HE 7.7 6 43 19.3 4 36 30.9 3 2 32 38.6 2 4 28
F (2) 1/ MkVII APC 0- 61 39 7.8- 44 31 19.4- 31 10 27 31.0- 24 19 23
Type 285 14in/45 HE 7.7 6 43 19.3 4 36 30.9 3 2 32 38.6 2 4 28
P/S (2) 8/ Mk I HE 0- 2 21 7.3- 1 17 14.5- 1 1 16 19.3- 1 1 14
4 HACS IV 5.25in/50 SAP 7.2 10 19 14.4 6 15 19.2 5 2 13 24.0 4 4 12
Chance of striking the belt 40% 30%
Chance of striking the deck 60% 70%
ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS
Area AA Guns: (2) 8 Mk I 5.25in/50 Max Alt: 14170m Area AA Range: 6.5 nm Rounds: 9 r/b/m Area AA Strenght: 2.1
Light AA Guns: (8) 6 2pdr, (8) 2 2pdr, (1) 1 40mm, (1) 7 20mm Light AA Range: 2.5 nm Light AA Strenght: 10.6
ANTI-SUBMARINE WEAPONS
Dam
Arc (bar)Mts Name Range Ph Remarks
Pts

DEPTH CHARGES
DC
Armament Max Pattern Size Total DCs Carried Max Pattern Depth Dam Pts (Let/Maj/Min)
Type

TORPEDOES
Dist/Turn
Arc (bar) Mts Name Speed Range (kyds) Dam Pts Remarks
(yds)

NOTES AND REMARKS


Single Type 284 FC radar serves all main battery. 4 HACS IV serves as FC radar for secondary guns.
Also fitted with 4 Type 285 and 4 Type 282 gunnery radars, aerials on HACS IV and 2 pdr mounts. Type 271 radar added in Jul 41.
12 DC carried for aircraft.
Aircraft carried: 2 Walrus. 1 midships catapult.
Critical allocation: 2xF/A 14in (1-15%) // 1xF 14in (16-23%) // 8xP/S 5.25in (24-78%) // 2xWalrus (79-92%) // 1xCatapult (93-100%)
DAMAGE AND SPEED BREAKDOWN

Dam Pts 0 199 397 596 715 794 Critical Engineering Fire/Flooding (%)
Surf Spd 29 22 15 7 0 Sunk Bridge/CIC Fire
Hits Flooding

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