Marlborough

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 Marlborough — British • Premium • Tier VIII • Battleship.

A variant of a battleship that retained the design features implemented in the Vanguard- and King George V-class ships. The ship's main armament comprises sixteen 356 mm guns mounted in quadruple turrets.

Marlborough was released as one of the final rewards of the Double Impact campaign, which took place from December 12th, 2022, to January 16th, 2023.

 Navy: UK
 Ship: British
 Nation: United Kingdom
 Category: Premium

 Tier: VIII
 Class: Battleship
 Cost:

 Year of Design: 1947

━━ Ship Traits ━━

Reloader: Above average main battery reload time.

Guns Aplenty: A high number of guns allows for a lot of damage from a single salvo.

Superior HE pen: Above average HE shell penetration.

Money Maker: Grants a significant bonus to XP and credit earnings.

Ship Stats

Survivability

SURVIVBILITY	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Hitpoints	76 800	-
• Armor (mm)	19 - 381	-
• Torpedo damage reduction (%)	28	-

Maneuverability

MANEUVERABILITY	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Maximum speed (kt)	31.5	-
• Turning circle radius (m)	860	-
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	14.9	-

Concealment

CONCEALMENT	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Detectability by sea (km)	15.5	-
• Detectability by air (km)	12.4	-
• Detectability while firing in smoke (km)	13.5	-

Main Artillery

MAIN BATTERY	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Main artillery name	356mm/45 Mk VII Quad	-
• Main artillery arrangement	4x4	-
• Firing range (km)	16.6	-
• Reload time (sec)	25	-
• 180° turn time (sec)	40	-
• HE maximum damage	5300	-
• HE fire chance (%)	24	-
• HE penetration (mm)	89	-
• AP maximum damage	11 000	-
• Sigma	1.4	-

Secondary Artillery

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	134mm/50 Mk I	-
• Arrangement	8x2	-
• Firing range (km)	5	-
• Reload time (sec)	6.7	-
• HE maximum damage	1900	-
• HE fire chance (%)	8	-
• HE penetration (mm)	22	-

Anti-Aircraft Artillery

AA ARMAMENT 1	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	40mm STAAG	-
• Arrangement	10x2	-
• DPS	254	-
• Range (km)	3.5	-
AA ARMAMENT 2	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	40mm Bofors Mk VI	-
• Arrangement	9x6	-
• DPS	263	-
• Range (km)	3.5	-
AA ARMAMENT 3	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	134mm/50 Mk I	-
• Arrangement	8x2	-
• DPS	68	-
• Range (km)	5.2	-

Modules, Modifications & Consumables

Modules

Battleship - Marlborough

	Hit Points	Min Armor (mm)	Max Armor (mm)	Torpedo Damage Reduction (%)	Main Battery Turrets	Rudder Shift (s)
Stock	76 800	19	381	28	4x4	14.9

	Turret Arrangement	Reload Time (s)	180° Turn Time (s)	Max HE Damage	HE Fire Chance (%)	Max AP Damage
356mm/45 Mk VII Quad	4x4	25	40	5300	24	11 000

	Main Battery Firing Range
Stock	16.6 km

	Maximum Speed
Stock	31.5 kn

Modifications

Battleship - Marlborough

SLOT 1	Main Battery Mod 2 Main battery traverse speed +20% Torpedo launchers traverse speed +20%	Aiming Systems Mod 1 Main battery dispersion -7% Secondary battery firing range +5% Secondary battery dispersion -5%	Secondary Battery Mod 2 Secondary battery firing range +20% Secondary battery dispersion -20%	AA Guns Mod 2 AA guns firing range +20%
SLOT 2	Damage Control System Mod 2 Damage Control Party duration +20% Fire duration -15% Flood duration -15%	Supercharges Main battery range +5% AP shell and bomb penetration multiplier +10% Main battery shell grouping -5%	Steering Gears Mod 2 Rudder-shift time -25%	Propulsion Mod 2 Time taken to reach full power when accelerating -50%
SLOT 3	Chromium Plated Barrels Main battery dispersion -5%	Concealment System Mod 1 Detectability range -10% Incoming fire dispersion +5%	Target Acquisition System Mod 1 Spotting range +20% Torpedo acquisition range +20% RGA of ships +50%
SLOT 4	Main Battery Mod 3 Main battery reload time -10% Main battery traverse speed -15%	Secondary Battery Mod 3 Secondary battery reload time -20%	AA Guns Mod 3 Cooldown time for all consumables -10% Average AA damage per second +25%

Consumables

Battleship - Marlborough

Damage Control Party

Accelerates repairs to damage modules, firefighting efforts and recovery from flooding.

Duration: 15s Reload time: 80s The number of consumables is unlimited

Repair Party

Partially restores the ship's HP by repairing light damage.

HP per second: +1229 Duration: 20s Reload time: 120s Number of consumables: 2

Enhanced Secondary Targeting

Lower the dispersion and improve the shell grouping of your secondary armament.

Secondary battery shell grouping: +100% Secondary battery dispersion: -50% Duration: 30s Reload time: 160s Number of consumables: 3

Community Contributions

Player Opinion

Battleship - Marlborough

Pros:

• High DPM; quick main battery reload time and a high number of shells per salvo
• Access to an improved version of the Repair Partyconsumable
• High top speed and good rudder shift time
• Good main battery HE shell performance
• Powerful AA defenses

Cons:

• Poor set of consumables
• Low Sigma at 1.4
• Small main gun caliber; Marlborough cannot overmatch most cruisers it faces
• Low HE fire chance
• Poor main battery firing angles
• Covered in 32 mm of plating with a large superstructure
• Big and exposed citadel which is easily penetrated by battleships at any range, and even some cruisers at shorter ranges

Performance

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