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{{WoWs_Ship |Promo= |Anno= An initial variant of the design of the third series of Town-Class cruisers with unique armament comprised of sixteen 152 mm guns in quadruple turrets.

' was first available for Steel during Update 0.9.11.

|Performance=

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Background

' An initial design of the Edinburgh series of Town-Class cruisers, the ship was designed with a main battery armament of sixteen 6in guns, mounted in four turrets, while retaining her maneuverability by also slightly increasing her dimensions. The quadruple turrets were eventually dropped from the design due to the difficulty of manufacturing them.

The Ship

' builds on the Edinburgh, maintaining great maneuverability, unique AP shells, a large 114mm armor belt, and strong set of consumables;Repair Party , Smoke Generator , and Hydroacoustic Search . While also getting Surveillance Radar  in its own slot, four extra barrels on her main battery, a faster rate of fire, two extra torpedo tubes, better concealment, and a Tier X heath pool. ' takes an already strong package in the British light cruiser, and rounds it out with the ability to radar from within the concealment of her smoke, all while screening for torps with her hydro.

Armor

Although ' is covered by mostly 16mm armor, which can be overmatched by 229mm shells and larger, it's not all bad. In comparison with her Tier X counterpart, Minotaur she has a thicker armor belt, preventing her from getting citadeled by HE shells from most ships. In addition, this armor belt can be used by experienced captains to bounce any AP shell in the game when angled correctly. She also lacks a vertical step up in her citadel which is found on Minotaur, meaning she doesn’t take as many trollish citadel hits. Furthermore, Minotaur has a section of 14mm plating on her bow which can be overmatched and exploited by any shell 201mm or larger to citadel her, ' does NOT have this weakness. This means ' can fight bow-on to ships (with 228mm guns and smaller)that do not overmatch her, but must angle correctly to avoid taking devastating damage from larger caliber shells.

Armament

' sports sixteen 152mm guns, housed in four quadruple turrets, which maintain the faster shells of the Edinburgh, as opposed to the slower shells of Minotaur, with good accuracy. These can still be lobbed over islands, but they’re significantly easier to hit small, fast moving targets at distance. She has a much longer reload time than Minotaur, but also a much heavier salvo weight (60%) due to having six more barrels. Because of this she still has substantial DPM. Like the tech tree Royal Navy Light Cruiser line, Plymouth cannot load HE shells into her main battery, but also gets specialized AP shells, combined with her weighty broadside, she's spectacular for annihilating destroyers and other lightly armored ships. On the other hand this can make it difficult to deal high damage to bow in battleships and heavily armored cruisers as captains are usually limited to shooting their superstructures. '’s secondary armament is, at first glance, surprising for a light cruiser, and will set the odd fire, but should not be counted on as their dispersion is quite poor.

As an insurance package for getting pushed, ' carries two quadruple 10km torpedo racks, one on each side, this is exactly half the torpedo complement of her contemporary, Minotaur. Identical to the RN CL line Tier IX and Tier X, they have good range, speed, and average detection range. Her launch angles to the aft, combined with their fairly quick reload make them very useful while kiting. Although, only having four of them per side means they’re a good deterrent, and that's all, as she doesn’t possess the alpha damage to sink a full HP Tier X battleship with only one side.

Anti-Aircraft

The AA suite on ' is largely lackluster in comparison to her peers. Specifically, on all metrics except range, she is about half as effective as tech tree Minotaur. The range is 5.8km, while sending out 4 flak clouds at a time, won’t be more than a discouragement for most CVs. Captains will rely on teammates and smoke to protect them from being focused by a CV.

Battle Performance

' is an extremely well built package for controlling vision and zones of the map. She has excellent maneuverability, concealment, and AP shells, making her well suited to a forward position on or just behind the front line with a friendly destroyer. Using her concealment, captains should look to gain position behind island cover, where they can limit line of sight from enemy ships while utilizing shell arcs to maintain a clear line of fire to support friendly destroyers. Captains may wish to use smoke now for their own cover, or save it for an emergency escape, depending on the situation. Her priority targets should be, in order; destroyers, radar cruisers, submarines, then targets of opportunity. The reason for this is to remain undetected for as long as possible, thus making her lack of armor moot. While in smoke it is important to remain mobile as enemies will frequently attempt to blind fire the smoke screen. In addition, it is critical to be mindful of when and where to deploy her smoke as to not be radared and focused down.' is a radar cruiser, therefore captains should look to spot undetected targets and utilize her DPM to provide fire support for allied ships. Sixteen guns on a British light cruiser platform, combined with an extensive vision control consumable suite, ' is a force to be reckoned with in all game modes, casual and competitive. 

|Pros=

• Excellent consumables suite (Heal, Hydro, Smoke, and Radar in their own slots).
• Great concealment.
• Good maneuverability.
• Sixteen main battery guns, and eight torpedoes.
• Better armor scheme than her contemporary Minotaur.
• Specialized AP shells of the RN CL tech tree line.
• Strong main battery layout allowing eight guns brought to bear when bow or stern in.

|Cons=

• Regular Template:Repair Teams as opposed to the Specialized Repair Teams  found on Minotaur.
• Light armor.
• Slower reload time for a light cruiser.
• Slightly below average health pool.
• Only four torpedoes per side.
• Unable to load HE shells into main battery
• Poor main battery range and firing angles
• Weak AA battery

|Research= As a premium ship, ' has no module upgrades to research.

|OptimalConfiguration=

' is designed to control vision and pump out DPS, commanders should seek to improve consumable action time, concealment, reload time, and take Radio Location finder.

|Upgrades=

The recommended upgrades are:

• Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1
• Slot 2: Engine Room Protection or Hydroacoustic Search Modification 1 *
• Slot 3: Aiming Systems Modification 1
• Slot 4: Steering Gears Modification 1
• Slot 5: Concealment System Modification 1 

*In Slot 2, players that wish to lengthen the action time of Surveillance Radar .

|CommanderSkills=

Unique commander William Halsey is a good fit for ', thanks to his Implacable and Untraceable talents that reduce main battery reload time after earning the Confederate achievement and ship detection after earning the Double Strike achievement, respectively. Special commander Alexander Ovechkin is also a good fit, thanks to his improved Survivability Expert skill.

Recommended Commander Skills
Cost (points)	Attack				Defense
1	Grease the Gears +15% main battery traverse speed.	Swift Fish +5% torpedo speed.	Consumables Specialist −7.5% cooldown time of all Consumables except:  Damage Control Party   Repair Party . ★★	Gun Feeder -40% time to switch shell type.	Incoming Fire Alert Receive a warning of a salvo fired at your ship from more than 4.5km.	Last Stand The ship remains able to move and maneuver - slowly - while the engine or steering gears are incapacitated. ★★★
2	Demolition Expert +1% chance of main and secondary HE shells causing a fire. +15% to the fragmentation damage area of HE ordnance fired at submarines.	Fill the Tubes -10% torpedo tubes reload time.	Consumables Enhancements +10% action time of Hydroacoustic Search, Surveillance Radar, Smoke Generator, & Engine Boost. ★	Eye in the Sky Spotting Aircraft: • +2 charges • -50% cooldown time.	Priority Target The detection indicator will show the number of enemies targeting you with main battery. ★★★	Focus Fire Training In an active priority AA sector: •  +1.5% (to 5%) immediate damage. •  +25% continuous damage. •  +1 flak burst per salvo. −10% aircraft preparation time. −15% reload time of Airstrike armament.. ★★
3	Heavy HE and SAP Shells +10% HE and SAP shell damage. +15% ship detectability guns 149mm and up. ★★	Pack a Punch +15% torpedo damage. +20% secondary battery range..	Adrenaline Rush -0.2% reload time of all armaments per 1% HP lost +0.2% AA continuous damage per 1% HP lost. ★★	Heavy AP Shells +5% damage for AP shells 190mm and larger.	Superintendent +1 charge to all consumables. ★★★	Survivability Expert +450 HP per ship tier. ★★★
4	Top Grade Gunner -10% reload time of secondary batteries If enemy ship is spotted within detectability range, -8% reload time of main battery. ★	Outnumbered If there are fewer allies than visible enemies within the ship's base main caliber firing range: +8% ship speed -10% main battery dispersion.	Radio Location Shows the direction to the nearest enemy ship. The enemy is alerted that a bearing has been taken.. ★	Inertial Fuse for HE Shells +25% armor penetration of HE shells Base fire chance reduced by half.	Concealment Expert -10% detectability range of the ship. ★★★	AAA & ASW Expert +25% continuous AA and flak damage. +15% damage inflicted by depth charges. While AAA is active: −50% ship consumables reload time..
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful      ★★ - Frequently Useful      ★ - Occasionally Useful     No stars - Not Useful

|Consumables= ' equips the following consumables:

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
• Slot 2: Repair Party 
• Slot 3: Hydroacoustic Search 
• Slot 4: Defensive AA Fire 
• Slot 5: Main Battery Reload Booster 

|Camouflage=

|Camouflage=As a premium ship, this ship comes with Default permanent camouflage and a set of permanent combat bonuses.

|Signals=

Recommended Signal Flags
Combat
Juliet Charlie -100% to the risk of magazine detonation. ★★	Juliet Yankee Bissotwo -20% to flooding duration.	India Yankee -20% to fire duration. ★★	Hotel Yankee -20% to damage received when ramming the enemy. +50% to damage dealt when ramming the enemy.	Victor Lima +1% chance for HE bombs and shells with a caliber above 160mm causing a fire. +0.5% chance for bombs and smaller shells causing a fire. +4% chance of torpedoes causing flooding. ★	India X-Ray +1% chance for HE bombs and shells with a caliber above 160mm causing a fire. +0.5% chance for bombs and smaller shells causing a fire. +5% to the risk of your ship's magazine detonating. ★
Juliet Whiskey Unaone +15% chance of causing flooding. +5% to the risk of your ship's magazine detonating. ★	Mike Yankee Soxisix +5% to secondary battery maximum firing range. -5% to maximum dispersion of secondary battery shells. -5% to secondary battery loading time.	November Echo Setteseven +5% continuous AA damage at all ranges. +5% damage from flak bursts. ★★	Sierra Mike +5% to the ship's maximum speed. ★★★	November Foxtrot -5% reload time on all consumables. ★★★	India Delta +20% to the amount of HP recovered when Repair Party  is used. ★★★
X-Ray Papa Unaone +10% action time of a Smoke Generator .	Sierra Bravo +10% action time of Hydroacoustic Search  -10% reload time of Defensive AA Fire . ★★

Note: Use of the Juliet Charlie signal makes detonation impossible.

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Construction

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Specifications

00 tons displacement, standard

00 m length

00 m beam

00 m draft (mean)

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Machinery

4 steam boilers, 2 geared turbines, 2 screws

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Performance

knots at 75,000 shaft horsepower

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Armor

Main belt: mm

Torpedo bulkhead: ?mm

Decks: mm main,

Turrets: mm

Conning tower: mm

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Armament

Main

16 (4x4) 152 mm/50 BL Mark XXIII

Secondary

Anti-Aircraft

Torpedoes

8 (2x4) 533 mm torpedo tubes

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Aircraft

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