Furious

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Furious

Aircraft Carrier | U.K. | Tier VI

Tech Tree Position

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General

Research price40000 exp

Purchase price4,500,000

Hit Points42,700

Secondary Armament #1

102 mm/45 QF Mk.XVI on a Mk.XIX mount6 х 2 pcs.

Firing Range4 km.

Rate of Fire20 shots/min.

Reload Time3 sec.

HE Shell102 mm HE 35 lb

Maximum HE Shell Damage1,500

Initial HE Shell Velocity811 m./s.

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell6 %

AA Defense

102 mm/45 QF Mk.XVI on a Mk.XIX mount6 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second56.4

. . . Firing Range5.01 km.

20 mm Oerlikon Mk.I on a Mk.IIA mount9 х 1 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second32.4

. . . Firing Range2.01 km.

40 mm/39 Vickers QF Mk.VIII on a Mk.VI mount6 х 8 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second118.8

. . . Firing Range2.49 km.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed31.5 knot

Turning Circle Radius1 070 m.

Rudder Shift Time17.6 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range12.06 km.

Air Detectability Range11.04 km.

Battle Levels

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13.11

Furious

Aircraft Carrier | U.K. | Tier VI

Tech Tree Position

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General

Research price40000 exp

Purchase price4,500,000

Hit Points44,100

Secondary Armament #1

102 mm/45 QF Mk.XVI on a Mk.XIX mount6 х 2 pcs.

Firing Range4 km.

Rate of Fire20 shots/min.

Reload Time3 sec.

HE Shell102 mm HE 35 lb

Maximum HE Shell Damage1,500

Initial HE Shell Velocity811 m./s.

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell6 %

AA Defense

102 mm/45 QF Mk.XVI on a Mk.XIX mount6 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second56.4

. . . Firing Range5.01 km.

20 mm Oerlikon Mk.II on a Mk.V mount6 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second36.6

. . . Firing Range2.01 km.

20 mm Oerlikon Mk.I on a Mk.IIA mount9 х 1 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second32.4

. . . Firing Range2.01 km.

40 mm/39 Vickers QF Mk.VIII on a Mk.VI mount6 х 8 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second118.8

. . . Firing Range2.49 km.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed31.5 knot

Turning Circle Radius1 070 m.

Rudder Shift Time12.5 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range12.06 km.

Air Detectability Range11.04 km.

Battle Levels

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VI

4,500,000

Furious — British Tier VI aircraft сarrier.

A relatively large warship that was initially laid down as a battle cruiser, before being refitted into a full-fledged aircraft carrier in several steps. The ship was finally commissioned by the Navy in 1925, and held the status of being the fastest carrier at that time.

Modules

	Hit Points (HP)	Armor (mm)	Armor (mm)	Main Turrets (pcs.)	Secondary Gun Turrets (pcs.)	AA Mounts (pcs.)	Torpedo Tubes (pcs.)	Hangar Capacity (pcs.)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Furious (A)	42,700	10	76		6	9/6/6				0	400,000
Furious (B)	44,100	10	76		6	6				10,000	1,100,000

	Speed (knot)	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SQUADRON_MED_DAMAGE (HP/min)	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SQUADRON_AMMO_AMOUNT	Hit Points (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Skua	121			1,820		0	300,000
Sea Hurricane	125			1,920		7,000	750,000

	Maximum Torpedo Damage (HP)	Speed (knot)	Hit Points (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Albacore	5,200	112	1,870		0	300,000
Barracuda MkII	5,200	122	1,970		7,000	750,000

	Maximum Bomb Damage (HP)	Speed (knot)	Hit Points (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Skua		121	1,940		0	300,000
Barracuda MkII		122	2,030		7,000	750,000

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 90,000 hp	31.5		0	250,000

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4

Player Opinion

Performance

Warning. The data presented in the AA Defense sidebar section may be incorrect.

The Furious is a direct upgrade from the Tier IV carrier Hermes with better torpedoes and bombs. Her torpedo bombers drop two torpedoes and bombers drop more and heavier bombs penetrating up to 32mm of armor. The torpedo bomber still handle well allowing easy maneuvering for drops from both sides of the target. Also the torpedo guides narrow down much more than USN or IJN torpedo bombers. This allows the player to hit enemy ships from different angles much more easily. Although the torpedo damage is the lowest of all tier VI carriers (Ryujo : 6500, Ranger : 5567, Furious : 5200) with slow torpedoes as the Americans, the high maneuverability of planes and good aiming guide will help players of this ship to achieve just as much as other tier VI carriers.

The HE bombers are also excellent fire starters, and will light up as many as 3 fires when dropped precisely. As the bombs take time to fall, players need to lead like as if they were leading a torpedo drop. The momentum of the enemy ship will carry it through the drop zone, leading to a successful drop. However, as the drop zone doesn't tighten as much as American HE bombs, players will have difficult time using this for destroyer hunting.
The attack aircraft is excellent for destroyer hunting as British rockets fly very fast and hit the target almost instantly as it drops. The aiming circle arm very fast, which is very useful when the player unwittingly finds a destroyer in its path.

Pros:

• Highest plane HP of all tech tree carriers which allows her to hit more and get more damage.
• Carpet bombers drop 12 bombs per attack run and have extremely high fire chances, excellent against any ship type.
• Planes react and turn quickly, the best of all tier VI carriers.
• Best VI carrier secondaries with excellent firing angles, reload, and accuracy.
• Strongest AA of all carriers capable of shredding tons of planes when concentrated by enemy carriers.
• 2nd shortest rocket delay launch(machine gun effect) time of 2.9 seconds.

Cons:

• Slowest attack planes and 2nd slowest torpedo/carpet bombers of all tech tree VI carriers.
• Lowest maximum damage of bombs of all VI carriers but she gets tons of them and superb fire chance.
• Bombs often miss destroyers and cruisers due to the large aiming circle despite the large quantities of them.
• 2nd worst individual torpedo damage and speed.
• 2nd worst concealment of all VI carriers, only Ranger is the worse.
• Large turning circle of 1,070m, the largest of any carrier.

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

The recommended upgrades for Furious are as follows:

• Slot 1: Air Groups Modification 1
• Slot 2: Aircraft Engines Modification 1
• Slot 3: Attack Aircraft Modification 1
• Slot 4: Torpedo Bombers Modification 2

Commander Skills

Key skills for Furious commanders include Improved Engine Boost, Improved Engines, Torpedo acceleration, Survivability Expert and Sight Stabilization

Recommended Commander Skills
Cost (points)	Attack			Defense		Support
1	Last Gasp Completely restores engine boost for the last attack squadron.	Improved Engine Boost +10% Aircraft engine boost time. ★★	Engine Techie -20% Engine Cooling cooldown time.	Air Supremacy -5% aircraft restoration time. ★★	Direction Center for Fighters +1 fighter to CAP squadrons.	Search and Destroy +10% to action radius of Patrol Fighter and Interceptor squadrons.
2	Torpedo Bomber -10% torpedo arming distance.	Swift Fish +5% to torpedo speed.	Improved Engines +2.5% aircraft squadron speed. ★★	Repair Specialist +1 In-flight Repair consumable +10% its action time.	Secondary Armament Expert +10% flak and continuous damage -10% secondary battery reload time.	Patrol Group Leader +1 fighter to Patrol Fighter or Interceptor squadrons.
3	Sight Stabilization +7.5% aiming speed.	Enhanced Armor-Piercing Ammunition +3% damage from AP bombs and rockets.	Pyrotechnician +1% chance of HE rockets causing a fire. +5% chance of HE bombs causing a fire. ★★	Aircraft Armor -10% continuous AA damage while in an aura. ★★	Survivability Expert +25 aircraft HP per ship tier. ★★	Interceptor Interceptors replace Patrol Fighters:  +10% action radius.  Invulnerable to fighters.  Cannot attack fighters.  Cannot spot ships.
4	Bomber Flight Control +5% speed all bomber types. ★★	Proximity Fuze -10% (absolute) to target's torpedo protection.	Close Quarters Expert Secondary batteries: +20% range -30% dispersion.	Enhanced Aircraft Armor -25% damage from flak. ★★	Hidden Menace -15% ship detectability range. -20% Damage Control Party cooldown. +50% aircraft return time.	Enhanced Reactions -80% time before activated Patrol Fighters or Interceptors attack. +25% action time. +50% cooldown time.
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful      ★★ - Frequently Useful      ★ - Occasionally Useful     No stars - Not Useful

Consumables

Furious has access to the following consumables:

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party  unlimited
• Slot 2: CAP Fighter  4

All aircraft carrier consumables are automatically activated. Attack Aircraft:

• Slot 1: Engine Cooling  2
• Slot 2: Patrol Fighter  3

Torpedo Bombers:

• Slot 1: Engine Cooling  2
• Slot 2: Patrol Fighter  3

Bombers:

• Slot 1: Engine Cooling  2
• Slot 2: Patrol Fighter  3

Signals

Recommended Signal Flags
Combat
Charlie Kilo +5% ship HP; +2.5% squadron HP.	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. ★★
Juliet Whiskey Unaone +15% chance of causing flooding. ★★	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 .

Gallery

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Historical Info

Furious, 1925

Construction

Builder: Armstrong Whitworth; Wallsend, United Kingdom

Laid down: 8 June 1915

Launched: 15 August 1916

Commissioned: 26 June 1917

Refitted as an aircraft carrier: 1925

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Specifications

22,500 tons displacement, standard

224.1m length

26.8m beam

8.3m draft

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Machinery

4 Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines with 4 shafts.

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Performance

30 knots at 90,000 shaft horsepower

7,480 nm at 10 knots

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Armor

Main belt: 51~76 mm

Torpedo bulkhead: 25~38mm

Decks: 19~25mm

Bulkheads: 51~76mm

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Armament

Anti-aircraft

10 5.5-inch guns

4 QF 4-inch Mark V guns

4 QF 2-pounder "pom-poms"

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Aircraft

Total

36

Fighters

6 Hawker Nimrod

3 Flycatcher

Bombers

Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers

Furious before armament installations.

History

HMS Furious was a modified Courageous-class battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy (RN) during the First World War. Designed to support the Baltic Project championed by the First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Fisher, the ship was very lightly armoured and designed to be armed with only two heavy guns (18-inch), one forward and one aft, plus a number of lesser guns. Furious was modified and became an aircraft carrier while under construction. Her forward turret was removed and a flight deck was added in its place, such that aircraft had to maneuver around the superstructure to land. Later in the war, the ship had her rear turret removed and a second flight deck installed aft of the superstructure, but this was less than satisfactory due to air turbulence. Furious was briefly laid up after the war before she was reconstructed with a full-length flight deck in the early 1920s.

After her conversion, Furious was used extensively for trials of naval aircraft and later as a training carrier once the new armoured carriers like Ark Royal entered service in the late 1930s. During the early months of the Second World War the carrier spent her time hunting for German raiders in the North Atlantic and escorting convoys. This changed dramatically during the Norwegian Campaign in early 1940 when her aircraft provided air support to British troops ashore in addition to attacking German shipping. The first of what would be a large number of aircraft ferry missions was made by the carrier during the campaign. After the withdrawal of British troops in May, Furious made several anti-shipping strikes in Norway with little result before beginning a steady routine of ferrying aircraft for the Royal Air Force.

At first Furious made several trips to West Africa, but she began to ferry aircraft to Gibraltar in 1941. An unsuccessful attack on German-occupied ports on the Arctic Ocean interrupted the ferry missions in mid-1941. Furious was given a lengthy refit in the United States and spent a few months training after her return in April 1942. She made several more ferry trips in mid-1942 before her aircraft attacked airfields in Vichy French Algeria as part of the opening stages of Operation Torch in November 1942. The ship remained in the Mediterranean until February 1943 when she was transferred to the Home Fleet.

Furious spent most of 1943 training, but made a number of attacks on the German battleship Tirpitz and other targets in Norway during the first half of 1944. By September 1944, the ship was showing her age and she was placed in reserve. Furious was decommissioned in April 1945, but was not sold for scrap until 1948.

Design

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Historical Gallery

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  HMS Furious circa 1935–36

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  Furious as originally completed. She had a flying-off deck for aircraft forward.

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  Stern view of Furious in 1917, showing the ship's single 18-inch gun.

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  Furious seen in 1918, after being fitted with a landing deck on the stern

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  Closeup of the ship shortly following its initial conversion and in dazzle paint scheme. An SSZ class blimp is on the after deck

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  Stern view of Furious taken in 1925, shortly after her reconstruction

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  Oblique view of Furious at anchor before her armament was installed. Her retractable charthouse is prominent at the forward end of the flight deck.

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  Furious in August 1941 with four Hurricanes on her flight deck

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  An 830 Naval Air Squadron Barracuda taking off from the temporary ski-jump on Furious at the start of Operation Mascot

References

1. HMS Furious (47) - Wikipedia

Ship Change Log

See here for links to Update notes.

• Added for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.8.0.

Testing Changes

• October 18, 2018:
  • Preliminary characteristics (cr. The Daily Bounce).

• Update 0.8.0.1:
  • The parameters of the approach of attack for the torpedo bombers were changed: the duration of the attack preparation was increased and the angles of the torpedo spread at optimal aiming were increased.
  • The arming time and range of the aerial torpedoes were increased, and the speed was changed to 35 knots.
• Update 0.8.0.3:
  • The number of rocket planes in the attacking flight was decreased from 3 to 2, allowing three attacks instead of two previously.
• Update 0.8.1:
  • Made temporarily available for purchase in the Arsenal for crowns and florins during the Fly! Strike! Win! event.
• Update 0.8.1.1:
  • The hitpoints of all stock aircraft were increased to be within 5% of the hitpoints of the researchable aircraft.
  • The accuracy of the bombers and stock rocket planes was increased.
• Update 0.8.2:
  • Made available in the tech tree as part of the British aircraft carrier line.
  • The parameters of the stock bombers were changed:
    • The number of bombers per flight was changed from 1 to 2.
    • Aircraft recovery time was reduced from 142 to 96 s.
    • The size of the crosshair ellipse at the moment of attack was increased by 22%
  • The parameters of the researchable bombers were changed:
    • The number of bombers per flight was changed from 1 to 2.
    • The size of the crosshair ellipse at the moment of attack was increased by 30%.
  • The torpedo of the researchable torpedo bombers was changed to that of the stock torpedo bombers:
    • Damage was reduced from 5,390 to 5,200.
    • Chance of flooding was reduced from 51% to 45%.
• Update 0.8.7:
  • The number of bombers and torpedo bombers in a squadron was increased from 4 to 6.
  • The number of bombers and torpedo bombers on deck was increased from 6 to 9.
  • The Dazzling permanent camouflage was added with standard bonuses.
• Update 0.8.10:
  • 40 mm/39 QF Mark VIII AA guns were renamed to 40 mm/39 QF Mk VIII.
• Update 0.9.2:
  • Fixed an issue affecting camera movement when switching view to the secondary battery guns.
  • The minimum time between attacks for bomber squadrons was increased from 5 to 7.5 seconds.
• Update 0.9.7:
  • The rocket crosshair was made horizontal by rotating it 90 degrees.
  • Research cost was reduced from 68,000 to 40,000 experience.
• Update 0.10.0:
  • The speed of the patrol fighters was increased to 221 knots.

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