Furious
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? | + | A relatively large warship that was initially laid down as a battlecruiser, 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.<br><br>{{Model3DViewer|6e7aa90c77d2481ea7c3a356e1c67293}} | ||
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+ | 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. | |||
+ | <br /> 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.<br /> 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=<!-- write list of positive points below. use * as in ordinary wiki-list. --> | |Pros=<!-- write list of positive points below. use * as in ordinary wiki-list. --> | |||
? | * | + | * Highest plane HP of the three nations | |
? | * | + | * Able to 'Carpet-bomb' a large area | |
? | * | + | * Good turning circles of torpedo bombers | |
? | * | + | * Good aiming guide for torpedo bombers | |
|Cons=<!-- write list of negative points below. use * as in ordinary wiki-list. --> | |Cons=<!-- write list of negative points below. use * as in ordinary wiki-list. --> | |||
? | * | + | * Slowest attack planes | |
? | * | + | * Lowest maximum damage of bombs | |
? | * | + | * Lowest torpedo damage | |
? | * | + | * Few attempts available for Bombers. | |
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? | |Upgrades=<!-- write text about best upgrades below | + | |Upgrades=<!-- write text about best upgrades below --> | |
? | + | The recommended upgrades for ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' are as follows: | ||
? | + | *'''Slot 1''': {{Air Groups Modification 1}} | ||
? | * '''Slot 1''': | + | *'''Slot 2''': {{Aircraft Engines Modification 1}} | |
? | * '''Slot 2''': | + | *'''Slot 3''': {{Attack Aircraft Modification 1}} | |
? | * '''Slot 3''': | + | *'''Slot 4''': {{Torpedo Bombers Modification 2}} | |
? | * '''Slot 4''': | + | ||
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|CommanderSkills=<!-- write text about best set of Commander Skills below --> | |CommanderSkills=<!-- write text about best set of Commander Skills below --> | |||
? | + | Key skills for ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' commanders include Improved Engine Boost, Improved Engines, Torpedo acceleration, Survivability Expert and Sight Stabilization | ||
{{Commander Skills | {{Commander Skills | |||
? | | Priority Target = | + | | Priority Target = 1 | |
| Preventative Maintenance = | | Preventative Maintenance = | |||
| Expert Loader = | | Expert Loader = | |||
? | | | + | | Air Supremacy = 3 | |
| Direction Center for Catapult Aircraft = | | Direction Center for Catapult Aircraft = | |||
? | | | + | | Improved Engine Boost = 3 | |
| Incoming Fire Alert = | | Incoming Fire Alert = | |||
? | | | + | | Last Gasp = 2 | |
| High Alert = | | High Alert = | |||
| Jack of All Trades = | | Jack of All Trades = | |||
| Expert Marksman = | | Expert Marksman = | |||
? | | Torpedo Acceleration = | + | | Torpedo Acceleration = 2 | |
| Smoke Screen Expert = | | Smoke Screen Expert = | |||
? | | | + | | Improved Engines = 3 | |
| Adrenaline Rush = | | Adrenaline Rush = | |||
| Last Stand = | | Last Stand = | |||
+ | | Survivability Expert = 3 | |||
| Basics of Survivability = | | Basics of Survivability = | |||
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| Torpedo Armament Expertise = | | Torpedo Armament Expertise = | |||
? | | | + | | Aircraft Armor = 3 | |
? | | Basic Firing Training = | + | | Basic Firing Training = 1 | |
| Superintendent = | | Superintendent = | |||
| Demolition Expert = | | Demolition Expert = | |||
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| Fire Prevention = | | Fire Prevention = | |||
| Inertia Fuse for HE Shells = | | Inertia Fuse for HE Shells = | |||
? | | | + | | Sight Stabilization = 3 | |
| Advanced Firing Training = | | Advanced Firing Training = | |||
| Manual Fire Control for AA Armament = | | Manual Fire Control for AA Armament = | |||
| Radio Position Finding = | | Radio Position Finding = | |||
? | | Concealment Expert = | + | | Concealment Expert = 2 | |
? | }} | + | }} | |
|Consumables=<!-- write text about selection of Consumables below --> | |Consumables=<!-- write text about selection of Consumables below --> | |||
? | + | ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' has access to the following consumables: | ||
? | * '''Slot 1:''' {{Damage Control Party}} | + | * '''Slot 1:''' {{Damage Control Party}} unlimited | |
? | * {{ | + | * '''Slot 2:''' {{Fighter I}} 4 | |
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? | * | + | All aircraft carrier consumables are automatically activated. | |
? | * {{ | + | '''Attack Aircraft:''' | |
? | * {{ | + | * '''Slot 1:''' {{Engine Cooling}} 2 | |
? | * {{ | + | * '''Slot 2:''' {{Patrol Fighter}} 3 | |
? | * {{Engine | + | ||
? | * | + | '''Torpedo Bombers:''' | |
? | + | * '''Slot 1:''' {{Engine Cooling}} 2 | ||
+ | * '''Slot 2:''' {{Patrol Fighter}} 3 | |||
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+ | '''Bombers:''' | |||
+ | * '''Slot 1:''' {{Engine Cooling}} 2 | |||
+ | * '''Slot 2:''' {{Patrol Fighter}} 3 | |||
|Camouflage=<!-- write text about useful camouflage below --> | |Camouflage=<!-- write text about useful camouflage below --> | |||
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+ | File:FurRear.jpg | |||
+ | File:FurFront.jpg | |||
+ | File:FurBombRear.jpg | |||
+ | File:FurLaunch.jpg | |||
+ | File:FurFighter.jpg | |||
+ | File:FurDeadPlanes.jpg | |||
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{{AnnoWiki|content= | {{AnnoWiki|content= | |||
? | <h2>''{{#var:ship_name}}'', | + | <h2>''{{#var:ship_name}}'', 1925</h2> | |
===Construction=== | ===Construction=== | |||
? | :Builder: | + | :Builder: Armstrong Whitworth; Wallsend, United Kingdom | |
? | :Laid down: | + | :Laid down: 8 June 1915 | |
? | :Launched: | + | :Launched: 15 August 1916 | |
? | :Commissioned: | + | :Commissioned: 26 June 1917 | |
+ | :Refitted as an aircraft carrier: 1925 | |||
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===Specifications=== | ===Specifications=== | |||
? | : | + | :22,500 tons displacement, standard | |
? | : | + | :224.1m length | |
? | : | + | :26.8m beam | |
? | : | + | :8.3m draft | |
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====Machinery==== | ====Machinery==== | |||
? | : | + | :4 Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines with 4 shafts. | |
---- | ---- | |||
====Performance==== | ====Performance==== | |||
? | : | + | :30 knots at 90,000 shaft horsepower | |
? | : | + | :7,480 nm at 10 knots | |
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====Armor==== | ====Armor==== | |||
? | :Main belt: | + | :Main belt: 51~76 mm | |
? | + | :Torpedo bulkhead: 25~38mm | ||
? | :Torpedo bulkhead: | + | :Decks: 19~25mm | |
? | :Decks: | + | :Bulkheads: 51~76mm | |
? | :Bulkheads: | + | ||
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====Armament==== | ====Armament==== | |||
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=====Anti-aircraft===== | =====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==== | ====Aircraft==== | |||
=====Total===== | =====Total===== | |||
? | : | + | :36 | |
=====Fighters===== | =====Fighters===== | |||
? | : | + | :6 Hawker Nimrod | |
+ | :3 Flycatcher | |||
===== Bombers===== | ===== Bombers===== | |||
? | : | + | :Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers | |
}}</div> | }}</div> | |||
? | [[File: | + | [[File:HMS_Furious-10.jpg|none|frame|x350px|link=|''Furious'' before armament installations.]] | |
===History=== | ===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. <br /> | ||
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+ | 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. <br /> | |||
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+ | 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. <br /> | |||
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+ | ''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==== | ====Design==== | |||
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? | + | File:Furious8.jpeg|HMS ''Furious'' circa 1935–36 | ||
+ | File:Furious1.jpeg|''Furious'' as originally completed. She had a flying-off deck for aircraft forward. | |||
+ | File:HMS Furious-1.jpg|Stern view of ''Furious'' in 1917, showing the ship's single 18-inch gun. | |||
+ | File:HMS Furious-2.jpg|''Furious'' seen in 1918, after being fitted with a landing deck on the stern | |||
+ | File:SSZ airship aboard HMS Furious 1918 IWM Q 20640.jpg|Closeup of the ship shortly following its initial conversion and in dazzle paint scheme. An SSZ class blimp is on the after deck | |||
+ | File:HMS Furious-13.jpg|Stern view of ''Furious'' taken in 1925, shortly after her reconstruction | |||
+ | File:HMS Furious-10.jpg|Oblique view of ''Furious'' at anchor before her armament was installed. Her retractable charthouse is prominent at the forward end of the flight deck. | |||
+ | File:Furious 1941.jpeg|''Furious'' in August 1941 with four Hurricanes on her flight deck | |||
+ | File:Furious9.jpeg|An 830 Naval Air Squadron Barracuda taking off from the temporary ski-jump on Furious at the start of Operation Mascot | |||
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Revision as of 06:05, 18 May 2019
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 % |
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. |
Maximum Speed31.5 knot |
Turning Circle Radius1 070 m. |
Rudder Shift Time17.6 sec. |
Surface Detectability Range12.06 km. |
Air Detectability Range11.04 km. |
Furious — British Tier VI aircraft сarrier.
A relatively large warship that was initially laid down as a battlecruiser, 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
Speed (knot) | IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SQUADRON_MED_DAMAGE (HP/min) | IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SQUADRON_AMMO_AMOUNT | Hit Points (HP) |
Research price (exp) |
Purchase price () | ||
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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 () | ||
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Albacore | 5,200 | 112 | 1,870 | 0 | 300,000 | |
Barracuda MkII | 5,200 | 122 | 1,970 | 7,000 | 750,000 |
Compatible Upgrades
Slot 1 |
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Slot 3 |
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Slot 4 |
Player Opinion
Performance
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 the three nations
- Able to 'Carpet-bomb' a large area
- Good turning circles of torpedo bombers
- Good aiming guide for torpedo bombers
Cons:
- Slowest attack planes
- Lowest maximum damage of bombs
- Lowest torpedo damage
- Few attempts available for Bombers.
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 | ||||||||
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Cost (points) |
Endurance | Attack | Support | Versatility | ||||
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★★★ |
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★★ |
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★★ |
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★★★ |
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★★★ |
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★★★ |
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Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful ★★ - Frequently Useful ★ - Occasionally Useful No stars - Meh Χ - Not recommended |
Consumables
Furious has access to the following consumables:
- Slot 1: Damage Control Party unlimited
- Slot 2: Template:Fighter I 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
Gallery
Historical Info
Historical Gallery
Japan | IV Hōshō • VI Ryūjō • VIII Shōkaku • VIII Kaga • VIII Kaga B • X Hakuryū • ★ Sekiryu |
U.K. | IV Hermes • VI Furious • VI Ark Royal • VIII Implacable • VIII Indomitable • VIII Colossus • X Audacious • X Malta • ★ Eagle |
France | VI Béarn |
U.S.S.R. | IV Komsomolets • VI Serov • VIII Pobeda • VIII Chkalov • VIII Chkalov B • X Admiral Nakhimov |
U.S.A. | IV Langley • VI Independence • VI Ranger • VIII Yorktown • VIII Lexington • VIII Enterprise • VIII Saipan • VIII Hornet • VIII Saipan B • X Essex • X Midway • X Franklin D. Roosevelt • ★ United States |
Germany | IV Rhein • VI Weser • VI Erich Loewenhardt • VIII August von Parseval • VIII Graf Zeppelin • VIII Graf Zeppelin B • X Manfred von Richthofen • X Max Immelmann |
Pan-Asia | VIII Sanzang |
Spain | |
Europe | |
Netherlands | |
Italy | VIII Aquila |
Commonwealth | |
Pan-America |