Implacable

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Aircraft Carrier | U.K. | Tier VIII

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11,500,000

Implacable — British Tier VIII aircraft сarrier.

The most advanced British aircraft carrier of World War II. She was inferior to her foreign counterparts of comparable dimensions in terms of the number of aircraft her air group comprised, but boasted a conceptual advantage that enhanced the ship's survivability—an armored flight deck.

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	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 ()
Implacable (A)	49,300	13	114		8	14/8/12/3/5/8				0	1,200,000
Implacable (B)	52,200	13	114		8	20/3/5/8				27,000	3,000,000

	Speed (knot)	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SQUADRON_MED_DAMAGE (HP/min)	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SQUADRON_AMMO_AMOUNT	Hit Points (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Firefly	133			2,010		0	600,000
Seafire	136			2,100		18,000	1,500,000

	Maximum Torpedo Damage (HP)	Speed (knot)	Hit Points (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Barracuda MkV	5,933	127	2,060		0	600,000
Spearfish	5,933	133	2,150		18,000	1,500,000

	Maximum Bomb Damage (HP)	Speed (knot)	Hit Points (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Barracuda MkV		126	2,130		0	600,000
Spearfish		130	2,230		18,000	1,500,000

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 148,000 hp	32		0	500,000

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Player Opinion

Pros:

Attack aircraft are extremely effective against destroyers with their low speed and tighter turn. Despite the smaller size of British flights and squadrons, they are on par with American attack aircraft in terms of their strike capability.
Bombers have the ability to set multiple fires in one pass thanks to their drop pattern.
Torpedo bombers are easy to maneuver and to aim with, granting the possibility to attack multiple times the same target.
Torpedos have a short arming time.
Strong AA suite, making her almost immune to air attack.
With the exception of her sister-ship Indomitable, she's the only tier VIII aircraft carrier with an armored deck. Shells aimed at the deck are likely to shatter or bounce providing a good resistance when targeted from long range.

Cons:

Citadel is located well above the waterline, taking massive damage when showing the side.
Bombers have low penetration, making them extremely reliant to fires when attacking battleships.
Attack aircraft are painfully slow.
Bad plane recovery time, being second only to Saipan.

Optimal Configuration

Commander Skills

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

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Historical Info

References

Ships of U.K.

Destroyers	II Medea • III Valkyrie • III Campbeltown • IV Wakeful • V Acasta • VI Icarus • VI Gallant • VII Jervis • VII Jupiter '42 • VIII Lightning • VIII Cossack • VIII Cossack B • IX Jutland • IX Somme • X Daring • X Druid
Cruisers	I Black Swan • II Weymouth • III Caledon • IV Danae • V Emerald • V Hawkins • V Exeter • VI Leander • VI Devonshire • VI London • VI Dido • VI Orion '44 • VII Fiji • VII Surrey • VII Belfast • VIII Edinburgh • VIII Albemarle • VIII Cheshire • VIII Tiger '59 • VIII Belfast '43 • VIII Hampshire • VIII Nottingham • VIII AL Cheshire • VIII STAR Edinburgh • IX Neptune • IX Drake • X Monmouth • X Minotaur • X Goliath • X Plymouth • X Gibraltar • X Defence • ★ Edgar
Battleships	III Bellerophon • III Indefatigable • III Dreadnought • IV Orion • IV Queen Mary • V Iron Duke • V Tiger • V Agincourt • VI Warspite • VI Queen Elizabeth • VI Renown • VI Repulse • VI Repulse B • VII King George V • VII Rooke • VII Hood • VII Nelson • VII Duke of York • VII Collingwood • VII Renown '44 • VII Duke of Bronte • VIII Monarch • VIII Hawke • VIII Vanguard • IX Lion • IX Duncan • IX Marlborough • IX Scarlet Thunder • X Conqueror • X St. Vincent • X Thunderer • X Incomparable • ★ Devastation
Aircraft Carriers	IV Hermes • VI Furious • VI Ark Royal • VIII Implacable • VIII Indomitable • VIII Colossus • X Audacious • X Malta • ★ Eagle

Aircraft Carriers

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

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-{{Commander Skills 2
+{{Commander Skills 3 CV
-<!-- This version enables a '0' rating. Use it for skills that have no effect (e.g. SSE on a CV) or are detrimental to the ship - not because you don't like it. For those just leave it blank. -->
+<!-- Ratings 1,2,3 are legit. Others are ignored.-->
-| rating11 = 1 <!-- Priority Target -->
+| rating11 =  <!-- Last Gasp -->
-| rating12 = 0 <!-- Preventive Maint -->
+| rating12 = 2 <!-- Improved Engine Boost -->
-| rating13 = 0 <!-- Expert Loader -->
+| rating13 =  <!-- Engine Techie -->
-| rating14 = 3 <!-- Air Supremacy -->
+| rating14 = 2 <!-- Air Supremacy -->
 | rating15 =  <!-- Direction Center for Fighters -->
-| rating16 = 3 <!-- Improved Engine Boost -->
+| rating16 =  <!-- Search and Destroy -->
-| rating17 = 0 <!-- Incoming Fire Alert -->
-| rating18 = 2 <!-- Last Gasp -->
-| rating21 =  <!-- High Alert -->
+| rating21 =  <!-- Torpedo Bomber -->
-| rating22 =  <!-- Jack of All Trades -->
+| rating22 =  <!-- Swift Fish -->
-| rating23 = 0 <!-- Expert Marksman -->
+| rating23 = 2 <!-- Improved Engines -->
-| rating24 = 2 <!-- Torpedo Acceleration -->
+| rating24 =  <!-- Repair Specialist -->
-| rating25 = 0 <!-- Smoke Screen Expert -->
+| rating25 =  <!-- Secondary Armament Expert -->
-| rating26 = 3 <!-- Improved Engines -->
+| rating26 =  <!-- Patrol Group Leader -->
-| rating27 =  <!-- Adrenaline Rush -->
-| rating28 = 0 <!-- Last Stand -->
-| rating31 =  <!-- Basics of Survivability -->
+| rating31 =  <!-- Sight Stabilization -->
-| rating32 = 3 <!-- Survivability Expert-->
+| rating32 =  <!-- Enhanced Armor-Piercing Ammunition -->
-| rating33 = 0 <!-- Torpedo Armament Expertise-->
+| rating33 = 2 <!-- Demolition Expert -->
-| rating34 = 3 <!-- Aircraft Armor -->
+| rating34 = 2 <!-- Aircraft Armor -->
-| rating35 = 1 <!-- Basic Firing Training -->
+| rating35 = 2 <!-- Survivability Expert -->
-| rating36 =  <!-- Superintendent -->
+| rating36 =  <!-- Interceptor -->
-| rating37 = 3 <!-- Demolition Expert -->
-| rating38 = 0 <!-- Vigilance -->
-| rating41 = 0 <!-- Manual Fire Control for Secondary Armament -->
+| rating41 = 2 <!-- Bomber Flight Control -->
-| rating42 =  <!-- Fire Prevention -->
+| rating42 =  <!-- Proximity Fuse -->
-| rating43 = 0 <!-- Inertia Fuse for HE Shells -->
+| rating43 =  <!-- Close Quarters Expert -->
-| rating44 = 2 <!-- Sight Stabilization -->
+| rating44 = 2 <!-- Enhanced Aircraft Armor -->
-| rating45 =  <!-- Advanced Firing Training -->
+| rating45 =  <!-- Hidden Menace -->
-| rating46 = 0 <!-- Massive AA Fire -->
+| rating46 =  <!-- Enhanced Reactions -->
-| rating47 = 0 <!-- Radio Position Finding -->
-| rating48 = 3 <!-- Concealment Expert -->
 }}
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 {{AnnoWiki|content=
-<h2>''{{#var:ship_name}}'', YEAR</h2>
+<h2>''{{#var:ship_name}}'', 1944</h2>
 ===Construction===
-:Builder: Yard; City, Country
+:Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding; Govan, United Kingdom
-:Laid down: DD MONTH YEAR
+:Laid down: 21 February 1939
-:Launched: DD MONTH YEAR
+:Launched: 10 December 1942
-:Commissioned: DD MONTH YEAR
+:Commissioned: 28 August 1944
 ----
 ===Specifications===
-:XX tons displacement, standard
+:32,110 tons displacement, standard
-:XXm length
+:233.6m length
-:XXm beam
+:29.2m beam
-:XXm draft
+:8.9m draft
 ----
 ====Machinery====
-:
+:8 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
+:Propulsion:4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbines
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 ====Performance====
-:XX knots at XX shaft horsepower
+:32.5 knots at 148,000 shaft horsepower
-:XX nm at XX knots
+:6,720 nm at 20 knots
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 ====Armor====
-:Main belt:
+:Waterline belt:114 mm
-:Upper belt:
+:Flight deck:76 mm
-:Torpedo bulkhead:
+:Bulkheads:51 mm
-:Decks:
+:Hangar sides:51 mm
-:Bulkheads:
+:Magazines:76–114 mm
-:Barbettes and Turrets:
-:Conning tower:
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 ====Armament====
-=====Main=====
-:
 =====Secondary=====
-:
+:8 × twin QF 4.5-inch dual-purpose guns
 =====Anti-aircraft=====
-:
+:5 × octuple, 1 × quadruple QF 2-pdr anti-aircraft guns
-=====Torpedoes=====
+:21 × twin, 19 × single Oerlikon 20 mm anti-aircraft guns
-:
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 ====Aircraft====
 =====Total=====
-:
+:81
 =====Fighters=====
-:
+:48
 ===== Bombers=====
-:
+:33
 }}</div>
-[[File:PICTURE.JPG|none|frame|x350px|link=|CAPTION.]]
+[[File:HMS Implaceble Vancouver.jpeg|none|frame|x350px|link=|HMS Implaceble Passing under Lions Gate Bridge Vancouver 11 October 1945]]
 ===History===
-HMS ''Implacable'' was an ''Implacable''-class aircraft carrier built for the Royal Navy during World War II. Upon completion in 1944, she was initially assigned to the Home Fleet and attacked targets in Norway for the rest of the year. She was subsequently assigned to the British Pacific Fleet (BPF) where she attacked the Japanese naval base at Truk and targets in the Japanese Home Islands in 1945. The ship was used to repatriate liberated Allied prisoners of war (PoWs) and soldiers after the Japanese surrender, for the rest of the year. ''Implacable'' returned home in 1946 and became the Home Fleet's deck-landing training carrier, a role that lasted until 1950. She briefly served as flagship of the Home Fleet in 1950. During this time she participated in many exercises and made a number of port visits in Western Europe. She was placed in reserve in 1950 and converted into a training ship in 1952, and served as flagship of the Home Fleet Training Squadron. The ship was considered for a major modernization in 1951–52, but this was rejected as too expensive and time-consuming. ''Implacable'' was decommissioned in 1954 and sold for scrap the following year.
+HMS ''Implacable'' was an ''Implacable''-class aircraft carrier built for the Royal Navy during World War II. Upon completion in 1944, she was initially assigned to the Home Fleet and attacked targets in Norway for the rest of the year. She was subsequently assigned to the British Pacific Fleet (BPF) where she attacked the Japanese naval base at Truk and targets in the Japanese Home Islands in 1945. The ship was used to repatriate liberated Allied prisoners of war (PoWs) and soldiers after the Japanese surrender, for the rest of the year. ''Implacable'' returned home in 1946 and became the Home Fleet's deck-landing training carrier, a role that lasted until 1950. She briefly served as the flagship of the Home Fleet in 1950. During this time she participated in many exercises and made a number of port visits in Western Europe. She was placed in reserve in 1950 and converted into a training ship in 1952, and served as the flagship of the Home Fleet Training Squadron. The ship was considered for a major modernization in 1951–52, but this was rejected as too expensive and time-consuming. ''Implacable'' was decommissioned in 1954 and sold for scrap the following year.
 ====Design====
+The Implacable class had its origin as an improved version of the Illustrious-class aircraft carriers for the 1938 Naval Programme. They were designed to be 2 knots (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) faster, and to carry an additional dozen aircraft at the expense of reduced armor protection to remain within the 23,000 long tons (23,000 t) available from the tonnage allowed by the Washington Naval Treaty. Implacable was 766 feet 6 inches (233.6 m) long overall and 730 feet (222.5 m) at the waterline. Her beam was 95 feet 9 inches (29.2 m) at the waterline and she had a draught of 29 feet 4 inches (8.9 m) at deep load. The Implacable-class ships were significantly overweight and displaced 32,110 long tons (32,630 t) at deep load. The ships had metacentric heights of 4.06 feet (1.2 m) at light load and 6.91 feet (2.1 m) at deep load as completed. Implacable's complement was approximately 2,300 officers and enlisted men in 1945.
+The ships had four Parsons geared steam turbines, each driving one shaft, using steam supplied by eight Admiralty 3-drum boilers. The turbines were designed to produce a total of 148,000 shp (110,000 kW), enough to give them a maximum speed of 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph). On sea trials, Implacable reached speeds of 31.89 knots (59.06 km/h; 36.70 mph) with 151,200 shp (112,700 kW). She carried a maximum of 4,690 long tons (4,770 t) of fuel oil which gave her a range of 6,720 nautical miles (12,450 km; 7,730 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph).
+The 760-foot (231.6 m) armored flight deck had a maximum width of 102 feet (31.1 m). A single hydraulic aircraft catapult was fitted on the forward part of the flight deck. The Implacable-class carriers were equipped with two lifts on the centreline, the forward of which measured 45 by 33 feet (13.7 by 10.1 m) and served only the upper hangar, and the aft lift (45 by 22 feet (13.7 by 6.7 m)) which served both hangars. The upper hangar was 458 feet (139.6 m) long and the lower hangar was 208 feet (63.4 m) long; both had a maximum width of 62 feet (18.9 m). Both hangars had a height of only 14 feet which precluded storage of Lend-Lease Vought F4U Corsair fighters as well as many post-war aircraft and helicopters. Designed to stow 48 aircraft in their hangars, the use of a permanent deck park allowed the Implacable class to accommodate up to 81 aircraft. The additional crewmen, maintenance personnel and facilities needed to support these aircraft were housed in the lower hangar. The ships were provided with 94,650 imperial gallons (430,300 l; 113,670 US gal) of aviation gasoline.
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