Malta

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Aircraft Carrier | U.K. | Tier X

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Special

Malta — British special premium Tier X aircraft сarrier.

A large aircraft carrier project with an armored deck that was developed during the war years, drawing on the experience of military operations in the Pacific.

Malta was first released for sale on 13 October 2022, initially available for purchase in the Armory for 34,950 doubloons and in the Premium shop. She was later made available in the Armory for 268,000 Coal on 27 October 2022.

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 ()
Malta	66,600	13	102		8	9/8				0	0

	Speed (knot)	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SQUADRON_MED_DAMAGE (HP/min)	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SQUADRON_AMMO_AMOUNT	Hit Points (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Blackburn Firebrand	137			2,190		0	0

	Maximum Torpedo Damage (HP)	Speed (knot)	Hit Points (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Blackburn Firebrand	6,533	136	2,250		0	0

	Maximum Bomb Damage (HP)	Speed (knot)	Hit Points (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Blackburn Firebrand		134	2,320		0	0

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 200,000 hp	33.6		0	0

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4
Slot 5
Slot 6

Player Opinion

Performance

Warning. The data presented in the AA Defense sidebar section may be incorrect.
Refer to the in-game Port screens for more useful data.

Malta Performance Section

HMS Malta is a T10 British carrier that excels in dealing consistent damage to all classes (with some exceptions in each class and subs). She is equipped with the standard carrier loadout of attack, bomber, and torpedo aircraft that boast high survivability, decent speed, fast plane regen, and massive reserves allowing her to carry out strikes in dense AA. Malta’s hull is comparable to that of the HMS Audacious with some exceptions pertaining to a raised citadel roof and increased citadel side plating.

Attack Aircraft Malta’s attack aircraft carry high explosive rockets. One squadron contains 12 planes divided into 3 strikes that launch a total of 40 rockets per strike. Each rocket has decent alpha that, when coupled with a tight reticle and short aiming period, can be devastating to destroyers. With a high fire chance, these planes are also effective against battleships.

“Carpet” Bombers Malta’s carpet bombers carry armor-piercing bombs with low penetration capabilities. Each squadron contains 15 planes divided into 3 strikes that drop 20 bombs per strike. As with other HMS carriers, these bombers drop from a high altitude although the bombs drop much quicker and with a tighter dispersion. The low penetration allows these planes to devastate light cruisers and bulky destroyers while also dealing decent damage against battleships and heavy/large cruisers.

Torpedo Bombers

Malta’s torpedo bombers have slow torpedo speed with decent alpha and high flood chance. Each squadron contains 12 planes with a strike consisting of 4 planes dropping a total of 4 torpedoes per strik. With high plane HP coupled with an in-flight repair consumable, these planes are able to strike into dense AA or strike multiple times against a single target.

Pros:

Fast aircraft preparation time
Large plane reserves and squadron sizes
Solid alpha strike potential torpedoes and AP bombers
Ap bombs are very effective against light cruisers and bulky destroyers
High plane durability and speed so deals with anti air very well

Cons:

Vulnerable hull due to weak secondaries, AA and hull armor.
Rockets only pen 28mm
AP bombs can only citadel lightly armored targets
Torpedoes disperse out from drop

Research

As a premium ship, Malta has no module upgrades to research.

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

The recommended upgrades for Malta are:

Slot 1: Air Groups Modification 1
Slot 2: Aircraft Engines Modification 1
Slot 3: Torpedo Bombers Modification 1
Slot 4: Bombers Modification 1
Slot 5: Flight Control Modification 1
Slot 6: Air Groups Modification 2

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

Consumables

Malta equips the following consumables:

Aircraft Carrier:

Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
Slot 2: CAP Fighter  – 4 charges

Attack Aircraft:

Slot 1: Engine Cooling  – 2 charges
Slot 2: Patrol Fighter  – 3 charges

Torpedo Bombers:

Slot 1: Engine Cooling  – 2 charges
Slot 2: Patrol Fighter  – 3 charges
Slot 3: In-flight Repair  – 3 charges

Bombers:

Slot 1: Engine Cooling  – 2 charges
Slot 2: Patrol Fighter  – 3 charges

Camouflage

As a premium ship, Malta 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.

Gallery

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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-HMS ''Malta'' is a tier X Royal Navy aircraft carrier, and her aircraft share many of the traits found on her tech tree counterparts, including high hp pools, modest plane speed, and wide turning radiuses. ''Malta'' uses standard squadrons similar to the stock aircraft found on the tech tree tier X Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS ''[[Audacious]]''. However, she carries a larger number of aircraft per squadron and attacking flight, and she also stands out for her large fast aircraft preparation. Her key distinguishing factor from ''Audacious'' is the addition of bombers which carry AP bombs instead of HE bombs. With squadrons with larger attacking flights and fast aircraft preparation times coupled with AP bombers, ''Malta'' deviates her focus from doing damage over time via fire and flooding like the researchable Royal Navy aircraft carriers to doing direct alpha damage.
+Malta Performance Section
+HMS Malta is a T10 British carrier that excels in dealing consistent damage to all classes (with some exceptions in each class and subs). She is equipped with the standard carrier loadout of attack, bomber, and torpedo aircraft that boast high survivability, decent speed, fast plane regen, and massive reserves allowing her to carry out strikes in dense AA. Malta’s hull is comparable to that of the HMS Audacious with some exceptions pertaining to a raised citadel roof and increased citadel side plating.
-'''Blackburn Firebrand Bombers'''
+Attack Aircraft
+Malta’s attack aircraft carry high explosive rockets. One squadron contains 12 planes divided into 3 strikes that launch a total of 40 rockets per strike. Each rocket has decent alpha that, when coupled with a tight reticle and short aiming period, can be devastating to destroyers. With a high fire chance, these planes are also effective against battleships.
-These Firebrand bombers on ''Malta'' are the largest distinguishing factor between ''Malta'' and ''Audacious'' and are one of her most unique characteristics. While these bombers themselves are the same as the stock Firebrand bombers on ''Audacious'' and they also behave very similarly in terms of carpet bombers which release a large number of bombs from high altitude that require more lead due to a long fall time of the bombs, unlike ''Audacious’s'' bombers which carry HE bombs, ''Malta’s'' bombers carry AP bombs. Each bomber squadron consists of 15 bombers which attack in groups of 5 aircraft, each dropping 4 bombs for a total of 20 bombs per drop. These bombs can individually deal up to 4300 damage and have modest penetration, although they cannot set fires due to being armor piercing in nature. While they are not effective at attacking enemy destroyers such as the HE bombers on ''Audacious'', these AP bombers are very effective at attacking battleships, heavy cruisers, light cruisers, and even some aircraft carriers with lower deck armor. Unlike the Japanese ''[[Hakuryu]]'' or German aircraft carrier ''[[Manfred von Richthofen]]'s'' AP bombs, which tend to citadel battleships and heavy cruisers, ''Malta’s'' AP bombs do not have the same level of penetration and thus struggle to citadel these larger vessels. However, the bombs tend to arm very effectively against the decks of these vessels, leading to full penetration strikes that can deal 15,000-damage strikes or more. Moreover, what these AP bombs are capable of landing citadel hits on are light cruisers. While striking these vessels can be costly due to their strong anti-aircraft artillery fire, a strike that connects with its target can severely cripple the light cruiser with citadel hits that are harder to repair. Thus, these AP bombers are very capable strike squadrons that should be used judiciously to strike specific targets at specific times.
+“Carpet” Bombers
+Malta’s carpet bombers carry armor-piercing bombs with low penetration capabilities. Each squadron contains 15 planes divided into 3 strikes that drop 20 bombs per strike. As with other HMS carriers, these bombers drop from a high altitude although the bombs drop much quicker and with a tighter dispersion. The low penetration allows these planes to devastate light cruisers and bulky destroyers while also dealing decent damage against battleships and heavy/large cruisers.
-'''Blackburn Firebrand Torpedo Bombers'''
+Torpedo Bombers
+Malta’s torpedo bombers have slow torpedo speed with decent alpha and high flood chance. Each squadron contains 12 planes with a strike consisting of 4 planes dropping a total of 4 torpedoes per strik. With high plane HP coupled with an in-flight repair consumable, these planes are able to strike into dense AA or strike multiple times against a single target.
-These Firebrand torpedo bombers on ''Malta'' serve as her most consistent form of damage and are nearly identical to the stock Firebrand torpedo bombers found on ''Audacious'' except for three features. The aircraft preparation time of 64 seconds is significantly lower than the 89 seconds found on ''Audacious''. ''Malta’s'' attacking squadron size is also larger with four planes per attack instead of three. These squadrons are a bit slower at 171 knots at top speed combined with excellent health pools that enable them to hold out amidst anti-aircraft artillery fire. However, due to this speed and high health, the turning radius on these squadrons is lacking. In addition, the Mk. XVII torpedoes themselves do not do much damage despite having a slow speed of 35 knots. However, unlike the narrow converging spread found on the researchable Royal Navy aircraft carriers, these torpedoes fan out slightly, making it easier to land potential torpedo hits due to a wider area of coverage but making it harder to land all four torpedoes. These torpedo bombers should be ''Malta’s'' primary form of damage and are effective at attacking nearly all ship types.
-'''Blackburn Firebrand Attack Aircraft'''
-These Firebrand attack aircraft on ''Malta'' are practically identical to the stock Firebrand torpedo bombers found on ''Audacious'' except for an improved aircraft preparation time of 64 seconds instead of 74 seconds for ''Audacious'' and a larger attacking flight of four aircraft instead of three. Each squadron consists of 12 aircraft that attack in flights of 3, each launching 10 rockets for a total of 40 rockets per attack. The high number of rockets combined with a short machine gun delay makes them an excellent choice against enemy destroyers, with well-aimed rocket salvos being capable of taking a third or more of their HP pools in one attack. However, just like for ''Audacious'', the high potential alpha strike that these rockets could have against more armored vessels is largely precluded by the low penetration of only 28mm. As such, they shouldn’t be relied upon as a primary source of damage against larger ships. However, these attack aircraft are capable of penetrating the lightly armored superstructure of cruisers and battleships to inflict damage while also potentially starting a fire with their modest fire chance of 9% per rocket. Thus, these attack aircraft should be used to scout and attack enemy destroyers, as well as for starting fires on ships who have used their damage control party consumable.

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