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Start: Fri. 24 Jan. 06:00 CET (UTC+1) End: Fri. 31 Jan. 06:00 CET (UTC+1)

• +200% XP bonus for the first win of the day
  
• −50% to the cost of Port slots in doubloons
  
• −50% to the cost of upgrades in credits
  
• −80% to the cost of demounting upgrades in doubloons

Start: Fri. 24 Jan. 06:00 CET (UTC+1) End: Mon. 27 Jan. 06:00 CET (UTC+1)

• You can convert Elite Commander XP into Free XP at the cost of 1 doubloon for 25 35 Free XP

Start: Fri. 24 Jan. 06:00 CET (UTC+1) End: Mon. 10 Feb. 06:00 CET (UTC+1)

Win a battle playing a Tier V–X ship, and you'll get a commemorative flag honoring the Year of the White Metal Rat, as well as three Wargaming containers. Each of them includes 1 day of Premium Account, 3x Papa Papa signals, and 3x Juliet Charlie signals.

You can complete this combat mission only once.

Start: Fri. 24 Jan. 06:00 CET (UTC+1) End: Mon. 10 Feb. 06:00 CET (UTC+1)



Complete a chain of combat missions playing Tier V–X ships in Operations, Random Battles, or Co-op Battles, and you'll get eight Lunar New Year containers!

• 1x Pan-Asian Premium ship (Tier IX Bajie with Commander Zhu Bajie; Tier VIII Siliwangi; Tier VIII VIII Irian; Tier VIII Wukong with Commander Sun Wukong; Tier VIII Loyang; Tier VI Anshan; or Tier VI Huanghe)
  
• 1x permanent Lunar New Year camouflage for one of the Pan-Asian Premium ships (Siliwangi, Irian, Loyang, Anshan, or Huanghe)
  
• 1x Spring Sky, Asian Lantern, or Mosaic expendable camouflage
  
• 2x Type 59 expendable camouflages
  
• 3x Lunar Warrior expendable camouflages
  
• 5,000 Free XP
  
• 1 day of Warships Premium Account
• 250 doubloons

All ships come with a Port slot and 10-skill-point Commander. Bajie and Wukong come with the same-name unique Commanders. If you do not immediately open your container, and prior to opening it you manage to get a ship or camouflage that could drop from that container, you might get the same ship or camouflage again. In such a case you’ll receive compensation equal to the item’s value in the form of doubloons plus, in the case where a ship is dropped, you'll also receive a Commander with 10 skill points and a Port slot.


Cruiser VIII Wukong and battleship IX Bajie are two new Pan-Asian ships named after the characters of the classic Chinese novel “Journey to the West”—Monkey King Sun Wukong and wizard Zhu Bajie. Bundles comprising ships, unique Commanders, rare expendable camouflages, economic signals, and other in-game items are available in the Premium Shop at great discounts.
Bundles are available for purchase until: Mon. 10 Feb. 06:00 CET (UTC+1)


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VIII Wukong is a cruiser named after the Monkey King—one of the main mythological characters in Chinese culture. Sun Wukong is an immortal demon who acquired extraordinary powers after long years of wandering in the pursuit of spiritual perfection. His adventures are described in the Chinese classical novel "Journey to the West." In World of Warships, the cruiser represents Pan-Asia at Tier VIII. She carries a combination of French artillery and Pan-Asian long-range deepwater torpedoes.

• Nine 203 mm guns placed in three turrets. The cruiser can boast of having artillery with a good range and a fast reload time for the caliber
  
• Two triple-tube torpedo launchers. The deepwater torpedoes of this ship have a low detectability range; good torpedo range for her tier—12 km; and a high maximum damage of 18,400 HP per hit, but they are not capable of striking destroyers
  
• The Torpedo Reload Booster consumable, placed in a separate slot, allows her to launch one torpedo salvo 8 seconds after another several times during the course of a battle
  
• The Spotting Aircraft consumable temporarily extends the firing range of her main guns
  
• She earns more credits per battle, and her permanent camouflage adds a 50% XP bonus per battle and reduces the cost of the ship's post-battle service by 10%

For a detailed look at the ship's technical specifications, follow this link.


IX Bajie is a battleship named after a half-man, half-pig being, and one of the main mythological characters in Chinese culture. Zhu Bajie is a wizard who achieved immortality, but was later expelled from the heavens and condemned to walk the earth as punishment for his human passions. His adventures are described in the Chinese classical novel "Journey to the West." In World of Warships, the ship represents Pan-Asia at Tier IX.

• Nine 410 mm guns placed in three turrets. All the guns are mounted at the fore end of the ship. The battleship has artillery with a medium range for her tier and enjoys good shell grouping
  
• Good secondary battery with a 7 km standard range and chances between 8–10% of setting the target on fire, depending on the gun type
  
• Access to the Spotting Aircraft consumable, which increases her firing range, or the Fighter consumable, which is used to repel air attacks
  
• She earns more credits per battle, and her permanent camouflage adds a 100% XP bonus per battle and reduces the cost of the ship's post-battle service by 20%

For a detailed look at the ship's technical specifications, follow this link.



Pan-Asian destroyer VIII Siliwangi is equipped with powerful deepwater torpedoes and Hydroacoustic Search with a significant action range. A bundle is available, which, in addition to the new destroyer, includes a themed permanent camouflage, rare expendable camouflages, and other valuable items.
Bundles are available for purchase until: Mon. 10 Feb. 06:00 CET (UTC+1)

• VIII Siliwangi   
  
• Commander with 10 skill points
  
• Lunar New Year permanent camouflage for VIII Siliwangi
  
• Combat mission: x3 XP for 25 battles
  
• 3,000,000
• 10×Spring Sky camouflages
  
• 30×Lunar Warrior Camouflage Patterns
  
• 40×Equal Speed Charlie London
  
• 40×India Bravo Terrathree
  
• 40×Zulu Hotel
  
• 40×Zulu
  
• 40×Papa Papa
  
• Commemorative flag
  
• Port slot

VIII Siliwangi is a Soviet destroyer built under Project 30-bis and transferred to the Indonesian Navy in 1959. In World of Warships, she represents Pan-Asia at Tier VIII and comes equipped with the Hydroacoustic Search consumable with a large action range, as well as deepwater torpedoes.

• Four 130 mm guns placed in two turrets. Firing range—12.5 km; reload time—5 seconds
  
• Two quintuple-tube torpedo launchers. Her deepwater torpedoes enjoy a low detectability range of only 0.8 km, but are not capable of striking destroyers. Maximum damage per hit—17,933 HP
  
• The Hydroacoustic Search consumable enables her to detect enemy ships at distances of up to 5.5 km, and torpedoes at distances of up to 3.75 km
  
• The Smoke Generator consumable sets a smoke screen for 30 seconds. Smoke screen dispersion time—70 seconds. The enhanced consumable has a cooldown period of just 100 seconds
  
• She earns more credits per battle, and her permanent camouflage adds a 50% XP bonus per battle and reduces the cost of the ship's post-battle service by 10%

For a detailed look at the ship's technical specifications, follow this link.




In Update 0.9.0, cruisers VII Southern Dragon and VII Eastern Dragon have become Premium ships and received all associated in-game economic bonuses. During the Lunar New Year celebrations, bundles with the Dragon ships, Dragon signals, and unique Commanders are available in the game.
Bundles are available for purchase until: Mon. 10 Feb. 06:00 CET (UTC+1)

VII Southern Dragon is named after Ào Qin—the Dragon King of the South Sea in Chinese tradition. In World of Warships, she is a typical representative of Japanese cruisers—a well-armed and durable ship carrying powerful artillery and long-range torpedoes.

• Ten 203 mm guns placed in five turrets. Her main guns are peculiar for their very powerful HE shells, but are inferior to the guns of other same-tier heavy cruisers in terms of firing range and rate of fire
  
• Four triple-tube torpedo launchers. Their 10 km range and maximum damage of 17,233 HP per hit make them an effective weapon when fighting against any enemy
  
• High maximum speed for her type and tier—35 knots
  
• She earns more credits per battle, and her permanent camouflage adds a 50% XP bonus per battle and reduces the cost of the ship's post-battle service by 10%

For a detailed look at the ship's technical specifications, follow this link.

VII Eastern Dragon is named after Ào Guǎng—the Dragon King of the East Sea in Chinese tradition. In World of Warships, she is a typical representative of Japanese cruisers—a well-armed ship carrying powerful artillery and long-range torpedoes.

• Ten 203 mm guns placed in five turrets. Her main guns are peculiar for their very powerful HE shells, but are inferior to the guns of other same-tier heavy cruisers in terms of firing range and rate of fire
  
• Four triple-tube torpedo launchers. Their 10 km range and maximum damage of 17,233 HP per hit make them an effective weapon when fighting against any enemy
  
• High maximum speed for her type and tier—35 knots
  
• She earns more credits per battle, and her permanent camouflage adds a 50% XP bonus per battle and reduces the cost of the ship's post-battle service by 10%

For a detailed look at the ship's technical specifications, follow this link.





Bundles are available for purchase until: Mon. 10 Feb. 06:00 CET (UTC+1)
A Lunar New Year 2019 Premium container can include one of the following rewards:

• A Pan-Asian Premium ship (Tier IX Bajie with Commander Zhu Bajie; Tier VIII Siliwangi; Tier VIII Irian; Tier VIII Wukong with Commander Sun Wukong; Tier VIII Loyang; Tier VI Anshan; or Tier VI Huanghe)
  
• Lunar New Year permanent camouflage for one of the following Pan-Asian Premium ships: Siliwangi, Irian, Loyang, Anshan, or Huanghe
  
• 3x Spring Sky, Asian Lantern, or Mosaic expendable camouflages
  
• 6x Type 59 expendable camouflages
  
• 12x Lunar Warrior expendable camouflages
  
• 20,000 Free XP
  
• 8 days of Warships Premium Account
• 750 doubloons

Ships are credited with a Port slot and Commander with 10 skill points. Bajie and Wukong come with same-name unique Commanders. If you purchase a ship or camouflage after you purchase a container, but before having opened it, and the container drops a ship or camouflage that you already have, you'll receive compensation for the value of the ship or camouflage in the form of doubloons. In the case of a ship being dropped, you will also receive a Commander with 10 skill points and a Port slot.

Premium containers offer higher chances of dropping Premium ships or permanent camouflages than standard containers.

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Please note: combat missions of the “Sea of Fortune” Season will be available

from Wed. 22 Jan. 07:00 CET (UTC+1) through Mon. 09 Mar. 08:00 CET (UTC+1)

Play one Clan Battle between January 22 and February 5 to redistribute Commander skill points for free.

• Format: Tier X ships in a 7 vs. 7 format.
  
• Restrictions: no aircraft carriers allowed and no more than one battleship per team.
  
• Rewards: up to 11,000 Steel and many additional rewards.
  
• Maps: Hotspot, Sea of Fortune, Tears of the Desert, Crash Zone Alpha, Mountain Range, Land of Fire, and North.
  
• Mode: Domination.
  
• Season Features: a cyclone is guaranteed to appear on each of the following maps: Mountain Range, Land of Fire, and North.

Spotting range during a cyclone is 12 km instead of the usual 8 km for a Random Battle. The point in time at which a cyclone appears, as well as its duration, are strictly predetermined and don't change.

Starts: Wed. 22 Jan. 12:30 CET (UTC+1) Ends: Mon. 09 Mar. 04:30 CET (UTC+1)

Gaming sessions are available on: Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday.

On the days of any update releases, Clan Battles are held only during the prime time of your server.

Detailed information on the rewards and conditions for the combat missions can be found in the game client.

Clans with Ranks 1–50 in the Global Rating will receive between 5,000 and 25,000 Steel.
* Each following step brings 250 less Steel.

Clans that don't enter the Top 50 will receive amounts of Steel and Coal in their Treasury that correspond to their League and Group.

• Number of Key Areas: 3
  
• Capture time: 40 seconds
  
• Points from a captured Key Area: 3 points per 4 seconds

The main feature of the Season is a guaranteed appearance of the cyclone on the Mountain Range, Land of Fire, and North maps. Unlike Random Battles, cyclones work according to strict rules in the new Clan Battles Season:

• They appear in five minutes after a battle begins
  
• The visibility range drops to 12 km in 1 minute
  
• A cyclone rages for 6 minutes, after which the visibility gradually returns to standard values within a period of 2 minutes

These settings, coupled with the strictly defined conditions of the cyclone’s occurrence, will make team tactics and gameplay more varied by reducing the engagement distance between opponents. The visibility range of 12 km will prevent cruisers equipped with the Surveillance Radar consumable from discovering enemy ships while remaining undetected themselves.


When the Season starts, any player who plays a Clan, Co-op, or Random Battle steering a Tier VIII–X ship, will be given a set of three special Tier X ships for temporary use: X [Großer Kurfürst], X [Zaō], and X [Grozovoi].  On February 3, these will be replaced by X [Montana], X [Moskva], and X [Shimakaze]. The final trio—X [Yamato], X [Hindenburg], and X [Gearing] will arrive in your Port on February 17.

Please note that the servers will be temporarily unavailable due to the release of an update. The schedule is available below.
Maintenance times are tentative and subject to change. Please accept our apologies for any inconveniences.

The new update will go live some time after it's been downloaded because the client and server sides are updated separately. While the client begins to update immediately, it takes time for the servers to be updated across all regions.

If there are problems with downloading or launching the update—please perform files integrity check.

Subtitles can be enabled in the video player separately.
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British heavy cruisers V Hawkins, VI Devonshire, VII Surrey, and VIII Albemarle are arriving in Early Access. To obtain them, exchange the new event resource—British Tokens—in the Armory for random bundles which can drop the new ships.

With the release of Update 0.9.1, Tier V–X British heavy cruisers will become available for all players to research in the Tech Tree.

• Their guns can cause significant damage per salvo, but have a relatively short firing range and arching shell trajectory.
  
• Unlike British light cruisers, the nation’s heavy cruisers can use high-explosive shells.
  
• Tube-by-tube torpedo launching capabilities.
  
• Durable armor in the central part of their decks for Tier VI ships and higher give representatives of the new branch greater survivability in comparison to other cruisers.
  
• Efficient Repair Party consumable: restores 50% of citadel damage, as opposed to the standard 10% for this ship type. Starting from Tier VIII, Repair Party restores 2% of the ship’s maximum HP per second instead of the standard 0.5%.
  
• All researchable British heavy cruisers can choose between Hydroacoustic Search and Defensive AA Fire.

Cruisers IX Drake and X Goliath have even more powerful artillery: main guns with a caliber of 234 mm and high-explosive shells that can penetrate armor up to 58 mm thick. Additionally, their Repair Party consumables are capable of restoring 60% of non-citadel damage.


The new game event tasks you with completing 36 missions spread across four Directives. The first Directive will become available with the release of Update 0.9.0, while those that follow will be unlocked each week. Completing missions will bring you signals, expendable camouflages, and credits; completing Directives will reward you with British Tokens.


British Tokens can be obtained from Daily Shipments or earned by completing Directives and Daily Missions. In a new Armory section, you can exchange the Tokens for random bundles which can drop British heavy cruisers V Hawkins, VI Devonshire, VII Surrey, or VIII Albemarle. Each ship comes with the Victorian White permanent camouflage.

• The contents of the currently available bundle will be visible to you.
  
• After each exchange, the contents of the next random bundle will be visible to you.
  
• Bundles that don't contain ships may appear more than once.

Apart from the ships, random bundles can drop days of Warships Premium Account, Coal, camouflages, and special signals.

Bundles that include significant hauls of desirable items are also available in exchange for doubloons in the Armory.

British Tokens can be obtained only in Update 0.9.0. With the release of Update 0.9.2, all British Tokens will be converted into credits at a rate of 1:4,500.

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Start: Wed. 22 Jan. 12:30 CET (UTC+1) End: Mon. 09 Mar. 05:30 CET (UTC+1)

Format: Tier X ships in a 7 vs. 7 format.

Restrictions: a maximum of one battleship per team and no aircraft carriers allowed.

Rewards: up to 11,000 Steel and many additional rewards.

Maps: Hotspot, Sea of Fortune, Tears of the Desert, Crash Zone Alpha, Mountain Range, Land of Fire, and North.

Season Features: a cyclone is guaranteed to appear on each of the following maps: Mountain Range, Land of Fire, and North. Spotting range during a cyclone is 12 km instead of the usual 8 km for a Random Battle. The point in time at which a cyclone appears, as well as its duration, are strictly predetermined and don't change.

We'll provide you with more details about the Season in a dedicated article.

As the opening move towards the changes that have been promised for unique upgrades, we've updated the way in which they are obtained. With the release of Update 0.9.2, unique upgrades will appear in the Research Bureau tab of the Armory. The challenges and combat missions for unique upgrades will also change.

• The combat missions that reward players with unique upgrades for Tier X ships can still be received until the release of Update 0.9.1, by playing one battle with the specified Tier X ship.
  
• Any of these combat missions already obtained prior to this point will expire on December 31, 2020.

We’re going to update the existing upgrades and add some new ones in future.




Ships dedicated to the collaboration with Arpeggio of Blue Steel (V ARP Kongō, V ARP Kirishima, V ARP Haruna, V ARP Hiei, VII ARP Myōkō, VII ARP Nachi, VII ARP Ashigara, VII ARP Haguro, and VIII ARP Takao), as well, as the VII Southern Dragon and VII Eastern Dragon custom ships, are becoming Premium ships. They will now earn more credits and their permanent camouflages will provide economic bonuses.

A new camouflage for VIII ARP Takao has also been added.


On the occasion of Lunar New Year, we've added some flags, patches, permanent camouflages, and Commanders. Read a dedicated article to learn how to obtain them, as well as new ships VIII Wukong, IX Bajie, and VIII Siliwangi.


Find even more information about what’s going in the game by clicking the spoiler: game balance changes, additions or changes to content, and other improvements.

• The reload time of her main guns has been reduced from 10.5 to 9.8 seconds.

Boosting her reload speed will improve the cruiser's combat performance.

• The amount of HP restored by her Repair Party consumable has been increased from 0.5% to 0.66% of the maximum HP pool per second.

The parameters of X Montana’s Repair Party are now equivalent to those of the same consumable on other researchable U.S. battleships.

• The HP pool of her AA mounts has been reduced by half.

In addition to her good armor and large HP pool, X Kremlin has highly efficient AA guns that were previously too hard to destroy. This meant that the battleship was able to enjoy solid protection against aircraft for the duration of an entire battle. The change will make it easier for aircraft carriers to attack the battleship in the middle stages of a battle, at the point when some of her AA mounts have been destroyed.

• The horizontal aiming angles of her main guns have been extended on both sides:
  
  • First turret: by 10 degrees
    
  • Second turret: by 1 degree
    
  • Fourth turret: by 15 degrees
• The traverse angles of her torpedo tubes have been extended by:
  
  • 8 degrees to the bow
    
  • 2 degrees to the stern

The new angles will make shooting and torpedo launching more comfortable.

• The HP pool of her standard hull has been reduced from 9,300 to 7,900.
  
• The HP pool of her researchable hull has been reduced from 10,900 to 9,300.

These changes will reduce the overall battle efficiency of the ship and balance it with that of other Tier III destroyers.

• The ship's detectability range has been increased:
  
  • By sea: from 9.04 to 9.54 km
    
  • By air: from 4.35 to 4.59 km
    
  • After firing her main guns while in smoke: from 3.7 to 3.96 km
• The detectability range of her torpedoes has been increased from 1.4 to 1.8 km

• The ship's detectability range has been increased:
  
  • By sea: from 8.88 to 9.88 km
    
  • By air: from 4.83 to 5.38 km
    
  • After firing her main guns while in smoke: from 3.63 to 4.15 km
• The detectability range of her torpedoes has been increased from 1.4 to 1.8 km

Their detectability parameters and high speeds previously enabled IX Mogador and X Kléber to perform surprise attacks without giving the enemy enough time to respond. This ability, combined with the main strength of French destroyers—their efficient main guns—made these ships too powerful in comparison with other destroyers.

• The time it takes for her engine to reach full power has been increased.
  
• The acceleration parameters with the Engine Boost consumable activated have been changed.

Due to her Engine Boost consumable and high standard speed, X Henri IV was able to avoid enemy fire by reducing or increasing her speed. Now the ship will accelerate and stop more smoothly. With Engine Boost activated, her acceleration will be approximately the same as her standard acceleration without the effects of the consumable prior to the change.



The following maps have been reworked to accommodate the new lighting model and enhanced HDR technology: Warrior’s Path, Okinawa, Sea of Fortune, The Atlantic, and Trap.

We've also improved the water reflections and rendering of shadows cast by static objects.

We've updated the Additional Content settings. Now you can enjoy the bonuses provided by camouflages even when their display is disabled. In this case, the standard permanent camouflage or, in case a ship doesn’t have one, the Type 5 camouflage will be displayed. Under the Exterior tab, such camouflages are marked with a special icon.

We've improved the performance of the Port. Campaigns, combat missions, and other windows with multiple elements will now open faster.

The armor layout in the Port and the way that armor is displayed on a ship have been updated. More colors are now used to display elements of different thicknesses, and the Plating armor group has been divided into two sections: Ship's Ends and Torpedo Protection. Only the thicknesses and armor groups that the selected ship actually has will be displayed.





We’ve added a new expendable camouflage—Volunteer—to reward World of Warships volunteers.



The following permanent camouflages, available in exchange for doubloons, have been added to the Camouflage tab in the Exterior section: Royal Navy for VIII Lightning and VI Gallant; National for VI Warspite, VI Admiral Graf Spee, VI Shinonome; and The Republic for VIII Richelieu and VIII Gascogne.

I Gryf, II Tátra, III Romulus, IV Klas Horn, V Visby, VI Västerås, VII Skåne, VIII Öland, IX Östergötland, X Halland, X Småland have been added for testing by developers, volunteers, and community contributors.

Please remember that with the release of Update 0.9.0, all unused Mediterranean Tokens will be converted into credits at a rate of 1:22,500.

• Fixed a bug which caused the shadow of the airship to disappear in the New York and Hamburg Ports.
  
• Added text and sound notifications for the beginning of a cyclone and reaching the minimum spotting range during a cyclone.
  
• Updated the display of V Émile Bertin’s main gun armor.
  
• Fixed a bug which caused the incorrect indication of an aircraft's engine boost reload time in the description in the Port when the presence of Commander skills or upgrades influenced the engine boost time.
  
• National flags are now replaced with the Halloween flag when the Infernal camouflage is used.
  
• Fixed a bug which caused the water-churning animation of a sinking ship to be abruptly interrupted.
  
• Enhanced Spectator Mode: the display of shells, torpedoes, and Surveillance Radar effects for spectators have been fixed.
  
• Fixed a bug which caused rudder shifting in autopilot mode when moving along a straight course.
  
• Made minor changes to the armor geometry of IV Imperator Nikolai I and IV Hermes.
  
• Fixed a bug which caused text to be typed incorrectly in the “Ship search by name” field in the Filters window.
  
• Subheadings have been aligned on the post-battle statistics screen. Tooltips display a shortened form of the shell types on the Detailed Report screen.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented the gun shields of VII Sims B from being displayed.
  
• Fixed camera bugs that occurred when playing IX Alaska B, VII Scharnhorst B, VIII ARP Takao, and X Shimakaze.
  
• Fixed an erroneous description of the GFCS module on VII Scharnhorst and VII Poltava.
  
• The ship specifications block is no longer displayed in the Port if there are no ships on the account.

The jewel atop the crown of Britain’s undisputed sovereignty over the European seas, forged in an age of rapid evolution for the Royal Navy.

HMS Indomitable, with her armored flight deck, expanded aircraft facilities, and heavy anti-aircraft artillery, strove to be a jack of all trades in the midst of a war that would put every conceivable aspect of naval combat to the test.
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In April 1937, the first of four planned Illustrious-class aircraft carriers was laid down at the Vickers-Armstrong shipyards at Barrow-in-Furness, England. This first, fully-fledged, class of modern British carriers was meant to serve as the proving ground for a new Royal Navy doctrine that called for maximizing carriers’ fixed defenses, both active and passive. Lacking effective radar, fighter planes couldn’t be expected to scramble in time to intercept an incoming attack in conditions of poor visibility. As a result, the Illustrious-class ships sacrificed plane capacity for an armored “box” that encased their hangars, including 76 mm of plating on the flight deck. This feature was a true rarity for its time, and one that wouldn’t be replicated abroad until 1941 with the Japanese aircraft carrier Taiho.

By November 1937, the fourth and final ship of the Illustrious series—Indomitable—was laid down at the same English shipyard. Due to delays in the delivery of required materials, construction was put on hold and the Admiralty took the opportunity to modify Indomitable’s design. The new requirements called for an increase in airplane capacity from 36 to 48, while keeping her weight in line with her three unmodified sister ships. To achieve this, an additional hangar was added above the originally planned one, and some armor was shaved off the sides and lower decks around the “box,” while the flight deck plating was left untouched.

Indomitable was completed and entered service in 1941, shortly before the Japanese Empire joined the war on the side of the Axis. In January 1942, she was assigned to the Eastern Fleet—based in the Indian Ocean—to curtail the rapid advance of the Japanese Navy in the East Indies. Before leaving the Indian Ocean, Indomitable would provide air support for the invasion of Madagascar.

With the Battle of Midway sending any chances of further carrier threats to the bottom of the sea, Indomitable was freed up to be sent to the Mediterranean in July 1942 to partake in Operation Pedestal—a heavily armed resupply convoy for the crucial island of Malta. Air cover was essential to the mission’s success, so it’s no surprise that Indomitable became the focus of German and Italian bombers from the outset. The ship was hit with two armor-piercing bombs, one of which struck an unarmored section of the flight deck, starting fires below-decks. Nevertheless, Indomitable’s squadrons of Hawker Sea Hurricanes performed well against the bombers, with fighter ace Lt. Richard Cork shooting down five enemy aircraft.

In 1943, Indomitable found herself again in a large-scale operation in the Mediterranean, as the Allies prepared for the invasion of Sicily, providing important air cover for the amphibious assault. Shortly after midnight on July 16, a lone bomber approached Indomitable undetected, dropping a single torpedo which struck the ship under the belt on the port side amidships. The damage was heavy, but quick and effective damage control, as well as counter-flooding, allowed her to sail back to Malta for repairs under her own power.

After undergoing extensive repairs and refitting at Norfolk, she was assigned to the Pacific theatre in 1944, where she would serve out the rest of the war. She survived three kamikaze attacks on May 4, 1945. One of the aggressors hit the deck, but the armor withstood the blow and only a few aircraft and sailors were lost as a result; the second kamikaze attack resulted in the plane bouncing off Indomitable's deck and exploding in the water; and the third attacker was shot out of the sky by the ship’s anti-aircraft batteries.




In terms of her aircraft squadrons, Indomitable flies the twin-engine De Havilland Sea Hornets, first operated by the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm in 1946.

Aircraft: De Havilland Sea Hornets in one squadron of four level bombers and one squadron of six attack aircraft.

These twin-engine, multi-role planes were developed as land-based fighter/bombers in the twilight years of the war, but were also adapted for carrier operations with a ‘Sea’ variant, complete with foldable wings to fit in the cramped carrier hangars.

Secondary battery: 16 113 mm/45 Mk II BD dual purpose guns in eight enclosed double turrets, situated on four separate sponsons located on either side of the ship, both fore and aft.

Anti-aircraft armament: 21 twin and 16 single 20 mm Oerlikon machine guns; four double 40 mm Bofors mounts; six quad 40 mm Vickers 2-pounder Mk VII “Pom-poms.”

• Air Supremacy
  
• Improved Engine Boost
  
• Improved Engines
  
• Aircraft Armor
  
• Survivability Expert

• Air Supremacy
  
• Improved Engine Boost
  
• Improved Engines
  
• Aircraft Armor
  
• Survivability Expert
  
• Sight Stabilization
  
• Demolition Expert
  
• Adrenaline Rush

The ship has five slots for upgrades. We consider the following combinations to be most effective:

• Air Groups Modification 1
  
• Aircraft Engines Modification 1
  
• Attack Aircraft Modification 1
  
• Attack Aircraft Modification 2 or Bombers Modification 2
  
• Flight Control Modification 1

Like all other carriers, VIII Indomitable has the standard Damage Control Party I and Fighter I on auto-activation. Her planes—both the rocket and bomb-equipped varieties—come with two charges of Engine Cooling I to speed up your squadrons’ movement, and four charges of Patrol Fighters I to deploy strategically on the map.




One of the first aircraft carriers with an armored flight deck in naval history. The ship's game version carries two types of aircraft on her deck: twelve attack aircraft and eight bombers, making it two full squadrons of each. Thanks to this, you can launch a full squadron even if the previous one of the same type hasn't returned from an attack yet, or went down during their assault. All aircraft aboard Indomitable have a high cruising speed for this Tier, allowing you to quickly reach any part of the battlefield and carry out vicious attacks against enemy ships.

• Attack aircraft: six aircraft in a squadron, with two planes on an attack run. Each aircraft carries eight rockets. Maximum rocket damage—2,100 HP; armor penetration—27 mm; chances of setting a target on fire—9%. Cruising speed—188 knots.
  
• Bombers: four aircraft in a squadron, with two planes on an attack run. Each bomber can drop six HE bombs. Maximum bomb damage—4,700 HP; armor penetration—32 mm; chances of setting a target on fire—27%. Cruising speed—182 knots.
  
• Extra credits per battle and 50% more XP provided by the permanent camouflage.

For a detailed look at the ship's technical specifications, follow this link.



[h3]Indomitable. Admiral Pack –20%[/h3]

• VIII Indomitable 
  
• Commander with 10 skill points
  
• 6,000,000
• 110×New Year Streamer camo
  
• 110×Equal Speed Charlie London
  
• 110×India Bravo Terrathree
  
• 110×Zulu
  
• 110×Zulu Hotel
  
• 110×Papa Papa
  
• Combat mission: x3 XP for 25 battles
  
• Unique flag
  
• Port slot

Captains!

Another year has come and gone, and the World of Warships fleet has swelled and is sailing strong! As we do every December, we’d like to take a moment to wish you—our players—a happy holiday season in the company of your loved ones, and to thank you for the countless action-packed battles we’ve fought together throughout the outgoing year. Without you to command history’s mightiest warships, our game would merely be a calm sea dotted with tranquil islands!

2019 saw us take to the skies from British aircraft carriers, set new water speed records aboard French destroyers, fight off fuel-hungry bandits in the grim world of the Post Apocalypse, and welcome a new nation—Europe—to the Tech Tree, amongst other things! We hope that you’ve enjoyed every moment of it as we have, and hope to meet you again in 2020, either on—or beneath—the high seas!
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[h3]World of Warships: 2019 Results[/h3]
The year 2019 is coming to an end—it's time to sum it up and recollect what happened in World of Warships. New game modes, ship branches, the official announcement of submarines, and much more. Let's remember the brightest moments in a new video!
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[h3]Lunar New Year 2019[/h3]


[h3]British Aircraft Carriers[/h3]


[h3]Big Intergalactic Games[/h3]


[h3]Rogue Wave[/h3]


[h3]Soviet Battleships[/h3]


[h3]Friendly "Victory" Competition[/h3]


[h3]French Destroyers[/h3]


[h3]French Destroyers: Part 2[/h3]


[h3]World of Warships Anniversary[/h3]


[h3]Submarines[/h3]




[h3]Raid for the Filth[/h3]


[h3]Regia Marina[/h3]


[h3]New Year 2020[/h3]

Make some waves, Captains!

The World of Warships team