Thanx, Notser. - Red Fort is an Arethusa-class cruiser. Arethuse''s (4) were built after all the Leander types on a smaller hull than the Leander hull (almost the same hull the Dido's were later built on) with three turrets. She looks original, not modified like Huanghe which was the HMS Aurora in RN service. - Hobart is a second series Leander with twin funnels instead of the single trunked funnel . . . all 2nd series Leanders fought in WWII as Australian ship (also Perth and Sydney). - Uganda is from the Ceylon-sub class of the Crown Colony class (later referred to as Fiji class); these three cruisers came from the dockyards with 3 main battery turrets and more AA guns. Auckland onward are never-built ships, interesting speculations with some weird choices by WoWs (esp. Cerberus). Red Fort is speculative use of the Arethusa class by (I would assume) India. The others are actual vessels used in wartime. Auckland is a modified Albemarle, and that citadel looks identical. Encounter definitely reminds me of an extension of the Hawkins class. Yup, Hawkins like hull and funnels. Cerberus is a massive extension of the County-class heavies (Devonshire). Hmmmm Encounter and Cerberus have 20s-30s style 102mm secondaries . . . . interesting. Great War-era battle cruisers New Zealand and Australia did exist. Basically Indefatigable and Queen Mary.
There is already an Arethusa class cruiser in the game with the Huanghe. Of course, the Red Fort won't benefit from the outstanding Russian artillery the Huanghe has.
And we never got the Arethusa-class Red Fort. Instead, we get the INS cruiser Delhi . . . and the Delhi was originally the HMS Achilles, one of the cruisers at the Battle of the River Plate. She spend 1941-45 as the HMNZS Achilles. THIS is a famous ship!!!
@@Skaitania Chungking is technically that same cruiser as Huanghe. The Arethusa class cruiser HMS Aurora was sold to the ROC who named it Chungking. The Peoples Liberation Army captured her, the Russians came in a stripped her of usable equipment and the PLAN later used her as an accommodation ship which they named Huang He.
Thanks Notser, It's weird that they kept the name HMCS Uganda since Canada took it over they renamed it the HMCS Quebec (c66) . Hopefully War Gaming does a premium HMCS Ontario (C53) (Minotaur class) 8-) they could also do a flower class for Canada as well for giggles and shits.
HMCS Uganda was only renamed to Quebec in 1952, after she was reactivated for the Korean War. Maybe they'll make her a higher tier premium CL eventually.
Also, a quick note on the Uganda. She is one of the Ceylon subclass of Fiji cruisers that removed the X turret in favour of more AA mounts. One would assume she has better AA than the Fiji, but never let history get in the way of a WG developer.
Hi Notser, the HMAS Hobart was one of three improved Leanders that separated the boilers into different areas of the ship rather than all in the same space, hence the two funnels on the improved version compared to one on the original Leanders. The rational was that if one boiler was taken out by a shell or torpedo, the ship wouldn't be disabled. All three were sold to the Australian navy in the mid to late 1930's. The ships were the Hobart, Perth and Sydney. Hobart was the only one to survive the war. We have had the HMAS Perth in the game for many years as a premium.
The thing I'm most excited for with these is the fact that this'll be the first time people can reasonably smoke-train without premiums and without sitting still - imagining Schlieffens and double-Cerberus, now doable all with just techline ships!
A dedicated line that specializes in going after a very specific ship type that will at most have 2 of in a match. That when found are easily killed anyway. With no guarantee you will even encounter a sub, if the player sees “oh the asw cc is over there, imma avoid it”. Now a new specialized AA cc line……much more useful
Sounds like Auckland is going to be the Albemarle equivalent for this line; they are both weak ships. Also, why does the Submarine Surveillance icon look like a shopping cart??
@@matthiasdarrington3271 I don't cheat or use exploits, I'm just playing the game as you do. And when you manage to kill me within 5 minutes you are very happy... So kill me and have fun. Btw, this game only exits because everyone wants to win and therefore frustrates the reds... So freaking what? Get over it.
Why am I watching this? I left the game two years ago, after it finally hit me that i dropped hundreds on something I cant hold in my hand. Quit the game once I got a 3D printer that I can print actual models out to play with. Guess I'm looking for new models to model after.
Thanx, Notser.
- Red Fort is an Arethusa-class cruiser. Arethuse''s (4) were built after all the Leander types on a smaller hull than the Leander hull (almost the same hull the Dido's were later built on) with three turrets. She looks original, not modified like Huanghe which was the HMS Aurora in RN service.
- Hobart is a second series Leander with twin funnels instead of the single trunked funnel . . . all 2nd series Leanders fought in WWII as Australian ship (also Perth and Sydney).
- Uganda is from the Ceylon-sub class of the Crown Colony class (later referred to as Fiji class); these three cruisers came from the dockyards with 3 main battery turrets and more AA guns.
Auckland onward are never-built ships, interesting speculations with some weird choices by WoWs (esp. Cerberus). Red Fort is speculative use of the Arethusa class by (I would assume) India. The others are actual vessels used in wartime.
Auckland is a modified Albemarle, and that citadel looks identical.
Encounter definitely reminds me of an extension of the Hawkins class. Yup, Hawkins like hull and funnels.
Cerberus is a massive extension of the County-class heavies (Devonshire). Hmmmm Encounter and Cerberus have 20s-30s style 102mm secondaries . . . . interesting.
Great War-era battle cruisers New Zealand and Australia did exist. Basically Indefatigable and Queen Mary.
Wonderful post, thanks so much for all this info
There is already an Arethusa class cruiser in the game with the Huanghe. Of course, the Red Fort won't benefit from the outstanding Russian artillery the Huanghe has.
And we never got the Arethusa-class Red Fort. Instead, we get the INS cruiser Delhi . . . and the Delhi was originally the HMS Achilles, one of the cruisers at the Battle of the River Plate. She spend 1941-45 as the HMNZS Achilles. THIS is a famous ship!!!
@@Skaitania Chungking is technically that same cruiser as Huanghe. The Arethusa class cruiser HMS Aurora was sold to the ROC who named it Chungking. The Peoples Liberation Army captured her, the Russians came in a stripped her of usable equipment and the PLAN later used her as an accommodation ship which they named Huang He.
Thanks Notser, It's weird that they kept the name HMCS Uganda since Canada took it over they renamed it the HMCS Quebec (c66) . Hopefully War Gaming does a premium HMCS Ontario (C53) (Minotaur class) 8-) they could also do a flower class for Canada as well for giggles and shits.
The renaming happened post-war, I'm guessing that's why the name Uganda was used in game.
HMCS Uganda was only renamed to Quebec in 1952, after she was reactivated for the Korean War. Maybe they'll make her a higher tier premium CL eventually.
Also, a quick note on the Uganda. She is one of the Ceylon subclass of Fiji cruisers that removed the X turret in favour of more AA mounts. One would assume she has better AA than the Fiji, but never let history get in the way of a WG developer.
Agreed on the last bit, I wish there was maybe a historical locked loadout sometimes. Maybe operations or something low stress imo
Hi Notser, the HMAS Hobart was one of three improved Leanders that separated the boilers into different areas of the ship rather than all in the same space, hence the two funnels on the improved version compared to one on the original Leanders. The rational was that if one boiler was taken out by a shell or torpedo, the ship wouldn't be disabled. All three were sold to the Australian navy in the mid to late 1930's. The ships were the Hobart, Perth and Sydney. Hobart was the only one to survive the war.
We have had the HMAS Perth in the game for many years as a premium.
Always nice to see more historical ships added
The thing I'm most excited for with these is the fact that this'll be the first time people can reasonably smoke-train without premiums and without sitting still - imagining Schlieffens and double-Cerberus, now doable all with just techline ships!
Yeah it has been too long to not have a normal commonwealth line, glad they are finally doing it
Hope the commonwealth DD line gets the good sub surveillance consumable
That would be pretty cool if they did
A dedicated line that specializes in going after a very specific ship type that will at most have 2 of in a match. That when found are easily killed anyway. With no guarantee you will even encounter a sub, if the player sees “oh the asw cc is over there, imma avoid it”.
Now a new specialized AA cc line……much more useful
Well of course Auckland will be the bad one. It’s the one players will *maybe* be able to acquire for free
True, can’t give away something great
Exciting to play the new Commonwealth cruiser => Get into a game that does not have submarine :3
Sounds like Auckland is going to be the Albemarle equivalent for this line; they are both weak ships. Also, why does the Submarine Surveillance icon look like a shopping cart??
Theirs commander’s should be able to change with the Royal Navy commander.
i really hate the fact that first the us dds and now these cruisers get the def fire at tier 5
Another line of long range cruisers with the sub radar this should be on dd sub hunters not cruisers
I would love a DD line getting this skill
@@Notser I would love ALL DD lines getting this skill. Right now, subs are counters to DDs...
A lot of subs have from 8 to 12 klm ping and torp range.
They do indeed
How do you get the tokens
North Atlantic Ocean Destroyers to hunt down Subs ( Red Ford or Delhi ??????)
THANK YOU
Great team ship...good sub players will avoid these like the plague. Perth, Rahmat, Huanghe are good so low tiers of these should be too.
I could imagine submarines treating this like Destroyers and radar cruisers
As a kiwi, Auckland is not an aussie ship its the first kiwi naming ship in wows thank you very much and obviously didnt read the dev blog quite well
Create a problem, sell the solution.
Great introduction of the new cruiser lineup. 👍
For me, they are easy prey for bbs and I as a sub player need to keep enough distance.
Totally agree on both points, a well played sub or battleship is super challenging for this line imo
as a sub player you should stop ruining our games and go play randoms
@@matthiasdarrington3271 I don't cheat or use exploits, I'm just playing the game as you do. And when you manage to kill me within 5 minutes you are very happy... So kill me and have fun. Btw, this game only exits because everyone wants to win and therefore frustrates the reds... So freaking what? Get over it.
Why am I watching this? I left the game two years ago, after it finally hit me that i dropped hundreds on something I cant hold in my hand. Quit the game once I got a 3D printer that I can print actual models out to play with. Guess I'm looking for new models to model after.
They look boring.
As long as it have good ASW, I don’t care 😂
@@rechtsguy4005there ASW isn’t that great lol it got nerfed in testing
Pan Asian cruiser do not have air depth charges