Today I’ve found a surprise inside the CV Beta Build, HMS Hermes. The British Aircraft Carrier makes a sneaky entrance making it possible for a Royal Navy CV branch to be released soon.

HMS Hermes was a British aircraft carrier built for the Royal Navy and was the world’s first ship to be designed as an aircraft carrier, although the Imperial Japanese Navy’s H?sh? was the first to be launched and commissioned.

The ship’s construction began during the First World War but not completed until after the end of the war, delayed by multiple changes in her design after she was laid down.

Finally commissioned in 1924, Hermes served briefly with the Atlantic Fleet before spending the bulk of her career assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet and the China Station. In the Mediterranean, she worked with other carriers developing multi-carrier tactics. Hermes returned home in 1937 and was placed in reserve before becoming a training ship in 1938.

When the Second World War began in September 1939, the ship was briefly assigned to the Home Fleet and conducted anti-submarine patrols in the Western Approaches. She was refitted in South Africa between November 1941 and February 1942 and then joined the Eastern Fleet at Ceylon.

On 9 April 1942, a Japanese scout plane spotted her near Batticaloa, and she was attacked by several dozen dive bombers shortly afterwards. With no air cover, the carrier was quickly sunk by the Japanese aircraft. Most of the survivors were rescued by a nearby hospital ship, although 307 men from Hermes were lost in the sinking.

HMS Hermes 3D Preview Hermes by Harkonnen on Sketchfab

Please Note All stats are listed without crew and upgrade modifiers but with best available modules. The stats are subject to change during the testing without any warning and before final release.

Modules Hull Engine Flight Control Dive bombers Fighters ?Hermes (A) ?40 000 h.p. ?Mk4 mod. 1 ?Osprey Mk I ?Nimrod Mk I ?Hermes (B)

Characteristcs General Flight Control Secondaries Air Defense Consumables Tier IV Health 33,200 HP Flight Control Dive Bombers 12 Fighters ?12 Secondary Armament Maximum Firing Range 3.50 km 102 mm/45 Mk V ?3 x 1 102 mm 140 mm/50 BL Mk I 6 x 1 140 mm Anti Air Defense 102 mm/45 Mk V ?3 x 1 102 mm Maximum speed 25.00 kt Turning Circle Radius 750 m Rudder Shift Time 12.48 s Surface Detectability 12.06 km Air Detectability 10.29 km Flight Control Dive Bombers 12x Osprey Mk I Fighters 12x Nimrod Mk I Osprey Mk I Tier IV Flight Height 900 m Maximum Speed 150 kt Speed with Bomb 85 kt Turning Radius 30 m Bomb Alpha Damage 1,900 Bomb Alpha Piercing HE 18.2 Bomb Burn Probability 8% Nimrod Mk I Tier IV Flight Height 900 m Maximum Speed 150 Turning Radius 30 m 3 x 1 102 mm/45 Mk V Reloading Time 4.0 s Sigma 1.00 ? Horizontal Dispersion 50 m Vertical Dispersion 110 m Shells Type of Projectile HE Alpha Damage 1,500 HP Damage 310 HP Alpha Piercing HE 17 mm Explosion Size 0.30 Chance to Cause Fire 6 % Projectile Speed 811 m/s Air Drag 0.330 Projectile Mass 15.88 Projectile Krupp 3 6 x 1 140 mm/50 BL Mk I Reloading Time 5.00 s Sigma 1.00 ? Horizontal Dispersion 50 m Vertical Dispersion 110 m Shells Type of Projectile HE Alpha Damage 2,000 HP Damage 530 HP Alpha Piercing HE 23 mm Explosion Size 0.47 Chance to Cause Fire 8 % Projectile Speed 850 m/s Air Drag 0.398 Projectile Mass 37.2 Projectile Krupp 1 3 x 1 102 mm/45 Mk V Anti-air Aura 0.08 Maximum Range 3.50?km Reloading Time 5.0 s Slot 1

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