The Cheshire is based on the same 15 500 tons cruiser design as the Albemarle but with a main battery consisting of 3 twin turrets with 234 mm guns and a much more developed anti-air armament.

This better anti-air lead to the removal of the ship’s catapult in exchange for 2 dual-purpose twin 113 mm gun turrets.

She also gained a… quite interesting camouflage with a nice radioactive green color.

Modules Hull Engine Gun Fire Control System Main battery Torpedoes Cheshire Propulsion: 110 000 hp Mk VIII mod. 1 234 mm/50 Mk XII 533 mm Mk IXM

Characteristics General Main Battery Secondaries Torpedo Tubes Air Defense Consumables Tier VIII Health 42 500 HP Displacement 17 450 tons Main Armament Maximum Firing Range 15.700 km 234 mm/50 Mk XII 3 x 2 234 mm Secondary Armament Maximum Firing Range 3.000 km 113 mm/45 RP 41 Mk VI 8 x 2 113 mm Torpedo Armament Maximum Firing Range 10.000 km 533 mm QR Mk II 2 x 4 533 mm Maximum speed 34 kts Turning Circle Radius 720 m Rudder Shift Time 10.5 s Surface Detectability 12.42 km Air Detectability 7.73 km Detectability After Firing Main Gus in Smoke 7.74 km 3 x 2 234 mm/50 Mk XII Reloading Time 15 s 180 Degree Turn Time 18.0 s Optimal firing angles at the front 34° Optimal firing angles at the rear 33° Sigma 2.05 sigma Maximum Dispersion 141 m Shells Type of Projectile HE – 234 mm HE 6 CRH

Alpha Damage 3 350 HP Damage 1 820 HP Penetration capacity 38 mm Explosion size 1.12 Fire chance 21 % Projectile Speed 881 m/s Air Drag 0.279 Projectile Mass 172.4 Type of Projectile AP – 234 mm AP 6 CRH

Alpha Damage 5 550 HP Chance to Cause Fire -0.5 % Projectile Speed 881 m/s Air Drag 0.279 Projectile Mass 172.4 Projectile Krupp 2 400 Projectile Detonator 0.033 s Detonator threshold 39 mm 8 x 2 113 mm/45 RP 41 Mk VI Reloading Time 3.0 s Sigma 1.00 sigma Shells Type of Projectile HE – 113 mm HE Mk XVI

Alpha Damage 1 600 HP Damage 410 HP HE penetration 18 mm Explosion Size 0.36 Chance to Cause Fire 7 % Projectile Speed 746 m/s Air Drag 0.33 Projectile Mass 25 2 x 4 533 mm QR Mk II

533 mm Mk IXM

Reloading Time 96 s Maximum Distance 10.0 km Optimal firing angles at the front 25° Optimal firing angles at the rear 32° Damage 16 767 Speed 62 kt Surface Detectability 1.3 km 8 x 2 113 mm/45 RP 41 Mk VI Sector range 0.1 km – 5.8 km Hit chance 90 % Sector’s damage 48 Sector’s damage frequency 0.29 s Sector’s damage per second 168 Flak clouds number 7 Flak cloud damage 1 470 10 x 2 40 mm STAAG Sector range 0.1 km – 3.5 km Hit chance 90 % Sector’s damage 65 Sector’s damage frequency 0.29 s Sector’s damage per second 228 20 x 2 20 mm Oerlikon Mk V Sector range 0.1 km – 2.0 km Hit chance 85 % Sector’s damage 71 Sector’s damage frequency 0.29 s Sector’s damage per second 249 Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 Damage Control Party I Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 90 s Repair Party I Number of charges: 1 Work time: 20 s Cooldown: 120 s HP regeneration speed: 2% HP/s Hydroacoustic Search I Number of charges: 2 Work time: 180 s Cooldown: 180 s Torpedo detection range: 3.0 km Ship detection range: 3.0 km Damage Control Party II Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 60 s Repair Party II Number of charges: 2 Work time: 20 s Cooldown: 80 s HP regeneration speed: 2% HP/s Hydroacoustic Search II Number of charges: 3 Work time: 180 s Cooldown: 120 s Torpedo detection range: 3.0 km Ship detection range: 3.0 km

The armor

To nobody’s surprise, the Cheshire has the exact same armor protection as the Albemarle with the exception of the turrets.

The bow

The bow is protected by 25 mm armor just like the vast majority of Tier VIII cruisers

For the middle section’s forward protection, the upper casemate is 19mm thick and the citadel athwartship is 152 mm for the upper part and 76 mm for the lower part. For a tier VIII cruiser, it is definitely pretty good.

The middle section

The middle section of the Cheshire is quite well protected but at the same time, her citadel is terribly exposed.

The deck is 30 mm thick so it will bounce AP shells of a diameter of 420 mm or smaller. The side armor is 25 mm and the main belt that is simply massive is 152 mm thick. It is worth noting that this main belt is the citadel and with such a huge portion above the waterline, you might want to be careful when picking your opponents.

For the horizontal protection, above the engines, the citadel armor deck is 70 mm thick and under the turrets, it’s 102 mm thick. It won’t do much against AP bombs but at least, it does protect from AP shells that would somehow get the necessary angle to not automatically bounce.

It is worth noting that the 70 mm deck is exposed where the torpedo tubes are located. This means that ships with a sufficient HE penetration will be able to get HE citadels on the ship if RNG says yes.

The stern section

The stern has the classic 25 mm plating except around the steering gears. On the sides, there is a 102 mm thick belt and on the flat extremity, there is a 76 mm plating.

There is also an internal protection with a 50 mm armored deck followed by a 38 mm plate. At least, this should prove that the steering gears on this ship should be well protected.

For the rear protection of the middle section. It’s the exact same as at the front. There is a 19 mm casemate followed by the citadel’s athwartships with the upper part being 152 mm thick and the lower part 76 mm thick. Against cruisers, it will be effective protection especially with the flat stern that can allow AP shells to penetrate easily.

The superstructure

The superstructure is slightly bigger than on the Albemarle with an addition section between the 2 funnels. It 16 mm thick and for the secondary turrets, they are covered with 18 mm of armor.

The turrets

The turrets are quite well armored but have the same problem as all the high tier British turrets, the flat face.

The face is 178 mm thick, the sides and the forward part of the top are 102 mm thick, the back is 152 mm thick and the rear part of the top is 76 mm thick.

Personal Opinion

As of right now, I’m really not impressed by the ship. The firepower is just wayyyy too low compared to other tier VIII cruisers. Unless the ship has destroyer level of dispersion, it will need quite a big reload buff to be anything close from interesting.

You can also add the fact that she doesn’t have a spotter plane.

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