HMS Iron Duke
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Description
The Iron Duke-class, HMS Iron Duke (18), 1928 is a premium gift rank V British battleship
with a battle rating of 6.7 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update "Kings of Battle", but was removed from the store after the 2024 May sales. It has since been reintroduced, purchasable in-game for Golden Eagles 
for the 2024 "Anniversary of its Launch" mini event.
General info
Survivability and armour
HMS Iron Duke, like other British battleships of this time period, uses a distributed armour scheme. Her main main belt has a thickness of 12 inches, slightly angled to increase effectiveness. This falls off to 9 inches and then 8 inches on the hull, before finally ending with 6 inches on the secondary armour deck. The main belt will be resistant to most battleships of the rank, but the higher ranked ships like the SMS Bayern or IJN Fuso will be able to penetrate it at most ranges, and the thinner armour above the main belt will be easily penetrated by all capital ships. Iron Duke has no dedicated torpedo protection, though it does have coal bunkers which can absorb some hits.
The turrets are fairly well armoured, though not to the extreme of something like the USS Nevada with her 18 inches of angled turret armour. HMS Iron Duke has 2 layers of turret armour, with the first coming in at 11 inches of armour, covering the front, rear and sides and a second 3-inch layer contained within. This should be more than enough armour to stop most shells at anything but extremely close range. The top of the turrets also have multiple layers of armour, with both a 3-inch and 4-inch plate protecting from plunging fire. The turret barbette armour ranges from 9-10 inches, which unfortunately means that every battleship will easily be able to destroy the ammo elevators, though these won't explode when hit. The magazines are placed well below the waterline, and have multiple layers of deck armour to detonate plunging fire and shield the magazine from hits, with two 1-inch and a 1.25-inch plate providing ample protection.
Mobility
Write about the ship's mobility. Evaluate its power and manoeuvrability, rudder rerouting speed, stopping speed at full tilt, with its maximum forward and reverse speed.
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| Game Mode | Upgrade Status | Maximum Speed (km/h) | |
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| Upgraded | 47 | 28 | |
| RB/SB | |||
| Upgraded | 41 | 24 | |
Modifications and economy
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Armament
Primary armament
Provide information about the characteristics of the primary armament. Evaluate their efficacy in battle based on their reload speed, ballistics and the capacity of their shells. Add a link to the main article about the weapon: {{main|Weapon name (calibre)}}. Broadly describe the ammunition available for the primary armament, and provide recommendations on how to use it and which ammunition to choose.
| Penetration statistics | |||||||
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| Ammunition | Type of warhead |
Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm) | |||||
| 1,000 m | 2,500 m | 5,000 m | 7,500 m | 10,000 m | 15,000 m | ||
| HE | HE | 77 | 77 | 77 | 77 | 77 | 77 |
| APC Mk.Ia | APCBC | 554 | 510 | 447 | 395 | 352 | 294 |
| CPBC | SAPCBC | 300 | 276 | 242 | 214 | 190 | 159 |
| APC Mk.IIIa | APCBC | 591 | 545 | 478 | 422 | 376 | 314 |
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| Ammunition | Type of warhead |
Velocity (m/s) |
Projectile mass (kg) |
Fuse delay (s) |
Fuse sensitivity (mm) |
Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (kg) |
Ricochet | |||||
| 0% | 50% | 100% | ||||||||||
| HE | HE | 759 | 635 | 0 | 0.1 | 88.11 | 79° | 80° | 81° | |||
| APC Mk.Ia | APCBC | 759 | 635 | 0.025 | 20 | 22.22 | 48° | 63° | 71° | |||
| CPBC | SAPCBC | 759 | 635 | 0.035 | 26 | 53.3 | 48° | 63° | 71° | |||
| APC Mk.IIIa | APCBC | 759 | 639.6 | 0.025 | 20 | 14.1 | 48° | 63° | 71° | |||
Secondary armament
Some ships are fitted with weapons of various calibres. Secondary armaments are defined as weapons chosen with the control Select secondary weapon. Evaluate the secondary armaments and give advice on how to use them. Describe the ammunition available for the secondary armament. Provide recommendations on how to use them and which ammunition to choose. Remember that any anti-air armament, even heavy calibre weapons, belong in the next section. If there is no secondary armament, remove this section.
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| Ammunition | Type of warhead |
Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm) | |||||
| 1,000 m | 2,500 m | 5,000 m | 7,500 m | 10,000 m | 15,000 m | ||
| 6 inch HE | HE | 53 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 53 |
| 6 inch CPC | SAP | 119 | 102 | 79 | 62 | 50 | 40 |
| Shell details | ||||||||||||
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| Ammunition | Type of warhead |
Velocity (m/s) |
Projectile mass (kg) |
Fuse delay (s) |
Fuse sensitivity (mm) |
Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (kg) |
Ricochet | |||||
| 0% | 50% | 100% | ||||||||||
| 6 inch HE | HE | 784 | 45.3 | 0 | 0.1 | 6.6 | 79° | 80° | 81° | |||
| 6 inch CPC | SAP | 784 | 45.3 | 0.035 | 7 | 3.4 | 47° | 60° | 65° | |||
Anti-aircraft armament
An important part of the ship's armament responsible for air defence. Anti-aircraft armament is defined by the weapon chosen with the control Select anti-aircraft weapons. Talk about the ship's anti-air cannons and machine guns, the number of guns and their positions, their effective range, and about their overall effectiveness – including against surface targets. If there are no anti-aircraft armaments, remove this section.
Additional armament
Describe the available additional armaments of the ship: depth charges, mines, torpedoes. Talk about their positions, available ammunition and launch features such as dead zones of torpedoes. If there is no additional armament, remove this section.
Usage in battles
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Pros and cons
Summarise and briefly evaluate the vehicle in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark its pros and cons in the bulleted list. Try not to use more than 6 points for each of the characteristics. Avoid using categorical definitions such as "bad", "good" and the like - use substitutions with softer forms such as "inadequate" and "effective".
Pros:
Cons:
History
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Media
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See also
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- reference to the series of the ship;
- links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.
External links
| Portsmouth Royal Dockyard | |
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| Frigates | |
| Leopard-class | HMS Leopard |
| Heavy Cruisers | |
| County-class | HMS London |
| Battleships | |
| Unique ships | HMS Dreadnought |
| Orion-class | HMS Orion |
| Iron Duke-class | HMS Iron Duke |
| Britain battleships | |
|---|---|
| HMS Dreadnought* | |
| Colossus-class | HMS Colossus |
| Orion-class | HMS Orion |
| Iron Duke-class | HMS Iron Duke · HMS Marlborough |
| Queen Elizabeth-class | HMS Barham |
| * Unique ship | |
| Britain premium ships | |
|---|---|
| Motor torpedo boats | MTB-1(2) · MTB-422 · Fairmile D (5001) · HMS Gay Archer |
| Motor gun boats | MGB-75 · SGB Grey Goose |
| Gunboats | HMS Spey |
| Sub-chasers | LÉ Orla |
| Frigates | HMS Whitby |
| Destroyers | HMS Montgomery · HMS Valhalla · HMS Verdun · ORP Garland · HMS Jervis · HMCS Haida · HMS Mohawk · HMS Cadiz · HMS Diamond |
| Light cruisers | HMS Belfast |
| Battleships | HMS Iron Duke |
