Everyone knows the best ships by heart, but what are your favorites that not a lot of people might know about or play?
I love the HMS Marlborough. I’ll take it over the Hood any match. The 13.5 inch guns with 880kg of HE per salvo will really ruin someone’s day. It’s even good at causing flooding on the “unsinkable” Scharnhorst.
Honorable mention the the Queen Mary which is at a lower BR with 2 fewer of the same guns. It’s devastating at its BR.
Kongo
I don’t know if anyone remembers, but there was this 1999 game called Fighting Steel, I played the heck out of it, and in that game Kongo was… really something to behold. Ever since then I have an ongoing sentiment for that vessel.
Agano
this was the first vessel where Naval mode truly “clicked” for me. Before that I was decent in the game, but the learning curve of Agano raised me on a whole next level.
HMS London.
Compared to most heavy cruisers, she’s lightly armoured, and whilst the guns are good, they have a lower rate of fire compared to some. Even has less main guns than a few.
But the hailstorm of AA fire she can put out towards an enemy aircraft is just hilarious to watch
Certainly helps she’s a very pretty ship too, which surely counts for something.
I bought her and Southamptons market camo’s and am currently working towards them, so I’m glad to hear someone actually enjoys it, instead of the negativity I mostly see elsewhere lol.
Really liked Yuudachi while the stats are nothing impressive reason i like it is because i had a lot of intense battles in it especially in EC mode. like one time i was against 3 U.S DDs all of us trading blows i kept my distance using my better muzzle velocity as a benefit in the end the duel lasted almost all game with me being able to torp 2 of them and the last guy we damaged each other so much and we both ran out of ammo we retreated back to friendly lines. rare moments like that made me felt like i was playing a true naval game.
Hmm this is a rather tough one tbh as there’s a lot of non meta vessels that get overshadowed in their BR bracket.
Torpedo Boat Chidori,
A niche pick & its BR doesn’t help it compared the the Mustuki or Momi classes at 3.3 with the same cannons but the ten Type 96 does help a bit yet it is an ashame it isn’t a pre 1944 refit as than it would have three 120 mm/45 3rd year cannons & iirc eight Type 96 or the as built condition of with eight torpedoes & three 127 mm/50 3rd year cannons plus a Pom-Pom.
But this vessel shines to the top under the right circumstances, to bad naval classification don’t really follow real world classifications over what we see in game.
Although I’ll say it was definitely a victim of the 2.01 TT split as even before the research cost was daft at 120k rp than it went to 380k rp an back then it had a torpedo reload that was removed as a player asked the logic behind the placement of them (why not stick them on the rails instead like on Italian cruisers???) ntm it did have a modest repair cost at one stage but rank based economics put an end to that (should be only like 800 sl but noooooo it has to be 18274 sl (RB wise) which is daft for a small 1930 design TB & all others bar that rerated SKR have sub 1000 sl repairs).
I really despise how the TT’s are setup & the repairs & ammunition costs are…
Belfast, Marlborough and Jervis my favourite ship, but i also like Von Der Tann, Westfalen and Helgoland
Bravy
He he he funny Moffet Ammo Rack from 15 km
I guess it’s not a meta because it’s a starter ship, but I love G-6 motor torpedo boat. It’s a very mobile and maneuverable ship. I wish it had more torpedoes.
SMS Bayern
Not because it’s powerful or whatever, but because it’s Bayern.
I don’t even play naval, that thing alone wants me to however.
I have fond memories of playing HMS Abdiel.
Braviy. I love make 10 km no fly zone.
HMS Brissenden (plus sister ship Calpe)
Slow for a destroyer, and the low set rear turret means you often have only 2/3 of your potential salvo available.
But she slaps hard with just mild angling and 2 turrets, and thanks to HE-VT and a mix of good 20 & 40mm secondaries shes not an easy boat/plane target either.
Many a Meta 4.7 has fallen foul of assuming she is harmless and best left to last for an easy kill.
French “La Surprise” - looks as weak AF with only 2 x 4" guns and decent light AA, but the guns reload in about 2 seconds (maybe 3 :)) which means the 2 of them put out a surprising amount of damage - can easily take on any destroyers at its BR that have apparently much heavier armaments