This allows every ship with a gun caliber of 228mm or higher to overmatch her bow and stern. Repulse’s bow and stern protection is only 16mm compared to most other Tier VI battleships that have 26mm bow and stern plating.

As a battlecruiser, Repulse trades the heavier armor seen on Warspite and Queen Elizabeth for a quick top speed of 31.7 knots, faster than all other battleships in her tier. Despite losing a twin 381mm turret compared to Warspite and Queen Elizabeth, she makes up for it with battlecruiser dispersion, making Repulse the most accurate battleship at Tier VI. Repulse drastically differs from her nation's Tier VI battleship counterparts. On December 10th, 1941, both capital ships were sunk by Japanese torpedo bombers when attempting to intercept Japanese landings in Malaya. In World War Two Repulse participated in unsuccessful searches for Gneisenau, and Scharnhorst, before her redeployment to the Pacific with the Prince of Wales as part of Force Z. After the success of battlecruisers at the battle of the Falkland Islands, construction restarted, though Repulse would see little service in the war However, between the wars, she received two extensive refits to increase her armament, armor and torpedo protection.

Originally laid down as an improved Revenge-class battleship, the Royal Navy suspended construction on Repulse and her sister Renown when it was thought that they wouldn't be completed in time to participate in the First World War. The data presented in the AA Defense sidebar section may be incorrect.įor a graphic summary of ships Tiers VIII thru XI see LittleWhiteMouse's 'Actual AA DPS'.

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