To create such refits we study history of ship architecture, national Navy shipbuilding specifics, which had every major Navy Power in 20th century. We decided to prolong service of German battleships lost in Scapa Flow and give them modernisations they might have during 20th and 30th. You probably know that most of German Navy after WWI have been scuttled in 1919 in Scapa Flow, Scotland. Sometimes even longer than a historical prototype. To sum up in our game warship may “live” for a few decades of history. Players receive new fire control systems and guns, ships become better protected from shells and torpedoes. In WoW we tend to show this very important technical innovations in upgrades. This were aviation, surface warning and air search radars, new types of guns and anti-aircraft systems. It was something usual for old dreadnoughts of WWI to prolong their service in 1930s and in WWII: new powerful means of destruction were invented and changed tactics of sea battles. Naturally, Warspite went through a number of refits. Warspite participated in Jutland battle (31st of May – 1 of June, 1916) – one of the biggest naval battles of 20th century, after which it served until the end of World War II. This battleship was launched in 1913 even before First World War started. For example, we added German battleship Scharnhorst in as-built configuration while his sistership Gneisenau got main guns - which were proposed to be installed on it in 1943, but the project was not completed due to wartime issues.Īnother example is HMS Warspite. Sometimes we even may add to WoWS ships of the same class with alternative weapons. Konstantin Kozyuryonok: Reason to choose certain period of time when ship has particular set of armaments might wary from many factors.
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