Combat envelope
Range and detection
Every bar uses the same 15 km scale. Surface detection is a visibility threshold, not a weapon range.
Ship Database
Tier VI
Aircraft Carrier
Premium
United Kingdom
Ark Royal
The new aircraft carrier was to combine all the innovations: a double-level hangar, steam catapults built into the deck, heavy armor, and multipurpose guns. The armor of the hangar and the flight deck had to be sacrificed to stay within the displacement limits. In May 1941, a torpedo bomber from Ark Royal managed to hit Bismarck, which played its role in...
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The new aircraft carrier was to combine all the innovations: a double-level hangar, steam catapults built into the deck, heavy armor, and multipurpose guns. The armor of the hangar and the flight deck had to be sacrificed to stay within the displacement limits. In May 1941, a torpedo bomber from Ark Royal managed to hit Bismarck, which played its role in the sinking of the battleship. On November 13, Ark Royal was hit by a torpedo. After a long struggle for survivability, it was ordered to abandon the ship, and the aircraft carrier capsized and disappeared underwater.
- Doubloons
- 4,500
At a glance
The numbers that shape the ship
- Hit points
- 44,500
- Maximum speed
- 31.0 knots
- Surface detection
- 14.0 km
Damage comparison
Published maximum per hit
Bars are normalized only against this ship's highest listed hit. They are not salvo damage, expected damage or DPM.
Handling, concealment and protectionOverview
Handling
- Maximum speed
- 31.0 knots
- Turning circle radius
- 990 m
- Rudder shift time
- 12.8 s
Concealment
- Surface detection
- 14.0 km
- Air detection
- 10.0 km
- Submarine detection
- 10.0 km
Survivability
- Hit points
- 44,500
- Torpedo damage reduction
- 28 %
Published armour thickness
Only positive values supplied by the API are shown.
- Overall published range
- 10–114 mm
Weapons and payloadsArmament
Automatic armament
Secondary battery
- Maximum range
- 4.0 km
- Mount
- 113 mm HE Mk XVI
- Maximum damage per hit
- 1,600
- Fire chance
- 7.0 %
- Rate of fire
- 12.0 rounds/min
- Muzzle velocity
- 746 m/s
Anti-aircraft defence
- Aura
- 12.7 mm Mk.III
- Calibre
- 12 mm
- Mounts
- 8
- Aura
- 40 mm/39 Vickers QF Mk.VIII on a Mk.VI mount
- Calibre
- 40 mm
- Mounts
- 6
- Aura
- 113 mm/45 QF Mk.I on a Mk.III UD mount
- Calibre
- 113 mm
- Mounts
- 8
Carrier aviationClass system
The public API still uses legacy aircraft categories and does not expose every modern carrier payload mechanic. Only fields returned by Wargaming are shown.
Dive bombers
Fairey Swordfish
- Aircraft tier
- 6
- Squadrons
- 3
- Cruise speed
- 98 knots
- Aircraft health
- 1,550
Torpedo bombers
Fairey Swordfish
- Aircraft tier
- 6
- Squadrons
- 3
- Cruise speed
- 98 knots
- Aircraft health
- 1,500
- Maximum damage per torpedo
- 5,200
- Torpedo range
- 2.4 km
- Torpedo speed
- 35 knots
Attack aircraft (legacy API field)
Blackburn Skua
- Aircraft tier
- 6
- Squadrons
- 3
- Cruise speed
- 121 knots
- Aircraft health
- 1,820
Modules, hull and progressionTechnical data
Default hull
- Hull hit points
- 44,500
- Secondary barrels
- 8
- AA mounts
- 22
Engine
- Published maximum speed
- 31.0 knots
Module research tree
Names, research prices and defaults are reported directly by the API.
Swordfish
Default- Type
- DiveBomber
Propulsion: 102,000 hp
Default- Type
- Engine
Ark Royal
Default- Type
- Hull
Skua
Default- Type
- Fighter
Swordfish
Default- Type
- TorpedoBomber
Compatible upgrades
Official modernization descriptions and listed purchase prices. Effects still depend on the slot and configuration used in game.
Damage Control System Modification 2
Modernization- Credits
- 1,000,000
Air Groups Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 125,000
Damage Control System Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 250,000
Secondary Battery Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 500,000
Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 125,000
- Available module groups
- 10
- Compatible upgrades
- 5
- Upgrade slots
- 4
- Published battle levels
- 6–8
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