Combat envelope
Range and detection
Every bar uses the same 20 km scale. Surface detection is a visibility threshold, not a weapon range.
Ship Database
Tier IX
Battleship
United Kingdom
Lion
After Japan refused to provide data on the battleships they were building, the countries that had signed the London Naval Treaty of 1936 decided to raise the tonnage of the ships planned for construction. The British Admiralty, which had laid down five King George V-class battleships, planned projects on their basis but with smaller displacement. A total...
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After Japan refused to provide data on the battleships they were building, the countries that had signed the London Naval Treaty of 1936 decided to raise the tonnage of the ships planned for construction. The British Admiralty, which had laid down five King George V-class battleships, planned projects on their basis but with smaller displacement. A total of four battleships were ordered, two of which were of the Lion class. They were laid down in 1939, but amid the outbreak of World War II, their construction was postponed and then canceled.
- Credits
- 15,900,000
At a glance
The numbers that shape the ship
- Hit points
- 58,600
- Maximum speed
- 28.0 knots
- Surface detection
- 14.8 km
- Main battery range
- 19.2 km
- Main battery reload
- 29.0 s
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
- 28.0 knots
- Turning circle radius
- 830 m
- Rudder shift time
- 22.2 s
Concealment
- Surface detection
- 14.8 km
- Air detection
- 10.0 km
- Submarine detection
- 10.0 km
Survivability
- Hit points
- 58,600
- Torpedo damage reduction
- 25 %
Published armour thickness
Only positive values supplied by the API are shown.
- Overall published range
- 19–381 mm
Weapons and payloadsArmament
Surface armament
Main battery
- Maximum range
- 19.2 km
- Reload time
- 29.0 s
- Rate of fire
- 2.1 rounds/min
- 180° turn time
- 45.0 s
- Maximum dispersion
- 252 m
Shells
Damage is the API's published maximum for one shell hit.
406 mm HE Mk II
HE- Maximum damage per hit
- 6,900
- Fire chance
- 46.0 %
- Muzzle velocity
- 792 m/s
- Shell mass
- 929 kg
406 mm AP Mk III
AP- Maximum damage per hit
- 12,600
- Muzzle velocity
- 747 m/s
- Shell mass
- 1,080 kg
Gun layout
- Mount
- 406 mm/45 Mk.II on a Mk.IV Type B mount
- Mounts
- 2
- Barrels each
- 3
- Mount
- 406 mm/45 Mk.II on a Mk.IV Type A mount
- Mounts
- 1
- Barrels each
- 3
Automatic armament
Secondary battery
- Maximum range
- 7.0 km
- Mount
- 133 mm HE Mk IC
- Maximum damage per hit
- 1,900
- Fire chance
- 8.0 %
- Rate of fire
- 9.0 rounds/min
- Muzzle velocity
- 792 m/s
Anti-aircraft defence
- Aura
- 20 mm Oerlikon Mk.II on a Mk.V mount
- Calibre
- 20 mm
- Mounts
- 6
- Aura
- 40 mm/56 OQF Mk.XI on a Mk.V mount
- Calibre
- 40 mm
- Mounts
- 4
- Aura
- 40 mm/56 OQF Mk.1/2 on an RP Mk.II mount
- Calibre
- 40 mm
- Mounts
- 2
- Aura
- 40 mm/39 Vickers QF Mk.VIII on a Mk.VI mount
- Calibre
- 40 mm
- Mounts
- 10
- Aura
- 133 mm/50 QF Mk.I on a Mk.I mount
- Calibre
- 133 mm
- Mounts
- 8
Modules, hull and progressionTechnical data
Default hull
- Hull hit points
- 58,600
- Main-battery barrels
- 3
- Secondary barrels
- 8
- AA mounts
- 30
Engine
- Published maximum speed
- 28.0 knots
Fire control
Module research tree
Names, research prices and defaults are reported directly by the API.
Lion (A)
Default- Type
- Hull
- Purchase
- 2,400,000 credits
- Next modules
- 1
Lion (B)
- Type
- Hull
- Research
- 54,000 XP
- Purchase
- 5,100,000 credits
- Next ships
- 1
Propulsion: 120,000 hp
Default- Type
- Engine
- Purchase
- 600,000 credits
- Next modules
- 1
Propulsion: 130,000 hp
- Type
- Engine
- Research
- 20,000 XP
- Purchase
- 1,500,000 credits
Mk IX mod. 1
Default- Type
- Suo
- Purchase
- 1,000,000 credits
- Next modules
- 1
Mk IX mod. 2
- Type
- Suo
- Research
- 26,000 XP
- Purchase
- 2,600,000 credits
406 mm/45 Mk.II on a Mk.IV Type A/B mount
Default- Type
- Artillery
- Purchase
- 2,000,000 credits
- Next modules
- 1
419 mm/45 Mk.I on a Type C/D mount
- Type
- Artillery
- Research
- 35,000 XP
- Purchase
- 2,500,000 credits
Compatible upgrades
Official modernization descriptions and listed purchase prices. Effects still depend on the slot and configuration used in game.
Propulsion Modification 1
ModernizationReduces time to full speed
- Credits
- 1,000,000
Concealment System Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 2,000,000
Main Armaments Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 125,000
Aiming Systems Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 500,000
Damage Control System Modification 2
Modernization- Credits
- 1,000,000
Torpedo Lookout System
Modernization- Credits
- 2,000,000
Main Battery Modification 3
Modernization- Credits
- 3,000,000
Main Battery Modification 2
Modernization- Credits
- 500,000
Damage Control System Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 250,000
Steering Gears Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 1,000,000
Secondary Battery Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 500,000
Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 125,000
Gun Fire Control System Modification 2
Modernization- Credits
- 3,000,000
AA Guns Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 500,000
Next ships
Research costs published in this ship's official progression data.
- Ship
- Conqueror
- Research cost
- 255,000 XP
- Available module groups
- 10
- Compatible upgrades
- 14
- Researchable next ships
- 1
- Upgrade slots
- 6
- Published battle levels
- 9–11
Cross-nation comparison
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