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 {{main|4 inch/45 Mark XVI (102 mm)}}
-With two twin 4"/45 turrets forward and another at the stern HMS Abdiel has similar firepower to other British ships at this BR. The stern turret can fire at relative fine angles forward, about 15 degrees off the bow. Turret traverse is somewhat slow though easily enough to keep the guns on target which manouvreing.
+With two twin 4"/45 turrets forward and another at the stern HMS Abdiel has similar firepower to other British ships at this BR. The stern turret can fire at relative fine angles forward, about 15 degrees off the bow. Turret traverse is somewhat slow though easily enough to keep the guns on target which manoeuvring.
 She therefore plays far more like a destroyer than a Light Cruiser.

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-The '''HMS Abdiel (M39)''' was the lead ship of the ''Abdiel''-class "mine-laying cruisers". A class of six fast minelayers designed for quick minelaying operations close to enemy waters or shipping lanes, the ships of the class feature exceptionally high top speed that even rivals destroyers and sufficient armaments to fend off the enemy if detected.
+The '''HMS Abdiel (M39)''' was the lead ship of the ''Abdiel''-class "mine-laying cruisers". A class of six fast minelayers designed for quick minelaying operations close to enemy waters or shipping lanes, the ships of the class featured exceptionally high top speed that even rivals destroyers and sufficient armaments to fend off the enemy if detected. Because of these unusual characteristics, the Abdiel-class often found themselves in roles that they were not intended for, especially as a troop transport. ''Abdiel'' also found herself in these risky missions. ''Abdiel'' primarily operated around the waters between Tunisia and Sicily, in which her minefields claimed dozens of Italians destroyers and torpedo boats moving in and out of Tunisia. After minelaying and landing operations around the Mediterranean between 1941-43, Abdiel was sunk on 10 September 1943 during the Operation Slapstick landings off the coast of Taranto, Italy, struck by German submarine-laid mines.
-Because of these unusual characteristics, the Abdiel-class often found themselves in roles that they were not intended for, especially as a troop transport. ''Abdiel'' also found herself in these risky missions. ''Abdiel'' primarily operated around the waters between Tunisia and Sicily, of which her minefields has claimed victim of dozens of Italians destroyers and torpedo boats moving in and out of Tunisia. After minelaying and landing operations around the Mediterranean between 1941-43, Abdiel was sunk on 10 September 1943 during the Operation Slapstick landings off the coast of Taranto, Italy, struck by German submarine-laid mines.
+Introduced in [[Update "Apex Predators"]], the Abdiel is a peculiar ship in the game much like in real life. Due to how everyone spawns at ranges in-game as opposed to sailing from the port into a specific shipping lane in real life, the Abdiel cannot be used in her intended role as a "mine-laying cruiser", and any attempt at roleplaying her intended roles in-game would end in disaster due to her mine racks being effectively a huge fatal weak spot. As such, in practice, the Abdiel can be best described as a "large destroyer" due to her destroyer-calibre armaments and very high top speed, while having survivability between a large destroyer and a small cruiser. Because of this, Abdiel primarily excels at being a spearhead in lower-tiered bluewater battles, capable of taking some punishments and allowed the teammates to concentrate fire on enemy ships, though she can be easily outclassed by any proper cruisers or more advanced destroyers in uptiers.
 {{Notice|HMS Abdiel is classed as a light cruiser and has a low BR compared to other light cruisers. In this BR bracket, there are some maps that don't feature a cruiser spawn (namely Aleutian Islands) and there is a risk that you won't be able to spawn anything if your line-up consists only of HMS Abdiel herself.}}
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 Other than the gun shields and some very light armour on the bridge, HMS Abdiel more resembles a destroyer than a light cruiser. She does however feel much tankier than the equivalent destroyers at this BR, likely due to her displacement and larger crew size.
 If carrying mines in the stern then her survivability is much reduced. Often players will target her rear quarters trying to detonate the mines or rear ammo racks, so don't carry them unless you intend to use them.
 Her front ammo racks are somewhat protected behind fuel tanks and are at least partially underwater, though magazine explosions seem to plague the entire British line, particularly from plunging 5"/38 fire at range. The rear ammo racks seem to be very vulnerable too as mentioned back.
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 {{Specs-Fleet-Primary}}
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 {{main|4 inch/45 Mark XVI (102 mm)}}
 With two twin 4"/45 turrets forward and another at the stern HMS Abdiel has similar firepower to other British ships at this BR. The stern turret can fire at relative fine angles forward, about 15 degrees off the bow. Turret traverse is somewhat slow though easily enough to keep the guns on target which manouvreing.
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 {{main|Vickers Mk.V (12.7 mm)}}
 Dedicated AAA is rather weak with 2x quad .50 cals on either side of the bridge. You'll want to keep some 4" VT handy if there are aircraft around, particularly bombers operating above pompom range. She doesn't feel to be too vulnerable to low level air attack given the BR though can suffer from high altitude bombing if the player is distracted as she's a comparatively large target.
 The 4" guns do provide an excellent rate of fire however so best to use individual ranged shots to walk the fire onto the approaching aircraft.
 She certainly isn't a AAA cruiser, though can be effective.
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 Unless there are clear choke points the obvious use for mines is at the cap points and Abdiel does make an exceptional vessel for taking such, even at much higher BRs where her speed can turn matches. A very useful vessel to keep around should the match situation require it. Her manoeuvrability is well suited to the inland cap points, where she'll often face coastal vessels. Though watch out for torpedoes as she's rather long.
 Some caution is required early in the game where it is easy to get well ahead of the rest of your team and become the focus. On the other hand she's quite capable of dodging a lot of incoming fire, so long as they don't take her engines out, and using her to lay smoke to protect the spawn or advancing fleet can be effective.
 In arcade battles, her ship class is clearly visible, though in RB some destroyer captains might not recognise her silhouette and be wary of taking on a Light Cruiser. She can also be effective as a scout, keeping enemy vessels in sight such that the rest of the fleet can engage.
 Well worth keeping her in your roster for Enduring Confrontation too as her ability to get around the map to complete objectives is unparalleled.
 === Pros and cons ===
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 * Being classed as a light cruiser, the ship is forced to spawn at longer ranges where the 4-inch guns are less effective
 * Lacks any torpedo armament
 * Practically no armour protection save for the bridge; highly vulnerable to enemy fire
 * Extremely vulnerable magazines and mine racks, both sit way above the waterline
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 Instead, the Abdiel-class became invaluable as supply vessels which could run the gauntlet of Axis airpower to help relieve Malta, Tobruk and participated in many evacuations. None of the Abdiel-classes were lost whilst performing their intended role as minelayers, though three were lost during the war. Including, rather ironically, HMS Abdiel to a mine in Taranto harbour.
 A memorial to the fast minelayers can be found in Milford Haven, their operating base.
 == Media ==

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 == Description ==
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-The Abdiel-class "mine-laying cruisers" were a class of six fast minelayers. Designed for quick minelaying operations close to enemy waters or shipping lanes, the ships of the class feature exceptionally high top speed that even rivals destroyers and sufficient armaments to fend off the enemy if detected.
+The '''HMS Abdiel (M39)''' was the lead ship of the ''Abdiel''-class "mine-laying cruisers". A class of six fast minelayers designed for quick minelaying operations close to enemy waters or shipping lanes, the ships of the class feature exceptionally high top speed that even rivals destroyers and sufficient armaments to fend off the enemy if detected.
-Because of these unusual characteristics, the Abdiel-class often found themselves in roles that they were not intended for, especially as a troop transport. The {{PAGENAME}}, the lead ship of the class, also found itself in these risky missions. After minelaying and landing operations around the Mediterranean between 1941-43, Abdiel was sunk on 10 September 1943 during the Operation Slapstick landings off the coast of Taranto, Italy, struck by German submarine-laid mines.
+Because of these unusual characteristics, the Abdiel-class often found themselves in roles that they were not intended for, especially as a troop transport. ''Abdiel'' also found herself in these risky missions. ''Abdiel'' primarily operated around the waters between Tunisia and Sicily, of which her minefields has claimed victim of dozens of Italians destroyers and torpedo boats moving in and out of Tunisia. After minelaying and landing operations around the Mediterranean between 1941-43, Abdiel was sunk on 10 September 1943 during the Operation Slapstick landings off the coast of Taranto, Italy, struck by German submarine-laid mines.
 {{Notice|HMS Abdiel is classed as a light cruiser and has a low BR compared to other light cruisers. In this BR bracket, there are some maps that don't feature a cruiser spawn (namely Aleutian Islands) and there is a risk that you won't be able to spawn anything if your line-up consists only of HMS Abdiel herself.}}
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 * ''topic on the official game forum;''
 * ''other literature.'' -->
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdiel-class_minelayer
+* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdiel-class_minelayer
-https://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-07ML-Abdiel.htm
+* https://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-07ML-Abdiel.htm
-https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/98851/War-Memorial-with-Sea-Mine-Milford-Haven.htm
+* https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/98851/War-Memorial-with-Sea-Mine-Milford-Haven.htm
 {{ShipManufacturer J. Samuel White}}
 {{Britain light cruisers}}

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 == Description ==
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-The '''HMS Abdiel (M39)''' is a member of the Abdiel-class minelayer family. She was assigned to the Home Fleet (1942–1943), the Mediterranean Fleet (1941–1943), and the Eastern Fleet (1942–1942). Despite being built as a swift minelayer, her capacity and speed allowed her to be used as a fast transport ship as well. On September 10, 1943, during Operation Slapstick, mines sank the HMS Abdiel in Taranto harbour in Italy. Two German torpedo boats (S-54 and S-61) had laid the mines just hours before they left the harbour. After the captain of the USS Boise had earlier declined to transport the troops, the British 1st Airborne Division's troops (6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion and 204 (Oban) Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery) board the HMS Abdiel. Two mines exploded beneath the HMS Abdiel shortly after midnight, and the minelayer sank in three minutes, killing many sailors and soldiers.
+The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a rank {{Specs|rank}} British light cruiser {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update "Apex Predators"]].
-Introduced in [[Update "Apex Predators"]], the HMS Abdiel functions a lot like those destroyers with light armaments. She will struggle against targets with heavy weaponry, but she will have no trouble engaging weaker opponents. Given that the main armament has a very accurate range of about 5 km, it is crucial to aim your shots at opponents with more firepower. However, unless players have allies to support them, it is not recommended to initiate a fight with any stronger opponents. It is suggested that players seek out choke points leading to objectives and take advantage of her superior speed to arrive there first and plant mines; however, be cautious as she is a prime target for torpedoes fired by fast coastal vessels.
+The Abdiel-class "mine-laying cruisers" were a class of six fast minelayers. Designed for quick minelaying operations close to enemy waters or shipping lanes, the ships of the class feature exceptionally high top speed that even rivals destroyers and sufficient armaments to fend off the enemy if detected.
 {{Notice|HMS Abdiel is classed as a light cruiser and has a low BR compared to other light cruisers. In this BR bracket, there are some maps that don't feature a cruiser spawn (namely Aleutian Islands) and there is a risk that you won't be able to spawn anything if your line-up consists only of HMS Abdiel herself.}}

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 == Description ==
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-The '''HMS Abdiel (M39)''' is a member of the Abdiel-class minelayer family. The HMS Abdiel was built at Thornycroft's Woolston shipyard on May 23, 1966, launched on January 22, 1967, and commissioned on October 17, 1967. Her official mission, as a "Exercise Minelayer" designated by the Ministry of Defence, was to train Royal Navy personnel in minelaying operations using dummy naval mines and to serve as a Forward Headquarters ship for mine clearance operations. Despite the fact that successive British governments have been opposed to the use of sea and land mines since the mid-1960s, she was capable of laying offensive mines during wartime. She was assigned to the Home Fleet (1942–1943), the Mediterranean Fleet (1941–1943), and the Eastern Fleet (1942–1942). Despite being built as a swift minelayer, her capacity and speed allowed her to be used as a fast transport ship as well. On September 10, 1943, during Operation Slapstick, mines sank the HMS Abdiel in Taranto harbour in Italy. Two German torpedo boats (S-54 and S-61) had laid the mines just hours before they left the harbour. After the captain of the USS Boise had earlier declined to transport the troops, the British 1st Airborne Division's troops (6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion and 204 (Oban) Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery) board the HMS Abdiel. Two mines exploded beneath the HMS Abdiel shortly after midnight, and the minelayer sank in three minutes, killing many sailors and soldiers.
+The '''HMS Abdiel (M39)''' is a member of the Abdiel-class minelayer family. She was assigned to the Home Fleet (1942–1943), the Mediterranean Fleet (1941–1943), and the Eastern Fleet (1942–1942). Despite being built as a swift minelayer, her capacity and speed allowed her to be used as a fast transport ship as well. On September 10, 1943, during Operation Slapstick, mines sank the HMS Abdiel in Taranto harbour in Italy. Two German torpedo boats (S-54 and S-61) had laid the mines just hours before they left the harbour. After the captain of the USS Boise had earlier declined to transport the troops, the British 1st Airborne Division's troops (6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion and 204 (Oban) Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery) board the HMS Abdiel. Two mines exploded beneath the HMS Abdiel shortly after midnight, and the minelayer sank in three minutes, killing many sailors and soldiers.
 Introduced in [[Update "Apex Predators"]], the HMS Abdiel functions a lot like those destroyers with light armaments. She will struggle against targets with heavy weaponry, but she will have no trouble engaging weaker opponents. Given that the main armament has a very accurate range of about 5 km, it is crucial to aim your shots at opponents with more firepower. However, unless players have allies to support them, it is not recommended to initiate a fight with any stronger opponents. It is suggested that players seek out choke points leading to objectives and take advantage of her superior speed to arrive there first and plant mines; however, be cautious as she is a prime target for torpedoes fired by fast coastal vessels.

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-Other than the gun shields and some very light armour on the bridge HMS Abdiel more resembles a destroyer than a light cruiser. She is does however feel much tankier than the equivalent destroyers at this BR, likely due to her displacement and larger crew size.
+Other than the gun shields and some very light armour on the bridge, HMS Abdiel more resembles a destroyer than a light cruiser. She does however feel much tankier than the equivalent destroyers at this BR, likely due to her displacement and larger crew size.
-If carrying mines in the stern then her survivability  is much reduced. Often players will target her rear quarters trying to detonate the mines or rear ammo racks so don't carry them unless you intend to use them.
+If carrying mines in the stern then her survivability is much reduced. Often players will target her rear quarters trying to detonate the mines or rear ammo racks, so don't carry them unless you intend to use them.
-Her front ammo racks are somewhat protected behind fuel tanks and are at least partially underwater, though magazine explosions seem to plague the entire British line, particularly from plunging 5"/38 fire at range. The rear ammo racks seem to be very vulnerable too.
+Her front ammo racks are somewhat protected behind fuel tanks and are at least partially underwater, though magazine explosions seem to plague the entire British line, particularly from plunging 5"/38 fire at range. The rear ammo racks seem to be very vulnerable too as mentioned back.
 She does contain a lot of empty space however, especially if mines are not being carried, hence feels as though she can take a lot more of a beating than equivalent BR ships.
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 {{main|4 inch/45 Mark XVI (102 mm)}}
-''With two twin 4"/45 turrets forward and another at the stern HMS Abdiel has similar firepower to other British ships at this BR. The stern turret can fire at relative fine angles forward, about 15 degrees off the bow. Turret traverse is somewhat slow though easily enough to keep the guns on target which manouvreing.''
+With two twin 4"/45 turrets forward and another at the stern HMS Abdiel has similar firepower to other British ships at this BR. The stern turret can fire at relative fine angles forward, about 15 degrees off the bow. Turret traverse is somewhat slow though easily enough to keep the guns on target which manouvreing.
 She therefore plays far more like a destroyer than a Light Cruiser.
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 {{main|2pdr QF Mk.IIc (40 mm)}}
-Secondaries amount to a single quad 40mm pompom high mounted on the rear superstructure. You often see Coastal vessels in down tiers and the pompoms tend to make short work of them.
+Secondaries amount to a single quad 40 mm pompom high-mounted on the rear superstructure. You often see Coastal vessels in downtiers and the pompoms tend to make short work of them.
 * '''Universal:''' {{Annotation|HEF|High-explosive fragmentation}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEF|High-explosive fragmentation}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}
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 {{main|Vickers Mk.V (12.7 mm)}}
-Dedicated AAA is rather weak with 2x quad 50 cals either side of the bridge. You'll want to keep some 4" VT handy if there are aircraft around, particularly bombers operating above pompom range. She doesn't feel to be too vulnerable to low level air attack given the BR though can suffer from high altitude bombing if the player is distracted as she's a comparatively large target.
+Dedicated AAA is rather weak with 2x quad .50 cals on either side of the bridge. You'll want to keep some 4" VT handy if there are aircraft around, particularly bombers operating above pompom range. She doesn't feel to be too vulnerable to low level air attack given the BR though can suffer from high altitude bombing if the player is distracted as she's a comparatively large target.
 The 4" guns do provide an excellent rate of fire however so best to use individual ranged shots to walk the fire onto the approaching aircraft.
-She certainly isn't a AAA cruiser though can be effective.
+She certainly isn't a AAA cruiser, though can be effective.
 === Additional armament ===
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 {{main|Type M Mark I mine}}
-HMS Abdiel can carry 40 Type M Mk1 contact mines which are dispensed from racks under the rear deck. These are 600kg each and will happily cripple if not destroy any ship coming into contact with them.
+HMS Abdiel can carry 40 Type M Mk1 contact mines which are dispensed from racks under the rear deck. These are 600 kg each and will happily cripple if not destroy any ship coming into contact with them.
 == Usage in battles ==
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-The play style for HMS Abdiel will be familiar to those of lightly gunned destroyers. In down tiers you can happily bully weaker opponents, even literally pushing them around at contact range. Up tiers are more difficult, especially when carrying mines. It's important not to give easy shorts into your rear hull. Also to dodge incoming salvos as plunging fire through the forward deck can reach the magazines.
+The play style for HMS Abdiel will be familiar to those of lightly gunned destroyers. In downtiers you can happily bully weaker opponents, even literally pushing them around at contact range. Uptiers are more difficult, especially when carrying mines. It's important not to give easy shorts into your rear hull. It is also important to dodge incoming salvos as plunging fire through the forward deck can reach the magazines.
-The 4" guns are very accurate inside of about 5km so it's important to place your shots against opponents who have superior firepower. Using single ranged shots and walking the fire up and down the target seems to be surprisingly effective rather than spamming broadsides. At range varying speed and direction can make her a difficult target though closer in you are likely to be outgunned.
+The 4" guns are very accurate inside of about 5 km so it's important to place your shots against opponents who have superior firepower. Using single ranged shots and walking the fire up and down the target seems to be surprisingly effective rather than spamming broadsides. At range varying speed and direction can make her a difficult target though closer in you are likely to be outgunned.
 Unless there are clear choke points the obvious use for mines is at the cap points and Abdiel does make an exceptional vessel for taking such, even at much higher BRs where her speed can turn matches. A very useful vessel to keep around should the match situation require it. Her manoeuvrability is well suited to the inland cap points, where she'll often face coastal vessels. Though watch out for torpedoes as she's rather long.
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 Some caution is required early in the game where it is easy to get well ahead of the rest of your team and become the focus. On the other hand she's quite capable of dodging a lot of incoming fire, so long as they don't take her engines out, and using her to lay smoke to protect the spawn or advancing fleet can be effective.
-In arcade battles her class is clearly visible, though in RB some destroyer captains might not recognise her silhouette and be wary of taking on a Light Cruiser. She can also be effective as a scout, keeping enemy vessels in sight such that the rest of the fleet can engage.
+In arcade battles, her ship class is clearly visible, though in RB some destroyer captains might not recognise her silhouette and be wary of taking on a Light Cruiser. She can also be effective as a scout, keeping enemy vessels in sight such that the rest of the fleet can engage.
 Well worth keeping her in your roster for Enduring Confrontation too as her ability to get around the map to complete objectives is unparalleled.
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 * Lacks any torpedo armament
 * Practically no armour protection save for the bridge; highly vulnerable to enemy fire
-* Extremely vulnerable magazines and mine racks, both sit way above the waterline, the former seems to be ahistorical
+* Extremely vulnerable magazines and mine racks, both sit way above the waterline
 * Current meta doesn't particularly suit minelayers
 == History ==
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-''Designed to speed into contested waters and lay minefields overnight the Abdiel class proved to be very useful vessels, although they were rarely used in their intended role. A minefield laid in the Sicilian Channel claimed two Italian Destroyers and a couple of merchant ships though only 2% of the UK's total minelaying effort was offensive in nature, rather than the tens of thousands of mines laid around Britain's coasts by small boats and aircraft.''
+Designed to speed into contested waters and lay minefields overnight, the Abdiel-class proved to be very useful vessels, although they were rarely used in their intended role. A minefield laid in the Sicilian Channel claimed two Italian Destroyers and a couple of merchant ships, though only 2% of the UK's total minelaying effort was offensive in nature, rather than the tens of thousands of mines laid around Britain's coasts by small boats and aircraft.
-Instead they became invaluable as supply vessels which could run the gauntlet of Axis airpower to help relieve Malta, Tobruk and participated in many evacuations. None of the Abdiel class were lost whilst performing their intended role though three were lost during the war. Including, rather ironically, HMS Abdiel to a mine in Taranto harbour.
+Instead, the Abdiel-class became invaluable as supply vessels which could run the gauntlet of Axis airpower to help relieve Malta, Tobruk and participated in many evacuations. None of the Abdiel-classes were lost whilst performing their intended role as minelayers, though three were lost during the war. Including, rather ironically, HMS Abdiel to a mine in Taranto harbour.
 A memorial to the fast minelayers can be found in Milford Haven, their operating base.