HMS Hawkins - Revision history

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 == Description ==
 <!-- ''In the first part of the description, cover the history of the ship's creation and military application. In the second part, tell the reader about using this ship in the game. Add a screenshot: if a beginner player has a hard time remembering vehicles by name, a picture will help them identify the ship in question.'' -->
-The '''HMS Hawkins (D86)''' is a member of the Hawkins-class heavy cruiser family. The ship was not finished until 1919, despite being built for the British Navy during World War I. She served as the flagship of the China Station until 1928, when she was briefly assigned to the Atlantic Fleet. After that, she was placed on reserve. Recommissioned in 1932 to serve on the East Indies Station, the HMS Hawkins was placed back into reserve three years later. She was decommissioned in 1937 and repurposed as a training vessel for cadets in 1938. She was converted back into a heavy cruiser by the British Navy, and her original armament was reinstalled when World War II broke out in 1939. Early in 1940, the HMS Hawkins was back in action, this time with the South Atlantic Division, where she escorted convoys and patrolled for Axis commerce raiders. She was moved to the Indian Ocean the next year, and in early 1941, she participated in a small-scale campaign in East Africa. The ship made its way back home for a protracted refit at the end of the year. After it was finished in the middle of 1942, the HMS Hawkins was given to the Eastern Fleet, where she spent the next two years performing her previous escort and patrolling duties. To take part in Operation Neptune, the naval component of the June invasion of Normandy, she travelled back to the UK early in 1944. On June 6, she bombarded the German coastal defenses. While she was being repaired, the British Navy decided to turn her back into a training ship; however, that plan was abandoned in 1945. That year, the HMS Hawkins was returned to reserve, and in 1947, she was used for bombing trials. Later that year, she was sold for scrap.
+The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a rank {{Specs|rank}} British heavy cruiser {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update 1.93 "Shark Attack"]].
-Introduced in [[Update 1.93 "Shark Attack"]], the HMS Hawkins's main strength lies in its main armament; compared to light cruisers, it is incredibly potent for its battle rating and can deal enormous damage. Among all the heavy cruisers in her class, she also fires at the fastest rate. While not as powerful as that of the German and American aircraft carriers, the HMS Hawkins does have a respectable anti-aircraft armament. The armour configuration of HMS Hawkins is also more akin to that of a heavy cruiser from World War I. Destroyers and light cruisers may find it challenging to overcome the dispersed armour, but the deck armour is inadequate. Particularly dangerous are bombs and rockets. It is suggested that players take the lead in the assault on enemy vessels while keeping a careful eye out for enemy aircraft.
+Originally commissioned as 'large light cruisers', the Hawkins-class became the prototype for treaty-era heavy cruisers; as such, the Hawkins can be considered to be the oldest heavy cruiser in the game. Because of this, she features some rather antiquated features more reminiscent of World War I-era cruisers as opposed to other more modern heavy cruisers present in the game.
 == General info ==

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 == Description ==
 <!-- ''In the first part of the description, cover the history of the ship's creation and military application. In the second part, tell the reader about using this ship in the game. Add a screenshot: if a beginner player has a hard time remembering vehicles by name, a picture will help them identify the ship in question.'' -->
-The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a rank {{Specs|rank}} British heavy cruiser {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update 1.93 "Shark Attack"]].
+The '''HMS Hawkins (D86)''' is a member of the Hawkins-class heavy cruiser family. The ship was not finished until 1919, despite being built for the British Navy during World War I. She served as the flagship of the China Station until 1928, when she was briefly assigned to the Atlantic Fleet. After that, she was placed on reserve. Recommissioned in 1932 to serve on the East Indies Station, the HMS Hawkins was placed back into reserve three years later. She was decommissioned in 1937 and repurposed as a training vessel for cadets in 1938. She was converted back into a heavy cruiser by the British Navy, and her original armament was reinstalled when World War II broke out in 1939. Early in 1940, the HMS Hawkins was back in action, this time with the South Atlantic Division, where she escorted convoys and patrolled for Axis commerce raiders. She was moved to the Indian Ocean the next year, and in early 1941, she participated in a small-scale campaign in East Africa. The ship made its way back home for a protracted refit at the end of the year. After it was finished in the middle of 1942, the HMS Hawkins was given to the Eastern Fleet, where she spent the next two years performing her previous escort and patrolling duties. To take part in Operation Neptune, the naval component of the June invasion of Normandy, she travelled back to the UK early in 1944. On June 6, she bombarded the German coastal defenses. While she was being repaired, the British Navy decided to turn her back into a training ship; however, that plan was abandoned in 1945. That year, the HMS Hawkins was returned to reserve, and in 1947, she was used for bombing trials. Later that year, she was sold for scrap.
-Originally commissioned as 'large light cruisers', the Hawkins-class became the prototype for treaty-era heavy cruisers; as such, the Hawkins can be considered to be the oldest heavy cruiser in the game. Because of this, she features some rather antiquated features more reminiscent of World War I-era cruisers as opposed to other more modern heavy cruisers present in the game.
+Introduced in [[Update 1.93 "Shark Attack"]], the HMS Hawkins's main strength lies in its main armament; compared to light cruisers, it is incredibly potent for its battle rating and can deal enormous damage. Among all the heavy cruisers in her class, she also fires at the fastest rate. While not as powerful as that of the German and American aircraft carriers, the HMS Hawkins does have a respectable anti-aircraft armament. The armour configuration of HMS Hawkins is also more akin to that of a heavy cruiser from World War I. Destroyers and light cruisers may find it challenging to overcome the dispersed armour, but the deck armour is inadequate. Particularly dangerous are bombs and rockets. It is suggested that players take the lead in the assault on enemy vessels while keeping a careful eye out for enemy aircraft.
 == General info ==

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 <!-- ''Some ships are fitted with weapons of various calibres. Secondary armaments are defined as weapons chosen with the control <code>Select secondary weapon</code>. Evaluate the secondary armaments and give advice on how to use them. Describe the ammunition available for the secondary armament. Provide recommendations on how to use them and which ammunition to choose. Remember that any anti-air armament, even heavy calibre weapons, belong in the next section. If there is no secondary armament, remove this section.'' -->
 The Hawkins' secondary armament consists of four QF 4-inch Mark V guns. These guns are primarily meant for anti-aircraft defence, although they can also engage surface targets. However, their small number (only two per side), low rate of fire, and relatively weak shells limit their effectiveness against both surface and air targets. They also do not have access to HE-VT shells, unlike most secondary guns on other British cruisers, further restricting their ability against air targets.
 === Anti-aircraft armament ===

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	The 'X' mount (second stern-most mount) has significantly worse traverse arcs than the other main gun mounts because of some superstructure in the way. To fully unmask the maximum six-gun broadside requires exposing a lot more of the ship's broadside.		The 'X' mount (second stern-most mount) has significantly worse traverse arcs than the other main gun mounts because of some superstructure in the way. To fully unmask the maximum six-gun broadside requires exposing a lot more of the ship's broadside.
		+	{\| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
		+	! colspan="8" \| Penetration statistics
		+	\|-
		+	! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="text" \| Ammunition
		+	! rowspan="2" \| Type of<br>warhead
		+	! colspan="6" \| Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
		+	\|-
		+	! 1,000 m !! 2,500 m !! 5,000 m !! 7,500 m !! 10,000 m !! 15,000 m
		+	\|-
		+	\| 7.5 inch HE \|\| HE \|\| 60 \|\| 60 \|\| 60 \|\| 60 \|\| 60 \|\| 60
		+	\|-
		+	\| 7.5 inch SAPC \|\| SAPBC \|\| 155 \|\| 130 \|\| 97 \|\| 74 \|\| 58 \|\| 44
		+	\|-
		+	\|}
		+	{\| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
		+	! colspan="10" \| Shell details
		+	\|-
		+	! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="text" \| Ammunition
		+	! rowspan="2" \| Type of<br>warhead
		+	! rowspan="2" \| Velocity<br>(m/s)
		+	! rowspan="2" \| Projectile<br>mass (kg)
		+	! rowspan="2" \| Fuse delay<br>(s)
		+	! rowspan="2" \| Fuse sensitivity<br>(mm)
		+	! rowspan="2" \| Explosive mass<br>(TNT equivalent) (kg)
		+	! colspan="3" \| Ricochet
		+	\|-
		+	! 0% !! 50% !! 100%
		+	\|-
		+	\| 7.5 inch HE \|\| HE \|\| 844 \|\| 90.7 \|\| 0 \|\| 0.1 \|\| 8.03 \|\| 79° \|\| 80° \|\| 81°
		+	\|-
		+	\| 7.5 inch SAPC \|\| SAPBC \|\| 844 \|\| 90.7 \|\| 0.025 \|\| 9 \|\| 3.9 \|\| 48° \|\| 63° \|\| 71°
		+	\|-
		+	\|}

	=== Secondary armament ===		=== Secondary armament ===

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	* [https://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?vehicle=uk_cruiser_hawkins Skins and camouflages for the {{PAGENAME}} from live.warthunder.com.]		* [https://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?vehicle=uk_cruiser_hawkins Skins and camouflages for the {{PAGENAME}} from live.warthunder.com.]
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−	~~'''Videos'''~~
−
−	~~{{Youtube~~
−	~~\| url = https://youtu.be/LUKEt5A4jSg~~
−	~~\| caption = Hawkins guide~~
−	}}

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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	* [https://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?vehicle=uk_cruiser_hawkins Skins and camouflages for the {{PAGENAME}} from live.warthunder.com.]		* [https://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?vehicle=uk_cruiser_hawkins Skins and camouflages for the {{PAGENAME}} from live.warthunder.com.]
		+
		+	'''Videos'''
		+
		+	{{Youtube
		+	\| url = https://youtu.be/LUKEt5A4jSg
		+	\| caption = Hawkins guide
		+	}}

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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 The Hawkins is slow, even for a heavy cruiser, doing just 55 km/h even when fully upgraded. This makes repositioning very difficult, and she is thus very unresponsive when facing quickly-changing situations. Her manoeuvrability is also very poor, which makes it very hard to evade shell salvos or torpedoes.
-Altogether, the Hawkins tends to perform poorly at close ranges because of her poor handling and weak main armament protection. At medium ranges, she can take advantage of her decent accuracy and powerful shells, while her own armour is capable of blocking damage from lighter shells, and it is much harder for enemies to aim at the main guns to disable them. At long ranges (10+ km), the thin deck armour may be an issue, as she will start to receive plunging fire that hits the deck plating more than the belt.
+Altogether, the Hawkins tends to perform poorly at close ranges because of her poor handling and weak main armament protection. At medium ranges, she can take advantage of her powerful shells, while her own armour is capable of blocking damage from lighter shells, and it is much harder for enemies to aim at the main guns to disable them. At long ranges (10+ km), the thin deck armour may be an issue, as she will start to receive plunging fire that hits the deck plating more than the belt. Her accuracy and SAP penetration are also quite poor at these ranges.
 === Pros and cons ===

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 The Hawkins has a distributed armour scheme that protects large parts of the hull from HE and light shells, similar to the contemporary British light cruiser [[HMS Enterprise]]. The maximum thickness of the belt is 76 mm surrounding the machinery spaces, thinning out to 63 mm, 50.8 mm, and 38 mm towards the bow, and 63 mm and 57 mm towards the stern. This is enough to protect against most HE shells from destroyers and cruisers, and when angled can also protect against destroyer and light cruiser AP shells. There is also an upper 50.8 mm strake of armour above the machinery main belt, which merges with the 50.8 mm bow belt. The decks are thinly protected by only 13 mm of armour, making the Hawkins quite vulnerable to plunging fire and aircraft weapons.
-The ammunition magazines are further protected by armoured boxes with 13 mm sides and 25 mm roofs. However, it is important to note that the ready racks for the main guns are located outside these boxes. Hits to the ready racks may detonate the ready-use ammunition, which is not immediately fatal to the ship but will still cause heavy damage.
+The ammunition magazines are further protected by armoured boxes with 13 mm sides and 25 mm roofs. However, the ready racks for the main guns are located outside these boxes. Hits to the ready racks may detonate the ready-use ammunition, which is not immediately fatal to the ship but will still cause heavy damage.
 Hawkins' main guns are only lightly protected by 25 mm open-backed shields, typical of World War I-era cruisers. These guns can be disabled by nearby explosions if they occur behind the mounting. Unlike most cruisers, the Hawkins' fixed torpedo tubes are protected by armour plating. The underwater torpedo tubes are practically impossible to detonate, but the upper tubes can be vulnerable to shells that land on the 13 mm deck above them.
-Unlike almost all British cruisers, the Hawkins has a relatively significant amount of armour protecting the bridge, consisting of 76.2 mm on the front and sides. It is important to note, however, that the roof of the bridge is unprotected, so overhead explosions can potentially damage or disable the bridge.
+Unlike almost all British cruisers, the Hawkins has a relatively significant amount of armour protecting the bridge, consisting of 76.2 mm on the front and sides. However, the roof of the bridge is unprotected, so overhead explosions can potentially damage or disable the bridge.
 The Hawkins has a crew complement of 749, considerably more than that of the other 5.0 British cruisers, Enterprise, [[HMS Dido|Dido]], and [[HMS Arethusa|Arethusa]], and above average compared to those of other nations, except notably the Soviet cruisers [[Krasny Kavkaz]] and [[Krasny Krym]].
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 There are two ammunition types available, HE and SAPC. The HE shell has a large explosive filler (8 kg TNTeq), is highly effective against lightly armoured targets such as destroyers, and will break the hulls of light patrol craft with a direct hit. The SAPC shell also has a large 4.29 kg TNTeq explosive filler, and is most effective against armoured targets such as cruisers. However, it has a low penetration power, making it ineffective at long ranges and against heavily armoured targets.
-It is important to note that the 'X' mount (second stern-most mount) has significantly worse traverse arcs than the other main gun mounts because of some superstructure in the way. To fully unmask the maximum six-gun broadside requires exposing a lot more of the ship's broadside.
+The 'X' mount (second stern-most mount) has significantly worse traverse arcs than the other main gun mounts because of some superstructure in the way. To fully unmask the maximum six-gun broadside requires exposing a lot more of the ship's broadside.
 === Secondary armament ===
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 {{main|4 in QF Mark V (102 mm)}}
-<!-- Some ships are fitted with weapons of various calibres. Secondary armaments are defined as weapons chosen with the control Select secondary weapon. Evaluate the secondary armaments and give advice on how to use them. Describe the ammunition available for the secondary armament. Provide recommendations on how to use them and which ammunition to choose. Remember that any anti-air armament, even heavy calibre weapons, belong in the next section. If there is no secondary armament, remove this section. -->
+<!-- ''Some ships are fitted with weapons of various calibres. Secondary armaments are defined as weapons chosen with the control <code>Select secondary weapon</code>. Evaluate the secondary armaments and give advice on how to use them. Describe the ammunition available for the secondary armament. Provide recommendations on how to use them and which ammunition to choose. Remember that any anti-air armament, even heavy calibre weapons, belong in the next section. If there is no secondary armament, remove this section.'' -->
-The Hawkins' secondary armament consists of four QF 4-inch Mark V guns. These guns are primarily meant for anti-aircraft defence, although they can also engage surface targets. However, their small numbers (only two per side), low rate-of-fire, and relatively weak shells limits their effectiveness against both surface and air targets. They also do not have access to HE-VT shells, unlike most secondary guns on other British cruisers, further restricting their ability against air targets.
+The Hawkins' secondary armament consists of four QF 4-inch Mark V guns. These guns are primarily meant for anti-aircraft defence, although they can also engage surface targets. However, their small number (only two per side), low rate of fire, and relatively weak shells limit their effectiveness against both surface and air targets. They also do not have access to HE-VT shells, unlike most secondary guns on other British cruisers, further restricting their ability against air targets.
 === Anti-aircraft armament ===