HMS Iron Duke - Revision history

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== Description ==

The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a premium gift rank {{Specs|rank}} British battleship {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update "Kings of Battle"]].

== General info ==
=== Survivability and armour ===
{{Specs-Fleet-Armour}}

''Talk about the vehicle's armour. Note the most well-defended and most vulnerable zones, e.g. the ammo magazine. Evaluate the composition of components and assemblies responsible for movement and manoeuvrability. Evaluate the survivability of the primary and secondary armaments separately. Don't forget to mention the size of the crew, which plays an important role in fleet mechanics. Save tips on preserving survivability for the "Usage in battles" section. If necessary, use a graphical template to show the most well-protected or most vulnerable points in the armour.''

=== Mobility ===
{{Specs-Fleet-Mobility}}

''Write about the ship's mobility. Evaluate its power and manoeuvrability, rudder rerouting speed, stopping speed at full tilt, with its maximum forward and reverse speed.''

{{NavalMobility}}

=== Modifications and economy ===
{{Specs-Economy}}

== Armament ==
{{Specs-Fleet-Armaments}}
=== Primary armament ===
{{Specs-Fleet-Primary}}

{{main|13.5 inch/45 Mark 5(H) (343 mm)}}

''Provide information about the characteristics of the primary armament. Evaluate their efficacy in battle based on their reload speed, ballistics and the capacity of their shells. Add a link to the main article about the weapon: <code><nowiki>{{main|Weapon name (calibre)}}</nowiki></code>. Broadly describe the ammunition available for the primary armament, and provide recommendations on how to use it and which ammunition to choose.''

{{:13.5 inch/45 Mark 5(H) (343 mm)/Ammunition|13.5 inch HE, 13.5 inch APC Mk.Ia, 13.5 inch CPBC, 13.5 inch APC Mk.IIIa}}

=== Secondary armament ===
{{Specs-Fleet-Secondary}}

{{main|6 inch/45 BL Mark VII (152 mm)}}

''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.''

{{:6 inch/45 BL Mark VII (152 mm)/Ammunition|6 inch HE, 6 inch CPC}}

=== Anti-aircraft armament ===
{{Specs-Fleet-AA}}

{{main|4 in QF Mark V (102 mm)}}

''An important part of the ship's armament responsible for air defence. Anti-aircraft armament is defined by the weapon chosen with the control <code>Select anti-aircraft weapons</code>. Talk about the ship's anti-air cannons and machine guns, the number of guns and their positions, their effective range, and about their overall effectiveness – including against surface targets. If there are no anti-aircraft armaments, remove this section.''

=== Additional armament ===
{{Specs-Fleet-Additional}}

{{main|Mk.IV (533 mm)}}

''Describe the available additional armaments of the ship: depth charges, mines, torpedoes. Talk about their positions, available ammunition and launch features such as dead zones of torpedoes. If there is no additional armament, remove this section.''

== Usage in battles ==

''Describe the technique of using this ship, the characteristics of her use in a team and tips on strategy. Abstain from writing an entire guide – don't try to provide a single point of view, but give the reader food for thought. Talk about the most dangerous opponents for this vehicle and provide recommendations on fighting them. If necessary, note the specifics of playing with this vehicle in various modes (AB, RB, SB).''

=== Pros and cons ===

''Summarise and briefly evaluate the vehicle in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark its pros and cons in the bulleted list. Try not to use more than 6 points for each of the characteristics. Avoid using categorical definitions such as "bad", "good" and the like - use substitutions with softer forms such as "inadequate" and "effective".''

'''Pros:'''
*

'''Cons:'''
*

== History ==

''Describe the history of the creation and combat usage of the ship in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the ship and adding a block "/History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Ship-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>. This section may also include the ship's dev blog entry (if applicable) and the in-game encyclopedia description (under <code><nowiki>=== In-game description ===</nowiki></code>, also if applicable).''

== Media ==

''Excellent additions to the article would be video guides, screenshots from the game, and photos.''

== See also ==

''Links to articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
* ''reference to the series of the ship;''
* ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.''

== External links ==

''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
* ''topic on the official game forum;''
* ''other literature.''

{{Britain battleships}}
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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 Iron Duke (18)''' is a member of the Iron Duke-class battleship family. She was the lead ship in her class and was named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Her keel was laid in January 1912 by Portsmouth Dockyard. The HMS Iron Duke was launched ten months later and commissioned into the Home Fleet as the fleet flagship in March 1914. During World War I, the HMS Iron Duke served as the Grand Fleet's flagship, including at the Battle of Jutland. Early in the main fleet action, she inflicted significant damage on the German battleship SMS König. She was relieved as fleet flagship in January 1917. Following the war, Iron Duke served as the Mediterranean Fleet's flagship in the Mediterranean. She took part in the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War in the Black Sea as well as the Greco-Turkish War. She also helped to evacuate refugees from Smyrna. She was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet in 1926 to serve as a training ship. She served in this capacity until the outbreak of World War II in September 1939, when she was moored as a harbour defense ship in Scapa Flow. She was badly damaged by German bombers in October and was run aground to avoid sinking. She continued to serve as an anti-aircraft platform throughout the war before being refloated and broken up for scrap in the late 1940s.
+The '''HMS Iron Duke (18)''' is a member of the Iron Duke-class battleship family. She was the lead ship in her class and was named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Her keel was laid in January 1912 by Portsmouth Dockyard. The HMS Iron Duke was launched ten months later and commissioned into the Home Fleet as the fleet flagship in March 1914. During World War I, the HMS Iron Duke served as the Grand Fleet's flagship, including at the Battle of Jutland. Early in the main fleet action, she inflicted significant damage on the German battleship SMS König. She was relieved as fleet flagship in January 1917. Following the war, Iron Duke served as the Mediterranean Fleet's flagship in the Mediterranean. She took part in the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War in the Black Sea as well as the Greco-Turkish War. She also helped to evacuate refugees from Smyrna. She was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet in 1926 to serve as a training ship. She served in this capacity until the outbreak of World War II in September 1939, when she was moored as a harbour defense ship in Scapa Flow. She was badly damaged by German bombers in October and was run aground to avoid sinking. She continued to serve as an anti-aircraft platform throughout the war before being refloated and broken up for scrap in the late 1940s.
 Introduced in [[Update "Kings of Battle"]], the HMS Iron Duke is one of the British Navy's very first battleships. The main armaments are distributed throughout the vessels in four turrets in a traditional layout. The HMS Iron Duke's armour protection is adequate, but it can be significantly improved by angling the armour to take advantage of her good main gun traverse arcs. Since the upper belt armour is thin, this is especially important when engaging other battleships. The HMS Iron Duke's greatest weakness is her lack of anti-aircraft armament. She has relatively thin deck armour, like almost all World War I ships, making her vulnerable to large bombs. For anti-aircraft protection, players should stick with other allies.
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 {{Specs-Fleet-Armour}}
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-HMS Iron Duke, like other British battleships of this time period uses a distributed armour scheme. Her main main belt has a thickness of {{Annotation|12 inches|304.8 mm}}, slightly angled to increase effectiveness. this falls off to {{Annotation|9 inches|228.6 mm}} and then {{Annotation|8 inches|203.2 mm}} on the hull, before finally ending with {{Annotation|6 inches|152.4 mm}} on the secondary armour deck. The main belt will be resistant to most battleships of the rank, but the higher ranked ships like the [[SMS Bayern]] or [[IJN Fuso]] will be able to penetrate it at most ranges, and the lower armour above the main belt will be easily penetrated by all capital ships. Iron Duke has no dedicated torpedo protection, though it does have coal bunkers which can absorb some hits.
+HMS Iron Duke, like other British battleships of this time period, uses a distributed armour scheme. Her main main belt has a thickness of {{Annotation|12 inches|304.8 mm}}, slightly angled to increase effectiveness. This falls off to {{Annotation|9 inches|228.6 mm}} and then {{Annotation|8 inches|203.2 mm}} on the hull, before finally ending with {{Annotation|6 inches|152.4 mm}} on the secondary armour deck. The main belt will be resistant to most battleships of the rank, but the higher ranked ships like the [[SMS Bayern]] or [[IJN Fuso]] will be able to penetrate it at most ranges, and the thinner armour above the main belt will be easily penetrated by all capital ships. Iron Duke has no dedicated torpedo protection, though it does have coal bunkers which can absorb some hits.
-The turrets are fairly well armoured, though not to the extreme of something like the [[USS Nevada]] with her {{Annotation|18 inches|457.2 mm}} of angled turret armour. HMS Iron Duke has 2 layers of turret armour, with the first coming in at {{Annotation|11 inches|279.4 mm}} of armour, covering the front, rear and sides and a second {{Annotation|3-inch|76.2 mm}} later contained within. This should be more than enough armor to stop most shells at anything but extremely close range. The top of the turrets also have multiple layers of armour, with both a {{Annotation|3-inch|76.2 mm}} and {{Annotation|4-inch|101.6 mm}} plate protecting from plunging fire. The turret barbette armour ranges from {{Annotation|9-10 inches|228.6-254 mm}}, which unfortunately means that every battleship will easily be able to destroy the ammo elevators, though these won't explode when hit. The magazines are placed well below the waterline, and have multiple layers of deck armour to detonate plunging fire and shield the magazine from hits, with two {{Annotation|1-inch|25.4 mm}} and a {{Annotation|1.25-inch|31.75 mm}} plate providing ample protection.
+The turrets are fairly well armoured, though not to the extreme of something like the [[USS Nevada]] with her {{Annotation|18 inches|457.2 mm}} of angled turret armour. HMS Iron Duke has 2 layers of turret armour, with the first coming in at {{Annotation|11 inches|279.4 mm}} of armour, covering the front, rear and sides and a second {{Annotation|3-inch|76.2 mm}} layer contained within. This should be more than enough armour to stop most shells at anything but extremely close range. The top of the turrets also have multiple layers of armour, with both a {{Annotation|3-inch|76.2 mm}} and {{Annotation|4-inch|101.6 mm}} plate protecting from plunging fire. The turret barbette armour ranges from {{Annotation|9-10 inches|228.6-254 mm}}, which unfortunately means that every battleship will easily be able to destroy the ammo elevators, though these won't explode when hit. The magazines are placed well below the waterline, and have multiple layers of deck armour to detonate plunging fire and shield the magazine from hits, with two {{Annotation|1-inch|25.4 mm}} and a {{Annotation|1.25-inch|31.75 mm}} plate providing ample protection.
 === Mobility ===
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 * [[wt:en/news/8521-development-pre-order-battleships-hms-iron-duke-and-ijn-yamashiro-en|[Devblog] Battleships HMS Iron Duke and IJN Yamashiro!]]
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 == Description ==
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-The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a premium gift rank {{Specs|rank}} British battleship {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update "Kings of Battle"]].
+The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a premium gift rank {{Specs|rank}} British battleship {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update "Kings of Battle"]], but was removed from the store after the [[wt:en/news/https://warthunder.com/en/news/8880-shop-may-sale-in-the-gaijin-store-enn|2024 May sales]]. It has since been reintroduced, purchasable in-game for Golden Eagles {{GE}} for the [[wt:en/news/9123-shop-hms-iron-duke-is-back-on-the-anniversary-of-its-launch-en|2024 "Anniversary of its Launch"]] mini event.
 == 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 premium gift rank {{Specs|rank}} British battleship {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update "Kings of Battle"]].
+The '''HMS Iron Duke (18)''' is a member of the Iron Duke-class battleship family. She was the lead ship in her class and was named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Her keel was laid in January 1912 by Portsmouth Dockyard. The HMS Iron Duke was launched ten months later and commissioned into the Home Fleet as the fleet flagship in March 1914. During World War I, the HMS Iron Duke served as the Grand Fleet's flagship, including at the Battle of Jutland. Early in the main fleet action, she inflicted significant damage on the German battleship SMS König. She was relieved as fleet flagship in January 1917. Following the war, Iron Duke served as the Mediterranean Fleet's flagship in the Mediterranean. She took part in the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War in the Black Sea as well as the Greco-Turkish War. She also helped to evacuate refugees from Smyrna. She was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet in 1926 to serve as a training ship. She served in this capacity until the outbreak of World War II in September 1939, when she was moored as a harbour defense ship in Scapa Flow. She was badly damaged by German bombers in October and was run aground to avoid sinking. She continued to serve as an anti-aircraft platform throughout the war before being refloated and broken up for scrap in the late 1940s.
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 '''Pros:'''
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 '''Cons:'''
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 * ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.'' -->
 ''Links to articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
 * ''reference to the series of the ship;''
 * ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.''