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 == Description ==
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 The HMS ''Peacock'', pennant number P239, is the lead ship of the ''Peacock''-class corvettes. These 5 corvettes were specially commissioned during the 1980s for service in Hong Kong's 6th Patrol Craft Squadron, protecting the colony and performing numerous security-peace operations. After the return of Hong Kong to China, ''Peacock'' as well as sisters ''Clover'' and ''Starling'' were sold to the Philippine Navy, redesignated the ''Emilio Jacinto'' class, and upgunned and upgraded, where they remain in service today.
-HMS ''Peacock'' delivers a brand-new and unique punch of naval power for the veteran British captains of the coastal fleet. The ship's playstyle is dependant on her sole bow gun: a 76 mm OTO-Melara Compact cannon. Despite seeming like not enough firepower, she can be used to great effect in providing air defence and medium-range support against lighter crafts, defence of captured points, and can even combat destroyers by targeting their weakspots. However, her mobility and size leave a lot to be desired as she will feel sluggish around the extremely manoeuvrable fast patrol boats and attack crafts of her rank. But slow and steady, the ship will arrive at the combat-zone, where her full potential will be unleashed.
+Introduced in [[Update "Raining Fire"]], ''Peacock'' delivers a brand-new and unique punch of naval power for the veteran British captains of the coastal fleet. The ship's playstyle is dependant on her sole bow gun: a 76 mm OTO-Melara Compact cannon. Despite seeming like not enough firepower, she can be used to great effect in providing air defence and medium-range support against lighter crafts, defence of captured points, and can even combat destroyers by targeting their weakspots. However, her mobility and size leave a lot to be desired as she will feel sluggish around the extremely manoeuvrable fast patrol boats and attack crafts of her rank. But slow and steady, the ship will arrive at the combat-zone, where her full potential will be unleashed.
 == General info ==

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 == Description ==
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 The HMS ''Peacock'', pennant number P239, is the lead ship of the ''Peacock''-class corvettes. These 5 corvettes were specially commissioned during the 1980s for service in Hong Kong's 6th Patrol Craft Squadron, protecting the colony and performing numerous security-peace operations. After the return of Hong Kong to China, ''Peacock'' as well as sisters ''Clover'' and ''Starling'' were sold to the Philippine Navy, redesignated the ''Emilio Jacinto'' class, and upgunned and upgraded, where they remain in service today.
-Introduced in [[Update "Raining Fire"]], ''Peacock'' delivers a brand-new and unique punch of naval power for the veteran British captains of the coastal fleet. The ship's playstyle is dependant on her sole bow gun: a 76 mm OTO-Melara Compact cannon. Despite seeming like not enough firepower, she can be used to great effect in providing air defence and medium-range support against lighter crafts, defence of captured points, and can even combat destroyers by targeting their weakspots. However, her mobility and size leave a lot to be desired as she will feel sluggish around the extremely manoeuvrable fast patrol boats and attack crafts of her rank. But slow and steady, the ship will arrive at the combat-zone, where her full potential will be unleashed.
+HMS ''Peacock'' delivers a brand-new and unique punch of naval power for the veteran British captains of the coastal fleet. The ship's playstyle is dependant on her sole bow gun: a 76 mm OTO-Melara Compact cannon. Despite seeming like not enough firepower, she can be used to great effect in providing air defence and medium-range support against lighter crafts, defence of captured points, and can even combat destroyers by targeting their weakspots. However, her mobility and size leave a lot to be desired as she will feel sluggish around the extremely manoeuvrable fast patrol boats and attack crafts of her rank. But slow and steady, the ship will arrive at the combat-zone, where her full potential will be unleashed.
 == General info ==

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-The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a rank {{Specs|rank}} British sub-chaser {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update "Raining Fire"]].
+The HMS ''Peacock'', pennant number P239, is the lead ship of the ''Peacock''-class corvettes. These 5 corvettes were specially commissioned during the 1980s for service in Hong Kong's 6th Patrol Craft Squadron, protecting the colony and performing numerous security-peace operations. After the return of Hong Kong to China, ''Peacock'' as well as sisters ''Clover'' and ''Starling'' were sold to the Philippine Navy, redesignated the ''Emilio Jacinto'' class, and upgunned and upgraded, where they remain in service today.
-The HMS ''Peacock'', pennant number (P239), is the lead ship of the Peacock-class corvette. These 5 corvettes were specially commissioned during the 1980s for service in Hong Kong's 6th Patrol Craft Squadron, protecting the British empire's colony (Hong Kong) and performing numerous security-peace operations.
+Introduced in [[Update "Raining Fire"]], ''Peacock'' delivers a brand-new and unique punch of naval power for the veteran British captains of the coastal fleet. The ship's playstyle is dependant on her sole bow gun: a 76 mm OTO-Melara Compact cannon. Despite seeming like not enough firepower, she can be used to great effect in providing air defence and medium-range support against lighter crafts, defence of captured points, and can even combat destroyers by targeting their weakspots. However, her mobility and size leave a lot to be desired as she will feel sluggish around the extremely manoeuvrable fast patrol boats and attack crafts of her rank. But slow and steady, the ship will arrive at the combat-zone, where her full potential will be unleashed.
 == General info ==
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 '''Ammunition'''
 Due to the scarcity of ammo for all types of threats, once the HE-VT ammo has been researched, It should replace the regular HE. Consider arming the ship with SAP and HE-VT for more effective defence to fend off some planes; HE-VT being the main ammo and SAP the auxiliary for armoured encounters.
 {{:76 mm/62 OTO-Melara Compact (76 mm)/Ammunition|76/62 HE-MOM, 76/62 SAPOM, 76/62 HE-VT MOM}}

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 {{main|76 mm/62 OTO-Melara Compact (76 mm)}}
-HMS Peacock is armed with a single 76 mm/62 OTO-Melara Compact, located at the bow of the ship.
+HMS Peacock is armed with a single 76 mm/62 OTO-Melara Compact, located at the bow of the ship. Despite being armed with a single 76 mm gun, the quick reload of only 0.8 seconds allows for a lot of damage in just an instant. The HE shell is composed of a powerful explosive mass of 1.08 kg of TNT. This single gun is not capable of hullbreaking any boat, but the explosive damage and the high rate of fire are more than enough to fend other threats at the rank.
 The gun offers satisfactory firing range, up to 6,000 m. However, firing at such distances is not advised due to a very limited ammo count. The ammo count of 115 shells is sufficient to destroy numerous small boats, as 1-3 shots will be enough. But long-distance engagements and destroyers will require a lot more of ammunition, leaving the ship unable to defend or with reduced efficiency. As once the ready-use ammo of 85 shells is fired, the remaining ammo will be fired at a much slower rate.
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 Due to the scarcity of ammo for all types of threats, once the HE-VT ammo has been researched, It should replace the regular HE. Consider arming the ship with SAP and HE-VT for more effective defence to fend off some planes; HE-VT being the main ammo and SAP the auxiliary for armoured encounters.
 == Usage in battles ==

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 In some maps, she will be quite troublesome to conceal as her entire bridge will be exposed. ''Peacock'' is enormous when compared to the nimble and small-sized boats like the Soviet [[G-5 (Family)|G-5]] and the German [[LS 3]], so the best cover for ''Peacock'' is behind solid structures and peeking behind tall coastal formations. Remember the only area needed to be exposed is the bow, where the gun is located. Avoid open areas were the enemy boat can surprise ''Peacock'' from behind but instead find corners to perform quick surprise attacks.
-[[File:HMS Peacock firing versus Pr.206 2.png|thumb|The flat trajectory of the 76 mm shells avoids the Peacock to fire behind cover, while most enemy boats can. ]]
+[[File:HMS Peacock firing versus Pr.206 2.png|thumb|The flat trajectory of the 76 mm shells avoids the Peacock to fire behind cover, while most enemy boats can.]]
-For comparison, the playstyle is opposite to the [[Brave class (P1011)|Brave class]] which uses low land formations to engage from afar, high mobility and superior ranged firepower. Peacock uses high land formations, slow mobility with adequate placing and short lethal linear fire.
+For comparison, the playstyle is opposite to the [[Brave Borderer]] which uses low land formations to engage from afar, high mobility and superior ranged firepower. Peacock uses high land formations, slow mobility with adequate placing and short lethal linear fire.
 ''Peacock''<nowiki/>'s commanders should be directed towards capture zones since the shortage of ammunition will eventually be evident. Reaching these capture zones will provide a lot of targets to fire at, particularly the small vessels arriving recklessly, which are soft targets for the mighty OTO-Melara gun.
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 Destroyers: While destroyers are capable of decimating HMS Peacock's crew, this corvette can cause the same harm to them. Their crew complement will quickly be reduced to 0% if they do not retaliate on time. Peacock must be overwhelming in the first salvos to cause irreparable damages to the targeted destroyer.
-The gun and shells are capable, but the only notable drawback of attacking destroyers is the poor ammunition that limits extensive actions versus destroyers. Notably, the American well-armoured destroyers will be somewhat complicated to sink, the [[Sumner (DD-692)|Sumner class]] and [[Fletcher (DD-445)|Fletcher class]] are resilient to HE impact; so sometimes SAP must be employed.
+The gun and shells are capable, but the only notable drawback of attacking destroyers is the poor ammunition that limits extensive actions versus destroyers. Notably, the American well-armoured destroyers will be somewhat complicated to sink, the [[USS Sumner]] and [[USS Fletcher]] are resilient to HE impact; so sometimes SAP must be employed.
 === Pros and cons ===

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	* ''Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy,'' J. J. Colledge, 2010		* ''Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy,'' J. J. Colledge, 2010

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	{{Britain sub-chasers}}		{{Britain sub-chasers}}

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 {{Youtube-gallery|F62bvTjfdVU|An gameplay video of an adequate map for the Peacock.|kcuuArY-4n4|Quick tour in the deck of the Peacock, now in Philippine Navy service.}}

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	The 2 remaining Peacock-class corvettes, were sold to the Irish Naval service in 1988, both of which are still in service in Ireland.		The 2 remaining Peacock-class corvettes, were sold to the Irish Naval service in 1988, both of which are still in service in Ireland.
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		+	=== [[wt:en/news/6848-development-peacock-corvette-coastal-show-off-en\|Devblog]] ===
		+	Between 1983 and 1985, British shipyards produced five Peacock corvettes, specially designed for operations in the waters of Hong Kong. To allow for effective service in the tropical climate, the Peacock corvettes were fitted with features such as air conditioning and the ability to remain at sea even during typhoons.
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		+	Upon completion, all five vessels were assigned to the 6th Patrol Craft Squadron, operating out of Hong Kong. During their service, Peacock corvettes would, apart from showing a military presence in the area, also successfully aid the Hong Kong Police Force in fighting illegal immigration and smuggling.
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		+	However, after Hong Kong was returned to China in July 1997, three of the Peacock corvettes were subsequently sold to the Philippine Navy, where after several modernizations they still serve to this day.
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		+	Similarly, two of the Peacock corvettes were sold to the Irish Naval service in 1988, both of which are still in active service with Ireland.

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 The turret mounting is highly mobile and provides adequate targeting speed, something beneficial for the reduced ship's mobility.
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 * 76 mm offers high rate of fire, powerful HE damage and long firing-range (6,000 km)
-* Multipurpose main armament (anti-air rounds, HE and SAP)
+* Multipurpose main armament (HE-VT, HE and SAP)
 * Radar capacities with a lead indicator for anti-air duties; great detection range
 * Guns ballistics are adequate and precise; easy to fire and accustom
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