History Characters / WorldOfWarships

Like in ''World of Tanks'', ''World of Warships'' features massive ranges of warships for you to take command, divided up into nations and ship types.

* Cruiser: Cruisers are the most manoeuvrable class of warship. Designed to react fast and with deadly force, they act as a destroyer shield for larger ships and as anti-aircraft platforms for the team. They can fight toe-to–toe with other cruisers and some can utilize torpedoes to damage capital ships. [[JackOfAllStats Being the most hybrid class]], cruisers have features of both destroyers and battleships in terms of dynamics. Light cruisers resemble the former, whereas heavy cruisers are closer to the latter. As of late a few "large cruisers" or "cruiser killers"[[note]] Think a battlecruiser with rapid fire guns[[/note]] have been added as premiums as well, firmly putting cruisers as the most diverse ship class in the game.
* Destroyer: Destroyers serve a number of roles in the game. They can be used to seek out enemy ships for the big-guns on their team to target, [[GlassCannon to launch torpedo salvoes at enemy ships]] and provide additional anti-aircraft cover for friendly vessels. [[FragileSpeedster Nimble and extremely agile]], destroyers are capable of increasing their speed and stopping quicker than any other class. Being long and narrow, they turn rather slowly. Despite their modest size, their turning diameters at top speed can easily compete with those of giant battleships.

* Aircraft Carrier: Aircraft Carriers are the game's stand-alone, multi-role ship, bringing an aerial point of view to the battle. They carry three kinds of aircraft: Dive Bombers, Torpedo Bombers and Rocket Planes. Each aircraft type plays a specific role and a carrier can have more than one group of aircraft in the air at any one time. [[LongRangeFighter Aircraft from a carrier can attack enemy aircraft, scout enemy ships or planes, attack enemy ships directly and escort or cover friendly ships and aircraft]]. Comparable to battleships in terms of displacement, aircraft carriers nevertheless run faster. Turning significantly reduces the aircraft carriers speed and their rudder shift is slower. As a result, ships of this class can reach a high speed quickly but can’t change their heading very quickly.
* Submarines: The only class to be added after the game's launch, submarines are ultimative stealth hunters. Their main weapons are torpedoes and a sonar. Almost all submarines have two types of torpedoes - normal, with high damage and speed, and homing, less dangerous, but more reliable. Submarines can mark enemy ships by pinging them with sonar. Marked ships take more damage from submarine's normal torpedoes, and become the target for homing ones. Submarines themselves are very frail, but they can submerge, becoming harder to detect and hit. However, submerging makes boats less capable, as their torpedoes taking longer time and distance to surface. While underwater, submarines consume a special gauge, and are forced to surface if it's depleted completely. Other classes can combat submarines with depth charges, which make the boat spill her fuel, making her easier to detect. A lone submarine will seldom win against another ship, but they can provide invaluable support to allies by taking enemies by surprise.

* Battleship: Battleships are [[MightyGlacier the quintessential "heavy hitters" of World of Warships and offer a triple threat to their opponents]]. Massive firepower coupled with heavy armour make them the deadly juggernauts of the sea. Secondary gun batteries make them a serious threat to smaller vessels, and the many anti-aircraft guns lining their decks offer a tremendous amount of anti-aircraft defence. Despite their clumsiness and large size, battleships are able to accelerate to significant speeds. However, they react slowly and need a lot of time to stop. A battleship captain has to be extremely careful as a quick destroyer can take advantage of this situation.

* [[Characters/WorldOfWarshipsOthers Ships from other Navies]][[note]]([[UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire British Commonwealth]], [[UsefulNotes/NewSpanishArmada Spain]], event ships)[[/note]]

* Submarines: The only class to be added after the game's launch, submarines are ultimative stealth hunters. They are armed almost solely with torpedoes, and have a sonar instead of main guns. Almost all submarines have two types of torpedoes - normal, with high damage and speed, and homing, less dangerous, but more reliable. Submarines can mark enemy ships by "shooting" them with sonar pings. Marked ships take more damage from submarine's normal torpedoes, and become the target for homing ones. By themselves, submarines are very frail, nut they can submerge to several depth levels. Each depth level makes the submarine harder to detect and hit, but the boat herself becomes less capable, with torpedoes taking longer time and distance to surface, and detection range dropping as well. Also, when underwater, submarine consumes a special gauge, and is forced to surface if it's depleted completely. Even when submerged, boat can be damaged by depth charges, dropped from destroyers and light cruisers, or from planes called by other classes. Still, in the hands of skillful captain submarines can terrorize the enemy team, while remaining completely unnoticed.

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* [[Characters/WorldOfWarshipsUnitedStatesOfAmerica United States Navy ships]]

* [[Characters/WorldOfWarshipsItaly Regia Marina ships]]
* [[Characters/WorldOfWarshipsPanAsia Pan-Asian ships]][[note]]People's Republic of China, Republic of China, Thailand, Indonesia, South Korea[[/note]]
* [[Characters/WorldOfWarshipsEurope European ships]][[note]]Sweden, Austria-Hungary, Poland, Greece[[/note]]

* [[Characters/WorldOfWarshipsOthers Ships from other Navies]] ([[UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire Commonwealth Navies]], Pan-American Navies [[note]]Argentina, Brazil[[/note]], [[UsefulNotes/NewSpanishArmada Spain]], event ships)

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* [[Characters/WorldOfWarshipsEurope European ships]][[note]]Sweden, Austria-Hungary, Poland[[/note]]

* [[Characters/WorldOfWarshipsOthers Ships from other Navies]] ([[UsefulNotes/PolesWithPoleaxes Marynarka Wojenna]], [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire Commonwealth Navies]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Asia}} Pan-Asian Navies]][[note]]countries such as People's Republic of China, Republic of China, Thailand, Indonesia, and South Korea that are combined together since none of these countries have enough content for a separate tech tree [[/note]], Pan-American Navies [[note]]essentially every single North and South American nation besides the United States (which has its own tech tree) and Canada (which is part of the Common wealth)[[/note]], Netherlands, Spain)

* [[Characters/WorldOfWarshipsUnitedKingdom Royal Navy of United Kingdom ships]]
* [[Characters/WorldOfWarshipsUnitedStatesOfAmerica United States Navy ships]]
* [[Characters/WorldOfWarshipsSovietUnion Voyenno-Morskoy Flot SSSR ships]]
* [[Characters/WorldOfWarshipsOthers Ships from other Navies]] ([[UsefulNotes/PolesWithPoleaxes Marynarka Wojenna]], [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire Commonwealth Navies]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Asia}} Pan-Asian Navies]][[note]]countries such as People's Republic of China, Republic of China, Thailand, Indonesia, and South Korea that are combined together since none of these countries have enough content for a separate tech tree [[/note]], Pan-American Navies [[note]]essentially every single North and South American nation besides the United States (which has its own tech tree) and Canada (which is part of the Common wealth)[[/note]] [[UsefulNotes/NewRomanLegions Regia Marina]])

* Aircraft Carrier: Aircraft Carriers are the game's stand-alone, multi-role ship, bringing RTS-style gameplay to the battle. They carry three kinds of aircraft: Dive Bombers, Torpedo Bombers and Fighter Planes. Each aircraft type plays a specific role and a carrier can have more than one group of aircraft in the air at any one time. [[LongRangeFighter Aircraft from a carrier can attack enemy aircraft, scout enemy ships or planes, attack enemy ships directly and escort or cover friendly ships and aircraft]]. Comparable to battleships in terms of displacement, aircraft carriers nevertheless run faster. Turning significantly reduces the aircraft carriers speed and their rudder shift is slower. As a result, ships of this class can reach a high speed quickly but can’t change their heading very quickly.

* [[Characters/WorldOfWarshipsFrance Forces navales françaises libres ships]]

* Cruiser: Cruisers are the most manoeuvrable class of warship. Designed to react fast and with deadly force, they act as a destroyer shield for larger ships and as anti-aircraft platforms for the team. They can fight toe-to–toe with other cruisers and some can utilize torpedoes to damage capital ships. [[JackOfAllStats Being the most hybrid class]], cruisers have features of both destroyers and battleships in terms of dynamics. Light cruisers resemble the former, whereas heavy cruisers are closer to the latter.

* [[Characters/WorldOfWarshipsOthers Ships from other Navies]] ([[UsefulNotes/PolesWithPoleaxes Marynarka Wojenna]], [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire Commonwealth Navies]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Asia}} Pan-Asian Navies]][[note]]countries such as People's Republic of China, Republic of China, Thailand, Indonesia, and South Korea that are combined together since none of these countries have enough content for a separate tech tree [[/note]], [[UsefulNotes/NewRomanLegions Regia Marina]])

* [[Characters/WorldOfWarshipsJapan Ships of Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun/Imperial Japanese Navy]]

* [[Characters/WorldOfWarshipsOthers Ships from other Navies]] ([[UsefulNotes/PolesWithPoleaxes Marynarka Wojenna]], [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire Commonwealth Navies]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Asia}} Pan-Asian Navies]][[note]]countries such as People's Republic of China, Republic of China, Thailand and Indonesia that are combined together since none of these countries have enough content for a separate tech tree [[/note]], [[UsefulNotes/NewRomanLegions Regia Marina]])

* [[Characters/WorldOfWarshipsOthers Ships from other Navies]] ([[UsefulNotes/PolesWithPoleaxes Marynarka Wojenna]], [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire Commonwealth Navies]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Asia}} Pan-Asian Navies]][[note]]countries such as People's Republic of China, Republic of China, Thailand and Indonesia that are combined together since none of these countries have enough content for a separate tech tree [[/note]], [[UsefulNotes/NewRomanLegions Regia Marina]])

* [[Characters/WorldOfWarshipsJapan Ships of Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun/Imperial Japanese Navy]]

* [[Characters/WorldOfWarshipsJapan Imperial Japanese Navy ships]]

* [[Characters/WorldOfWarshipsOthers Ships from other Navies]] ([[UsefulNotes/PolesWithPoleaxes Marynarka Wojenna]], [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire Commonwealth Navies]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Asia}} Pan-Asian Navies]][[note]]countries such as People's Republic of China, Republic of China, Thailand and Indonesia that are combined together since none of these countries have enough content for a separate tech tree [[/note]])

* [[Characters/WorldOfWarshipsSovietUnion Voyenno-Morskoy Flot SSSR ships]] [[note]]

* [[Characters/WorldOfWarshipsSovietUnion U.S.S.R. ships]]
* [[Characters/WorldOfWarshipsOthers Others ([[UsefulNotes:PolesWithPoleaxes Marynarka Wojenna]], [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishCommonwealth Commonwealth Navies]], [[UsefulNotes/Asia Pan-Asian Navies]][[note]]countries such as People's Republic of China, Republic of China, Thailand and Indonesia that are combined together since none of these countries have enough content for a separate tech tree [[/note]]

* [[Characters/WorldOfWarshipsFrance France ships]]
* [[Characters/WorldOfWarshipsGermany Germany ships]]

* [[Characters/WorldOfWarshipsOthers Others (Commonwealth, Italy, Pan-Asia and Poland ships)]]

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* [[Characters/WorldOfWarshipsOthers Others (Commonwealth, France, Italy, Pan-Asia and Poland ships)]]

* [[Characters/WorldOfWarshipsOthers Others (Commonwealth, France, Pan-Asia and Poland ships)]]

* Cruiser: Cruisers are the most manoeuvrable class of warship. Designed to react fast and with deadly force, they act as a destroyer shield for larger ships and as anti-aircraft platforms for the team. They can fight toe-to–toe with other cruisers and some can utilize torpedoes to damage capital ships. Being the most hybrid class, cruisers have features of both destroyers and battleships in terms of dynamics. Light cruisers resemble the former, whereas heavy cruisers are closer to the latter.
* Destroyer: Destroyers serve a number of roles in the game. They can be used to seek out enemy ships for the big-guns on their team to target, to launch torpedo salvoes at enemy ships and provide additional anti-aircraft cover for friendly vessels. Nimble and extremely agile, destroyers are capable of increasing their speed and stopping quicker than any other class. Being long and narrow, they turn rather slowly. Despite their modest size, their turning diameters at top speed can easily compete with those of giant battleships.
* Battleship: Battleships are the quintessential "heavy hitters" of World of Warships and offer a triple threat to their opponents. Massive firepower coupled with heavy armour make them the deadly juggernauts of the sea. Secondary gun batteries make them a serious threat to smaller vessels, and the many anti-aircraft guns lining their decks offer a tremendous amount of anti-aircraft defence. Despite their clumsiness and large size, battleships are able to accelerate to significant speeds. However, they react slowly and need a lot of time to stop. A battleship captain has to be extremely careful as a quick destroyer can take advantage of this situation.
* Aircraft Carrier: Aircraft Carriers are the game's stand-alone, multi-role ship, bringing RTS-style gameplay to the battle. They carry three kinds of aircraft: Dive Bombers, Torpedo Bombers and Fighter Planes. Each aircraft type plays a specific role and a carrier can have more than one group of aircraft in the air at any one time. Aircraft from a carrier can attack enemy aircraft, scout enemy ships or planes, attack enemy ships directly and escort or cover friendly ships and aircraft. Comparable to battleships in terms of displacement, aircraft carriers nevertheless run faster. Turning significantly reduces the aircraft carriers speed and their rudder shift is slower. As a result, ships of this class can reach a high speed quickly but can’t change their heading very quickly.

* [[Characters/WorldOfWarshipsOthers Others (Commonwealth, Pan-Asia and Poland ships)]]

* [[Characters/WorldOfWarshipsGermany Germany]]
* [[Characters/WorldOfWarshipsJapan Imperial Japanese Navy]]
* [[Characters/WorldOfWarshipsUnitedKingdom Royal Navy of United Kingdom]]
* [[Characters/WorldOfWarshipsUnitedStatesOfAmerica United States Navy]]