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Warships attributed to the Commonwealth of Nations, as well as event ships in World of Warships.

Commonwealth

The Navies of the Commonwealth of Nations^note Oddly not including the existing British Royal Navy ships, even though Britain itself is a member of the Commonwealth. are the ninth faction to be introduced, with the first ship being the tier 6 premium cruiser Perth. A full line of cruisers debuted in March 2024 as early access ships in the 13.2 update. They will become available on the tech tree in the 13.4 update.

Commonwealth Cruisers

Commonwealth cruisers are generally comparable to their counterparts on the British tech tree, though there are a few differences. Most notably, the light cruisers of the line have access to HE shells, giving them the firestarting capability that the British light cruisers lack. They also have access to the Defensive AA Fire, Submarine Surveillance, and Crawling Smoke Generator consumables, making them better at antiaircraft work, sub-hunting, and evasion. On the other hand, they have the same thin armor as the British cruisers and don't get access to Repair Party until Tier VIII, making them more fragile.

Sutlej

Commonwealth (Indian) Tier I Cruiser

A Black Swan-class sloop built for the Royal Indian Navy. She was laid down in 1939 and commissioned in 1941. Sutlej saw extensive service as a convoy escort and assault ship in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Indian Oceans during WWII. When India gained independence in 1947, she became INS Sutlej and served until 1978, when she was decommissioned and sold for scrap.

Port Jackson

Commonwealth Tier II Cruiser

A representative of the Town-class cruisers built for the British and Australian Navies in the early 1910s.

• Fictional Counterpart: No ship named Port Jackson was ever built. She's probably most comparable to HMAS Sydney, a Town-class that served with distinction in WWI.

Caradoc

Commonwealth Tier III Cruiser

A C-class cruiser of the Caledon subclass. Caradoc was laid down in 1916 and commissioned the following year. She fought in the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight and escorted the High Seas Fleet to Scapa Flow after the German surrender. She spent the next two years supporting anti-Bolshevik/Soviet forces in the Baltic and Crimea before transferring to the Mediterranean. She served in the Caribbean and China stations before being placed in reserve in 1934. Upon the outbreak of WWII, she was reactivated and used to transport gold bullion and hunt down German blockade runners. Now old and superannuated, she was converted to a gunnery training ship in 1944 and sent to Ceylon. She was placed in reserve after the end of the war and broken up in 1946.

Dunedin

Commonwealth Tier IV Cruiser

A Danae-class light cruiser, Dunedin was laid down in 1917 and commissioned in 1919. She spent the interwar period on overseas stations, defending British interests and providing disaster relief. When WWII broke out, she participated in the hunt for Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, then was transferred to the Caribbean to interdict German and Vichy merchant shipping in the region. She captured five ships and scored a coup by seizing the Enigma machines from the tanker Lothringen. She was sunk on 24 November 1941 by U-124, with the loss of most of her crew.

Delhi

Commonwealth (Indian) Tier V Cruiser

A Leander-class cruiser originally laid down in 1931 as HMS Achilles. She was commissioned in 1933, then transferred to the Royal Navy's New Zealand Division in 1936 and officially recommissioned as HMNZS Achilles with the reformation of the NZD into the Royal New Zealand Navy in 1941. She was sent to patrol the coast of South America, and was one of the three ships that battled the German pocket battleship Graf Spee and successfully bottled her up in Montevideo. After Graf Spee was scuttled, Achilles returned to New Zealand and escorted convoys in the Pacific. She was damaged during the Solomons campaign when a Japanese bomb tore off the roof of one of her turrets. After undergoing repairs and modernization in England, she rejoined the New Zealand fleet. Postwar, she was sold to India, becoming INS Delhi. She spent most of her career showing the flag in foreign ports, though she briefly participated in the Portuguese-Indian War of 1961. She was decommissioned and sold for scrap in 1978.

• Wearing a Flag on Your Head: She has a special permanent camouflage called "Indian Tiger" that drenches her in the colors of the Indian flag.

Hobart

Commonwealth (Australian) Tier VI Cruiser

Hobart was one of three improved Leander-class cruisers ordered by the Royal Navy in the 1930s.^note The original Leanders had all their boilers in a single compartment, which made them more vulnerable to being knocked out by a single hit amidships. The improved ships dispersed the machinery into multiple compartments for greater survivability.She was laid down in 1933 and commissioned as HMS Apollo in 1936. She and her two sisters were sold to Australia in 1938, and she was recommissioned as HMAS Hobart. Upon the outbreak of war, she was sent to the Indian Ocean, where she saw action in the Red Sea and oversaw the evacuation of British Somaliland. After a stint in the Mediterranean, she returned to the Pacific and served as a convoy escort, then screened Port Moresby during the Battle of the Coral Sea and provided fire support for the invasion of Guadalcanal. She was badly damaged by a torpedo from the submarine I-11 on 20 July 1943 and limped to Sydney for repairs, which kept her out of the fight until April 1945. She participated in the invasion of Borneo and was present for the Japanese surrender. She was decommissioned in 1947 and sent to the reserves. Several attempts were made to modernize her, but were all deemed cost-ineffective, and she was ultimately sold for scrap in 1962.

Uganda

Commonwealth (Canadian) Tier VII Cruiser

A Fiji-class light cruiser laid down in 1939 and commissioned in 1943. After shakedown, she escorted convoys and provided fire support in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, including escorting Winston Churchill to a conference in the US and bombarding targets in Sicily and Italy. She was hit by a 1.4 tonne Fritz X glide bomb off Salerno that punched clean through her entire hull and detonated beneath her keel. She survived, but was was damaged so severely that she had to be taken to America for repairs. While being repaired, she was transferred to Canadian control and recommissioned as HMCS Uganda. She was sent to the Pacific as flagship of the RCN and provided antiaircraft and shore bombardment support for the British fleet there. In April 1945, she was the subject of an embarrassing incident when two-thirds of her crew refused to volunteer for continued service in the theater.^note The Canadian government had decided to ask all sailors and soldiers going to the Pacific to re-volunteer for service; anyone who re-upped would be granted a month's leave before going. The policy was applied to Uganda's crew as well, and they voted no due to discontentment with poor living conditions on the cruiser and a feeling that they had volunteered to fight Germany, not Japan.. Due to delays in finding a replacement ship, she wasn't sent home until late July and arrived in port on the day that the Japanese announced their surrender. She was paid off in 1947, then recommissioned as HMCS Quebec on 1952 upon Canada's entry into the Korean War. She saw no combat during the war and was paid off again in 1956, then sold for scrap in 1960.

Auckland

Commonwealth (New Zealand) Tier VIII Cruiser

The beginning of the paper ships in this line. Auckland is based on a proposed design of heavy cruiser with nine 203mm guns. The Royal Navy commissioned studies of this project at the beginning of WWII, but ultimately canceled the project in favor of building more light cruisers.

Encounter

Commonwealth (Australian) Tier IX Cruiser

Encounter is the representative of a cruiser project with 203mm guns that was proposed to be built in Australia during the 1920s. She is partly based on the Hawkins-class, though with significant upgrades to armor and weaponry.

Cerberus

Commonwealth (Australian) Tier X Cruiser

A theoretical evolution of the Encounter project, featuring an extra turret with improved reload time.

• Composite Character: Cerberus is a cross between the real-life County-class heavy cruisers and a theoretical Australian cruiser project.
• More Dakka: 12 203mm guns with a 5.7 second reload time.
• Names to Run Away from Really Fast: She's named after the three-headed hound that guards the gates of the underworld in Greek mythology.

Commonwealth Premium Destroyers

Vampire

Commonwealth (Australian) Tier 3 premium destroyer.

Haida

Commonwealth (Canadian) Tier 7 premium destroyer. Preserved as a museum ship, she is the only surviving Tribal-class destroyer today.

Commonwealth Premium Cruisers

Perth

Commonwealth (Australian) Tier 6 premium cruiser.

• Stealth Expert: Her smoke generator allows her to form a moving (albeit slowly) smoke screen on top of her already excellent stealth. She can even have the duration of her smoke screen functionally boosted which is unique to her.
• Glass Cannon: Packs a punch with its HE rounds. The large citadel, low hitpoints and flimsy armor also ensures that whatever hits it is going to severely damage if not outright sink the ship.
• Squishy Wizard: Has plenty of useful consumables including the unique smokescreen, but will die quickly if attacked.

Commonwealth Premium Battleships

Yukon

Commonwealth (Canadian) Tier VII premium battleship

A draft design for the King George V-class battleships, armed with 381mm guns.

Otherworld Fleet

Ships for the Halloween event which was first started in October 2016 and expanded annually with new additions.

Halloween 2016

Transylvania

An unarmed transport ship carrying Halloween treats.

• Escort Mission: The Transylvania can't reach the portal without an escort and will end the mission in failure if sunk.

Blade

Igor

Jackal

Zikasa

Rasputin

A heavily buffed version of the Imperator Nikolai I that appears in many of the Halloween scenarios.

• Arc Villain: Rasputin appears in nearly all of the Halloween scenarios, and killing it permanently is the focus of the "Terror of the Deep" operation. It returns, with a twin, in "Last Voyage of Transylvania".
• Damage-Sponge Boss: In the "Last Voyage of Transylvania" event, it has 100,000 HP, can heal while in the Filth, and has significant buffs to its armor and torpedo protection. Oh, and there's two of them.
• Promoted to Playable: Rasputin became available for purchase in World of Warships: Legends as a Tier V premium ship.
• Sickly Green Glow: It emits a neon green glow from all over its hull.
• Skeleton Motif: Its bow is shaped like a giant skull.

Halloween 2017

Urashima

Ghoul

Svyatozar

Scarab

Magnu-S

Varg

Nobilium

Great Gorgon

Halloween 2018

Barracuda

• Lightning Bruiser: A strong performer for every situation. Barracuda is fast, heavily armed, heavily armored, and has a long oxygen reserve. The two double-gun turrets are good for fending off destroyers and finishing off critically damaged ships. Barracuda's glaring weakness is a 6300m detection radius.

Seelöwe (Sealion)

Zipper

• Glass Cannon: Zipper is a Coastal Defense Sub that is supposedly good at reconnaissance, infiltration, and fast attacks. But its short oxygen reserve and top speed of 24 knots means that it's not even remotely good at doing so. Also, the ship only has two torpedo tubes with a long reload but this is compensated for with a high alpha damage value. Unsurprisingly, the hull strength is the weakest and will crumple easily with a heavy hit.
• Weaksauce Weakness: Zipper has the best maneuverability with a 1.7sec rudder shift but only because the sub is incredibly bad at retaining speed. Even when surfacing or making a minute course adjustment, it hemorrhages speed like crazy and can get itself left behind very easily.

Gerfalcon

• Lightning Bruiser: Completely outclasses the Zipper in Mobility and Attack. However, the Barracuda and Seelöwe are better suited to attacking than the Gerfalcon.

Killer Whale

• Lightning Bruiser: Easily the best overall submarine. It has high top speed, good hull strength, long oxygen reserve, ten torpedo tubes all of which have high alpha damage, and a better stealth rating.