During the years of the Third Reich, the naming convention changed in favor of honoring prominent statesmen of German history, although the battleships Schleswig-Holstein and Schlesien remained with their names. The capital ships of the Kaiser’s fleet were named mainly after the states that made up the German Empire, as well as in honor of German kings, emperors, and their families. However, unlike most German battleships, it does not have access to Hydroacoustic Search. The ship is also armed with torpedoes and has good anti-air defense. The key feature of this new German battleship is its unique set of guns - their small caliber, high rate of fire, good accuracy, and just the sheer number of them make Mecklenburg stand out among its peers. The ship's anti-air defenses are based on systems developed in the 1940s. The Admiralty did not forget the name after the 1920s, but the 2 more Edgars that were built just happened to be quite unlucky: an aircraft carrier laid down in 1944 was renamed on the slipway, and an order for a cruiser was canceled in 1946.Ī battleship armed with sixteen 305-mm guns arranged in four quadruple turrets. However, the cruiser had 5 more predecessors of the same name since the 17th century. The ship was named in honor of Edgar the Peaceful, king of England in the 10th century. The third of this company of early medieval English kings was Edgar, the lead in a series of 9 first-class armored cruisers which served in the Royal Navy from 1900 to 1921. George - the latter ship named after Alfred the Great of Wessex, the first king after the legendary Arthur to unite England, in the 9th century.
Perhaps not surprisingly, at the turn of the 20 th century, the armored cruisers HMS Royal Arthur and HMS King Alfred plied the waves under the flag of St.
The main differences are the increased torpedo range and the availability of an alternative firing mode, which allows Edgar to fire several volleys in quick succession that have a higher penetration and damage than those fired using the basic firing mode.ĭuring the Victorian era, while Great Britain’s all-powerful Royal Navy had free rein over the world’s oceans, an “Arthurian Revival” was permeating English culture - it was precisely in this period when the legend of Camelot as we know it today was shaped. We’re adding the following new ships to the game for an upcoming closed test session:Īn evolution of the Minotaur-class cruisers developed in the 1950s and 60s which included an increased number of main battery guns, as well as more advanced anti-aircraft and anti-submarine armament.Įdgar is functionally quite similar to its predecessor - Minotaur.
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