60/75 pen angles and a .022 fuse, which is unique to legends as well

Just so you know Derka in Britain we would pronounce this things name as Hamp-shuh. Great vid though👍

Was hoping this boat would be a campaign ship since I'm not paying $100 for it. Thanks for the review, now I know what I'm missing out on lol.🍻

Fantastic review. You do it the way I used to do it when I did KZfaq ship reviews. As in you actually review the ship and talk about its strengths and weaknesses. So many of these so called reviews spend 99% of the time narrating a match which really isn’t that helpful. Anyway great job and I really appreciate it. With Hampshire it’s the slow speed that annoys me the most, that and lack of smoke. No way to escape… that being said I do love this ship!

You see a surrey mixing with a Nelson, I see a British myoko. Same turret layout and practically the similar looking hull.

The citadel is actually a part of the ship, where the crewmembers that are not involved in the battle will hide out and not where the magazine is.

🦃🍁🦃🍁🦃🍁 Happy Thanksgiving to you Derka and to your Family, 🍁🦃🍁🦃🍁🦃

Hampshire doesn't have short fuze AP. She has improved penetration angles 60 min/75 guaranteed and a very low arming threshold of 10mm. However the fuze time is the russian extended fuze of 0.022 seconds. The arming threshold is why you can get full pens on DDs.

I have it and i dont regret bought it.I really enjoy citadel everything that walk ,fly or swim.😀

Your comment on the AP-centric nature of this and other Brit ships reminded me of a game I had in my Sommers: this enemy Plymouth had radar and used it on me 3 times, each time focusing on me of course. Thing is, I was able to turn and run each time he did and he kept bouncing shells on me. Even when I beached myself like a dummy, he couldn't kill me because I was stern-on to his guns. I probably got 50-60k of potential damage from him lol

I love this ship 👌 bad luck on the Vlad though, sooo close to finishing him 😆👍

It's an interesting ship. I ran across one last night and it laughed at the AP from my Monarch. Not sure I'd drop dubs for it though. Maybe it'll show up in a crate drop at some point, which is how I've gotten half of my premium ships so far.

Hey Derka, Thanks for the review. Already bought it, I really enjoyed playing it when it was a rental. Certainly would of preferred it being a campaign ship. You nailed it with the comment about the Mainz, Hampshire is a challenge and all the more satisfying to play when you do well. Cheers and Happy Thanksgiving!

A derka video almost makes me want to play legends again…then I remembered blue team exists

Thanks for the review. I’d love to rent before I buy on this one.

Atago might not be the best ship, but its the most beautiful imo😅

Thanks for the vid derka

‘Pull the damage out of his stern’… phrasing dude 😊

I saw her pen stats on wows ship builder. She feels kinda pointless when Anchorage exists with baltimore shells with similar pen. Unless they buff her ap pen to tallin levels like what they did to pyotr velikiy.

I also believe they might make more money if they lowered the prices of some of these ships, 100 people buying the ship at 20 is more than 2-3 people at 60+....

Great video (as always) Derka, but the question stands: is it better than Edi? Edinburgh is agile and with better armor. Granted the guns are smaller but the damage output might be higher. And it's a TT ship. Don't have to mention Plymouth...

I use to love the Atago. There have been just to many great ships added since she came out.

It might not be the best ship but it’s certainly a fun one which carriers merits of it’s own.

Update 06.10.24..... So Wargaming has this 70% coupon going on and I was in the market for a cruiser and it boiled down to wanting a British cruiser as my number of British cruisers from Tier 4-7 are on the low side. The only premium I have is the Minotaur. I don't have the Tier 8's. Hampshire vs Neptune....this was a tough one for me. I watched videos on both ships. So....for $20.00 I chose the Hampshire. And boy oh boy am I having a ball with this damn thing. The Neptune was very tempting but I do have the Minotaur so it seemed like a very similar ship with armor made from aluminum foil... The Hampshire's armor is better so that was one selling point...it won't blow up if I sneeze between salvos. To Derka's credit, he's right about that top speed, it's not American dreadnaught slow but it ain't exactly a '69 Dodge Charger RT either...with a speed flag I can get the thing to hit well over 31 knots. The lack of a radar is missed but a lot of cruisers don't have radar so what this does is remind me to pay closer attention out there, which is a good thing. That citadel is weirdly placed but it's also weirdly short on length, which has served me well thus far. It can bounce some shells back there...can't do that in a Plymouth. The concealment is very very nice....I have it down to roughly 9.4 km's with Mikawa. (I went with Fraser 16/3, Mikawa 16/3, and Yamamoto 16/3) I think my reload starts out at roughly 8.8 seconds which is fine. And speaking of British 203's...they are amazing on the Hampshire. The accuracy is incredible. I removed a Tallinn at 14 km's in two salvos. This ship will absolutely destroy a broadside or over-angled DD....cruisers are the same story. I caused a bow-tanking Edinburgh some significant damage more than once....not sure how, not sure why, but it happened. BB's aren't safe either, the plunging fire at range is brutal, not to mention a broadside salvo. Put an epic reload mod on the Hampshire and that reload gets mighty low. Derka did say he liked the Hampshire and I'm suspecting the 10 guns (with two front guns that rotate at 360) contributed to his enjoyment. But this is not a $100 ship for 17,500 worthy....in that I can agree with him. Right now, the Hampshire is a very happy bank robbery with a 70% off coupon for a sticker price of 5,250 doubloons or $20.00 and that's what I paid for it out the door... To be perfectly honest, unless you're in need of a proven monster of a Tier 7 ship AND entering an elimination tournament (taking place at the Bellagio in Las Vegas) that's paying out thousands upon thousands of dollars to the finalists; no ship is worth 17,500 doubloons or $100.00 in my opinion. That's an obscene amount of money for just one Tier 7 ship, but that's just me. So far I've been vacationing in Citadel City with the Hampshire.

You know its not a campaign ship CAUSE ITS BRITISH 😅 Aside from that though, i always always always encourage people to buy the weird and unique ships. I love a new ship that gives a new and diverse playstyle rather than just taking a tech tree ship, buffing it slightly, changing the name and pretending its something completely new. I love ships like Graf Spee and Nelson because its something a little different and unique. Kinda like British campaigns, totally unique and a once in a lifetime experience 😂 OKAY okay, im done 😂

So many options for a CA at tier 7 that are better. I think I'll save my gold. That was a pretty spicy salvo on the Vlad, though :).

I know she got flair for piercing removed as well can u explain difference?

Is this the ship with 234mm main guns

And what if you already have Plymouth and you just want to get gud? Would you recommend it then?

The citidel on the Hampshire sticks out like the thumb of a hitchhiker trying to flag someone down ,one shell she gone.

What’s the difference between Queen Elizabeth and Warspite? I avg like 93k in QE and 86k in Warspite, so pretty similar numbers just luck of the draw on teammates will make up a 5-10k damage difference. Warspite just got a slight accuracy buff or what?

Hey congrats on 9K kid, I take 87% of the credit for your success

Got 5 citadels on an opening shot at this thing from my Anchorage. Felt bad for the guy lol

As a rental, this one made my inner Marlon Brando come out: "BETTER FORGET ABOUT IT!"

😀 hampshire is back 😥 for dubs Anyway still looks like a fun ship, really new and refreshing though i gotta agree, Surrey and Nelson had a lot of fun together 😂 And i DARE you to show us Ripley (hope i spelled it correctly) averaging 2k base xD

Hamshire is a fun cruiser. Plymouth is borderline OP and really shouldn’t be a T7 ship considering it’s a T10 ship (legendary) on PC. And from my understanding it’s also statistically the same as the PC version for the most part.

I was really hoping this would be another tier VII campaign ship but alas no such luck.

I dont know why I ever thought we would get a british campaign ship, its not like the other 2 rental ships became campaigns, and the next one will likely be another german one(anhalt). Seriously though why is WG so agllergic to having a royal navy campaign or some other nations I could mention too.

Awesome ship but I'm sure the reload was faster when I tested her ?

It looks like Atago/Takao but been brought by British and removed the HE

Ive had no problems against it by just knocking out the the turrets thats the problem I've seen with it 25 is too vulnerable for turret armor

Speaking of the Plymouth and the Wichita I was considered buying either of them for Black Friday but I couldn’t help but notice the little disclaimer underneath the ship overview in the shop saying it’ll be nerfed in the future. Still worth??

I absolutely loved this ship in testing..would regularly get 9 citadels in a single slavo..gross

This looks like British Atago

This ship feels like a weaker version of anchorage that’s compensated by slightly better maneuvering and reload

Stage doesn't need a buff, I still bully every class with her, I'll take a reload buff

I run Frazier with membelli and makawa

Yeah, on paper Plymouth is the better ship. And it is. But after all, it's all about sensible use.

Another great video. Looks like a pass for me .

Would you say the problem is huge or yuuuuge?

I felt like this yesterday with a disappointing loss having a 2300 bass XP game in my C.Colombo 😢

I prefer playing something a bit more challenging, but done giving WG money. I already have the Plymouth which as you said is a great ship.

If it's that slow why not Frazier

WG I see what u did there - this shi* is created to boost the sale of Plymouth 😮‍💨

Seems like all new ships coming out lately are just average at best. No bangers.

No ship is worth 100 to me, you can still buy entire games for much less, and I've had legends since it came out. I've spent 100's on campaigns over the years but at 10 a pop, plus all the random extra stuff, it's hard to justify more than 20 per ship.

Hampshire > Plymouth. Higher skill floor but more rewarding imo. It’s my favorite cruiser.

Having both Plymouth and Mainz, this one does not appeal to me. Thanks for the content.

Huge problems 😂😂😂😂 4 krakens un 25 battles

Done. Edinburgh better.

I will not be taking any Hampshire slander, Hampshire is greatest ship jn game, Hampshire can one v one yamato! LIES FROM THE PLYMOUTH SUPREMACY GROUP (this message has been partly sponsored by the Hampshire fascist group)

So it's just as crappy as Tiger 59. Best British Cruiser is definitely The Plymouth