Your chances of doing any significant damage fall away to almost nothing when they bow in against you. A ship that's bow tanking will shrug off most of her artillery fire.

Duke of York's 356mm shells cap out at overmatching 24mm worth of armour. Your AP shells cannot overmatch the bows of tier VI+ battleships or tier VIII+ heavy cruisers.There are two drawbacks to her AP shells though. Aim for the upper hull (avoid their armoured belt) and hoover up the damage. If they're foolish enough to give you a broadside, punish them. It's not uncommon for Duke of York to land large damage volleys against enemy battleships without landing any citadel hits even at14km to 15km ranges. You will see less of that in Duke of York. It's quite possible for a normal battleship shell to blast clean through a light cruiser's machine spaces before they can detonate, turning what would have been a devastating citadel hit into a measly overpenetration. This is especially useful when hunting cruisers, doubly so at close ranges. In practice, this means fewer overpenetrations from her AP shells hits, provided they strike a target with sufficient armour to fuse her shells in the first place. Royal Navy AP shells do this in less than half that time - 0.015s. Normal battleship shells explode 0.033s after striking a surface thick enough to arm their fuse.

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