Through the Spy Glass: Victoria

Victoria is a "What if?" ship based on the Vittorio Veneto-class battleships, which could hypothetically have been purchased by Spain from Italy in the late 1930s or in 1940. However, such plans were never implemented due to the escalation of World War II and the condition of the Spanish economy at the time. 

In Legends, Victoria is a Tier VIII Premium battleship you can receive by completing the Wind of Victory campaign with an Admiralty Backing. She's the first battleship equipped with the ready rack—a signature feature of Spanish ships. The ready rack allows her to fire two salvos in succession, and while it has quite a long reload time, this can be significantly offset through use of the Main Battery Reload Booster consumable. Victoria also features good speed and excellent maneuverability. 

Recommended upgrades: 

• Aiming Systems Mod. 1
• Propulsion Mod. 2
• Concealment System Mod. 1
• Main Battery Mod. 3

José Ferrándiz y Niño is a perfect choice of Commander for Victoria. You can obtain him the same way as the ship—by completing the Wind of Victory campaign with an Admiralty Backing. His Architect of the Fleet base trait improves your battleship's main battery shell grouping and dispersion by up to 2.5%.

And we recommend these skills: 

• Flammable Cannonier, increasing main battery range by up to 8% and tightening shell grouping by up to 5% at the cost of increasing the chances of catching fire by up to 13%.
• Crisscross, increasing your battleship's main battery traverse speed by up to 1.5°/s. 
• Strategic Premonition, improving the shell chambering time by up to 16% and allowing you to reload individual shells in the ready rack. 
• Ready to Rack, improving main battery dispersion by up to 5% and reducing main battery reload time by up to 0.5% per main battery hit for battleships equipped with the ready rack, up to the maximum reduction of 10%. 
• Rebuilder, reducing Damage Control Party cooldown by up to 40%, setting the number of Damage Control Party charges to 3 or 4 depending on the Commander's rank, increasing main battery range by up to 10%, and reducing main battery reload time by up to 5%. The latter two effects only apply to battleships equipped with the ready rack. 

Inspirations: 

• John Arbuthnot Fisher, increasing battleship main battery range by up to 3.5% and reducing main battery reload time by up to 3.5%. 
• Paolo di Revel, improving your battleship's main battery reload time by up to 5.5%. 

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Turn the tide with Victoria!