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HMS Raleigh, a Common card
HMS Raleigh was one of five Hawkins-class heavy cruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War, although the ship was not completed until 1921.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 62
- DEF
- 39
- Power
- 101
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 4,600
Power 101 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
HMS Raleigh quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the HMS Raleigh card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
She was assigned to the North America and West Indies Station when she commissioned and often served as a ______.
Answer
flagship. She was assigned to the North America and West Indies Station when she commissioned and often served as a flagship. From the HMS Raleigh article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
HMS Raleigh was one of five Hawkins-class heavy cruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War, although the ship was not completed until ____.
Answer
1920s. HMS Raleigh was one of five Hawkins-class heavy cruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War, although the ship was not completed until 1921. From the HMS Raleigh article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- She was assigned to the North America and West Indies Station when she commissioned and often served as a flagship.
- After visiting ports in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and both coasts of the United States and Canada in 1921–1922, Raleigh ran aground off Labrador in August 1922 with the loss of a dozen crewmen.
- The ship was partially salvaged in place and was demolished with explosives in 1926, although she remains a diveable wreck in very shallow water.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The HMS Raleigh article was read about 4,600 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 62 and blocks with 39: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get HMS Raleigh
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, HMS Raleigh (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Moore, W.J. (Photographer), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
