User blog comment:FlammeumDraco333/Tales From the Not so Blocky Seas/@comment-10905876-20151007160622

Been a while since I've done a review, everyone else gets to ships before I do it seems so that's an issue.

Anyways, today's review: Bogartyr class cruiser.

"How do I spell the name again? Meh, it's the old ruskie armored cruiser."

So, this is the first cruiser on the old school battleship line for the Russians. It's got its pros and cons, not the best cruiser, but not the worse either.

Armament: If you like spamming small guns, this is the ship for you. There are 10 main gun slots, with two centerline and eight on the broadside. You start out with 6" guns, with poor range but fast reload and ok damage, allowing you to spam your enemy with shots. At level 21, which is also when you can upgrade to the ruskie pre dread, you can mount 8" guns in all main slots. There's also a 7" single that can go in the centerline slots, I don't recommend using it. It has weird range characteristics that make it way off the mark relative to the 6" guns.

There are also 8 secondary slots, but I don't use them because of the high ROF of the main battery. Also available are depth charges and four torpedo tubes, which you may or may not use. The torps are fixed, so you have to aim the ship to use them.

Speed: Meh, 22ish knots at full load, rather slow for a cruiser.

Armor: pretty good, but it hurts your speed and has a thin deck. don't have absolute figures as I use the advanced layout and reduced thickness for 23 knots, but I have 2*4.5*2 deck and 6.5*9.5*6.5 belt armor. The thin deck doesn't really hurt you too much, as you fight at fairly close range.

Overall, she's fairly fun if an old school armored cruiser is what you want. But if you want speed, don't go this line.