V2CxBongRipz. Every ship have been nerfed through the time. Beta BB's could freakin shoot from right end to left end. (Over dramatic just to get the picture) H44/H39's was at one point much faster than the L2, but the general speed nerf (cap nerf) took care of that. Unless my overvetted elite crew have been failing me all that time! (First UK crew was 1 Elite Potential BO, 2 Elite Accuracy Gunners, 6 Elite Engineers, 2 Elite Repairs and 2 +13 Engineer Seamen. All with 250+ Veterans.)

Edit: Didn't claim anything on OH, but to me it seems the recharge (regeneration) time on KM what is supposed to be better than the other nations are not as good as I remember it to be from my old account.

Longer OH time do not help KM ships, like H44 to avoid enemy shell
H44 still slower that L2 and Monty (i remember those two right now), same practical range as L2 and other issues. 

I tried ... again H44.

Guns are better, I agree, but in average compared to ohter BB5 i still the worst.

 I don´t know what others KM players said about this ship, and I like to hear other judgments about this bad ship.

I consider bad because:

Had a (very very relative) range advantage
DMG is beter, but still under others
Protection is ....... too bad to describe it
Speed.... every ship beats it.

Maybe I have to improve my engineers, reps, or gunners, I don´t know. All I know is that I have a BB2 Italian and it can hold better DMG.

...or only I have a bad day. 

Regarding the practical range issue... It is not the same, remember that as V2C said, L2, SY, Monty, Soyuz, and the Alsace have longer hang times. I believe the only ship with a lower hangtime than KM are the RM ships, but the range for those (at least from my experience) it's somewhere between Alsace and the Monty, maybe less than monty.

What does this means for you as an H44 driver? It means you can zoom in, fire (please, AIM), and just make an extreme turn towards the opposite direction of your enemy, Oh and when you finally see those shells coming, do the apropiate manouevers so that you can avoid those shells if it is required, but at this point just an slight turn will make the shells land really close to you but not OVER you (Kudos for pissing your opponent by doing this and gradually making them loose their patience and making them Rush).

I'm no pro at playing KM (Hell, my win rate is 49%), But I can tell you that the H44 is certainly an improvement over the H39, I am able to pull at least 70k damage on this ship per game and on a winning game I can do over 100k damage to the enemy, those numbers were a Great Game on the H39.

True, your ship is made of paper, you fire flowers and good intentions (Although since the fix for the guns, those flowers are now more consistent on the damage you do, which means you can bury your opponent with your demostration of love and care faster), and 39 Knots at OH make this ship seem like a downgrade to most people that play it when they can go at 42 knots, no armor, no anything just the crew and guns on the H39 and dodge shells more easily. But the true is that this ship is pretty much how KM is meant to be played, and I am pretty sure that if you fail repetively against Montys and Super Yammis on this ship, then you must give your play style a real hard look and ask yourself "Am I really playing KM how it is supposed to be played?".

TL;DR This ship HAS a range Advantage, learn to use it and learn to pick u your engagements. A Lonely Monty cruising the strip for some harlots? = Food. An Alsace trying to approach you? = Food. A Lion 2 with no teammates relativately close to his possition to support him? = Food.

I don't claim that I can pull everything I have posted here 100% of the time, but I can certainly notice the range advantage and the new damage consistency and use them on my favour.