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Andrea Doria

Also called: 安德烈亚·多里亚 Beta

Italy · Tier V · Battleship · Tech Tree: Bruiser Battleships

All-rounder battleshipA jack-of-all-trades battleship; read the comp and pick anchor, brawler, or sniper.

Playstyle

Anchor a flank at 12-15 km with bow toward the closest threat
Avoid: Shooting on sight and learning where you are the hard way

Key characteristics

High HE / fire outputHigh fire chanceWide always-pen zoneHeavy secondary DPMExtra heal chargesFragile

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Playstyle
How to get Andrea Doria
Builds
Cohort position
Stats and specs
Charts
Background
Armor
Balance history
Exteriors

Community Data

Andrea Doria Community Stats

Across 9,600+ Standard battles from 340+ players, Andrea Doria averages a 59% win rate, 55,900 damage and 1.1 kills per battle, and survives 35% of them.

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Playstyle

Overview

Andrea Doria is a Tier V Italian all-rounder battleship with 320mm guns at 15.5 km: she has no single dominant kit trait but is competent across the board. The role flexes by team comp - mid-range AP anchor by default, brawl support when the team commits, sniper when the line sits back. Versatility is the value, not specialization. Her secondary battery fires SAP rather than HE, so it punches through angled plating that shatters standard secondaries in a brawl. Standout traits: best heavy secondary DPM in T5 BBs (384,000, 1st of 26) and best Repair Party charges in T5 BBs (4, 1st of 26). The trade is hit points in T5 BBs (42,200 HP, 26th of 26).

Positioning

Anchor a flank at 12-15 km with bow toward the closest threat. Rotate one or two map cells with the team rather than holding solo; a battleship alone on a flank is a free focus target for the enemy. 42,200 HP is what a rotation started too late costs, and it is spent before the guns that punished it come off cooldown. She is genuinely evasive in both phases of a turn, answering the helm in 13 s and carving a 640 m circle, so you can break a salvo and still be where you meant to go.

Potato Avoidance

Shooting on sight and learning where you are the hard way

Guns are what reveal you, not the enemy's luck: the first salvo lights you up at 14.1 km and hands every ship with a firing angle a stationary target worth 42,200 HP. Decide which island or angle you will shoot from before anything spots you, then angle away and keep firing from cover rather than trading in the open because you fired first.

Signature Traits

Heavy secondary DPM ↗

384000 secondary DPM per side, best of T5 BBs. Per-side barrels × shots/min × alpha across every secondary family; real damage scales with hit rate against the target.

Extra heal charges ↗

4 Repair Party charges, best of T5 BBs. More total HP available across a match.

ELITE ARMOR ↗

Thick end plates · 26 mm
Thick bow plate · 26 mm

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗

High fire chance · 35%
High fire pressure · 7.78 fires/min
Fast turret traverse · 5°/s

WEAK HP ↗

Fragile HP pool · 42200 HP
Shallow effective · 65832 effective

Acquisition

How to get Andrea Doria

Andrea Doria is available in the Bruiser Battleships branch of the Italy Tech Tree for 2,400,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 600,000 credits. Official source cards below may also show its temporary Early Access window before it became a normal Tech Tree unlock. Container chances are shown as the listed odds of receiving this exact ship, dividing grouped ship-pool odds across the resolved ships and including nested container paths when a crate can drop another crate.

History: Early Access Jan 2022 (temporary crate drops, now ended).

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Italy Tech Tree

Andrea Doria sits in the Bruiser Battleships branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full Italy tree.

7 ships in highlighted branch · scroll to inspect all Italy lines.

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Best listed chance for this ship

Italian Battleship Big Crate 2.5% V Andrea Doria* Archived · Italian Battleship Big Crate
Italian Battleship Crate 0.07% V Andrea Doria* Archived · Italian Battleship Crate

Official WG availability sources

February update: fortes fortuna adiuvat Early Access Start: 2022-01-27
- You can get any of the four listed below in dedicated Italian Battleship regular and big crates (the guarantee system is active for the big ones—a ship drops at least once per every 20 containers).
- Tier V Andrea Doria

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Italian Battleship Big Crate 2.5% · V Andrea Doria*
Italian Battleship Crate 0.07% · V Andrea Doria*

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Builds

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Cohort position

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Where Andrea Doria sits among Tier V BBs (25 ships). Notable standouts are shown first; the rest of the cohort-ranked stats are in the expand below. Acquisition variants (Black Friday, Founders Edition) are counted once with their base ship, not as separate peers.

BestSmoke fire bloom8.41 km (1/26) BestSecondary DPM (per side)384,000 (1/26) BestAP ricochet start55° (1/26) BestAP auto-bounce angle70° (1/26) BestRepair charges4 (1/26) BestEnd plates26 mm (1 of 6 tied / 1 of 6 tied) Top 10%Main battery reload27 s (3/26) Top 10%Fires per minute7.78 (3/26) Top 10%AP velocity830 m/s (3/26) Top 10%AP arming threshold53 mm (3/26) Top 10%Displacement29,391 t (3/26) Top 25%Stealth profile14.1 km / 11.28 km (6/26 / 6/26) Top 25%Rudder shift13 s (4/26) Top 25%Turning circle640 m (5/26) Top 25%Power-to-weight2.55 hp/t (7/26) Top 25%Secondary range4.5 km (7/26) Top 25%AA DPS288 (7/26) Top 25%AA threat990 (5/26) Top 25%Flak damage per salvo (expected)840 (7/26) Bottom 25%HE shell damage4,700 (21/26) Bottom 25%Main dispersion218.4 m (22/26) Bottom 25%AA range4 km (22/26) Bottom 25%Max armor280 mm (23/26) Bottom 25%Citadel belt230 mm (22/26) Bottom 10%Main battery caliber320 mm (25/26) Bottom 10%AP shell damage9,500 (25/26) WorstHit points42,200 HP (26/26)

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Not standouts for Andrea Doria -- here's where she sits on every other ranked stat in the cohort. Stats tagged NORM are tied across more than half the cohort, so the value is the cohort default rather than a standout.

Max speed27 kt(9/26) Main battery range15.55 km(19/26) Sigma1.6(20/26) HE DPM104,444(13/26) AP DPM211,111(13/26) HE velocity830 m/s(9/26) Time to 90% speed33.2 s(8/26) Acceleration (0-12 kt)14.4 s(8/26) Engine power75,000 hp(15/26) Power / turn radius117.2 hp/m(10/26) AP pen at 10 km421 mm(17/26) Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)163,037(10/26) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(21 of 26 tied at this value) NormAP fuse timer0.033 s(21 of 26 tied at this value) NormRepair heal rate0.5 %/s(23 of 26 tied at this value)

Peers in this cohort

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 39,100 → 42,200

Displacement29,391 t

Hull dimensions

Length x beam at the waterline, plus draft. Length matters when dodging torpedoes; beam and draft shape how hard the ship is to hit.

186.4 x 28 m (published figure)

Armor range12–280 mm

Plate armor thicknesses12, 16, 19, 22, 26, 30, 32, 38, 40, 44, 70, 74, 80, 90, 100, 105, 110, 115, 120, 130, 150, 195, 200, 210, 220, 230, 250, 260, 280 mm

Armor material/layer entries108

Fire resistance

stock hull: 1 − 0.8002 fire coefficient = 20%; top hull: 1 − 0.7669 fire coefficient = 23.3%. Lowers how often hits set you on fire. It does not reduce the damage a burning fire does per second; fires burn at the full rate on every ship.

Initial: 20% → 23.3%

Fire duration60 s

Fire damage

One unattended fire: 0.003 of max HP per second (0.3%) × 60 s = 0.18 of the pool; 0.18 × 42,200 HP = 7,596 HP on this ship. 4 fire points can burn at once.

0.3% of HP per second

Flood duration40 s

Flood damage

One unattended flood: 0.005 of max HP per second (0.5%) × 40 s = 0.2 of the pool; 0.2 × 42,200 HP = 8,440 HP on this ship.

0.5% of HP per second

Torp Reduction

1 − 0.265 hull torpedo-damage coefficient / 0.333 unprotected baseline = 20%. Reduces torpedo hit damage. It does not affect flooding: floods start as often and tick at the full rate.

20%

Magazine HP

Per-turret powder-magazine HP, a separate pool from the ship's. Penetrating hits wear it down and the turret is likelier to be knocked out as it falls, so a larger pool keeps the guns firing through punishment that silences a peer's.

21,100

Steering gear HP

Durability of the steering gears. As this pool drops, hits are likelier to jam the rudder; unlike most modules the steering can be knocked out and repaired but is never permanently destroyed.

12,700

Effective HP

Base 42,200 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.005 of max HP per second (0.5%) × 28 s × 42,200 HP = 5,908 HP per charge, × 4 charges = 23,632 HP. Ceiling, not a prediction: a charge only restores damage actually taken, and only the regeneratable share of it. In practice ships realize about half of this, mostly because half the charges go unspent; a charge that is used returns about 97% of the per-charge figure above.

46,889–65,832

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel10%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Bow section HP

Damage saturation pool for the bow: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 2,700 = 5,400), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

2,700

Casemate section HP

Damage saturation pool for the casemate: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 8,000 = 16,000), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

8,000

Hull section HP

Damage saturation pool for the hull: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 31,700 = 63,400), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

31,700

Superstructure section HP

Damage saturation pool for the superstructure: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 1,000 = 2,000), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. The superstructure is not exempt: it saturates exactly like the bow and stern, so shells aimed at it stop dealing full damage once this pool is used up. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

1,000

Stern section HP

Damage saturation pool for the stern: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 1,000 = 2,000), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

1,000

Citadel section HP

This section has no practical saturation cap: every hit here keeps dealing its normal share of damage (on most ships the citadel; on many destroyers the casemate).

No saturation cap

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 320 mm/44 M1936

Mounts / barrels4 mounts / 10 barrels

Reload time27 s

Firing range (base)14.1 km

Firing range (top fire control)15.5 km

Turret traverse5 °/s

Turret armor240 mm

Turret traverse arcs

How far each mount can train, in degrees to either side of the mount's own facing. A rear turret with ±150° leaves a 60° blind wedge over the bow; one-sided arcs are wing mounts that cover a single side. The data does not say which way each mount faces, so the arcs are listed per mount without bow/stern angles.

4x ±140°

Guns to bear

180° − 140° (the most restricted aft-facing mount's arc) = 40° off bow; 180° − 140° (the most restricted forward-facing mount's arc) = 40° off stern. How far off the bow (or stern) the ship must angle before every main turret can fire: the widest blind wedge among the rear-facing (or forward-facing) mounts, from each mount's trainable arc.

40° off bow / 40° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

Shell Grouping (σ)1.6

Dispersion type

In practice: 1% wider (worse) horizontal dispersion and 1% more vertical spread at max range (15.5 km) than a standard battleship: about 218 m wide × 131 m tall, against 215 m × 129 m. Also on this curve (55): AL Vittorio Veneto, Alsace, BA Binah, BA Tirpitz, Bayern, Bismarck, Bismarck B, Brandenburg, Bretagne, Cavour, Centurion, Cristoforo Colombo and 43 more.

European battleship

Max Horiz Disp

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the dispersion model:

σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30

= (\frac{15549.6}{30} \cdot \frac{12 - 2.2}{1000} + 2.2) \cdot 30 = 218.4 m

218.4 m at 15.5 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 218.4 \cdot 0.6 = 131 m

131 m at 15.5 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 218.4 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.6} = 81.9 m

81.9 m at 15.5 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 131 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.6} = 49.1 m

49.1 m at 15.5 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 5 deg/s traverse speed = 36 s.

36 s

Shells/min

10 broadside guns x 60 / 27 s base reload = 22.2.

22.2

HE shells

HE alpha4,700

HE Velocity830 m/s

Fire Chance35%

HE fire DPM vs T5 BB58576

Effective HE DPM vs T5 BB163020

HE penetration

55 mm = 320 mm caliber / 5.82 (non-standard HE penetration ratio).

55 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

4,700 HE damage x 10 broadside guns = 47,000.

47,000

HE DPM

47,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 27 s base reload = 104,444.

104,444

Fires/min

22.2 shells/min × 0.35 (35% fire chance) = 7.78.

7.78

AP shells

AP alpha9,500

AP Velocity830 m/s

Min Ricochet55 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet70 deg

Fuse Timer0.033 s

Fuse Threshold53 mm

AP pen max range329 mm

AP overmatch

floor(320 mm caliber / 14.3) = 22 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

22 mm

AP Pen Close

AP formula evaluated at muzzle velocity:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}

= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2600 \cdot 525^{0.69} \cdot {0.32}^{- 1.07} \cdot 830^{1.38} = 707.5 mm

707.5 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (15.5 km), where the shell has slowed to 475.8 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2600 \cdot 525^{0.69} \cdot {0.32}^{- 1.07} \cdot {475.8}^{1.38} = 328.3 mm

328.3 mm at 15.5 km

AP full-salvo alpha

9,500 AP damage x 10 broadside guns = 95,000.

95,000

AP DPM

95,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 27 s base reload = 211,111.

211,111

AP AOE Radius

AP shell over-penetration splash radius; scales with shell mass. Wickes 102mm = 3, standard 152mm CL ~ 20, Iowa 406mm ~ 270, Yamato 460mm = 400, Incomparable 650mm = 550 (max). Larger value = bigger splash damage area when AP over-pens.

AA Defense

AA mount points17

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.5 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

4 km

37 mm/54 Breda 1938 (upgraded hull only)9×2 37mm

20 mm/65 Breda 1935 (upgraded hull only)8×2 20mm

37 mm/54 RM 1939 (stock hull only)3×1 37mm

37 mm/54 Breda 1939 (stock hull only)6×1 37mm

13.2 mm/76 Breda 1931 (stock hull only)8×2 13mm

90 mm/50 OTO 1939 (DP)

Dual-purpose: your secondaries doing double duty against aircraft. The same mounts appear on the Secondary Battery card - shared guns, not extra hardware.

10×1 90mm

Guns90 mm/50 OTO 1939 (DP)

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS in in-game units (raw aura damage × 3.5 × hit probability, summed per contributing aura) - matches the Close-range AA DPS headline's currency. Includes 97 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

Range4 km

Guns37 mm/54 Breda 1938

Continuous DPS

Initial: 45 × 3.5 × 0.75 = 118 → 56 × 3.5 × 0.75 = 147. Raw aura damage × 3.5 × hit probability, the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Initial: 118 → 147

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 97 + Medium 147 = 244

244

Guns20 mm/65 Breda 1935

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 18 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.7 hit probability = 44 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 97 + Medium 147 + Near 44 = 288

288

AA explosions

Each ~2 s salvo fires 2 AA explosions in quick succession, each leaving 3 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron, plus 1 stray cloud farther out that appear off-beat between salvos - up to 7 clouds per salvo × 160 damage each. Planes that fly into a cloud take its damage; clouds dissipate before the next salvo lands. Defensive AA Fire, where fitted, multiplies the AA explosions within each salvo, and commander skills that raise the Number of AA explosions add to it.

2 per salvo, 3 clouds each + 1 outer cloud

Cloud damage

Damage a plane takes for flying into one flak cloud, before any reductions.

160

Cloud spawn chance

Each cloud in the pattern rolls this chance to spawn, so salvos average fewer clouds than the maximum. Often called flak 'hit chance', but spawned clouds always damage planes that fly into them - the roll is on spawning.

75%

Salvo interval

A new flak salvo (the AA explosions above) fires roughly every 2 s.

every ~2 s

Fired by

Flak keeps firing while at least one secondary battery mount is operational - even losing every dedicated AA mount does not stop it.

Secondary battery

Flak zone

The activation band: flak fires while attacking planes are inside it. Clouds are placed ahead of the planes' path, so clouds can land short of 2.5 km or past 4 km - once planes get inside the band, new salvos stop. AA range bonuses push the outer edge out; the 2.5 km inner edge does not move.

2.5-4 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts14

Firing range4.5 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

Secondary DPM (per side)

Sum across all secondary families of (per-side barrels × 60 / reload_s × alpha), with each reload counted in whole 1/7 s ticks (guns fire on the first tick after the reload), where per-side barrels = mounts × barrels-per-mount / 2 (the guns that bear on one broadside target). Per-family: 4×3 135 mm (6/side) × 60/5 s × 3000 = 216,000 + 10×1 90 mm (5/side) × 60/3.571 s (3.5 s = 25 ticks) × 2000 = 168,000. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

384,000

Secondary dispersion type

Max dispersion = range (km) × 57 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.

Standard

Max secondary dispersion @ 4.5 km

4.5 km × 57 + 30 = 286.5 m.

286.5 m

Caliber135 mm

Reload time5 s

SAP alpha3,000

Muzzle Velocity890 m/s

SAP Pen38 mm

Min Ricochet70°

Max Ricochet90°

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Caliber90 mm

Reload time3.5 s

SAP alpha2,000

Muzzle Velocity850 m/s

SAP Pen26 mm

Min Ricochet70°

Max Ricochet90°

Maneuverability

Engine power75,000 hp

Maximum speed27.0 kt

Turning circle radius640 m

Rudder shift timeInitial: 18.2 s → 13 s

Engine power-boost threshold7.0 kt

Engine spool-up time23 s

Reverse spool-up time11.5 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 27 / 4 + 4.9 = 11.7 kt. Base value; speed modifiers scale it.

11.7 kt

Crash stop

Seconds from top speed to a dead stop after ordering full reverse: reverse power winds in over the reverse spool-up while water drag does most of the braking, using the ship's own reverse-power ratio. The full curve is on the acceleration chart. Full reverse stops about a quarter faster than a plain Stop order from top speed.

44 s

Engine boost threshold (reverse)

Speed below which the engine's built-in power boost applies in reverse.

8.9 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (24.3 kt of 27.0 kt).

33.2 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (26.7 kt of 27.0 kt). 99% rather than 100% because true top speed is asymptotic (thrust meets drag), so the last fraction of a knot is never quite gained.

52.3 s

Guns in a full turn

With the rudder hard over the hull turns 4.5°/s, so a target drifts across the bow at that rate. Turret traverse minus hull turn: 5 − 4.5 = +0.5°/s, so the guns hold the target through the turn. Main Battery Mod. 2 (+20% traverse) and Mod. 3 (−15%) move this line.

hold target (+0.5°/s spare)

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea

Base value, no camouflage. With a Grade IV permanent camo (or any disposable camo): 14.1 km x 0.955 = 13.47 km. Camouflage does not change detectability by air.

14.1 km

With Grade IV camouflage (sea)

Detectability by sea 14.1 km x 0.955 (Grade IV permanent camo or any disposable camo) = 13.47 km.

13.47 km

Detectability by air11.28 km

Smoke firing penalty8.41 km

Detect when firing (sea)

max(main battery range, sea detectability 14.1 km) = 15.55 km. Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach.

15.55 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability 11.28 km + gun-firing bloom 6.4 km = 17.68 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber 320 mm × 0.020 = 6.4 km.

17.68 km

Detect when on fire (sea)

Sea detectability 14.1 km + 2.0 km while burning = 16.1 km.

16.1 km

Detect when on fire (air)

Air detectability 11.28 km + 3.0 km while burning = 14.28 km.

14.28 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party∞ charges · 80 s reload · 15 s active

Repair Party4 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 5,908 HP (14% of max HP) total heal (per charge)
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0.005 of max HP per second (0.5%) × 28 s effective active time = 0.14 of max HP × 42,200 HP = 5,908 HP: up to 14% of max HP restored per charge.
· 23,632 HP (56% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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0.14 of max HP per charge × 4 charges = 0.56 × 42,200 HP = 23,632 HP: up to 56% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 211 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
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0.005 (0.5% of max HP) × 42,200 HP = 211 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

Enhanced Secondary Targeting3 charges · 160 s reload · 30 s active · +100% grouping · -50% dispersion

Module options (3)

Stats above use the fully-upgraded modules. These are the research-tree alternatives; trade-offs are flagged.

HullUpgrade

Hit points39,100 → 42,200
Rudder shift18.2 → 13 s
Close-range AA DPS67 → 74

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range14,136 → 15549.6 m

EngineUpgrade

Time to 12 kt16.3 → 14.4 s

Under the hood

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All values are ship base stats with modifications and upgrade changes denoted inline.

The constants behind the formulas and the long tail: shell and dispersion inputs, fixed-range anchors, salvo math, layered AA. Click the formula chip on any row to see how it is calculated.

Main battery formulas

vs standard BB1% wider H · 1% taller V

H = horizontal, V = vertical spread. This ship's curve against the standard battleship curve, both evaluated at this ship's max range (15.5 km) with the same model as Max Horiz/Vert Disp: horizontal 218 / 215 m − 1 = +1%, vertical 131 / 129 m − 1 = +1%. Shell grouping (σ) is separate: it sets how shells bunch toward the centre of this ellipse.

Shell scatter width @ 5 km115 m

(166.7 × (12 − 2.2) / 1000 + 2.2) × 30 = 115 m. Horizontal scatter at a fixed 5 km, from the same dispersion model as the rows below - a knife-fight-range anchor comparable across ships.

Shell scatter width @ 10 km164 m

(333.3 × (12 − 2.2) / 1000 + 2.2) × 30 = 164 m. How wide your shells scatter at 10 km, from the same dispersion model as the max-range figure above. Picking a fixed range makes this number directly comparable from ship to ship: max-range dispersion makes a longer-range gun look worse even when it's tighter at any common range. The interactive Dispersion tab on the Charts card plots the full curve from 0 to max range.

Shell scatter width @ 15 km213 m

(500 × (12 − 2.2) / 1000 + 2.2) × 30 = 213 m. Horizontal scatter at a fixed 15 km, from the same dispersion model - the long-range anchor. Only shown when the ship's guns reach 15 km.

Shell scatter height @ 5 km45.2 m

How tall the scatter ellipse is at a fixed 5 km, from the same model, comparable from ship to ship. The height/width ratio is a piecewise-linear curve through three points from the ship's own dispersion data:  $radiusOnZero = 0.2$  at 0 m,  $radiusOnDelim = 0.5$  at  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 15549.6 = 7775$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 15549.6 m. Below the kink:  $k = 0.2 + (0.5 - 0.2) \cdot \frac{5000}{7775} = 0.3929$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 115 \cdot 0.3929 = 45.2 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 10 km86.7 m

How tall the same scatter ellipse is at 10 km. Comparable from ship to ship for the same reason as the width value above. The height/width ratio is a piecewise-linear curve through three points from the ship's own dispersion data:  $radiusOnZero = 0.2$  at 0 m,  $radiusOnDelim = 0.5$  at  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 15549.6 = 7775$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 15549.6 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 7775}{15549.6 - 7775} = 0.5286$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 164 \cdot 0.5286 = 86.7 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 15 km126.3 m

How tall the scatter ellipse is at a fixed 15 km, from the same model. Only shown when the ship's guns reach 15 km. The height/width ratio is a piecewise-linear curve through three points from the ship's own dispersion data:  $radiusOnZero = 0.2$  at 0 m,  $radiusOnDelim = 0.5$  at  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 15549.6 = 7775$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 15549.6 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{15000 - 7775}{15549.6 - 7775} = 0.5929$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 213 \cdot 0.5929 = 126.3 m$ .

AP pen 5 km543 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 5 km, from the same ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the AP formula  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2600 \cdot 525^{0.69} \cdot {0.32}^{- 1.07} \cdot {685.2}^{1.38} = 543 mm$ , where 685.2 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 5 km (from 830 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP pen 10 km421 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 10 km, from the same ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the AP formula  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2600 \cdot 525^{0.69} \cdot {0.32}^{- 1.07} \cdot 570^{1.38} = 421 mm$ , where 570 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 10 km (from 830 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP pen 15 km336 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 15 km, from the same ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the AP formula  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2600 \cdot 525^{0.69} \cdot {0.32}^{- 1.07} \cdot 484^{1.38} = 336 mm$ , where 484 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 15 km (from 830 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

HE flight time @ 10 km5.31 s

How long an HE shell takes to reach a target at a fixed 10 km, from the same numerically integrated trajectory the Charts card plots. The shell slows under quadratic air drag,  $a_{drag} = k ρ v^{2}$ , where  $ρ$  is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and  $k$  bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.3786 \cdot {0.32}^{2}}{8 \cdot 485} = 3.14 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 830 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77 because the game clock runs faster than real time. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

AP flight time @ 10 km5.31 s

How long an AP shell takes to reach a target at a fixed 10 km, from the same numerically integrated trajectory the Charts card plots. The shell slows under quadratic air drag,  $a_{drag} = k ρ v^{2}$ , where  $ρ$  is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and  $k$  bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.4098 \cdot {0.32}^{2}}{8 \cdot 525} = 3.14 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 830 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77 because the game clock runs faster than real time. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

Guns per full salvo (alpha, DPM)10

4 mounts × 2.5 barrels = 10; all 10 bear on the broadside.

Model inputs

Krupp (AP)2,600

Armor-penetration constant of the AP shell; penetration scales straight with it, so a 10% higher Krupp is 10% more penetration at every range.

AP shell mass525 kg

Enters penetration as mass^0.69 and slows the shell's drag deceleration, so a heavier shell keeps more velocity at range.

AP drag coefficient0.4098

Air drag on the AP shell in flight; lower keeps velocity, and with it penetration, at long range.

AP muzzle velocity830 m/s

Starting speed of the AP shell; penetration scales with velocity^1.38.

HE muzzle velocity830 m/s

Starting speed of the HE shell; sets its flight time and lead.

idealRadius12

Horizontal dispersion growth per idealDistance of range, in 30 m units; the slope of the scatter-width line.

minRadius2.2

Horizontal dispersion at zero range, in 30 m units; the intercept of the scatter-width line.

idealDistance1,000 m

Range step over which horizontal dispersion grows by idealRadius.

taperDist4,000 m

Inside this range the scatter width tapers toward minRadius instead of following the line.

radiusOnZero0.2

Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at zero range.

radiusOnDelim0.5

Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at the delim point.

radiusOnMax0.6

Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at maximum range.

delim0.5

Where the vertical-scatter curve bends, as a share of maximum range.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range97

Only families that reach 4 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: Breda 37mm double 9x2 -> 147 DPS @ 3.5 km; 20mm65 Breda M1935 double 8x2 -> 44 DPS @ 2 km; 90mm50 barrels 1 M1939 10x1 -> 97 DPS @ 4 km.

AA DPS layered by range97 DPS @ 4 km, 244 DPS @ 3.5 km, 288 DPS @ 2 km

@ 4 km: 97 from one family; @ 3.5 km: 147 + 97 = 244; @ 2 km: 147 + 44 + 97 = 288. Cumulative AA DPS at each family range threshold. Inner ranges stack the outer families, so a target closing the distance hits stronger AA bubbles as it crosses each band.

AA DPS at point-blank288

147 + 44 + 97 = 288 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (2 km).

AA threat index990

147 × 3.5 + 44 × 2 + 97 × 4 = 990. SUM over AA auras of (aura DPS x aura range km). A plane crossing the AA bubble is exposed to each aura for a time proportional to that aura's range, so long-reach DPS is worth more than the same DPS in a short bubble. Units: DPS*km; used to rank overall AA threat across the cohort.

Near aura range2 km

Secondary battery firepower

Max SAP alpha3000

max(3000 (135 mm), 3000 (135 mm), 2000 (90 mm)) = 3000. Maximum SAP damage per shell across secondary SAP families. Best on this ship: 3000 from the 135 mm family.

Max SAP pen38 mm

max(38 mm (135 mm), 38 mm (135 mm), 26 mm (90 mm)) = 38 mm. Maximum SAP armor penetration across secondary SAP families. SAP auto-bounces past its ricochet angles but never shatters on plate it can pen, and it starts no fires. Best on this ship: 38 mm from the 135 mm family.

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Background

A project that evolved from the Conte di Cavour-class battleships, equipped with a reinforced secondary battery. In the 1930s, the ship received a significant upgrade when her anti-torpedo protection was reinforced, her speed increased, and her main and secondary battery guns made more powerful.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 39,100 → 42,200 with hull upgrade, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds.

Bow & stern26 mm

Overmatched by 33+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel230 mm

Citadels come from a flat broadside at close range; held past ~30° of angle, AP shatters or bounces.

Farming12 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 23%, fires burn 60s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	26 mm primary (range 22–280 mm)	2,700 (6% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Bayern, Gneisenau)Angle bounces 356mm26 mm: HE pens from 203mm+	Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP.
Hull (midship)	16 mm primary (range 16–280 mm)	31,700 (75% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Moltke, Graf Spee)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	26 mm primary (range 22–150 mm)	1,000 (2% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Bayern, Gneisenau)Angle bounces 356mm26 mm: HE pens from 203mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	230 mm primary (range 26–230 mm)	≈ 165,500 (effectively no cap)	Citadel pen: full damageOver-pen: ×0.10 damage	Effectively no cap; citadel pool sits at ~165k HP on every ship. An AP citadel penetration deals the shell's full damage, the biggest single hit available; only over-penetrations are damped, to ×0.10.
Superstructure	12 mm primary (range 12–250 mm)	1,000 (2% of HP)	Any HE ≥16 mm pens at full damage	Any HE ≥16 mm pens at full damage. HE-spam target, and the section saturates fast (often only a few thousand HP).
Turret (module, per magazine)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	21,100 magazine HP	Turret knocked out	Per-turret powder-magazine HP, a separate pool that does not drain ship HP. As it is worn down the turret is likelier to be knocked out, and a smaller pool gets there faster.
Secondary mount (135 mm mount)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	800 per-mount HP	Destroyed at 0 HP	Per-mount HP for the heaviest secondary on this ship. A mount destroyed at 0 HP is out for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. Smaller (lighter-caliber) secondaries typically share the same HP value.
AA mount (37 mm mount)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	200 per-mount HP	Destroyed at 0 HP	Per-mount HP for the heaviest AA on this ship. An AA mount destroyed at 0 HP stops shooting down planes for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. HE shells specifically target AA mounts since the small-caliber HP pool falls fast.
Engine (module, research)	engine coefficient (unconfirmed)	-0.100 research estimate	Largest on BB/BC; zero on destroyers	Engine durability isn't a per-ship value. This small negative coefficient is non-zero only on battleships, battlecruisers, and the heaviest cruisers, and is exactly zero on every destroyer, so it scales with hull displacement rather than any commander skill. Most likely an engine drag or power term in the same family as the deceleration stats; its exact meaning is not yet confirmed.
Rudder (module)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	12,700 module HP	Incapacitated at 0 HP	When module HP reaches 0 the rudder locks at its current angle until DCP repairs it. Repair via Damage Control Party.

Saturation cap = HP a section can absorb before further damage to it is reduced (the "bow-tank" effect). Citadel pool is ~165k on every ship (effectively no cap); damage is gated by pen/over-pen multipliers instead. Superstructure saturates fast but HE always pens regardless of the plate thickness. Rudder (and other module HPs) are a separate pool from ship HP: damaging a module doesn't drain ship HP. Incapacitated modules like the rudder and engine are restored by DCP, but secondary and AA mounts destroyed at 0 HP stay out for the rest of the battle.

Balance History

Balance updates affecting Andrea Doria. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.

Nerf ×20Buff ×3Main Battery ×7Consumable ×1

2023-06-15

Ministry of Balance: Italian Concerto

Secondary Battery firing range increased from 4 to 4.5 km:
Secondary Battery 90 mm gun reload time increased from 3 to 3.5 s.
Secondary Battery 135 mm gun reload time increased from 4 to 5 s.
Main Battery AP shell damage reduced from 9,700 to 9,500:
Main Battery AP shell ricochet angles increased from 45/60 to 55/70 degrees.
Main Battery HE shell damage reduced from 5,000 to 4,700.
Stock Hull HP reduced from 41,300 to 39,100:
Bow HP reduced from 2,600 to 2,500.
Casemate HP reduced from 7,800 to 7,400.
Hull HP reduced from 31,000 to 29,300.
Magazine HP reduced from 20,700 to 19,600.
Steering Gear HP reduced from 12,400 to 11,700.
Superstructure HP reduced from 1,000 to 900.
Upgraded Hull HP reduced from 45,000 to 42,200:
Bow HP reduced from 2,800 to 2,700.
Casemate HP reduced from 8,500 to 8,000.
Stern HP reduced from 1,100 to 1,000.
Hull HP reduced from 33,800 to 31,700.
Magazine HP reduced from 22,500 to 21,100.
Steering Gear HP reduced from 13,500 to 12,700.
Superstructure HP reduced from 1,100 to 1,000.
Visibility when firing in smoke reduced from 11.22 to 8.41 km.

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2022-06-16

Summer Update: The High Roll

Main battery reload time decreased from 30 to 27 s.

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Exteriors

Skins & permanent camouflages

Every custom exterior Andrea Doria can equip.

DefaultThe ship’s standard exterior
Virtus et Honor (Andrea Doria)Permanent Camo

Primary official WG sources

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2022-01-27 · Patch notes February update: fortes fortuna adiuvat Patch notes 2022-06-16 · Patch notes Summer Update: The High Roll Patch notes 2026-06-25 · Patch notes July Update: Born to Sail Free Patch notes

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Main battery formulas

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AA defense

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Background

Armor Beta

Balance History

Ministry of Balance: Italian Concerto

Summer Update: The High Roll

Skins & permanent camouflages

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