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Bellerophon

Also called: 柏勒罗丰 Beta

U.K. · Tier III · Battleship · Premium

Fast battleshipA fast-mover: reposition between lanes and strike first where peers cannot reach.

Playstyle

Anchor a flank at 10-13 km with bow toward the closest threat, then use the speed advantage at 24 kn to rotate to the cap that needs a second battleship rather than the one your team already has
Avoid: Using the 24-kn speed to push rather than to rotate

Key characteristics

Heavy HE shellsImproved HE penFast for the classHeavy magazine armorLow AP DPM

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Community Data

Bellerophon Community Stats

Across 1,600+ Standard battles from 190+ players, Bellerophon averages a 59% win rate, 47,000 damage and 1.4 kills per battle, and survives 38% of them.

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Playstyle

Overview

Bellerophon is a Tier III British fast battleship at 24 kn. Mobility lets her rotate flanks battleship-fast and pick fights where her guns get the first salvo. HE pen sits at the 1/4 caliber ratio instead of the standard 1/6, so HE damages angled targets her AP can't, but her HE volume is low: a tool for bow-on targets, not a damage plan. Standout traits: best HE alpha in T3 BBs (5,200, 1st of 18) and best magazine armor in T3 BBs (76 mm, 1st of 4). The trade is AP DPM in T3 BBs (129,600, 18th of 18).

Positioning

Anchor a flank at 10-13 km with bow toward the closest threat, then use the speed advantage at 24 kn to rotate to the cap that needs a second battleship rather than the one your team already has. Mobility means you can pick which fight you are in; do not waste it by holding center the whole match. She is genuinely evasive in both phases of a turn, answering the helm in 10.2 s and carving a 560 m circle, so you can break a salvo and still be where you meant to go.

Potato Avoidance

Using the 24-kn speed to push rather than to rotate

The mobility advantage is about picking which cap fight you arrive at, not about leading the brawl line; a fast BB that overextends loses HP that the kit cannot trade back.

Signature Traits

Improved HE penetration

HE pen at the 1/4 caliber ratio instead of the standard 1/6. HE-spam is a real damage option here, not just a fire-starter, shared by 7/18 T3 BBs.

Heavy HE shells ↗

5200 damage per HE shell, best of T3 BBs. Punishes superstructure and modules harder than peers.

Fast for the class ↗

24 kt, top quartile of T3 BBs. Lets you rotate flanks or escape disengagements.

Heavy magazine armor ↗

76 mm magazine protection, best of T3 BBs. Shrugs off hits that knock peers' turrets out.

Fast flanking BB ↗

Speed in the top bracket. Rotates flanks and dictates engagement angles.

Low AP DPM ↗

129600 AP DPM, bottom decile of T3 BBs. Citadel windows matter more than spam.

Acquisition

How to get Bellerophon

Bellerophon is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition path: Containers. 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.

ContainersAppears in official container odds below; availability depends on the container being sold or awarded.

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Best listed chance for this ship

Battle of Jutland crate 0.75% Tier III Premium ship Event · Battle of Jutland crate · 1 of 4 ships

Official WG availability sources

Darkness & Light: a tale of two Halloween events Free reward Start: 2021-10-01
- For saving Transylvania, depending on maximum number of stars you get in one battle (one-time reward for each number):
- 5 stars: Tier III Bellerophon (netting you Portal Shards for completing the Slaying Chimeras mission)
Halloween Update: Crimson Tale Store / event post Start: 2024-10-10
- Visit the Store to discover ships that participated in historical battles and operations: Oklahoma, Texas, Agincourt, Kawachi, G-101, Bellerophon, Warspite, Arizona, Giulio Cesare, Viribus Unitis, South Carolina, Aurora, Oleg, and Arkansas.
Honoring the Battle of Jutland Store / event post Start: 2025-05-19
- Aside from the three new ships, several returning ships are making their way back to the Store—some of which also took part in the Battle of Jutland.
- British battleships Warspite and Bellerophon in a bundle with Commander John Jellicoe
Halloween Update: Double the Fun, Double the Trouble Free reward Start: 2021-09-30
- Make sure to get Bellerophon during the Saving Transylvania part of the event as the 5-star reward (or for doubloons for the whole duration of the update), as this will allow you to obtain Italian Tier IV cruiser Genova entirely for free during the A Light in the Dark part of the event!

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Battle of Jutland crate 0.75% · Tier III Premium ship

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Builds

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Cohort position

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Where Bellerophon sits among Tier III BBs (17 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.

BestHE shell damage5,200 (1 of 2 tied) Top 25%Max speed24 kt (3/18) Top 25%Rudder shift10.2 s (3/18) Top 25%Turning circle560 m (5/18) Top 25%HE fire chance32% (5/18) LongerAP fuse timer0.015 s (5/18) Bottom 25%Secondary DPM (per side)83,208 (17/18) Bottom 25%Secondary HE alpha1,500 (15/17) Bottom 25%Secondary HE pen17 mm (15/17) Bottom 25%Engine power25,000 hp (15/17) Bottom 25%Power / turn radius44.6 hp/m (16/17) Bottom 25%AP pen at 10 km259 mm (15/18) WorstAP DPM129,600 (18/18) WorstTime to 90% speed37.8 s (17/17)

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Not standouts for Bellerophon -- 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.

Hit points38,100 HP(11/18) Concealment12.45 km(9/18) Smoke fire bloom9.5 km(10/18) Air detection9.96 km(10/18) Main battery caliber305 mm(9/18) Main battery range13.63 km(11/18) Main battery reload30 s(11/18) Sigma1.8(6/18) Fires per minute5.12(10/18) HE DPM83,200(10/18) AP shell damage8,100(13/18) Main dispersion196.3 m(8/18) Secondary fire chance6%(13/17) AP velocity831 m/s(10/18) HE velocity831 m/s(13/18) Acceleration (0-12 kt)17.4 s(9/17) AP arming threshold51 mm(10/18) Displacement22,456 t(7/18) Power-to-weight1.11 hp/t(12/17) Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)116,792(9/18) Secondary range4.5 km(7/18) AA DPS71(9/15) AA range3 km(9/15) AA threat182(8/15) Flak damage per salvo (expected)165(5/10) Repair charges3(9/18) Max armor279 mm(14/18) Citadel belt254 mm(9/18) Bow armor19 mm(9/18) Stern armor19 mm(10/18) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(15 of 18 tied at this value)

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Survivability

Hit Points38,100

Displacement22,456 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.

160.6 x 25.2 m (published figure)

Armor range13–279 mm

Plate armor thicknesses13, 19, 25, 30, 32, 38, 51, 57, 76, 102, 127, 152, 178, 203, 229, 254, 279 mm

Armor material/layer entries75

Fire resistance

top hull: 1 − 0.9001 fire coefficient = 10%. 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.

10%

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 × 38,100 HP = 6,858 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 × 38,100 HP = 7,620 HP on this ship.

0.5% of HP per second

Torp Reduction

1 − 0.29 hull torpedo-damage coefficient / 0.333 unprotected baseline = 13%. Reduces torpedo hit damage. It does not affect flooding: floods start as often and tick at the full rate.

13%

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.

19,100

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.

11,400

Effective HP

Base 38,100 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.005 of max HP per second (0.5%) × 28 s × 38,100 HP = 5,334 HP per charge, × 3 charges = 16,002 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.

42,333–54,102

Repairable: bow60%

Repairable: casemate60%

Repairable: hull50%

Repairable: superstructure60%

Repairable: auxiliary room60%

Repairable: stern60%

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 × 2,500 = 5,000), 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.

2,500

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 × 3,900 = 7,800), 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.

3,900

Auxiliary section HP

Damage saturation pool for the auxiliary room: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 2,100 = 4,200), 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.

2,100

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 × 28,600 = 57,200), 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.

28,600

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 × 1,400 = 2,800), 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.

1,400

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 × 1,500 = 3,000), 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.

1,500

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: 305 mm/45 Mk X

Mounts / barrels5 mounts / 10 barrels

Reload time30 s

Firing range13.6 km

Turret traverse3 °/s

Turret armor305 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.

180° port-only, 180° starboard-only, 2x ±142°, ±150°

Guns to bear

180° − 142° (the most restricted aft-facing mount's arc) = 38° off bow; 180° − 142° (the most restricted forward-facing mount's arc) = 38° 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.

38° off bow / 38° off stern

Shell Grouping (σ)1.8

Dispersion type

In practice: the baseline curve for a standard battleship -- at max range (13.6 km) shells land in an ellipse about 196 m wide and 118 m tall. Also on this curve (68): AL New Jersey, Agincourt, Alabama, Alabama B, Arizona, Arkansas, Arkansas FE, Atlântico, BA Montana, Bourgogne, California, Collingwood and 56 more.

Standard 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{13632}{30} \cdot \frac{12 - 2}{1000} + 2) \cdot 30 = 196.3 m

196.3 m at 13.6 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 196.3 \cdot 0.6 = 117.8 m

117.8 m at 13.6 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 196.3 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.8} = 65.4 m

65.4 m at 13.6 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 117.8 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.8} = 39.3 m

39.3 m at 13.6 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 3 deg/s traverse speed = 60 s.

60 s

Shells/min

8 broadside guns x 60 / 30 s base reload = 16.

HE shells

HE alpha5,200

HE Velocity831 m/s

Fire Chance32%

HE fire DPM vs T3 BB33592

Effective HE DPM vs T3 BB116792

HE penetration

76 mm ≈ 305 mm caliber / 4 (improved HE penetration: German BBs, Yamato-class, and a handful of others).

76 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

5,200 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 41,600.

41,600

HE DPM

41,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 83,200.

83,200

Fires/min

16 shells/min × 0.32 (32% fire chance) = 5.12.

5.12

AP shells

AP alpha8,100

AP Velocity831 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.015 s

Fuse Threshold51 mm

AP overmatch

floor(305 mm caliber / 14.3) = 21 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

21 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 2187 \cdot {389.8}^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot 831^{1.38} = 510.9 mm

510.9 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (13.6 km), where the shell has slowed to 435.9 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2187 \cdot {389.8}^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot {435.9}^{1.38} = 209.7 mm

209.7 mm at 13.6 km

AP full-salvo alpha

8,100 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 64,800.

64,800

AP DPM

64,800 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 129,600.

129,600

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 points6

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

3 km

76.2 mm/45 HA Mk IV2×1 76mm

40 mm/39 Vickers QF Mk.II on a Mk.II HA mount4×1 40mm

Guns76.2 mm/45 HA Mk IV

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 3 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.75 hit probability = 8 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range3 km

Guns40 mm/39 Vickers QF Mk.II on a Mk.II HA mount

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 24 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.75 hit probability = 63 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range2.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 8 + Medium 63 = 71

AA explosions

Each ~2 s salvo fires 2 AA explosions in quick succession, each leaving 1 cloud ahead of the attacking squadron - up to 2 clouds per salvo × 110 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, 1 cloud each

Cloud damage

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

110

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 AA mount is operational - it stops only once every AA mount is knocked out.

AA mounts

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 3 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.

2.5-3 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: 14×1 102 mm (7/side) × 60/7.571 s (7.5 s = 53 ticks) × 1500 = 83,208. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

83,208

Secondary fire DPM vs T3 BB (per side)

Fires/min (per side) 3.3 × (1 − 0.1 fire resistance) × 60 s × 0.003 of max HP per second × 40,500 HP = 21,837. Per side: the barrels that bear on one broadside target (mounts × barrels / 2). A ceiling: assumes every shell hits and ignores the four-fire cap and Fire Prevention.

21,837

Total secondary DPM vs T3 BB (per side)

Secondary DPM (per side) 83,208 + secondary fire DPM 21,837 = 105,045: shell damage plus fire damage against one T3 battleship, every shell hitting.

105,045

102 mm/50 Mk VII14×1 102mm

Caliber102 mm

Reload time7.5 s

HE alpha1,500

Muzzle Velocity873 m/s

Fire Chance6%

Secondary fires/min (per side)

14×1 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 7.571 s (7.5 s = 53 ticks) × 0.06 (6% fire chance) = 3.3. Per side: the barrels that bear on one broadside target (mounts × barrels / 2). A ceiling: assumes every shell hits and ignores the four-fire cap and Fire Prevention.

3.3

HE Pen17 mm

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

Maneuverability

Engine power25,000 hp

Maximum speed24.0 kt

Turning circle radius560 m

Rudder shift time10.2 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 = 24 / 4 + 4.9 = 10.9 kt. Base value; speed modifiers scale it.

10.9 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.

54.9 s

Engine boost threshold (reverse)

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

7.2 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (21.6 kt of 24.0 kt).

37.8 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (23.8 kt of 24.0 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.

61.8 s

Guns in a full turn

With the rudder hard over the hull turns 4.8°/s, so a target drifts across the bow at that rate. Turret traverse minus hull turn: 3 − 4.8 = -1.8°/s, so the guns fall behind and catch up once the turn eases. Main Battery Mod. 2 (+20% traverse) and Mod. 3 (−15%) move this line.

fall behind by 1.8°/s

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea

Base value, no camouflage. With a Grade IV permanent camo (or any disposable camo): 12.45 km x 0.955 = 11.89 km. Camouflage does not change detectability by air.

12.45 km

With Grade IV camouflage (sea)

Detectability by sea 12.45 km x 0.955 (Grade IV permanent camo or any disposable camo) = 11.89 km.

11.89 km

Detectability by air9.96 km

Smoke firing penalty9.5 km

Detect when firing (sea)

max(main battery range, sea detectability 12.45 km) = 13.63 km. Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach.

13.63 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability 9.96 km + gun-firing bloom 6.1 km = 16.06 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber 305 mm × 0.020 = 6.1 km.

16.06 km

Detect when on fire (sea)

Sea detectability 12.45 km + 2.0 km while burning = 14.45 km.

14.45 km

Detect when on fire (air)

Air detectability 9.96 km + 3.0 km while burning = 12.96 km.

12.96 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

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

Repair Party3 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 5,334 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 × 38,100 HP = 5,334 HP: up to 14% of max HP restored per charge.
· 16,002 HP (42% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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0.14 of max HP per charge × 3 charges = 0.42 × 38,100 HP = 16,002 HP: up to 42% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 190 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
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0.005 (0.5% of max HP) × 38,100 HP = 190 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

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 BBStandard

The standard battleship dispersion curve.

Shell scatter width @ 5 km110 m

(166.7 × (12 − 2) / 1000 + 2) × 30 = 110 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 km160 m

(333.3 × (12 − 2) / 1000 + 2) × 30 = 160 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 height @ 5 km46.2 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 13632 = 6816$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 13632 m. Below the kink:  $k = 0.2 + (0.5 - 0.2) \cdot \frac{5000}{6816} = 0.4201$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 110 \cdot 0.4201 = 46.2 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 10 km87.5 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 13632 = 6816$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 13632 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 6816}{13632 - 6816} = 0.5467$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 160 \cdot 0.5467 = 87.5 m$ .

AP pen 5 km361 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2187 \cdot {389.8}^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot {646.5}^{1.38} = 361 mm$ , where 646.5 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 5 km (from 831 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 km259 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2187 \cdot {389.8}^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot {508.3}^{1.38} = 259 mm$ , where 508.3 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 10 km (from 831 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP flight time @ 10 km5.65 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.4391 \cdot {0.305}^{2}}{8 \cdot 389.8} = 4.12 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 831 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.

HE flight time @ 10 km5.67 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.4391 \cdot {0.305}^{2}}{8 \cdot 386} = 4.16 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 831 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.

Improved HE PenYes

This ship's HE shells use a 1/4 (~0.25) caliber-to-pen ratio instead of the standard 1/6 (~0.167) - 0.249 in this case. Lets HE pen ~76mm armor instead of ~50mm. Hits every German cruiser (150mm CL, 203mm CA) and BB (350mm+), British heavy cruisers / Lion / Nelson, a handful of other premiums.

Guns per full salvo (alpha, DPM)8

Counted from each mount's firing arc: most barrels that bear at once: 8 of 10, on the beam; casemate/wing mounts only fire one side.

Model inputs

Krupp (AP)2,187

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 mass389.8 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 coefficient0.4391

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

AP muzzle velocity831 m/s

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

HE muzzle velocity831 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

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.

taperDist4,500 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 range8

Only families that reach 3 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 3in HA 12PDR 2x1 -> 8 DPS @ 3 km; 2pdr QF MKII PomPom 4x1 -> 63 DPS @ 2.5 km.

AA DPS layered by range8 DPS @ 3 km, 71 DPS @ 2.5 km

@ 3 km: 8 from one family; @ 2.5 km: 8 + 63 = 71. 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-blank71

8 + 63 = 71 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (2.5 km).

AA threat index182

8 × 3 + 63 × 2.5 = 182. 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.

Secondary battery firepower

Max HE alpha1500

The only family (102 mm): 1500. Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1500 from the 102 mm family.

Max HE fire chance6%

The only family (102 mm): 6%. Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 6% from the 102 mm family.

Max HE pen17 mm

The only family (102 mm): 17 mm. Maximum HE armor penetration across secondary HE families (caliber × 1/6 for most nations; 1/4 for German/UK BBs). Shells whose pen falls under a plate's armor thickness shatter for 0 hull damage though fire chance still applies. Best on this ship: 17 mm from the 102 mm family.

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Background

The Bellerophon-class battleships were developed from the renowned Dreadnought class. The ship inherited turbine propulsion and a main battery consisting of ten 305 mm guns from her predecessor, but, unlike the prototype, she had armored torpedo protection.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 38,100, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds.

Bow & stern19 mm

Overmatched by 47+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel254 mm

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

Farming13 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 10%, fires burn 60s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	19 mm primary (range 19–178 mm)	2,500 (7% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Nassau, Von Der Tann)Angle bounces 203mm19 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP.
Hull (midship)	32 mm primary (range 19–254 mm)	28,600 (75% of HP)	Overmatch not possible in its bracketAngle bounces 410mm32 mm: HE pens from 203mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	19 mm primary (range 19–127 mm)	1,500 (4% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Nassau, Von Der Tann)Angle bounces 203mm19 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	254 mm primary (range 19–254 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	13 mm primary (range 13–279 mm)	1,400 (4% of HP)	Any HE ≥16 mm pens at full damageDamage multiplier ×0.6	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	19,100 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 (102 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 (76 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.
Rudder (module)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	11,400 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.

Exteriors

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Every custom exterior Bellerophon can equip.

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Bellerophon

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