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Dante Alighieri B

Also called: 但丁·阿利格伊切里 B Beta

Italy · Tier III · Battleship · Premium · Dante Alighieri Variant

SAP battleshipMain guns fire high-alpha SAP instead of AP: farm reliable chunks into broadsides and superstructures rather than fishing citadels, and angle to survive while picking targets your SAP bites rather than shatters on.

Playstyle

Anchor a flank at 10-13 km with bow toward the closest threat
Avoid: Taking the long way round the map edge to flank

Key characteristics

79 mm SAP penHeavy secondary DPMExtra heal chargesFast HE shellsFlat-trajectory sniperLoose grouping

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How to get Dante Alighieri B
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Community Data

Dante Alighieri B Community Stats

Across 980+ Standard battles from 120+ players, Dante Alighieri B averages a 63% win rate, 45,300 damage and 1.4 kills per battle, and survives 41% of them.

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Playstyle

Overview

Dante Alighieri B is a Tier III Italian SAP battleship: her 305mm main battery fires semi-armor-piercing shells (79.2mm of fixed penetration) in place of AP. SAP lands a reliable guaranteed chunk on broadsides and superstructures instead of fishing for citadels, and pens without the angle checks AP lives or dies on. The catch is that SAP shatters on the heavy belt armor AP would punch through, so the kit rewards picking targets it bites over trading into an angled battleship. 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 T3 BBs (560,000, 1st of 18) and best Repair Party charges in T3 BBs (4, 1st of 18). The trade is loose grouping in T3 BBs (1.4, 17th of 18).

Positioning

Anchor a flank at 10-13 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. At 23 kn you are among the quicker hulls in the cohort, so a flank that collapses is one you can still leave - commit harder than the speed-limited battleships around you.

Potato Avoidance

Taking the long way round the map edge to flank

At 23 kn five minutes of sailing buys about 3.5 km, so a border run costs most of the mid-game and arrives after the fight it was meant to decide. She wins by holding a lane and trading from it: pick the flank before the first salvo, then let the guns do the travelling.

Signature Traits

Heavy secondary DPM ↗

560000 secondary DPM per side, best of T3 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 T3 BBs. More total HP available across a match.

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗

Fast HE shells · 4.95 s
Flat-trajectory sniper

MAIN BATTERY DOWNSIDES ↗

Loose grouping
Slow reload · 36 s

Acquisition

How to get Dante Alighieri B

Dante Alighieri B is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition path: Mission reward.

Mission rewardEarned by completing missions.

While you save up, check active promo codes for free doubloons, camouflages, and other rewards.

Official WG availability sources

Black Friday: Ships & Deals Mission reward Start: 2022-11-07
- You can get this magnificent battleship through the Supreme Poet mission, which you can pick up in the Store for 5,000,000 credits.
November Update: Under the Black Flag Mission reward Start: 2022-11-03
- Italian Tier III Premium battleship Dante Alighieri B, complete with an alternative SAP shell module and available through a special mission, which is obtainable for credits!

Builds

Pair with a commander whose unique skill complements her main armament; check the build tool for current recommendations.

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Cohort position

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Where Dante Alighieri B sits among Tier III BBs (18 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.

BestSecondary DPM (per side)560,000 (1/18) BestRepair charges4 (1/18) Top 25%Max speed23 kt (5/18) Top 25%Stealth profile11.99 km / 9.59 km (3/18 / 3/18) Top 25%Displacement21,800 t (5/18) WorstMain battery reload36 s (1 of 2 tied) WorstSigma1.4 (1 of 2 tied) WorstSecondary range3.5 km (1 of 7 tied)

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Not standouts for Dante Alighieri B -- 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 points36,000 HP() Smoke fire bloom9.17 km() Rudder shift11.6 s(8/18) Turning circle580 m(7/18) Main battery caliber305 mm(9/18) Main battery range13.32 km() AP shell damage8,100(13/18) AP DPM162,000() Main dispersion196.5 m(9/18) AP velocity840 m/s(8/18) Time to 90% speed34 s(9/17) Acceleration (0-12 kt)16.8 s(6/17) AP arming threshold51 mm(10/18) Engine power32,000 hp(8/17) Power / turn radius55.2 hp/m(6/17) Power-to-weight1.47 hp/t(7/17) AP pen at 10 km288 mm(9/18) AA DPS118(7/15) AA range3 km(9/15) AA threat304(5/15) Max armor280 mm(13/18) Citadel belt250 mm(11/18) Bow armor19 mm(9/18) Stern armor19 mm(10/18) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(15 of 18 tied at this value) NormAP fuse timer0.01 s(13 of 18 tied at this value)

Peers in this cohort

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit Points36,000

Displacement21,800 t

Armor range13–280 mm

Plate armor thicknesses13, 19, 20, 24, 25, 30, 50, 75, 76, 100, 120, 200, 220, 250, 280 mm

Armor material/layer entries70

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 × 36,000 HP = 6,480 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 × 36,000 HP = 7,200 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.

18,000

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.

10,800

Effective HP

Base 36,000 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.005 of max HP per second (0.5%) × 28 s × 36,000 HP = 5,040 HP per charge, × 4 charges = 20,160 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.

40,000–56,160

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 × 1,700 = 3,400), 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.

1,700

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 × 7,100 = 14,200), 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.

7,100

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 × 27,000 = 54,000), 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.

27,000

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 × 800 = 1,600), 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.

800

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 × 1,200 = 2,400), 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.

1,200

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/46 Vickers-Terni 1909

Mounts / barrels4 mounts / 12 barrels

Reload timeInitial: 32 s → 36 s

Firing range13.3 km

Turret traverse3 °/s

Turret armor250 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.

2x ±147°, 2x ±150°

Guns to bear

180° − 147° (the most restricted aft-facing mount's arc) = 33° off bow; 180° − 147° (the most restricted forward-facing mount's arc) = 33° 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.

33° off bow / 33° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

Shell Grouping (σ)1.4

Dispersion type

In practice: 2% wider (worse) horizontal dispersion and 2% more vertical spread at max range (13.3 km) than a standard battleship: about 197 m wide × 118 m tall, against 193 m × 116 m. Also on this curve (55): AL Vittorio Veneto, Alsace, Andrea Doria, BA Binah, BA Tirpitz, Bayern, Bismarck, Bismarck B, Brandenburg, Bretagne, Cavour, 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{13318}{30} \cdot \frac{12 - 2.2}{1000} + 2.2) \cdot 30 = 196.5 m

196.5 m at 13.3 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 196.5 \cdot 0.6 = 117.9 m

117.9 m at 13.3 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 196.5 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.4} = 84.2 m

84.2 m at 13.3 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 117.9 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.4} = 50.5 m

50.5 m at 13.3 km

Turret turn time

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

60 s

Shells/min

Zero upgrades: 12 broadside guns x 60 / 32 s base reload = 22.5. All upgrades (top gun): 12 broadside guns x 60 / 36 s all-upgrades reload = 20.

Initial: 22.5 → 20

HE shells

HE alpha3,800 (stock hull only)

HE Velocity914 m/s

Fire Chance23%

HE fire DPM vs T3 BB33953

Effective HE DPM vs T3 BB119453

HE penetration

51 mm ≈ 305 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

51 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

Stock hull only: the top hull's gun fires no HE. 3,800 HE damage x 12 broadside guns = 45,600.

45,600 (stock hull only)

HE DPM

Stock hull only: the top hull's gun fires no HE. 45,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 32 s base reload = 85,500.

85,500 (stock hull only)

Fires/min

Stock hull only: the top hull's gun fires no HE. 22.5 shells/min × 0.23 (23% fire chance) = 5.17.

5.17 (stock hull only)

SAP shells

SAP alpha7,850 (top hull)

SAP Velocity850 m/s (top hull)

SAP Pen (mm)79.2 (top hull)

SAP Min Ricochet70 deg (top hull)

SAP Guaranteed Ricochet80 deg (top hull)

SAP Fuse Timer0.03 s (top hull)

SAP Fuse Threshold25 mm (top hull)

SAP Fragment Radius

SAP shell fragment splash radius; the area over which a SAP hit scatters fragment damage. Scales with shell mass (90mm ~ 5, 203mm CA ~ 20-30, 320mm = 175, 406mm = 250, 457mm = 400, max) and is tuned per ship, so two ships with the same SAP caliber can differ (135mm ranges 5-24). Larger value = wider fragment spread per hit.

40 (top hull)

SAP full-salvo alpha

With the top hull (top gun): 7,850 SAP damage x 12 broadside guns = 94,200.

94,200 (top hull)

SAP DPM

With the top hull (top gun): 94,200 SAP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 36 s all-upgrades reload = 157,000.

157,000 (top hull)

AP shells

AP alpha8,100

AP Velocity840 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.01 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 2100 \cdot 390^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot 840^{1.38} = 498.1 mm

498.1 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (13.3 km), where the shell has slowed to 500.8 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2100 \cdot 390^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot {500.8}^{1.38} = 244 mm

244 mm at 13.3 km

AP full-salvo alpha

8,100 AP damage x 12 broadside guns = 97,200.

97,200

AP DPM

Zero upgrades: 97,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 32 s base reload = 182,250. All upgrades (top gun): 97,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 36 s all-upgrades reload = 162,000.

Initial: 182,250 → 162,000

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 points12

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/40 Ansaldo 19174×1 76mm

40 mm/39 QF MKII8×1 40mm

Guns76.2 mm/40 Ansaldo 1917

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 7 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.75 hit probability = 18 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range3 km

Guns40 mm/39 QF MKII

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 38 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.75 hit probability = 100 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

100

Range2.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Outer Medium 18 + Inner Medium 100 = 118

118

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts16

Firing range3.5 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: 12×1 120 mm (6/side) × 60/3 s × 2800 = 336,000 + 4×2 120 mm (4/side) × 60/3 s × 2800 = 224,000. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

560,000

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 @ 3.5 km

3.5 km × 57 + 30 = 229.5 m.

229.5 m

Caliber120 mm

Reload time3 s

SAP alpha2,800

Muzzle Velocity870 m/s

SAP Pen34.2 mm

Min Ricochet70°

Max Ricochet90°

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Caliber120 mm

Reload time3 s

SAP alpha2,800

Muzzle Velocity870 m/s

SAP Pen34.2 mm

Min Ricochet70°

Max Ricochet90°

Maneuverability

Engine power32,000 hp

Maximum speed23.0 kt

Turning circle radius580 m

Rudder shift time11.6 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 = 23 / 4 + 4.9 = 10.7 kt. Base value; speed modifiers scale it.

10.7 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.

38.9 s

Engine boost threshold (reverse)

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

7.6 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (20.7 kt of 23.0 kt).

34 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (22.8 kt of 23.0 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.

54.5 s

Guns in a full turn

With the rudder hard over the hull turns 4.3°/s, so a target drifts across the bow at that rate. Turret traverse minus hull turn: 3 − 4.3 = -1.3°/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 1.3°/s

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea

Base value, no camouflage. With a Grade IV permanent camo (or any disposable camo): 11.99 km x 0.955 = 11.45 km. Camouflage does not change detectability by air.

11.99 km

With Grade IV camouflage (sea)

Detectability by sea 11.99 km x 0.955 (Grade IV permanent camo or any disposable camo) = 11.45 km.

11.45 km

Detectability by air9.59 km

Smoke firing penalty9.17 km

Detect when firing (sea)

max(main battery range, sea detectability 11.99 km) = 13.32 km. Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach.

13.32 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability 9.59 km + gun-firing bloom 6.1 km = 15.69 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber 305 mm × 0.020 = 6.1 km.

15.69 km

Detect when on fire (sea)

Sea detectability 11.99 km + 2.0 km while burning = 13.99 km.

13.99 km

Detect when on fire (air)

Air detectability 9.59 km + 3.0 km while burning = 12.59 km.

12.59 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 · 5,040 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 × 36,000 HP = 5,040 HP: up to 14% of max HP restored per charge.
· 20,160 HP (56% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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0.14 of max HP per charge × 4 charges = 0.56 × 36,000 HP = 20,160 HP: up to 56% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 180 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
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0.005 (0.5% of max HP) × 36,000 HP = 180 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 (1)

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

ArtilleryUpgrade

Base reload32 → 36 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 BB2% wider H · 2% taller V

H = horizontal, V = vertical spread. This ship's curve against the standard battleship curve, both evaluated at this ship's max range (13.3 km) with the same model as Max Horiz/Vert Disp: horizontal 197 / 193 m − 1 = +2%, vertical 118 / 116 m − 1 = +2%. 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 height @ 5 km48.9 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 13318 = 6659$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 13318 m. Below the kink:  $k = 0.2 + (0.5 - 0.2) \cdot \frac{5000}{6659} = 0.4253$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 115 \cdot 0.4253 = 48.9 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 10 km90.2 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 13318 = 6659$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 13318 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 6659}{13318 - 6659} = 0.5502$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 164 \cdot 0.5502 = 90.2 m$ .

AP pen 5 km376 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2100 \cdot 390^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot {685.6}^{1.38} = 376 mm$ , where 685.6 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 5 km (from 840 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 km288 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2100 \cdot 390^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot {564.1}^{1.38} = 288 mm$ , where 564.1 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 10 km (from 840 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 km4.95 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.328 \cdot {0.305}^{2}}{8 \cdot 335.7} = 3.57 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 914 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.355 \cdot {0.305}^{2}}{8 \cdot 390} = 3.33 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 840 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)12

4 mounts × 3 barrels = 12; all 12 bear on the broadside.

Model inputs

Krupp (AP)2,100

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 mass390 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 coefficient0.355

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

AP muzzle velocity840 m/s

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

HE muzzle velocity914 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.

taperDist3,500 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 range18

Only families that reach 3 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 2pdr QF MKII PomPom 8x1 -> 100 DPS @ 2.5 km; 76mm 40 4x1 -> 18 DPS @ 3 km.

AA DPS layered by range18 DPS @ 3 km, 118 DPS @ 2.5 km

@ 3 km: 18 from one family; @ 2.5 km: 100 + 18 = 118. 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-blank118

100 + 18 = 118 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (2.5 km).

AA threat index304

100 × 2.5 + 18 × 3 = 304. 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 SAP alpha2800

max(2800 (120 mm), 2800 (120 mm)) = 2800. Maximum SAP damage per shell across secondary SAP families. Best on this ship: 2800 from the 120 mm family.

Max SAP pen34.2 mm

max(34.2 mm (120 mm), 34.2 mm (120 mm)) = 34.2 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: 34.2 mm from the 120 mm family.

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Background

The first Italian dreadnought battleship. She had good speed for her ship type, as well as unique positioning of her main battery guns.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 36,000, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds. HP caps are estimates.

Bow & stern19 mm

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

Belt / citadel250 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 19–100 mm)	≈ 1,800 (~5% 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)	100 mm primary (range 24–220 mm)	≈ 27,000 (~75% of HP)	No common AP caliber overmatches100 mm: standard HE shatters; improved HE (DE / FR BB) pens from 406mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	19 mm primary (range 19–120 mm)	≈ 1,800 (~5% 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	250 mm primary (range 25–250 mm)	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 13–280 mm)	no cap	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).

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

Skins & permanent camouflages

Every custom exterior Dante Alighieri B can equip.

DefaultThe ship’s standard exterior

Primary official WG sources

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2022-11-07 · Official ship feature / stats Black Friday: Ships & Deals Variant source 2024-11-18 · Official ship feature / stats Navigating Black Friday: Black Ships and More Variant source 2022-11-03 · Patch notes November Update: Under the Black Flag Patch notes 2022-12-08 · Patch notes December Update: The Most Wonderful Tide of the Year Patch notes 2023-03-02 · Patch notes March Update: Seeing Green Patch notes

Dante Alighieri B

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