World of Warships: Legends ship guide

Edinburgh

Beta
Radar support cruiserLight caps and smoke-firing DDs; farm from cover.
Playstyle
  • Sit 12-15 km on a flank that gives you firing arcs into rotated cruisers and exposed BB broadsides
  • Avoid: Firing AP into thin destroyers or unangled bows
Key characteristics
Long torps (10 km)2 sigma accuracyStrong secondaries (5 km)Lobs over islandsQuick-fuse AP
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Playstyle

Overview

Edinburgh is a Tier VII British AP-only cruiser with strong AP DPM (328,235): she carries no HE shells at all, so every salvo is AP into broadsides or wasted. The hull is fragile, so the kit is fragile-spammer chasing soft targets and dodging in open water rather than trading punches. She also packs the super-heal, but the kit is offense first, sustain second. Surveillance Radar (10 km, 30 s active) is the cap-control consumable on top, so she sets fights as well as winning them. Standout traits: best AP always-pen window in T7 CAs (60°) and best AP guaranteed-ricochet angle in T7 CAs (75°).

Positioning

Sit 12-15 km on a flank that gives you firing arcs into rotated cruisers and exposed BB broadsides. The hull is fragile; ration trades to ones that pay AP citadels back, and lean on speed and consumables to dodge focus when it comes. Open water is fine when the closest threat is far enough that the salvo timing favors you.

Potato Avoidance

Firing AP into thin destroyers or unangled bows

Without HE the wrong target nets over-pens or shatters; pick broadside cruisers and BB sides only, and route around situations where the only shot is into a bow. AP discipline is the kit.

Signature Traits

Surveillance Radar

10 km range, 30 s duration. Detects all enemy ships within a fixed radius regardless of line-of-sight. Controls caps and punishes smoke-firing DDs.

Wide always-pen zone

60.0° AP min ricochet angle, best of T7 CAs. Larger impact-angle window where shells always penetrate.

Late auto-bounce

75.0° AP guaranteed ricochet angle, best of T7 CAs. Auto-bounce kicks in later than peers'.

Super-heal

Repair Party heals 2.0%/s, best of T7 CAs. Restores more HP per active second than peers.

Long-burning smoke

20.0 s Smoke Generator duration, best of T7 CAs. Holds the smoke shield longer.

Quick-fuse AP

0.01 s AP fuse timer, bottom decile of T7 CAs. Detonates earlier in the plate; trades belt-citadels for reliable damage against thin targets (cruiser-on-cruiser specialty).

Acquisition

How to get Edinburgh

Edinburgh is available in the Skirmishing Cruisers branch of the U.K. Tech Tree for 18,000,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 4,500,000 credits.

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U.K. Tech Tree

Edinburgh sits in the Skirmishing Cruisers branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full U.K. tree.

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Build for concealment, reload, rudder/propulsion, smoke/utility, and Repair Party value.

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Cohort position

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Where Edinburgh sits among Tier VII CAs (46 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.

BestAP arming threshold12 mm (1 of 3 tied) BestAP ricochet start60° (1 of 10 tied) BestAP auto-bounce angle75° (1 of 5 tied) BestRepair heal rate2 %/s (1 of 2 tied) Top 10%Main dispersion129.1 m (5/46) Top 10%Secondary DPM (per side)180,000 (5/40) Top 10%End plates30 mm (3/45 / 10/45) Top 25%Air detection7.19 km (11/46) Top 25%Acceleration9.2 s (7/46) Top 25%Displacement13,720 t (11/46) Top 25%Torpedo reload72 s (5/33) Bottom 25%Hit points36,400 HP (36/46) Bottom 25%Traverse-to-turn ratio4.97 × (37/46) Bottom 25%AP shell damage3,100 (41/46) Bottom 25%Secondary HE pen17 mm (33/40) Bottom 25%Engine power80,000 hp (41/45) Bottom 25%Turn-speed retention117.6 hp/m (40/45) Bottom 25%Power-to-weight5.83 hp/t (36/45) Bottom 25%Max armor114 mm (38/46) Bottom 25%Deck armor51 mm (36/44) WorstAP fuse timer0.01 s (1 of 2 tied)
See 21 mid-pack stats

Not standouts for Edinburgh -- 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 speed32.5 kt(33/46) Concealment11.98 km(13/46) Rudder shift11.2 s(16/46) Main battery caliber152 mm(33/46) Main battery range15.32 km(35/46) Main battery reload6.8 s(13/46) Sigma2(25/46) AP DPM328,235(13/46) HE alpha1,500(22/40) Secondary fire chance6%(15/40) AP velocity841 m/s(29/46) AA DPS375(22/46) AA range5 km(23/46) AA threat1,185(32/46) Torpedo range9.99 km(11/33) Torpedo damage15,533(15/33) Torpedo speed62 kt(19/33) Citadel belt114 mm(32/45) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(37 of 40 tied at this value) NormSecondary range5 km(36 of 40 tied at this value) NormRepair charges2(40 of 45 tied at this value)

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

Radar 10 kmSonar 4.93 kmRepair 2Def-AASmokeFighter
Survivability
Hit PointsInitial: 31,800 → 36,400
Displacement13,720 t
Armor range6–114 mm
Plate armor thicknesses6, 13, 19, 30, 37, 51, 63, 76, 114 mm
Armor material/layer entries35
Fire resistanceInitial: 33.3% → 36.6%
Fire duration30 s
Torp Reduction0%
Magazine HP
ƒThe magazine is the module a detonation comes from. Penetrating hits to it raise the detonation chance from 1% toward 30% as its HP is worn down, so a larger magazine pool rides out citadel hits longer before a detonation becomes likely.
18,200
Steering gear HP
ƒDurability 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.
10,900
Main Battery
ModuleArtillery: 152 mm/50 Mk XXIII
Mounts / barrels4 mounts / 12 barrels
Reload time7.5 s
Firing range (base)13.9 km
Firing range (top fire control)15.3 km
Turret traverse7 °/s
Shell Grouping (σ)
ƒShell grouping (sigma); shown in-game as Shell Grouping.
2
Max Horiz Disp
ƒHorizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (13925/30·(8−1.1)/1000 + 1.1)·30 = 129.1 m
129.1 m
Max Vert Disp
ƒVertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 129.1 × 0.6 = 77.4 m
77.4 m
Med Horiz Disp
ƒ50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 129.1 × 0.319 (σ=2) = 41.2 m
41.2 m
Med Vert Disp
ƒ50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 77.4 × 0.319 (σ=2) = 24.7 m
24.7 m
Turret turn time
ƒ180 degrees / 7 deg/s traverse speed = 25.7 s.
25.7 s
Base shells/min
ƒ12 broadside guns x 60 / 7.5 s base reload = 96.
96
HE shells
HE penetration
ƒfloor(152 mm caliber / 6): standard HE penetration.
25 mm
AP shells
AP Damage3,100
AP Velocity841 m/s
Min Ricochet60 deg
Guaranteed Ricochet75 deg
Fuse Timer0.005 s
Fuse Threshold12 mm
AP overmatch
ƒfloor(152 mm caliber / 14.3) = 10 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).
10 mm
AP Pen Close
ƒCanonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity: 1e-7 × Krupp × mass^0.69 × caliber_m^-1.07 × v0^1.38 = 1e-7 × 2609 × 50.8^0.69 × 0.152^-1.07 × 841^1.38 = 320 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.
320 mm
AP Pen Far
ƒSame formula at the ship's max firing range (19.1 km), where the shell has slowed to 304.2 m/s: 1e-7 × 2609 × 50.8^0.69 × 0.152^-1.07 × 304.2^1.38 = 78.7 mm.
78.7 mm
AP full-salvo alpha
ƒ3,100 AP damage x 12 broadside guns = 37,200.
37,200
Base AP DPM
ƒ37,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7.5 s base reload = 297,600.
297,600
Installed AP DPM
ƒ37,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6.8 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 328,235.
328,235
AP AOE Radius
ƒAP 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.
15
Torpedoes
ModuleTorpedoes: 533 mm Mk IX**
Launchers / tubes2 launchers × 3 tubes = 6 tubes
Reload time72 s
Projectile speed62 kt
Range9.99 km
Maximum simulated damage14,433 (est.)
Alpha damage43,300
Torpedo detectability1.3 km
Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s
Torp Turn7.2 s
Torp Arming191 m
Per-side salvo damage
ƒper-side salvo x per-torpedo simulated damage.
43,299
AA Defense
AA mount pointsInitial: 16 → 17
Close-range AA DPS
ƒSum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (46×3.5×0.9) + (53×3.5×0.85) + (23×3.5×0.9) = 375. Covers AA-only mounts plus dual-purpose secondaries (Bismarck 105mm, USN 5"/38 cruiser secondaries) and dual-purpose main batteries (Sumner-class 5"/38, Akizuki-line 100mm). Formula validated against in-game captures on California, Sumner, Manfred von Richthofen, Dante Alighieri (exact) and within +/-17% on the remaining verified ships.
375
Maximum AA range
ƒLongest-reaching aura across AA-only + dual-purpose auras.
5 km
40 mm Bofors Mk VIInitial: 40 mm Vickers 2-pdr. Mk VIII (3×8) → 40 mm Bofors Mk VI (3×6)
20 mm Oerlikon Mk VInitial: 5×2 → 14×2 20mm
20 mm Oerlikon Mk IV (stock hull only)8×1 20mm
102 mm/45 QF Mk XIX (DP)6×2 102mm
Far aura
DPS
ƒIncludes 23 continuous AA damage from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.
23
Range5 km
Medium aura
DPS46
Range3.5 km
Total DPS in Aura
ƒFar 23 + Medium 46 = 69
69
Near aura
DPSInitial: 41 → 53
Range2 km
Total DPS in Aura
ƒFar 23 + Medium 46 + Near 53 = 122
122
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Secondary Battery
Mounts6
Firing range5.0 km
Shell Grouping (σ)1
Caliber102 mm
Reload time3 s
HE Damage1,500
Muzzle Velocity811 m/s
Fire Chance6%
Armor Pen17 mm
Min Ricochet91°
Max Ricochet60°
Secondary dispersion type
ƒMax 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 @ 5 km
ƒ5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.
315 m
Maneuverability
Engine moduleEngine: 80,000 hp
Engine power80,000 hp
Maximum speed32.5 kt
Turning circle radius680 m
Engine power multiplier speed threshold30.2 kt
Traverse-to-turn ratio5.0× drags
Concealment
Detectability by sea11.98 km
Detectability by air7.19 km
Smoke firing penalty5.71 km
Detect after firing main guns11.98 km
Detect Fire Sea13.98 km
Detect Fire Air10.19 km
Guaranteed Detect2 km
Consumables
Damage Control Party∞ charges · 60 s reload · 5 s active
Repair Party2 charges · 60 s reload · 20 s active · 2% heal per second · 40% of max HP total heal
Choose one
Sonar2 charges · 180 s reload · 96 s active · 4.93 km ship detect · 3.47 km torpedo detect
Defensive AA Fire3 charges · 140 s reload · 25 s active · +100% flak burst boost
Choose one
Smoke Generator2 charges · 240 s reload · 20 s emit / 106 s cloud active
Catapult Fighter3 charges · 70 s reload · 55 s active · 5.56 km patrol radius · 1 squadron size
Surveillance Radar2 charges · 180 s reload · 30 s active · 10 km radar range
Module options (3)

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

HullUpgrade
  • Hit points31,800 → 36,400
  • Rudder shift15.8 → 11.2 s
  • AA mounts16 → 17
  • Close-range AA DPS76 → 99
  • Maximum AA range2.5 → 3.5 km
  • Turret traverse7 → 10 °/s
Fire controlUpgrade
  • Main battery range13,925 → 15317.5 m
TorpedoesTrade-off
  • Range8.01 → 9.99 km
  • Alpha damage44,300 → 43,300
  • Display damage14,767 → 14,433
  • Speed61 → 62 kt

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Numbers the spec table cannot show directly: alpha-strike math, DPM, dispersion, AP penetration. Click the formula chip on any row to reveal how it is calculated.

Main battery formulas

Shell Grouping (σ)2
Shell grouping (sigma); shown in-game as Shell Grouping.
Max Horiz Disp129.1 m
Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (13925/30·(8−1.1)/1000 + 1.1)·30 = 129.1 m
Max Vert Disp77.4 m
Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 129.1 × 0.6 = 77.4 m
Med Horiz Disp41.2 m
50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 129.1 × 0.319 (σ=2) = 41.2 m
Med Vert Disp24.7 m
50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 77.4 × 0.319 (σ=2) = 24.7 m
Dispersion familyCruiser Disp.
Standard cruiser dispersion baseline.
AP Pen Close320 mm
Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity: 1e-7 × Krupp × mass^0.69 × caliber_m^-1.07 × v0^1.38 = 1e-7 × 2609 × 50.8^0.69 × 0.152^-1.07 × 841^1.38 = 320 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.
AP Pen Far78.7 mm
Same formula at the ship's max firing range (19.1 km), where the shell has slowed to 304.2 m/s: 1e-7 × 2609 × 50.8^0.69 × 0.152^-1.07 × 304.2^1.38 = 78.7 mm.
HE penetration25 mm
floor(152 mm caliber / 6): standard HE penetration.
AP overmatch10 mm
floor(152 mm caliber / 14.3) = 10 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).
AP AOE Radius15
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.
Broadside guns used for alpha12
All 12 barrels bear on the broadside.
Turret turn time25.7 s
180 degrees / 7 deg/s traverse speed = 25.7 s.
AP full-salvo alpha37,200
3,100 AP damage x 12 broadside guns = 37,200.
Base AP DPM297,600
37,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7.5 s base reload = 297,600.
Installed AP DPM328,235
37,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6.8 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 328,235.
Base shells/min96
12 broadside guns x 60 / 7.5 s base reload = 96.
Installed shells/min105.9
12 broadside guns x 60 / 6.8 s installed Artillery reload = 105.9.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability1.3 km
Estimated torpedo reaction time8.1 s
detectability / (speed kt x 2.6 community game-speed factor).
Torpedo speed62 kt
Travel time to max range62 s
range / (speed kt x 2.6 community game-speed factor).
Tube count6
2 launchers x 3 tubes.
Per-side salvo3 torpedoes
tube count / 2 (symmetric port/starboard launcher layout; common on cruisers and battleships with deck torpedoes).
Full-salvo damage86,598
tube count x per-torpedo simulated damage (all torpedoes hitting).
Per-side salvo damage43,299
per-side salvo x per-torpedo simulated damage.

AA defense

Close-range AA DPS375
Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (46×3.5×0.9) + (53×3.5×0.85) + (23×3.5×0.9) = 375. Covers AA-only mounts plus dual-purpose secondaries (Bismarck 105mm, USN 5"/38 cruiser secondaries) and dual-purpose main batteries (Sumner-class 5"/38, Akizuki-line 100mm). Formula validated against in-game captures on California, Sumner, Manfred von Richthofen, Dante Alighieri (exact) and within +/-17% on the remaining verified ships.
Maximum AA range5 km
Longest-reaching aura across AA-only + dual-purpose auras.
AA threat index1185
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 dispersion

Secondary dispersion typeStandard
Max dispersion = range (km) × 57 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.
Max secondary dispersion @ 5 km315 m
5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.

Secondary battery firepower

Secondary DPM (per side)180,000
Sum across all secondary families of (per-side barrels × 60 / reload_s × alpha), where per-side barrels = mounts × barrels-per-mount / 2 (the guns that bear on one broadside target). Per-family: 6×2 102 mm (6/side) × 60/3 × 1500 = 180,000. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).
Max HE alpha1500
Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1500 from the 102 mm family.
Max HE fire chance6%
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
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.

Armor

Hull HP 31,80036,400 with hull upgrade, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds. HP caps are the exact in-game values, not estimated.

Section Plates HP cap Threats Tactic
Bow30 mm1,300 (4% of HP)
Overmatched by 460mm+ (Aki, Musashi)Angle bounces 410mm30 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)37 mm primary (range 19–37 mm)27,300 (75% of HP)
No common caliber overmatches37 mm: most HE shatters, standard pen from 283mm+
Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern30 mm primary (range 30–37 mm)1,200 (3% of HP)
Overmatched by 460mm+ (Aki, Musashi)Angle bounces 410mm30 mm: HE pens from 203mm+
Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel114 mm primary (range 13–114 mm)≈ 165,500 (effectively no cap)
Citadel pen ×0.50 damageOver-pen: ×0.10 damage
Effectively no cap; citadel pool sits at ~165k HP on every ship. Damage is gated by pen/over-pen multipliers instead (×0.50 direct pen, ×0.10 over-pen).
Superstructure6 mm primary (range 6–51 mm)3,600 (10% 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 HP18,200 magazine HPMagazine detonation1–30% chance · below ~75% HPPer-turret powder-magazine HP. Detonation chance scales from 1% (no mag damage) to 30% (full mag damage); this range is the in-game value. Detonation can't roll while the ship is above ~75% HP (the standard detonation-protection threshold, not a per-ship stat). Smaller magazines saturate to the 30% ceiling faster.
Secondary mount (102 mm mount)separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP800 per-mount HPDestroyed at 0 HPPer-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 (40 mm mount)separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP200 per-mount HPDestroyed at 0 HPPer-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 HP10,900 module HPIncapacitated at 0 HPWhen 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.

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AP penetration, impact velocity, flight time and impact angle vs range. Click to load the interactive chart.
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