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Hawke

Also called: 霍克 Beta

U.K. · Tier VII · Battleship · Tech Tree: Pursuit Battlecruisers

Tank battleshipBuilt to absorb; the HP bar holds a lane long after peer battleships fold.

Playstyle

Anchor a flank at 14-17 km with bow toward the closest threat, then use the speed advantage at 30.5 kn to rotate to the cap that needs a second battleship rather than the one your team already has
Avoid: Using the 30.5-kn speed to push rather than to rotate

Key characteristics

High HE / fire outputHigh fire chanceStealthy (14.8 km)Heavy AP penEngine BoostThin armor

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Community Data

Hawke Community Stats

Across 7,600+ Standard battles from 210+ players, Hawke averages a 60% win rate, 82,100 damage and 1.1 kills per battle, and survives 40% of them.

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Playstyle

Overview

Hawke is a Tier VII British tank battleship (73,800 HP): top-decile hit points mean she is the most expensive thing on the map to remove, and every salvo spent on her is one your cruisers and destroyers do not eat. The kit is line-holder, not striker. The Repair Party keeps pace with the HP, so the pool is genuinely renewable and she can hold a lane through more than one push. Standout traits: best deep effective HP in T7 BBs (132,840, 1st of 49) and surface detection in T7 BBs (14.8 km, 5th of 49). The trade is thin armor in T7 BBs (305 mm, 47th of 49).

Positioning

Anchor a flank at 14-17 km with bow toward the closest threat, then use the speed advantage at 30.5 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. The helm answers fast (14 s) but the circle is wide (910 m): weave to spoil aim rather than committing to turns, because a committed turn gives up more water than the quick rudder saves you.

Potato Avoidance

Using the 30.5-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

ELITE HP ↗

High HP pool · 73800 HP
Deep effective · 132840 effective

Engine Boost

+8% speed (about +2.4 kt), 120 s duration. Engine Boost consumable gives a small speed nudge - useful for closing a gap or steadying a torpedo run, not for running anything down. Uncommon in T7 BBs.

Best-in-class stealth ↗

14.8 km surface detect, top quartile of T7 BBs. Stays dark longer.

ELITE REPAIR PARTY ↗

Fast heal cycle · 29520 HP
Super-heal

High fire pressure ↗

8.68 fires/min, top decile of T7 BBs. Keeps DCP on cooldown.

WEAK ARMOR ↗

Thin armor · 305 mm
Thin bow plate · 25 mm

Acquisition

How to get Hawke

Hawke is available in the Pursuit Battlecruisers 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. 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 Oct 2023 – Nov 2023 (temporary crate drops, now ended).

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U.K. Tech Tree

Hawke sits in the Pursuit Battlecruisers branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full U.K. tree.

6 ships in highlighted branch · scroll to inspect all U.K. lines.

U.K.IIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIII★

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Cruiser

Cruiser Split

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Battleship Split

Carrier

Tier VRenownPBSB547 Tier VIIVanguardPBSB508 Tier ★St. VincentPBSB210 Tier VIIIDrakePBSC209 Tier VIIIDuncanPBSB209 Tier VIIAlbemarlePBSC208 Tier VIIHawkePBSB208 Tier VISurreyPBSC207 Tier VIRookePBSB207 Tier VDevonshirePBSC206 Tier IVHawkinsPBSC205 Tier IVTigerPBSB205 Tier IIIHermesPBSA204 Tier VIIITemerairePBSB112 Tier ★DaringPBSD110 Tier ★MinotaurPBSC110 Tier ★ConquerorPBSB110 Tier VIIIJutlandPBSD109 Tier VIIINeptunePBSC109 Tier VIILightningPBSD108 Tier VIIEdinburghPBSC108 Tier VIIImplacablePBSA108 Tier VIJervisPBSD107 Tier VIFijiPBSC107 Tier VIKing George VPBSB107 Tier VIcarusPBSD106 Tier VLeanderPBSC106 Tier VQueen ElizabethPBSB106 Tier VFuriousPBSA106 Tier IVAcastaPBSD105 Tier IVEmeraldPBSC105 Tier IVIron DukePBSB105 Tier IIIWakefulPBSD104 Tier IIIDanaePBSC104 Tier IIIOrionPBSB104 Tier IIValkyriePBSD103 Tier IICaledonPBSC103 Tier IWeymouthPBSC102

Best listed chance for this ship

Anniversary '24 British crate 1% VII Hawke Event · Anniversary '24 British crate
British Battleships Big Crate 1% Hawke Archived · British Battleships Big Crate
British Battleships crate 0.01% Hawke Archived · British Battleships crate

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Anniversary '24 British crate 1% · VII Hawke
British Battleships Big Crate 1% · Hawke
British Battleships crate 0.01% · Hawke

Want the full picture? Each container page charts the odds as you open more crates - including ~~pity~~ guaranteed-reward timers and, for GD Supporters, pack math personalized to your port.

Builds

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Cohort position

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Where Hawke sits among Tier VII BBs (48 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.

BestAcceleration (0-12 kt)4.4 s (1 of 2 tied) BestRepair heal rate2 %/s (1 of 4 tied) Top 10%Hit points73,800 HP (3/49) Top 10%Stealth profile14.82 km / 11.85 km (5/49 / 4/49) Top 10%Fires per minute8.68 (2/48) Top 10%Time to 90% speed21.1 s (2/49) Top 25%Rudder shift14 s (9/49) Top 25%HE DPM114,750 (11/48) Top 25%Main dispersion188.8 m (7/49) Top 25%AP pen at 10 km600 mm (10/49) Top 25%Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)179,137 (7/48) Top 25%Torpedo reload80 s (5/16) Bottom 25%Turning circle910 m (42/49) Bottom 25%Main battery range16.76 km (38/49) Bottom 25%Sigma1.7 (41/49) Bottom 25%AP velocity747 m/s (43/49) ShorterAP fuse timer0.015 s (43/49) Bottom 25%Displacement50,529 t (41/49) Bottom 25%Flak damage per salvo (expected)1,050 (44/49) WorstHE velocity792 m/s (1 of 4 tied) WorstRepair charges2 (1 of 8 tied) WorstMax armor305 mm (1 of 4 tied) WorstEnd plates25 mm (1 of 5 tied / 1 of 6 tied)

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Not standouts for Hawke -- 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 speed30.5 kt(21/49) Smoke fire bloom14.31 km(24/49) Main battery caliber406 mm(17/49) Main battery reload28 s(23/49) AP shell damage12,200(24/49) AP DPM235,286(20/49) Secondary DPM (per side)206,200(27/49) Secondary HE alpha2,150(18/46) Secondary fire chance9%(21/46) Secondary HE pen25 mm(23/46) AP arming threshold68 mm(35/49) Engine power150,200 hp(29/49) Power / turn radius165.1 hp/m(35/49) Power-to-weight2.97 hp/t(33/49) Secondary range5.5 km(21/49) AA DPS566(21/49) AA range5 km(19/49) AA threat1,791(19/49) Torpedo range8.01 km(6/16) Torpedo damage≈14,767(9/16) Torpedo speed61 kt(11/16) Torpedo reaction time7.9 s(11/16) Citadel belt305 mm(27/48) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(34 of 49 tied at this value) NormSecondary sigma1(48 of 49 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(47 of 49 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(46 of 49 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 66,000 → 73,800

Displacement50,529 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.

262.5 x 32.29 m

Armor range16–305 mm

Plate armor thicknesses16, 19, 25, 32, 50, 51, 76, 102, 152, 165, 254, 279, 305 mm

Armor material/layer entries56

Fire resistance

stock hull: 1 − 0.667 fire coefficient = 33.3%; top hull: 1 − 0.6337 fire coefficient = 36.6%. 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: 33.3% → 36.6%

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 × 73,800 HP = 13,284 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 × 73,800 HP = 14,760 HP on this ship.

0.5% of HP per second

Torp Reduction

1 − 0.267 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.

36,900

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.

22,100

Effective HP

Base 73,800 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.02 of max HP per second (2%) × 20 s × 73,800 HP = 29,520 HP per charge, × 2 charges = 59,040 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.

82,000–132,840

Repairable: penetration60%

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 × 3,600 = 7,200), 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.

3,600

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 × 55,400 = 110,800), 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.

55,400

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 × 5,800 = 11,600), 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.

5,800

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 × 4,800 = 9,600), 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 ×. 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.

4,800

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: 406 mm/45 Mk.I Vickers A

Mounts / barrels3 mounts / 9 barrels

Reload timeInitial: 31 s → 28 s

Firing range (base)15.2 km

Firing range (top fire control)16.8 km

Turret traverseInitial: 5.5 °/s → 6 °/s

Turret armor406 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.

3x ±150°

Guns to bear

180° − 150° (the most restricted aft-facing mount's arc) = 30° off bow; 180° − 150° (the most restricted forward-facing mount's arc) = 30° 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.

30° off bow / 30° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

Shell Grouping (σ)1.7

Dispersion type

In practice: 17% tighter (better) horizontal dispersion and 17% less vertical spread at max range (16.8 km) than a standard battleship: about 189 m wide × 113 m tall, against 228 m × 137 m. Also on this curve (56): Al Ägir, Alaska, Alaska B, Anhalt, BA Utnapishtim's Ship, Borodino, Brest, Carnot, Champagne, Cherbourg, Congress, Ägir and 44 more.

Improved battleship & large cruiser

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{16764}{30} \cdot \frac{10 - 1.6}{1000} + 1.6) \cdot 30 = 188.8 m

188.8 m at 16.8 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 188.8 \cdot 0.6 = 113.3 m

113.3 m at 16.8 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 188.8 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.7} = 66.6 m

66.6 m at 16.8 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 113.3 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.7} = 40 m

40 m at 16.8 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 5.5 deg/s traverse speed = 32.7 s.

32.7 s

Shells/min

Zero upgrades: 9 broadside guns x 60 / 31 s base reload = 17.4. All upgrades (top gun + Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 9 broadside guns x 60 / 25.286 s (25.2 s = 177 ticks) all-upgrades reload (28 s × 0.9 Main Battery Mod. 3 = 25.2 s) = 21.4.

Initial: 17.4 → 21.4

HE shells

HE alpha5,950

HE Velocity792 m/s

Fire Chance45%

HE fire DPM vs T7 BB64376

Effective HE DPM vs T7 BB179126

HE penetration

68 mm ≈ 406 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

68 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

5,950 HE damage x 9 broadside guns = 53,550.

53,550

HE DPM

Zero upgrades: 53,550 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 31 s base reload = 103,645. All upgrades (top gun + Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 53,550 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 25.286 s (25.2 s = 177 ticks) all-upgrades reload (28 s × 0.9 Main Battery Mod. 3 = 25.2 s) = 127,068.

Initial: 103,645 → 127,068

Fires/min

Zero upgrades: 17.4 shells/min × 0.45 (45% fire chance) = 7.84. All upgrades (top gun + Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 21.4 shells/min × 0.45 (45% fire chance) = 9.61.

Initial: 7.84 → 9.61

AP shells

AP alpha12,200

AP Velocity747 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.015 s

Fuse Threshold68 mm

AP pen max range523 mm

AP overmatch

floor(406 mm caliber / 14.3) = 28 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

28 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 2527 \cdot 1080^{0.69} \cdot {0.406}^{- 1.07} \cdot 747^{1.38} = 758.1 mm

758.1 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (16.8 km), where the shell has slowed to 570.8 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2527 \cdot 1080^{0.69} \cdot {0.406}^{- 1.07} \cdot {570.8}^{1.38} = 523 mm

523 mm at 16.8 km

AP full-salvo alpha

12,200 AP damage x 9 broadside guns = 109,800.

109,800

AP DPM

Zero upgrades: 109,800 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 31 s base reload = 212,516. All upgrades (top gun + Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 109,800 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 25.286 s (25.2 s = 177 ticks) all-upgrades reload (28 s × 0.9 Main Battery Mod. 3 = 25.2 s) = 260,542.

Initial: 212,516 → 260,542

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.

250

Torpedoes

ModuleTorpedoes: 533 mm PR Mk II

Launchers / tubes4 launchers × 1 tubes = 4 tubes

Reload time80 s

Projectile speed61.0 kt

Range8.01 km

Maximum simulated damage

Most targets only intersect one hull section, so a hit transfers about 1/3 of the warhead alpha (2/3 when the warhead blast >= 5000 and the burst reaches a second section). For this ship:

D_{sim} = α \cdot c = 44, 300 \cdot 0.333 = 14, 767

. In battle, a hit on the torpedo belt deals the per-hit figure × (1 − the target's torpedo protection %), a bow or stern hit deals it in full, and a torpedo never counts as a citadel hit.

≈ 14,767

Maximum damage (ammunition)

44,300 warhead alpha / 3 + 1,100 blast = 15,867. Warhead alpha / 3 plus the blast addend: the per-torpedo damage figure. The 'Maximum simulated damage' row above applies target geometry to the same warhead.

15,867

Torpedo module damage

Per-torpedo module/blast damage parameter. Most torpedoes carry 500 to 2,000; ships announced by WG as dealing increased module damage carry 9,000 to 12,000, so their hits knock out engines, rudders, and turrets far more often. Comparative figure.

1,100

Torpedo detectability1.3 km

Reaction time

How long a target has to dodge after your torpedo is spotted at its detectability range (lower means less warning):

t_{react} = \frac{1.3 km}{61 kt \times 2.6855} = 7.9 s

. 2.6855 converts knots to m/s on the game clock. Base value; commander torpedo-concealment skills lower it further.

7.9 s

Flooding chance

This torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 2.65 per hit, shown as

2.65 \times 100 = 265 %

. Values above 100% are normal: in battle the base chance is scaled down by the target's torpedo protection (the Torp Reduction stat on its Survivability card) and any flood-resistance modifiers, so a value above 100% keeps flooding likely even through partial protection.

265%

Torpedo launcher traverse12 °/s

Launch arcscentreline 0.2°

Torp Turn

Time to rotate the launchers 180 deg:

t_{turn} = \frac{180 °}{12 ° / s} = 15 s

15 s

Torp Arming194 m

Per-side salvo damage

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 2 x 14,767 = 29,534. Each hit on the target's torpedo belt is reduced by its torpedo protection %.

29,534

AA Defense

AA mount pointsInitial: 18 → 36

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.

5 km

40 mm Vickers 2-pdr. Mk VIII (upgraded hull only)4×8 40mm

40 mm Bofors Mk IV10×2 40mm

20 mm Oerlikon Mk IVInitial: 4×1 → 8×1 20mm

20 mm Oerlikon Mk V (upgraded hull only)4×2 20mm

20 mm Oerlikon Mk.IIIA (upgraded hull only)10×1 20mm

40 mm Vickers 2-pdr. Mk VII (stock hull only)4×4 40mm

114 mm/45 Mark II BD (DP)

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

8×2 114mm

Guns114 mm/45 Mark II BD (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 63 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

Range5 km

Guns40 mm Bofors Mk IV

Continuous DPS

Initial: 110 × 3.5 × 0.75 = 289 → 107 × 3.5 × 0.75 = 281. Raw aura damage × 3.5 × hit probability, the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Initial: 289 → 281

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 63 + Outer Medium 281 = 344

344

Guns40 mm Vickers 2-pdr. Mk VIII

Continuous DPS

Initial: 27 × 3.5 × 0.75 = 71 → 37 × 3.5 × 0.75 = 97. Raw aura damage × 3.5 × hit probability, the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Initial: 71 → 97

Range2.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 63 + Outer Medium 281 + Inner Medium 97 = 441

441

Guns20 mm Oerlikon Mk IV + 20 mm Oerlikon Mk V + 20 mm Oerlikon Mk.IIIA

Continuous DPS

Initial: 8 × 3.5 × 0.7 = 20 → 51 × 3.5 × 0.7 = 125. Raw aura damage × 3.5 × hit probability, the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Initial: 20 → 125

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 63 + Outer Medium 281 + Inner Medium 97 + Near 125 = 566

566

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 × 200 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.

200

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 5 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.

2.5-5 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts12

Firing range5.5 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

Total secondary fires/min (per side)

Sum of each gun family's fires/min (per side): 7.7 + 1.8 = 9.5. 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.

9.5

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: 8×2 114 mm (8/side) × 60/5 s × 1700 = 163,200 + 4×2 152 mm (4/side) × 60/12 s × 2150 = 43,000. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

206,200

Secondary fire DPM vs T7 BB (per side)

Fires/min (per side) 9.5 × (1 − 0.366 fire resistance) × 60 s × 0.003 of max HP per second × 65,000 HP = 70,321. 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.

70,321

Total secondary DPM vs T7 BB (per side)

Secondary DPM (per side) 206,200 + secondary fire DPM 70,321 = 276,521: shell damage plus fire damage against one T7 battleship, every shell hitting.

276,521

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 @ 5.5 km

5.5 km × 57 + 30 = 343.5 m.

343.5 m

Caliber114 mm

Reload time5 s

HE alpha1,700

Muzzle Velocity746 m/s

Fire Chance8%

Secondary fires/min (per side)

8×2 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 5 s × 0.08 (8% fire chance) = 7.7. 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.

7.7

HE Pen19 mm

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Caliber152 mm

Reload time12 s

HE alpha2,150

Muzzle Velocity884 m/s

Fire Chance9%

Secondary fires/min (per side)

4×2 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 12 s × 0.09 (9% fire chance) = 1.8. 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.

1.8

HE Pen25 mm

Maneuverability

Engine power150,200 hp

Maximum speed30.5 kt

Turning circle radius910 m

Rudder shift timeInitial: 17.8 s → 14 s

Engine power-boost threshold22.4 kt

Engine spool-up time15.3 s

Reverse spool-up time7.7 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 30.5 / 4 + 4.9 = 12.5 kt. Base value; speed modifiers scale it.

12.5 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.

37.7 s

Engine boost threshold (reverse)

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

10.0 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (27.4 kt of 30.5 kt).

21.1 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (30.2 kt of 30.5 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.

41.4 s

Guns in a full turn

With the rudder hard over the hull turns 3.9°/s, so a target drifts across the bow at that rate. Turret traverse minus hull turn: 5.5 − 3.9 = +1.6°/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 (+1.6°/s spare)

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Concealment

Detectability by sea

Base value, no camouflage. With a Grade IV permanent camo (or any disposable camo): 14.82 km x 0.955 = 14.15 km. Camouflage does not change detectability by air.

14.82 km

With Grade IV camouflage (sea)

Detectability by sea 14.82 km x 0.955 (Grade IV permanent camo or any disposable camo) = 14.15 km.

14.15 km

Detectability by air11.85 km

Smoke firing penalty14.31 km

Detect when firing (sea)

max(main battery range, sea detectability 14.82 km) = 16.76 km. Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach.

16.76 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability 11.85 km + gun-firing bloom 8.12 km = 19.97 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber 406 mm × 0.020 = 8.12 km.

19.97 km

Detect when on fire (sea)

Sea detectability 14.82 km + 2.0 km while burning = 16.82 km.

16.82 km

Detect when on fire (air)

Air detectability 11.85 km + 3.0 km while burning = 14.85 km.

14.85 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

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

Repair Party2 charges · 80 s reload · 20 s active · 29,520 HP (40% of max HP) total heal (per charge)
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0.02 of max HP per second (2%) × 20 s effective active time = 0.4 of max HP × 73,800 HP = 29,520 HP: up to 40% of max HP restored per charge.
· 59,040 HP (80% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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0.4 of max HP per charge × 2 charges = 0.8 × 73,800 HP = 59,040 HP: up to 80% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 1,476 HP/s (2% of max HP) heal per second
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0.02 (2% of max HP) × 73,800 HP = 1,476 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

Engine Boost2 charges · 120 s reload · 120 s active · +8% speed bonus

Choose one

Defensive AA Fire3 charges · 140 s reload · 25 s active · ×2 flak burst boost
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Repeats the flak burst pattern ×2 within each salvo - more clouds in the air over the salvo, at the same spots.

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 points66,000 → 73,800
Rudder shift17.8 → 14 s
AA mounts18 → 36
Close-range AA DPS145 → 195
Turret traverse5.5 → 6 °/s

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range15,240 → 16,764 m

ArtilleryUpgrade

Base reload31 → 28 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 BB17% tighter H · 17% shorter V

H = horizontal, V = vertical spread. This ship's curve against the standard battleship curve, both evaluated at this ship's max range (16.8 km) with the same model as Max Horiz/Vert Disp: horizontal 189 / 228 m − 1 = -17%, vertical 113 / 137 m − 1 = -17%. Shell grouping (σ) is separate: it sets how shells bunch toward the centre of this ellipse.

Shell scatter width @ 5 km90 m

(166.7 × (10 − 1.6) / 1000 + 1.6) × 30 = 90 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 km132 m

(333.3 × (10 − 1.6) / 1000 + 1.6) × 30 = 132 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 km174 m

(500 × (10 − 1.6) / 1000 + 1.6) × 30 = 174 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 km34.1 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 16764 = 8382$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 16764 m. Below the kink:  $k = 0.2 + (0.5 - 0.2) \cdot \frac{5000}{8382} = 0.379$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 90 \cdot 0.379 = 34.1 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 10 km68.5 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 16764 = 8382$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 16764 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 8382}{16764 - 8382} = 0.5193$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 132 \cdot 0.5193 = 68.5 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 15 km100.7 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 16764 = 8382$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 16764 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{15000 - 8382}{16764 - 8382} = 0.579$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 174 \cdot 0.579 = 100.7 m$ .

AP pen 5 km673 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2527 \cdot 1080^{0.69} \cdot {0.406}^{- 1.07} \cdot {685.3}^{1.38} = 673 mm$ , where 685.3 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 5 km (from 747 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 km600 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2527 \cdot 1080^{0.69} \cdot {0.406}^{- 1.07} \cdot {630.8}^{1.38} = 600 mm$ , where 630.8 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 10 km (from 747 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 km541 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2527 \cdot 1080^{0.69} \cdot {0.406}^{- 1.07} \cdot {584.9}^{1.38} = 541 mm$ , where 584.9 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 15 km (from 747 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 km5.23 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.3114 \cdot {0.406}^{2}}{8 \cdot 929} = 2.17 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 792 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 km5.29 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.2353 \cdot {0.406}^{2}}{8 \cdot 1080} = 1.41 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 747 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)9

3 mounts × 3 barrels = 9; all 9 bear on the broadside.

Model inputs

Krupp (AP)2,527

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 mass1,080 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 coefficient0.2353

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

AP muzzle velocity747 m/s

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

HE muzzle velocity792 m/s

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

idealRadius10

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

minRadius1.6

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.

Torpedoes

Estimated torpedo reaction time7.9 s

1300 m / (61.0 kt × 2.6855) = 7.9 s. detectability / (speed kt x 2.6855 m/s per knot on the game clock).

Torpedo speed61.0 kt

Travel time to max range48.9 s

8010 m / (61.0 kt × 2.6855) = 48.9 s. range / (speed kt x 2.6855 m/s per knot on the game clock).

Tube count4

4 launchers × 1 tubes.

Per-side salvo2 torpedoes

4 wing tubes / 2 = 2: the launchers sit one per beam, so only half of them reach any one side. Each launcher reloads on its own, so she can fire one beam, turn, and fire the other without waiting.

Full-salvo damage59,068

All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 4 x 14,767 = 59,068. Each hit on the target's torpedo belt is reduced by its torpedo protection %.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range63

Only families that reach 5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 2 pdr MkVIII 8barrel 4x8 -> 97 DPS @ 2.5 km; 40mm Bofors Mark IV Hazemeyer 10x2 -> 281 DPS @ 3.5 km; 20mm Oerlikon MK4 8x1 -> 45 DPS @ 2 km; 20mm Oerlikon MK V 4x2 -> 23 DPS @ 2 km; 20mm Oerlikon MK4 10x1 -> 57 DPS @ 2 km; 114mm 45 MKIII 8x2 -> 63 DPS @ 5 km.

AA DPS layered by range63 DPS @ 5 km, 344 DPS @ 3.5 km, 441 DPS @ 2.5 km, 566 DPS @ 2 km

@ 5 km: 63 from one family; @ 3.5 km: 281 + 63 = 344; @ 2.5 km: 97 + 281 + 63 = 441; @ 2 km: 97 + 281 + 45 + 23 + 57 + 63 = 566. 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-blank566

97 + 281 + 45 + 23 + 57 + 63 = 566 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (2 km).

AA threat index1791

97 × 2.5 + 281 × 3.5 + 45 × 2 + 23 × 2 + 57 × 2 + 63 × 5 = 1791. 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 @ 5 km315 m

Same per-type line evaluated at a fixed 5 km: 5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.

Secondary battery firepower

Max HE alpha2150

max(1700 (114 mm), 2150 (152 mm)) = 2150. Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 2150 from the 152 mm family.

Max HE fire chance9%

max(8% (114 mm), 9% (152 mm)) = 9%. Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 9% from the 152 mm family.

Max HE pen25 mm

max(19 mm (114 mm), 25 mm (152 mm)) = 25 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: 25 mm from the 152 mm family.

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Ship Charts

Background

After World War I, the British Admiralty continued to work on new battlecruiser projects. Hood was applied to those as the gold standard. The K2 and K3 projects, presented in 1920, were found to be too large. One of the suggestions to fix that problem was the reduction of the gun caliber to 16 inches (406 mm) to make the ships smaller, but the Admiralty decided against that idea, and these projects never came to fruition.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 66,000 → 73,800 with hull upgrade, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds.

Bow & stern25 mm

Overmatched by 103+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel305 mm

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

Farming19 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 37%, fires burn 60s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	25 mm primary (range 25–51 mm)	3,600 (5% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Gneisenau, Richelieu)Angle bounces 356mm25 mm: HE pens from 150mm+	Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP.
Hull (midship)	25 mm primary (range 16–279 mm)	55,400 (75% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Gneisenau, Richelieu)Angle bounces 356mm25 mm: HE pens from 150mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	25 mm primary (range 25–279 mm)	4,800 (7% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Gneisenau, Richelieu)Angle bounces 356mm25 mm: HE pens from 150mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	305 mm primary (range 16–305 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	19 mm	5,800 (8% 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	36,900 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 (152 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 (40 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	22,100 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 Hawke. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.

Nerf ×5Buff ×10Rework ×1Main Battery ×4Consumable ×4

2026-10-01

MINISTRY OF BALANCE: ALL HALLOWS' OVERHAUL

Lowered Citadel.
Stock hull rudder-shift time reduced from 25.04 to 23.2 seconds.
Upgraded hull rudder-shift time reduced from 19.98 to 18.14 seconds.
AP shell maximum damage reduced from 12,600 to 12,200.
Repair Party replaced with an improved version similar to Nelson's:
Number of charges reduced from 3 to 2.
Cooldown time increased from 60 to 80 seconds.
Duration reduced from 28 to 20 seconds.
Amount of HP recovered per second increased from 0.6 to 2.0%.
Ship trait "Hidden" replaced with "Greater Heal".

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2025-11-27

Holiday Update: Christmas on the Waves

Main battery shell grouping increased by 6.25% (from 1.6 to 1.7 sigma).
Stock hull rudder-shift time reduced from 22.57 to 19.18 seconds.
Upgraded hull rudder-shift time reduced from 16.12 to 15.31 seconds.

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2024-03-21

Ministry of Balance: Spring Changes

Due to Hawke's increased citadel vulnerability and longer reload than most other battleships, she currently feels uncomfortable to play and underperforms. To combat this, we're improving her reload substantially this update.
Stock Main Battery reload time reduced from 34 to 31 seconds.
Upgraded Main Battery reload time reduced from 31 to 28 seconds.

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Exteriors

Skins & permanent camouflages

Every custom exterior Hawke can equip.

DefaultThe ship’s standard exterior
Dover Castle skin for HawkeMedieval

Primary official WG sources

Filtered to official World of Warships: Legends pages where this ship is a focus, reward, line member, or high-context variant mention.

2023-10-05 · Early access / tech tree line For King and Country: British Alternate Battleships in Early Access Line source 2024-03-21 · Patch notes April Update: The Stars Align Patch notes 2025-11-27 · Patch notes Holiday Update: Christmas on the Waves Patch notes 2026-10-01 · Patch notes Halloween Update: The Restless Fleet Patch notes

Hawke

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Playstyle

Overview

Positioning

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How to get Hawke

Best listed chance for this ship

Builds

Cohort position

Peers in this cohort

Stats & specs

Under the hood

Main battery formulas

Model inputs

Torpedoes

AA defense

Secondary battery dispersion

Secondary battery firepower

Ship Charts

Background

Armor Beta

Balance History

MINISTRY OF BALANCE: ALL HALLOWS' OVERHAUL

Holiday Update: Christmas on the Waves

Ministry of Balance: Spring Changes

Skins & permanent camouflages

Primary official WG sources

Signature Traits