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Playstyle

Overview

Indefatigable is a Tier IV British torpedo-equipped battleship: she carries deck torpedoes reaching 6 km on a hull most BBs lack. The torps are a brawl-range threat that forces approaching ships to peel off or eat a wave; the main battery is the primary damage source, the torps are the trap. She also packs the super-heal (1.6%/s, for 20 s, every 120 s, 2 charges): each Repair Party charge returns dramatically more HP than a standard heal, so her durability comes from sustain alongside the lead trait. Standout traits: top-decile tight dispersion in T4 BBs (171.5 m).

Positioning

Anchor a flank at 12-15 km where the team can rotate behind you and where island cover is within one heal cycle. The super-heal lets you hold mid-range trades that a standard BB would lose, but only if you finish each trade before the next focus volley arrives; open-water trades faster than the heal cycles still drain HP net-negative.

Potato Avoidance

Treating the super-heal as a license to push

The Repair Party out-cycles what a standard BB can recover, but it does not out-cycle two flanks of focus fire at once. Spend the heal on absorbed damage from a trade you won, not on damage you took because you led the push alone.

Signature Traits

Super-heal

Repair Party heals 1.6%/s, best of T4 BBs. Restores more HP per active second than peers.

Sharp rudder

14.6 s rudder shift, top decile of T4 BBs. Snappy weave.

Heavy armor deck

Armor deck in the top bracket. Plunging fire and HE land for reduced damage compared to peers.

High-arc howitzer

Steep impact angle. Shells lob over island cover into targets you can't see directly.

Visible torps

1.2 km torpedo detect, worst of T4 BBs. Easy to dodge if targets are looking.

Slow heal cycle

120.0 s Repair Party reload, worst of T4 BBs. Heals come off cooldown slower than peers.

Acquisition

How to get Indefatigable

Indefatigable is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition path: Containers. Container chances are shown as the listed odds of receiving this exact ship, dividing grouped ship-pool odds across the resolved ships and including nested container paths when a crate can drop another crate.

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

Best listed chance for this ship

Battle of Jutland Crate 1% Tier IV Premium ship Event containers · Battle of Jutland Crate · 1 of 2 ships
Mystic Box 0.05% Tier IV Premium ship Event containers · Mystic Box · 1 of 16 ships

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Battle of Jutland Crate 1% · Tier IV Premium ship
Mystic Box 0.05% · Tier IV Premium ship

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Cohort position

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Where Indefatigable sits among Tier IV BBs (24 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.

BestRepair heal rate1.6 %/s (1 of 2 tied) Top 10%Rudder shift14.6 s (2/24) Top 10%Main dispersion171.5 m (3/24) Top 10%Displacement22,080 t (2/24) Top 25%Max speed28 kt (7/24) Top 25%Main battery reload24.8 s (7/24) Top 25%HE fire chance34% (6/24) Top 25%AP velocity831 m/s (7/24) Top 25%AP arming threshold51 mm (6/24) Top 25%Secondary range4.5 km (7/24) Bottom 25%Main battery caliber305 mm (19/24) Bottom 25%AP DPM174,194 (19/24) Bottom 25%Secondary DPM (per side)96,000 (19/24) Bottom 25%AA range3 km (19/24) Bottom 25%Max armor254 mm (20/24) Bottom 25%Citadel belt114 mm (19/23) WorstHE alpha1,500 (1 of 2 tied) WorstSecondary fire chance6% (1 of 4 tied) WorstSecondary HE pen17 mm (1 of 2 tied) WorstTorpedo damage8,800 (3/3) WorstRepair charges2 (1 of 4 tied) WorstEnd plates25 mm (23/23 / 23/23)

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Not standouts for Indefatigable -- 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 points47,800 HP(13/24) Concealment13 km(8/24) Air detection10.4 km(8/24) Traverse-to-turn ratio3.05 ×(14/24) Main battery range14.7 km(16/24) Sigma1.8(11/24) HE shell damage5,000(11/24) Fires per minute6.58(10/24) HE DPM96,774(16/24) AP shell damage9,000(16/24) HE velocity831 m/s(9/24) Acceleration7.74 s(13/24) AP fuse timer0.01 s(16/24) Engine power43,000 hp(14/24) Turn-speed retention68.3 hp/m(14/24) Power-to-weight1.95 hp/t(13/24) AA DPS97(18/24) AA threat252(17/23) Deck armor127 mm(7/23) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(20 of 24 tied at this value) NormTorpedo reload95 s(2 of 3 tied at this value)

Peers in this cohort

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Stats & specs

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

Repair 2

Survivability

Hit Points47,800

Displacement22,080 t

Armor range10–254 mm

Plate armor thicknesses10, 13, 16, 25, 32, 38, 51, 64, 76, 102, 114, 127, 178, 229, 254 mm

Armor material/layer entries74

Fire resistance16.6%

Fire duration60 s

Torp Reduction5%

Magazine HP

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The 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.

18,800

Steering gear HP

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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.

14,300

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 305 mm/45 BL BVIII*

Mounts / barrels4 mounts / 8 barrels

Reload time27.5 s

Firing range14.7 km

Turret traverse4 °/s

Shell Grouping (σ)

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Shell grouping (sigma); shown in-game as Shell Grouping.

1.8

Max Horiz Disp

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Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (14700/30·(10−1.6)/1000 + 1.6)·30 = 171.5 m

171.5 m

Max Vert Disp

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Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 171.5 × 0.6 = 102.9 m

102.9 m

Med Horiz Disp

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50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 171.5 × 0.344 (σ=1.8) = 59 m

59 m

Med Vert Disp

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50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 102.9 × 0.344 (σ=1.8) = 35.4 m

35.4 m

Turret turn time

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180 degrees / 4 deg/s traverse speed = 45 s.

45 s

Base shells/min

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8 broadside guns x 60 / 27.5 s base reload = 17.5.

17.5

HE shells

HE Damage5,000

HE Velocity831 m/s

Fire Chance34%

HE penetration

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

51 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

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5,000 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 40,000.

40,000

Base HE DPM

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40,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 27.5 s base reload = 87,273.

87,273

Base fires/min

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8 HE shells x 60 / 27.5 s reload x 34% fire chance = 5.93.

5.93

AP shells

AP Damage9,000

AP Velocity831 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.015 s

Fuse Threshold51 mm

AP overmatch

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

21 mm

AP Pen Close

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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 × 2187 × 389.8^0.69 × 0.305^-1.07 × 831^1.38 = 510.9 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.

510.9 mm

AP Pen Far

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Same formula at the ship's max firing range (18.4 km), where the shell has slowed to 376.7 m/s: 1e-7 × 2187 × 389.8^0.69 × 0.305^-1.07 × 376.7^1.38 = 171.5 mm.

171.5 mm

AP full-salvo alpha

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9,000 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 72,000.

72,000

Base AP DPM

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72,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 27.5 s base reload = 157,091.

157,091

AP AOE Radius

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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.

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Torpedoes

ModuleTorpedoes: 450 mm Mk VII

Launchers / tubes2 launchers × 1 tubes = 2 tubes

Reload time95 s

Projectile speed53 kt

Range6 km

Maximum simulated damage8,000 (est.)

Alpha damage24,000

Torpedo detectability1.2 km

Torpedo launcher traverse12 °/s

Torp Turn15 s

Per-side salvo damage

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per-side salvo x per-torpedo simulated damage.

8,000

AA Defense

AA mount points10

Close-range AA DPS

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Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (30×3.5×0.75) + (7×3.5×0.75) = 97. 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.

97

Maximum AA range

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Longest-reaching aura across AA-only + dual-purpose auras.

3 km

76.2 mm/45 HA Mk IV4×1 76mm

40 mm/39 QF Mark II6×1 40mm

DPS7

Range3 km

DPS30

Range2.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

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Outer Medium 7 + Inner Medium 30 = 37

37

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Secondary Battery

Mounts16

Firing range4.5 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

Caliber102 mm

Reload time7.5 s

HE Damage1,500

Muzzle Velocity873 m/s

Fire Chance6%

Armor Pen17 mm

Min Ricochet91°

Max Ricochet60°

Secondary dispersion type

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

Standard

Max secondary dispersion @ 4.5 km

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4.5 km × 57 + 30 = 286.5 m.

286.5 m

Maneuverability

Engine moduleEngine: 43,000 hp

Engine power43,000 hp

Maximum speed28 kt

Turning circle radius630 m

Engine power multiplier speed threshold23.9 kt

Traverse-to-turn ratio3.1× drags

Concealment

Detectability by sea13 km

Detectability by air10.4 km

Smoke firing penalty10.7 km

Detect after firing main guns13 km

Detect Fire Sea15 km

Detect Fire Air13.4 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

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

Repair Party2 charges · 120 s reload · 20 s active · 1.6% heal per second · 32% of max HP total heal

Secondary Battery Booster3 charges · 160 s reload · 30 s active · +100% damage boost · +50% reload boost

Module options (1)

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

HullUpgrade

Turret traverse4 → 5 °/s

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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)1.8

Shell grouping (sigma); shown in-game as Shell Grouping.

Max Horiz Disp171.5 m

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (14700/30·(10−1.6)/1000 + 1.6)·30 = 171.5 m

Max Vert Disp102.9 m

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 171.5 × 0.6 = 102.9 m

Med Horiz Disp59 m

50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 171.5 × 0.344 (σ=1.8) = 59 m

Med Vert Disp35.4 m

50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 102.9 × 0.344 (σ=1.8) = 35.4 m

AP Pen Close510.9 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 × 2187 × 389.8^0.69 × 0.305^-1.07 × 831^1.38 = 510.9 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far171.5 mm

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (18.4 km), where the shell has slowed to 376.7 m/s: 1e-7 × 2187 × 389.8^0.69 × 0.305^-1.07 × 376.7^1.38 = 171.5 mm.

HE penetration51 mm

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

AP overmatch21 mm

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

AP AOE Radius0

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 alpha8

All 8 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time45 s

180 degrees / 4 deg/s traverse speed = 45 s.

HE full-salvo alpha40,000

5,000 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 40,000.

AP full-salvo alpha72,000

9,000 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 72,000.

Base HE DPM87,273

40,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 27.5 s base reload = 87,273.

Base AP DPM157,091

72,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 27.5 s base reload = 157,091.

Base shells/min17.5

8 broadside guns x 60 / 27.5 s base reload = 17.5.

Base fires/min5.93

8 HE shells x 60 / 27.5 s reload x 34% fire chance = 5.93.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability1.2 km

Estimated torpedo reaction time8.7 s

detectability / (speed kt x 2.6 community game-speed factor).

Torpedo speed53 kt

Travel time to max range43.5 s

range / (speed kt x 2.6 community game-speed factor).

Tube count2

2 launchers x 1 tubes.

Per-side salvo1 torpedoes

tube count / 2 (symmetric port/starboard launcher layout; common on cruisers and battleships with deck torpedoes).

Full-salvo damage16,000

tube count x per-torpedo simulated damage (all torpedoes hitting).

Per-side salvo damage8,000

per-side salvo x per-torpedo simulated damage.

AA defense

Close-range AA DPS97

Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (30×3.5×0.75) + (7×3.5×0.75) = 97. 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 range3 km

Longest-reaching aura across AA-only + dual-purpose auras.

AA threat index252

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 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 @ 4.5 km286.5 m

4.5 km × 57 + 30 = 286.5 m.

Secondary battery firepower

Secondary DPM (per side)96,000

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: 16×1 102 mm (8/side) × 60/7.5 × 1500 = 96,000. 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 47,800, 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
Bow	25 mm primary (range 16–64 mm)	1,400 (3% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ (Bayern)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)	229 mm primary (range 16–229 mm)	35,900 (75% of HP)	No common caliber overmatches229 mm: no common HE pens	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	25 mm primary (range 16–64 mm)	1,200 (3% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ (Bayern)Angle bounces 356mm25 mm: HE pens from 150mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	114 mm primary (range 16–114 mm)	≈ 165,500 (effectively no cap)	Citadel pen ×0.10 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 (×0.10 direct pen, ×0.10 over-pen).
Superstructure	10 mm primary (range 10–254 mm)	1,600 (3% of HP)	Any HE ≥16 mm pens at full damage	Any HE ≥16 mm pens at full damage. HE-spam target, and the section saturates fast (often only a few thousand HP).
Turret (module, per magazine)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	18,800 magazine HP	Magazine detonation1–30% chance · below ~75% HP	Per-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 HP	800 per-mount HP	Destroyed at 0 HP	Per-mount HP for the heaviest secondary on this ship. A mount destroyed at 0 HP is out for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. Smaller (lighter-caliber) secondaries typically share the same HP value.
AA mount (76 mm mount)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	200 per-mount HP	Destroyed at 0 HP	Per-mount HP for the heaviest AA on this ship. An AA mount destroyed at 0 HP stops shooting down planes for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. HE shells specifically target AA mounts since the small-caliber HP pool falls fast.
Rudder (module)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	14,300 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.

Shell ballistics chart

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

Exteriors

Skins & permanent camouflages

Every custom exterior Indefatigable can equip, from in-game data.

DefaultThe ship’s standard exterior

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