World of Warships: Legends ship guide

Jurien

Also called: 尤里安-格拉维 · Jurien de la Gravière Beta
Tutorial-tier shipLearn the fundamentals: movement, aim, shell travel, and reading the minimap.
Playstyle
  • Stay near your team; do not push ahead alone
  • Avoid: Sailing in a straight line
Key characteristics
Heavy HE shellsThickest plateFast turret traverseHeavy beltSlow reload
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Jurien Community Stats

Across 160+ Standard battles from 110+ players, Jurien averages a 61% win rate, 16,000 damage and 1.0 kills per battle, and survives 39% of them.

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Playstyle

Overview

Jurien is a Tier I French cruiser - a tutorial-tier ship. The kit is for learning basic mechanics: movement, aiming, shell travel time, gun rotation, and reading the minimap. Match impact comes from making fewer mistakes than the other Tier I players, not from gear advantages. Notable: best armor plate in T1 CAs (160 mm, 1st of 12) and HE alpha in T1 CAs (2,300, 2nd of 11).

Positioning

Stay near your team; do not push ahead alone. At Tier I the goal is practicing the basics, so pick a teammate to follow and learn how to lead your shots while their ship is in your field of vision.

Potato Avoidance

Sailing in a straight line

Even Tier I players will lead a predictable target; learn to make small course changes between salvos to break enemy aim. This is the single highest-impact habit to build at this tier.

Signature Traits

ELITE ARMOR ↗
  • Thickest plate · 160 mm
  • Heavy citadel belt · 65 mm
  • Heavy magazine · 35 mm
  • Heavy belt
ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗
  • Heavy HE shells · 2300 damage
  • Fast turret traverse · 10°/s
Slow reload ↗

9 s reload, bottom decile of T1 CAs. Salvos punish more, but cycle is slower than peers.

Acquisition

How to get Jurien

Jurien is available in the Jurien branch of the France Tech Tree as an early line ship.

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Builds

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

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Commanders frequently paired with this ship AL Saint LouisAndré Roux

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Cohort position

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Where Jurien sits among Tier I CAs (11 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.

BestMain battery caliber165 mm (1/12) BestMax armor160 mm (1/12) Top 10%HE shell damage2,300 (2/11) Top 10%Citadel belt65 mm (2/12) Top 25%HE fire chance8% (3/11) Top 25%Main dispersion89.8 m (4/12) Bottom 25%Stealth profile8.79 km / 5.27 km (10/12 / 10/12) Bottom 25%Rudder shift5.8 s (10/12) Bottom 25%Turning circle510 m (10/12) Bottom 25%Main battery reload9 s (11/12) Bottom 25%HE velocity770 m/s (10/11) Bottom 25%Time to 90% speed24.1 s (11/12) Bottom 25%Displacement5,691 t (11/12) WorstSmoke fire bloom4.06 km (12/12)
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Not standouts for Jurien -- 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 points14,100 HP(6/12) Max speed23 kt(6/12) Main battery range9.98 km(9/12) Fires per minute2.67(5/11) HE DPM76,667(4/11) Acceleration (0-12 kt)11.7 s(7/12) Engine power17,400 hp(6/12) Power / turn radius34.1 hp/m(6/12) Power-to-weight3.06 hp/t(8/12) AA threat18(8/12) NormTurn speed retained81%(11 of 12 tied at this value)
Survivability
Hit Points14,100
Displacement5,691 t
Hull dimensions
ƒLength x beam at the waterline, plus draft. Length matters when dodging torpedoes; beam and draft shape how hard the ship is to hit.
139.2 x 19.1 m (ship-model figure)
Armor range6–160 mm
Plate armor thicknesses6, 10, 13, 16, 20, 35, 40, 55, 65, 72, 160 mm
Armor material/layer entries43
Fire resistance
ƒtop hull: 1 − 1 fire coefficient = 0%. 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.
0%
Fire duration30 s
Fire damage
ƒOne unattended fire: 0.003 of max HP per second (0.3%) × 30 s = 0.09 of the pool; 0.09 × 14,100 HP = 1,269 HP on this ship. 4 fire points can burn at once.
0.3% of HP per second
Flood duration40 s
Flood damage
ƒOne unattended flood: 0.0025 of max HP per second (0.25%) × 40 s = 0.1 of the pool; 0.1 × 14,100 HP = 1,410 HP on this ship.
0.25% of HP per second
Torp Reduction
ƒ1 − 0.333 hull torpedo-damage coefficient / 0.333 unprotected baseline = 0%. Reduces torpedo hit damage. It does not affect flooding: floods start as often and tick at the full rate.
0%
Magazine HP
ƒPer-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.
10,100
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.
6,000
Repairable: penetration50%
Repairable: citadel10%
Repairable: steering gear50%
Section HP
Bow section HP
ƒDamage saturation pool for the bow: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 900 = 1,800), 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.
900
Auxiliary section HP
ƒDamage saturation pool for the auxiliary room: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 2,000 = 4,000), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.
2,000
Hull section HP
ƒDamage saturation pool for the hull: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 12,800 = 25,600), 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.
12,800
Superstructure section HP
ƒDamage saturation pool for the superstructure: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 700 = 1,400), 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 ×. 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.
700
Stern section HP
ƒDamage saturation pool for the stern: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 1,000 = 2,000), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.
1,000
Citadel section HP
ƒThis 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: 165 mm/45 Mle 1893
Mounts / barrels8 mounts / 8 barrels
Reload time9 s
Firing range (base)9.1 km
Firing range (top fire control)10 km
Turret traverse10 °/s
Turret armor63 mm
Turret traverse arcs
ƒHow 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 132° arc, 150° port-only, 150° starboard-only, 143° port-only, 143° starboard-only, ±146°, ±138°
Guns to bear
ƒ180° − 138° (the most restricted aft-facing mount's arc) = 42° off bow; 180° − 146° (the most restricted forward-facing mount's arc) = 34° 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.
42° off bow / 34° off stern
Shell Grouping (σ)2
Dispersion type
ƒIn practice: 12% tighter (better) horizontal dispersion and 12% less vertical spread at max range (10.0 km) than a standard cruiser: about 90 m wide × 54 m tall, against 102 m × 61 m. Also on this curve (225): AL Avrora, AL Yukikaze, AL Z24, Acasta, Achilles, Adriatico, Aigle, Akatsuki, Akizuki, Albany, Allen M. Sumner, Attilio Regolo and 213 more.
Standard destroyer
Max Horiz Disp
ƒHorizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the dispersion model: σH=(R30·idealRadius−minRadiusidealDistance+minRadius)·30 =(997730·8−0.51000+0.5)·30=89.8m
89.8 m at 10 km
Max Vert Disp
ƒVertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: σV=σH·radiusOnMax =89.8·0.6=53.9m
53.9 m at 10 km
Med Horiz Disp
ƒ50%-hit horizontal radius: σH,50=σH·0.6σ =89.8·0.62=26.9m
26.9 m at 10 km
Med Vert Disp
ƒ50%-hit vertical radius: σV,50=σV·0.6σ =53.9·0.62=16.2m
16.2 m at 10 km
Turret turn time
ƒ180 degrees / 10 deg/s traverse speed = 18 s.
18 s
Shells/min
ƒ5 broadside guns x 60 / 9 s base reload = 33.3.
33.3
HE shells
HE alpha2,300
HE Velocity770 m/s
Fire Chance8%
HE penetration
ƒ28 mm ≈ 165 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).
28 mm
HE full-salvo alpha
ƒ2,300 HE damage x 5 broadside guns = 11,500.
11,500
HE DPM
ƒ11,500 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 9 s base reload = 76,667.
76,667
Fires/min
ƒ33.3 shells/min × 0.08 (8% fire chance) = 2.67.
2.67
AA Defense
AA mount points6
Maximum AA range
ƒLongest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 1 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.
1 km
8 mm Mle 19146×1 8mm
Near aura
Guns8 mm Mle 1914
Continuous DPS
ƒEffective DPS: 6 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.85 hit probability = 18 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.
18
Range1 km
Maneuverability
Engine power17,400 hp
Maximum speed23.0 kt
Turning circle radius510 m
Rudder shift time5.8 s
Engine power-boost threshold7.0 kt
Engine spool-up time15.3 s
Reverse spool-up time7.7 s
Reverse speed
ƒtop speed / 4 + 4.9 = 23 / 4 + 4.9 = 10.7 kt. Base value; speed modifiers scale it.
10.7 kt
Crash stop
ƒSeconds 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.
28.5 s
Engine boost threshold (reverse)
ƒSpeed below which the engine's built-in power boost applies in reverse.
7.6 kt
Acceleration 0-90%
ƒTime to reach 90% of top speed (20.7 kt of 23.0 kt).
24.1 s
Acceleration 0-99%
ƒTime 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.
39.2 s
Guns in a full turn
ƒWith the rudder hard over the hull turns 5.6°/s, so a target drifts across the bow at that rate. Turret traverse minus hull turn: 10 − 5.6 = +4.4°/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 (+4.4°/s spare)
Concealment
Detectability by sea
ƒBase value, no camouflage. With a Grade IV permanent camo (or any disposable camo): 8.79 km x 0.955 = 8.39 km. Camouflage does not change detectability by air.
8.79 km
With Grade IV camouflage (sea)
ƒDetectability by sea 8.79 km x 0.955 (Grade IV permanent camo or any disposable camo) = 8.39 km.
8.39 km
Detectability by air5.27 km
Smoke firing penalty4.06 km
Detect when firing (sea)
ƒmax(main battery range, sea detectability 8.79 km) = 9.98 km. Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach.
9.98 km
Detect when firing (air)
ƒAir detectability 5.27 km + gun-firing bloom 3.3 km = 8.57 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber 165 mm × 0.020 = 3.3 km.
8.57 km
Detect when on fire (sea)
ƒSea detectability 8.79 km + 2.0 km while burning = 10.79 km.
10.79 km
Detect when on fire (air)
ƒAir detectability 5.27 km + 3.0 km while burning = 8.27 km.
8.27 km
Guaranteed Detect2 km
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Consumables
Damage Control Party∞ charges · 60 s reload · 5 s active
Module options (1)

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

Fire controlUpgrade
  • Main battery range9,070 → 9,977 m

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 cruiser12% tighter H · 12% shorter V
H = horizontal, V = vertical spread. This ship's curve against the standard cruiser curve, both evaluated at this ship's max range (10.0 km) with the same model as Max Horiz/Vert Disp: horizontal 90 / 102 m − 1 = -12%, vertical 54 / 61 m − 1 = -12%. Shell grouping (σ) is separate: it sets how shells bunch toward the centre of this ellipse.
Shell scatter width @ 5 km52.5 m
(166.7 × (8 − 0.5) / 1000 + 0.5) × 30 = 52.5 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.
Guns per full salvo (alpha, DPM)5
Counted from each mount's firing arc: most barrels that bear at once: 5 of 8, on the beam; casemate/wing mounts only fire one side.

Model inputs

HE muzzle velocity770 m/s
Starting speed of the HE shell; sets its flight time and lead.
idealRadius8
Horizontal dispersion growth per idealDistance of range, in 30 m units; the slope of the scatter-width line.
minRadius0.5
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.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range18
Only families that reach 1 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 8mm Hotchkiss Mle 1914 6x1 -> 18 DPS @ 1 km.
AA DPS layered by range18 DPS @ 1 km
@ 1 km: 18 from one family. 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-blank18
18 = 18 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (1 km).
AA threat index18
18 × 1 = 18. 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 range1 km
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Background

Jurien de la Gravière was the last protected cruiser built for the French Navy. The ship's silhouette and architecture were typical of French warships at the turn of the 19th century. Powerful 164 mm guns distinguished Jurien de la Gravière from the majority of foreign counterparts.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 14,100, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds.

Bow & stern6 mm

Overmatched by 60+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel72 mm

Thin belt: battleship AP citadels straight through it broadside. Rely on angle, speed and concealment, never sit flat.

Farming6 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 0%, fires burn 30s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section Plates HP cap Threats Tactic
Bow6 mm primary (range 6–55 mm)900 (6% of HP)
Overmatched by 127mm+ AP (Farragut)6 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)6 mm primary (range 6–10 mm)12,800 (91% of HP)
Overmatched by 127mm+ AP (Farragut)6 mm: HE pens from 127mm+
Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern6 mm primary (range 6–55 mm)1,000 (7% of HP)
Overmatched by 127mm+ AP (Farragut)6 mm: HE pens from 127mm+
Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel72 mm primary (range 6–65 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.
Superstructure6 mm primary (range 6–160 mm)700 (5% 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 HP10,100 magazine HPTurret knocked outPer-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.
AA mount (8 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 HP6,000 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.

Exteriors

Skins & permanent camouflages

Every custom exterior Jurien can equip.

  • Jurien default exterior
    DefaultThe ship’s standard exterior

Primary official WG sources

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