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Nassau

Also called: 拿骚 Beta

Germany · Tier III · Battleship · Premium

Secondary battleshipA brawler: close the distance and the secondaries work alongside the mains.

Playstyle

Push to within secondary range (~5 km) so the secondary battery starts contributing damage
Avoid: Torpedo Boat Brawling; with no torpedoes you cannot trade back a fight fought inside enemy torpedo range

Key characteristics

Strong secondaries (5 km)Improved HE penTight turning circleThickest plateFast reloadLow HE DPM

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Community Data

Nassau Community Stats

Across 4,900+ Standard battles from 96 players, Nassau averages a 67% win rate, 50,500 damage and 1.6 kills per battle, and survives 43% of them.

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Playstyle

Overview

Nassau is a Tier III German secondary battleship with top-decile secondary reach out to 5 km: the kit rewards closing inside secondary range and letting the auto-fire battery work alongside the mains, not holding mid-range AP lines. HE pen sits at the 1/4 caliber ratio instead of the standard 1/6. Her main-battery HE volume is low on its own, but inside 5 km the secondaries join in: 13.1 fires/min combined (5th of 20 T3 BBs). In a brawl, HE keeps fires burning on the target while she works into position for an AP finish. Standout traits: heavy secondary DPM in T3 BBs (195,600, 4th of 18) and tight turning circle in T3 BBs (510 m, 3rd of 18). The trade is low HE DPM in T3 BBs (68,923, 17th of 18).

Positioning

Push to within secondary range (~5 km) so the secondary battery starts contributing damage. A secondary BB at mid range is wasting half her kit; the geometry that pays out is close enough that the secondaries DPM peer BBs instead of the main battery alone. Once the rudder is over she turns tightly for her cohort (510 m), so a committed turn costs less water than most of what she is fighting.

Potato Avoidance

Torpedo Boat Brawling

With no torpedoes you cannot trade back a fight fought inside enemy torpedo range. Hold the band where your guns and secondaries punish them while their fish still fall short, and lean on armor and volume of fire instead of closing the last few kilometers into a spread you have no answer for.

Signature Traits

ELITE SECONDARIES ↗

Extended secondary range · 5 km
Heavy secondary DPM · 195600 secondary
Punch-through secondaries · 38 mm

Tight turning circle ↗

510 m turning circle, top quartile of T3 BBs. Comes around faster to bring the guns to bear or roll away from incoming fire.

Improved HE penetration

HE pen at the 1/4 caliber ratio instead of the standard 1/6. HE-spam is a real damage option here, not just a fire-starter, shared by 7/18 T3 BBs.

Thickest plate ↗

400 mm on her single heaviest plate, best of T3 BBs. Its thickest plate is beyond any HE or AP overmatch in the game, though that is one belt rather than the ship as a whole.

Low HE DPM ↗

68923 HE DPM, bottom quartile of T3 BBs. Don't bank on burn pressure.

No torpedo backup

A brawler with no torpedoes: every trade is guns and secondaries. The sweet spot is inside secondary range but outside easy torpedo range -- close enough that the auto-fire battery works, not so close that a destroyer or torpedo cruiser lands a salvo you can't answer.

Acquisition

How to get Nassau

Nassau is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition path: Campaign.

CampaignEarned in the campaign “Wicked Waves” (Sep 2019); campaign ships can later return through other limited methods.

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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 Bismarck AL Prinz Heinrich AL Scharnhorst

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Cohort position

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Where Nassau sits among Tier III BBs (17 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 reload22.2 s (1/18) BestSecondary HE pen38 mm (1 of 4 tied) BestAP arming threshold47 mm (1 of 2 tied) BestMax armor400 mm (1/18) Top 25%Max speed23 kt (5/18) Top 25%Stealth profile11.99 km / 9.59 km (3/18 / 3/18) Top 25%Smoke fire bloom8.61 km (3/18) Top 25%Turning circle510 m (3/18) Top 25%Secondary DPM (per side)195,600 (4/18) Top 25%Secondary fire chance10% (5/17) Top 25%AP velocity855 m/s (5/18) Top 25%Displacement20,535 t (3/18) Top 25%Secondary range5 km (3/18) Top 25%End plates22 mm (3/18 / 4/18) Bottom 25%Hit points35,400 HP (15/18) Bottom 25%Main battery range13.26 km (16/18) Bottom 25%Fires per minute4.09 (16/18) Bottom 25%HE DPM68,923 (17/18) Bottom 25%Time to 90% speed35.3 s (16/17) Bottom 25%Engine power26,200 hp (14/17) Bottom 25%AP pen at 10 km248 mm (17/18) Bottom 25%Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)95,757 (17/18) Bottom 25%AA threat24 (13/15) WorstMain battery caliber283 mm (1 of 2 tied) WorstAP shell damage7,200 (1 of 2 tied) WorstAA DPS8 (1 of 3 tied)

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Not standouts for Nassau -- 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.

Rudder shift11.3 s(6/18) Sigma1.8(6/18) AP DPM155,077(14/18) Main dispersion195.9 m(7/18) Secondary HE alpha1,800(9/17) HE velocity855 m/s(9/18) Acceleration (0-12 kt)17.2 s(8/17) Power / turn radius51.4 hp/m(8/17) Power-to-weight1.28 hp/t(8/17) AA range3 km(9/15) Flak damage per salvo (expected)165(5/10) Repair charges3(9/18) Citadel belt270 mm(7/18) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(15 of 18 tied at this value) NormAP fuse timer0.01 s(13 of 18 tied at this value)

Peers in this cohort

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit Points35,400

Displacement20,535 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.

146.1 x 26.9 m (published figure)

Armor range13–400 mm

Plate armor thicknesses13, 19, 20, 22, 25, 30, 38, 58, 80, 90, 100, 105, 120, 140, 160, 200, 210, 225, 240, 250, 270, 400 mm

Armor material/layer entries60

Fire resistance

top hull: 1 − 0.9001 fire coefficient = 10%. Lowers how often hits set you on fire. It does not reduce the damage a burning fire does per second; fires burn at the full rate on every ship.

10%

Fire duration60 s

Fire damage

One unattended fire: 0.003 of max HP per second (0.3%) × 60 s = 0.18 of the pool; 0.18 × 35,400 HP = 6,372 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 × 35,400 HP = 7,080 HP on this ship.

0.5% of HP per second

Torp Reduction

1 − 0.29 hull torpedo-damage coefficient / 0.333 unprotected baseline = 13%. Reduces torpedo hit damage. It does not affect flooding: floods start as often and tick at the full rate.

13%

Magazine HP

Per-turret powder-magazine HP, a separate pool from the ship's. Penetrating hits wear it down and the turret is likelier to be knocked out as it falls, so a larger pool keeps the guns firing through punishment that silences a peer's.

17,700

Steering gear HP

Durability of the steering gears. As this pool drops, hits are likelier to jam the rudder; unlike most modules the steering can be knocked out and repaired but is never permanently destroyed.

10,600

Effective HP

Base 35,400 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.005 of max HP per second (0.5%) × 28 s × 35,400 HP = 4,956 HP per charge, × 3 charges = 14,868 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.

39,333–50,268

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel10%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Bow section HP

Damage saturation pool for the bow: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 2,200 = 4,400), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

2,200

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 × 5,400 = 10,800), 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.

5,400

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 × 26,600 = 53,200), 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.

26,600

Superstructure section HP

Damage saturation pool for the superstructure: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 800 = 1,600), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. The superstructure is not exempt: it saturates exactly like the bow and stern, so shells aimed at it stop dealing full damage once this pool is used up. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

800

Stern section HP

Damage saturation pool for the stern: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 2,200 = 4,400), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

2,200

Citadel section HP

This section has no practical saturation cap: every hit here keeps dealing its normal share of damage (on most ships the citadel; on many destroyers the casemate).

No saturation cap

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 283 mm L/45 Drh LC/1906

Mounts / barrels6 mounts / 12 barrels

Reload time22.2 s

Firing range13.3 km

Turret traverse3.5 °/s

Turret armor280 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.

±140°, 2x 173° arc, 2x 171° arc, ±141°

Guns to bear

180° − 140° (the most restricted aft-facing mount's arc) = 40° off bow; 180° − 141° (the most restricted forward-facing mount's arc) = 39° 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.

40° off bow / 39° off stern

Shell Grouping (σ)1.8

Dispersion type

In practice: 2% wider (worse) horizontal dispersion and 2% more vertical spread at max range (13.3 km) than a standard battleship: about 196 m wide × 118 m tall, against 193 m × 116 m. Also on this curve (55): AL Vittorio Veneto, Alsace, Andrea Doria, BA Binah, BA Tirpitz, Bayern, Bismarck, Bismarck B, Brandenburg, Bretagne, Cavour, Cristoforo Colombo and 43 more.

European battleship

Max Horiz Disp

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the dispersion model:

σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30

= (\frac{13258}{30} \cdot \frac{12 - 2.2}{1000} + 2.2) \cdot 30 = 195.9 m

195.9 m at 13.3 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 195.9 \cdot 0.6 = 117.6 m

117.6 m at 13.3 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 195.9 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.8} = 65.3 m

65.3 m at 13.3 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 117.6 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.8} = 39.2 m

39.2 m at 13.3 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 3.5 deg/s traverse speed = 51.4 s.

51.4 s

Shells/min

8 broadside guns x 60 / 22.286 s (22.2 s = 156 ticks) base reload = 21.5.

21.5

HE shells

HE alpha3,200

HE Velocity855 m/s

Fire Chance19%

HE fire DPM vs T3 BB26850

Effective HE DPM vs T3 BB95773

HE penetration

71 mm ≈ 283 mm caliber / 4 (improved HE penetration: German BBs, Yamato-class, and a handful of others).

71 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

3,200 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 25,600.

25,600

HE DPM

25,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 22.286 s (22.2 s = 156 ticks) base reload = 68,923.

68,923

Fires/min

21.5 shells/min × 0.19 (19% fire chance) = 4.09.

4.09

AP shells

AP alpha7,200

AP Velocity855 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.01 s

Fuse Threshold47 mm

AP overmatch

floor(283 mm caliber / 14.3) = 19 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

19 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 2789 \cdot 302^{0.69} \cdot {0.283}^{- 1.07} \cdot 855^{1.38} = 615.7 mm

615.7 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (13.3 km), where the shell has slowed to 370.4 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2789 \cdot 302^{0.69} \cdot {0.283}^{- 1.07} \cdot {370.4}^{1.38} = 194.1 mm

194.1 mm at 13.3 km

AP full-salvo alpha

7,200 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 57,600.

57,600

AP DPM

57,600 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 22.286 s (22.2 s = 156 ticks) base reload = 155,077.

155,077

AP AOE Radius

AP shell over-penetration splash radius; scales with shell mass. Wickes 102mm = 3, standard 152mm CL ~ 20, Iowa 406mm ~ 270, Yamato 460mm = 400, Incomparable 650mm = 550 (max). Larger value = bigger splash damage area when AP over-pens.

AA Defense

AA mount points0

88 mm L/45 MPL C/13 (DP)

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

4×1 88mm

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 0 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

3 km

Guns88 mm L/45 MPL C/13 (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 8 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

Range3 km

AA explosions

Each ~2 s salvo fires 2 AA explosions in quick succession, each leaving 1 cloud ahead of the attacking squadron - up to 2 clouds per salvo × 110 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, 1 cloud each

Cloud damage

Damage a plane takes for flying into one flak cloud, before any reductions.

110

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 3 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.

2.5-3 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts28

Firing range5.0 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

Total secondary fires/min (per side)

Sum of each gun family's fires/min (per side): 4.2 + 1.2 + 1.2 + 2.4 = 9. 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.

Secondary DPM (per side)

Sum across all secondary families of (per-side barrels × 60 / reload_s × alpha), with each reload counted in whole 1/7 s ticks (guns fire on the first tick after the reload), where per-side barrels = mounts × barrels-per-mount / 2 (the guns that bear on one broadside target). Per-family: 12×1 150 mm (6/side) × 60/8.571 s (8.57 s = 60 ticks) × 1800 = 75,600 + 4×1 88 mm (2/side) × 60/4 s × 1000 = 30,000 + 4×1 88 mm (2/side) × 60/4 s × 1000 = 30,000 + 8×1 88 mm (4/side) × 60/4 s × 1000 = 60,000. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

195,600

Secondary fire DPM vs T3 BB (per side)

Fires/min (per side) 9 × (1 − 0.1 fire resistance) × 60 s × 0.003 of max HP per second × 40,500 HP = 59,049. 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.

59,049

Total secondary DPM vs T3 BB (per side)

Secondary DPM (per side) 195,600 + secondary fire DPM 59,049 = 254,649: shell damage plus fire damage against one T3 battleship, every shell hitting.

254,649

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 km

5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.

315 m

Caliber150 mm

Reload time8.57 s

HE alpha1,800

Muzzle Velocity835 m/s

Fire Chance10%

Secondary fires/min (per side)

12×1 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 8.571 s (8.57 s = 60 ticks) × 0.1 (10% fire chance) = 4.2. 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.

4.2

HE Pen38 mm

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Caliber88 mm

Reload time4 s

HE alpha1,000

Muzzle Velocity890 m/s

Fire Chance4%

Secondary fires/min (per side)

4×1 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 4 s × 0.04 (4% fire chance) = 1.2. 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.

1.2

HE Pen15 mm

Caliber88 mm

Reload time4 s

HE alpha1,000

Muzzle Velocity890 m/s

Fire Chance4%

Secondary fires/min (per side)

1.2

HE Pen15 mm

Caliber88 mm

Reload time4 s

HE alpha1,000

Muzzle Velocity890 m/s

Fire Chance4%

Secondary fires/min (per side)

8×1 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 4 s × 0.04 (4% fire chance) = 2.4. 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.

2.4

HE Pen15 mm

Maneuverability

Engine power26,200 hp

Maximum speed23.0 kt

Turning circle radius510 m

Rudder shift time11.3 s

Engine power-boost threshold7.0 kt

Engine spool-up time23 s

Reverse spool-up time11.5 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 23 / 4 + 4.9 = 10.7 kt. Base value; speed modifiers scale it.

10.7 kt

Crash stop

Seconds from top speed to a dead stop after ordering full reverse: reverse power winds in over the reverse spool-up while water drag does most of the braking, using the ship's own reverse-power ratio. The full curve is on the acceleration chart. Full reverse stops about a quarter faster than a plain Stop order from top speed.

49.8 s

Engine boost threshold (reverse)

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

7.1 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

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

35.3 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (22.8 kt of 23.0 kt). 99% rather than 100% because true top speed is asymptotic (thrust meets drag), so the last fraction of a knot is never quite gained.

57 s

Guns in a full turn

With the rudder hard over the hull turns 5.0°/s, so a target drifts across the bow at that rate. Turret traverse minus hull turn: 3.5 − 5.0 = -1.5°/s, so the guns fall behind and catch up once the turn eases. Main Battery Mod. 2 (+20% traverse) and Mod. 3 (−15%) move this line.

fall behind by 1.5°/s

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea

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

11.99 km

With Grade IV camouflage (sea)

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

11.45 km

Detectability by air9.59 km

Smoke firing penalty8.61 km

Detect when firing (sea)

max(main battery range, sea detectability 11.99 km) = 13.26 km. Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach.

13.26 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability 9.59 km + gun-firing bloom 5.66 km = 15.25 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber 283 mm × 0.020 = 5.66 km.

15.25 km

Detect when on fire (sea)

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

13.99 km

Detect when on fire (air)

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

12.59 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

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

Repair Party3 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 4,956 HP (14% of max HP) total heal (per charge)
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0.005 of max HP per second (0.5%) × 28 s effective active time = 0.14 of max HP × 35,400 HP = 4,956 HP: up to 14% of max HP restored per charge.
· 14,868 HP (42% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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0.14 of max HP per charge × 3 charges = 0.42 × 35,400 HP = 14,868 HP: up to 42% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 177 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
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0.005 (0.5% of max HP) × 35,400 HP = 177 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

Enhanced Secondary Targeting3 charges · 160 s reload · 30 s active · +100% grouping · -50% dispersion

Under the hood

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

The constants behind the formulas and the long tail: shell and dispersion inputs, fixed-range anchors, salvo math, layered AA. Click the formula chip on any row to see how it is calculated.

Main battery formulas

vs standard BB2% wider H · 2% taller V

H = horizontal, V = vertical spread. This ship's curve against the standard battleship curve, both evaluated at this ship's max range (13.3 km) with the same model as Max Horiz/Vert Disp: horizontal 196 / 193 m − 1 = +2%, vertical 118 / 116 m − 1 = +2%. Shell grouping (σ) is separate: it sets how shells bunch toward the centre of this ellipse.

Shell scatter width @ 5 km115 m

(166.7 × (12 − 2.2) / 1000 + 2.2) × 30 = 115 m. Horizontal scatter at a fixed 5 km, from the same dispersion model as the rows below - a knife-fight-range anchor comparable across ships.

Shell scatter width @ 10 km164 m

(333.3 × (12 − 2.2) / 1000 + 2.2) × 30 = 164 m. How wide your shells scatter at 10 km, from the same dispersion model as the max-range figure above. Picking a fixed range makes this number directly comparable from ship to ship: max-range dispersion makes a longer-range gun look worse even when it's tighter at any common range. The interactive Dispersion tab on the Charts card plots the full curve from 0 to max range.

Shell scatter height @ 5 km49 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 13258 = 6629$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 13258 m. Below the kink:  $k = 0.2 + (0.5 - 0.2) \cdot \frac{5000}{6629} = 0.4263$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 115 \cdot 0.4263 = 49 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 10 km90.3 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 13258 = 6629$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 13258 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 6629}{13258 - 6629} = 0.5509$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 164 \cdot 0.5509 = 90.3 m$ .

AP pen 5 km386 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2789 \cdot 302^{0.69} \cdot {0.283}^{- 1.07} \cdot {609.1}^{1.38} = 386 mm$ , where 609.1 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 5 km (from 855 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 km248 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2789 \cdot 302^{0.69} \cdot {0.283}^{- 1.07} \cdot {442.2}^{1.38} = 248 mm$ , where 442.2 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 10 km (from 855 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP flight time @ 10 km6.04 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.5337 \cdot {0.283}^{2}}{8 \cdot 302} = 5.56 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 855 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.

HE flight time @ 10 km6.04 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.5337 \cdot {0.283}^{2}}{8 \cdot 302} = 5.56 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 855 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.

Improved HE PenYes

This ship's HE shells use a 1/4 (~0.25) caliber-to-pen ratio instead of the standard 1/6 (~0.167) - 0.251 in this case. Lets HE pen ~70mm armor instead of ~47mm. Hits every German cruiser (150mm CL, 203mm CA) and BB (350mm+), British heavy cruisers / Lion / Nelson, a handful of other premiums.

Guns per full salvo (alpha, DPM)8

Counted from each mount's firing arc: most barrels that bear at once: 8 of 12, on the beam; casemate/wing mounts only fire one side.

Model inputs

Krupp (AP)2,789

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 mass302 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 coefficient0.5337

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

AP muzzle velocity855 m/s

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

HE muzzle velocity855 m/s

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

idealRadius12

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

minRadius2.2

Horizontal dispersion at zero range, in 30 m units; the intercept of the scatter-width line.

idealDistance1,000 m

Range step over which horizontal dispersion grows by idealRadius.

taperDist4,500 m

Inside this range the scatter width tapers toward minRadius instead of following the line.

radiusOnZero0.2

Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at zero range.

radiusOnDelim0.5

Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at the delim point.

radiusOnMax0.6

Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at maximum range.

delim0.5

Where the vertical-scatter curve bends, as a share of maximum range.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range8

Only families that reach 3 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 88mm45 SK L45 4x1 -> 8 DPS @ 3 km.

AA DPS layered by range8 DPS @ 3 km

@ 3 km: 8 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-blank8

8 = 8 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (3 km).

AA threat index24

8 × 3 = 24. SUM over AA auras of (aura DPS x aura range km). A plane crossing the AA bubble is exposed to each aura for a time proportional to that aura's range, so long-reach DPS is worth more than the same DPS in a short bubble. Units: DPS*km; used to rank overall AA threat across the cohort.

Secondary battery firepower

Max HE alpha1800

max(1800 (150 mm), 1000 (88 mm), 1000 (88 mm), 1000 (88 mm)) = 1800. Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1800 from the 150 mm family.

Max HE fire chance10%

max(10% (150 mm), 4% (88 mm), 4% (88 mm), 4% (88 mm)) = 10%. Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 10% from the 150 mm family.

Max HE pen38 mm

max(38 mm (150 mm), 15 mm (88 mm), 15 mm (88 mm), 15 mm (88 mm)) = 38 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: 38 mm from the 150 mm family.

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Background

The lead ship in the first series of dreadnought battleships of the Imperial German Navy. This battleship was notable for reliable armor, good torpedo protection, and a powerful secondary battery. She carried 283 mm guns that in many aspects almost matched larger-caliber gun systems adopted by other navies of the world.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 35,400, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds.

Bow & stern22 mm

Overmatched by 16+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel270 mm

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

Farming13 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 10%, fires burn 60s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	22 mm primary (range 22–140 mm)	2,200 (6% of HP)	Overmatched by 356mm+ AP (Heat Ray, Oklahoma)Angle bounces 305mm22 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)	160 mm primary (range 30–240 mm)	26,600 (75% of HP)	No common AP caliber overmatches160 mm: no common HE pens	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	22 mm primary (range 22–120 mm)	2,200 (6% of HP)	Overmatched by 356mm+ AP (Heat Ray, Oklahoma)Angle bounces 305mm22 mm: HE pens from 150mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	270 mm primary (range 19–270 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	13 mm	800 (2% 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	17,700 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 (150 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.
Engine (module, research)	engine coefficient (unconfirmed)	-0.060 research estimate	Largest on BB/BC; zero on destroyers	Engine durability isn't a per-ship value. This small negative coefficient is non-zero only on battleships, battlecruisers, and the heaviest cruisers, and is exactly zero on every destroyer, so it scales with hull displacement rather than any commander skill. Most likely an engine drag or power term in the same family as the deceleration stats; its exact meaning is not yet confirmed.
Rudder (module)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	10,600 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.

Exteriors

Skins & permanent camouflages

Every custom exterior Nassau can equip.

DefaultThe ship’s standard exterior
JackalHalloween

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.

2021-12-16 · Patch notes Holiday Update: Chilling With the Beasts Patch notes 2022-12-08 · Patch notes December Update: The Most Wonderful Tide of the Year Patch notes 2025-04-03 · Patch notes April Update: The Bonds of Loyalty Patch notes 2026-01-15 · Patch notes January Update: Anchors Up! Patch notes

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