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Queen Elizabeth

Also called: 伊丽莎白女王 Beta

U.K. · Tier V · Battleship · Tech Tree: Flamethrowing Battleships

All-rounder battleshipNo single dominant trait; flex mid-range anchor, brawl support, or sniper by team comp.

Playstyle

Anchor a flank at 12-15 km with bow toward the closest threat
Avoid: Shooting on sight and learning where you are the hard way

Key characteristics

381 mm AP overmatch2 sigma accuracyHeavy HE shellsImproved HE penSpotter planeStiff AP fuse

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Community Data

Queen Elizabeth Community Stats

Across 14,000+ Standard battles from 370+ players, Queen Elizabeth averages a 54% win rate, 53,300 damage and 0.9 kills per battle, and survives 39% of them.

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Playstyle

Overview

Queen Elizabeth is a Tier V British all-rounder battleship with 381mm guns at 15.8 km: she has no single dominant kit trait but is competent across the board. The role flexes by team comp - mid-range AP anchor by default, brawl support when the team commits, sniper when the line sits back. Versatility is the value, not specialization. HE pen sits at the 1/4 caliber ratio instead of the standard 1/6, so HE damages angled targets her AP can't, but her HE volume is low: a tool for bow-on targets, not a damage plan. Standout traits: best sigma in T5 BBs (2, 3rd of 26) and HE alpha in T5 BBs (6,300, 3rd of 26). The trade is AP arming threshold in T5 BBs (64 mm, 22nd of 26).

Positioning

Anchor a flank at 12-15 km with bow toward the closest threat. Rotate one or two map cells with the team rather than holding solo; a battleship alone on a flank is a free focus target for the enemy. At 23.5 kn you cannot re-cross the map, so the flank you pick early is the one you fight all game; choose it for where the enemy battleships will end up, not where they start.

Potato Avoidance

Shooting on sight and learning where you are the hard way

Guns are what reveal you, not the enemy's luck: the first salvo lights you up at 14.3 km and hands every ship with a firing angle a stationary target worth 55,300 HP. Decide which island or angle you will shoot from before anything spots you, then angle away and keep firing from cover rather than trading in the open because you fired first.

Signature Traits

Turtleback armor

Deck armor angled downward over the citadel, forming a roof outside it. Deflects shells arriving at a low angle up and away, so flat-trajectory fire from close range struggles to reach the citadel.

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 6/26 T5 BBs.

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗

Tight grouping
Heavy HE shells · 6300 damage
Heavy AP shells · 11400 damage
Big-caliber AP overmatch · 26.6 mm

Long-reach AA ↗

5 km AA reach, top decile of T5 BBs.

MAIN BATTERY DOWNSIDES ↗

Stiff AP fuse · over-pens plate under 64 mm
Slow AP shells · 731.5 m/s

Acquisition

How to get Queen Elizabeth

Queen Elizabeth is available in the Flamethrowing Battleships branch of the U.K. Tech Tree for 2,400,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 600,000 credits.

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U.K. Tech Tree

Queen Elizabeth sits in the Flamethrowing Battleships branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full U.K. tree.

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Official WG availability sources

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- Until June 2, enjoy discounts on select Tech Tree ships:
- 25% off British Tech Tree ships: Queen Elizabeth, Tiger, Caledon, Orion

Builds

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Cohort position

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Where Queen Elizabeth sits among Tier V BBs (25 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.

BestSigma2 (1 of 5 tied) Top 10%HE shell damage6,300 (3/26) Top 10%Time to 90% speed31.6 s (3/26) Top 25%Main battery caliber381 mm (5/26) Top 25%HE fire chance35% (5/26) Top 25%AP shell damage11,400 (5/26) Top 25%AA DPS325 (5/26) Top 25%AA threat982 (6/26) Top 25%Flak damage per salvo (expected)945 (5/26) Bottom 25%Smoke fire bloom13.07 km (23/26) Bottom 25%Secondary HE alpha1,700 (22/25) Bottom 25%Secondary fire chance8% (20/25) Bottom 25%Secondary HE pen19 mm (23/25) ShorterAP fuse timer0.015 s (23/26) Bottom 25%AP arming threshold64 mm (22/26) WorstAP velocity731.5 m/s (1 of 3 tied) WorstHE velocity731.5 m/s (1 of 4 tied)

See 31 mid-pack stats

Not standouts for Queen Elizabeth -- 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 points55,300 HP(11/26) Max speed23.5 kt(19/26) Concealment14.26 km(13/26) Air detection11.41 km(13/26) Rudder shift14.4 s(17/26) Turning circle680 m(13/26) Main battery range15.76 km(15/26) Main battery reload30 s(17/26) Fires per minute5.6(19/26) HE DPM100,800(17/26) AP DPM182,400(20/26) Main dispersion213.3 m(13/26) Secondary DPM (per side)204,000(11/26) Acceleration (0-12 kt)15.6 s(15/26) Engine power80,000 hp(11/26) Power / turn radius117.6 hp/m(9/26) Displacement37,696 t(15/26) Power-to-weight2.12 hp/t(11/26) AP pen at 10 km413 mm(20/26) Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)142,975(17/26) AA range5 km(8/26) Repair charges3(13/26) Max armor330 mm(15/26) Citadel belt330 mm(10/26) Bow armor25 mm(15/26) Stern armor25 mm(15/26) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(21 of 26 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(25 of 26 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(25 of 26 tied at this value) NormSecondary range4 km(17 of 26 tied at this value) NormRepair heal rate0.5 %/s(23 of 26 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 53,100 → 55,300

Displacement37,696 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.

196.8 x 27.6 m (published figure)

Armor range16–330 mm

Plate armor thicknesses16, 19, 25, 32, 38, 40, 51, 57, 64, 76, 89, 102, 108, 127, 152, 254, 267, 330 mm

Armor material/layer entries84

Fire resistance

stock hull: 1 − 0.8002 fire coefficient = 20%; top hull: 1 − 0.7669 fire coefficient = 23.3%. 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: 20% → 23.3%

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 × 55,300 HP = 9,954 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 × 55,300 HP = 11,060 HP on this ship.

0.5% of HP per second

Torp Reduction

1 − 0.26 hull torpedo-damage coefficient / 0.333 unprotected baseline = 22%. Reduces torpedo hit damage. It does not affect flooding: floods start as often and tick at the full rate.

22%

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.

27,700

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.

16,600

Effective HP

Base 55,300 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.005 of max HP per second (0.5%) × 28 s × 55,300 HP = 7,742 HP per charge, × 3 charges = 23,226 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.

61,444–78,526

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 × 2,800 = 5,600), 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.

2,800

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 × 5,700 = 11,400), 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.

5,700

Auxiliary section HP

Damage saturation pool for the auxiliary room: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 2,700 = 5,400), 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.

2,700

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 × 41,500 = 83,000), 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.

41,500

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 × 3,300 = 6,600), 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.

3,300

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 × 2,000 = 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

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: 381 mm/42 Mk I

Mounts / barrels4 mounts / 8 barrels

Reload time30 s

Firing range (base)14.3 km

Firing range (top fire control)15.8 km

Turret traverse3 °/s

Turret armor330 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.

4x ±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)2

Dispersion type

In practice: 2% tighter (better) horizontal dispersion and 2% less vertical spread at max range (15.8 km) than a standard battleship: about 213 m wide × 128 m tall, against 218 m × 131 m. Also on this curve (7): AL Queen Elizabeth, Hood, Ohio, Puerto Rico, Royal Sovereign, Warspite, Warspite B.

British battleship (Queen Elizabeth / Hood)

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{15755.3}{30} \cdot \frac{12 - 1.7}{1000} + 1.7) \cdot 30 = 213.3 m

213.3 m at 15.8 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 213.3 \cdot 0.6 = 128 m

128 m at 15.8 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 213.3 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 64 m

64 m at 15.8 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 128 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 38.4 m

38.4 m at 15.8 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 3 deg/s traverse speed = 60 s.

60 s

Shells/min

8 broadside guns x 60 / 30 s base reload = 16.

HE shells

HE alpha6,300

HE Velocity731.5 m/s

Fire Chance35%

HE fire DPM vs T5 BB42175

Effective HE DPM vs T5 BB142975

HE penetration

95 mm ≈ 381 mm caliber / 4 (improved HE penetration: German BBs, Yamato-class, and a handful of others).

95 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

6,300 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 50,400.

50,400

HE DPM

50,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 100,800.

100,800

Fires/min

16 shells/min × 0.35 (35% fire chance) = 5.6.

5.6

AP shells

AP alpha11,400

AP Velocity731.5 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.015 s

Fuse Threshold64 mm

AP pen max range347 mm

AP overmatch

floor(381 mm caliber / 14.3) = 26 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

26 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 2190 \cdot 879^{0.69} \cdot {0.381}^{- 1.07} \cdot {731.5}^{1.38} = 592.7 mm

592.7 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (15.8 km), where the shell has slowed to 495.4 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2190 \cdot 879^{0.69} \cdot {0.381}^{- 1.07} \cdot {495.4}^{1.38} = 346.1 mm

346.1 mm at 15.8 km

AP full-salvo alpha

11,400 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 91,200.

91,200

AP DPM

91,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 182,400.

182,400

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 pointsInitial: 18 → 22

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 2.5 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

5 km

40 mm Vickers 2-pdr. Mk VIII4×8 40mm

20 mm Oerlikon Mk IVInitial: 8×1 → 14×1 20mm

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

12.7 mm Mk III (stock hull only)6×4 13mm

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.

10×2 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 92 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

Range5 km

Guns40 mm Vickers 2-pdr. Mk VIII

Continuous DPS

Initial: 44 × 3.5 × 0.75 = 116 → 43 × 3.5 × 0.75 = 113. Raw aura damage × 3.5 × hit probability, the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Initial: 116 → 113

Range2.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 92 + Medium 113 = 205

205

Guns20 mm Oerlikon Mk IV + 20 mm Oerlikon Mk V

Continuous DPS

Initial: 19 × 3.5 × 0.7 = 47 → 49 × 3.5 × 0.7 = 120. Raw aura damage × 3.5 × hit probability, the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Initial: 47 → 120

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 92 + Medium 113 + Near 120 = 325

325

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 × 180 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.

180

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

Mounts10

Firing range4.0 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

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: 10×2 114 mm (10/side) × 60/5 s × 1700 = 204,000. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

204,000

Secondary fire DPM vs T5 BB (per side)

Fires/min (per side) 9.6 × (1 − 0.233 fire resistance) × 60 s × 0.003 of max HP per second × 54,550 HP = 72,299. 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.

72,299

Total secondary DPM vs T5 BB (per side)

Secondary DPM (per side) 204,000 + secondary fire DPM 72,299 = 276,299: shell damage plus fire damage against one T5 battleship, every shell hitting.

276,299

114 mm/45 Mark II BD (DP)

Dual-purpose: the same mounts also fire at aircraft, so they appear on the AA Defense card too - shared guns, not extra hardware.

10×2 114mm

Caliber114 mm

Reload time5 s

HE alpha1,700

Muzzle Velocity746 m/s

Fire Chance8%

Secondary fires/min (per side)

10×2 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 5 s × 0.08 (8% fire chance) = 9.6. 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.

9.6

HE Pen19 mm

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 @ 4 km

4 km × 57 + 30 = 258 m.

258 m

Maneuverability

Engine power80,000 hp

Maximum speed23.5 kt

Turning circle radius680 m

Rudder shift timeInitial: 20.2 s → 14.4 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 = 23.5 / 4 + 4.9 = 10.8 kt. Base value; speed modifiers scale it.

10.8 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.

41.5 s

Engine boost threshold (reverse)

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

7.6 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (21.2 kt of 23.5 kt).

31.6 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (23.3 kt of 23.5 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.

49.6 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: 3 − 3.9 = -0.9°/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 0.9°/s

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea

Base value, no camouflage. With a Grade IV permanent camo (or any disposable camo): 14.26 km x 0.955 = 13.62 km. Camouflage does not change detectability by air.

14.26 km

With Grade IV camouflage (sea)

Detectability by sea 14.26 km x 0.955 (Grade IV permanent camo or any disposable camo) = 13.62 km.

13.62 km

Detectability by air11.41 km

Smoke firing penalty13.07 km

Detect when firing (sea)

max(main battery range, sea detectability 14.26 km) = 15.76 km. Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach.

15.76 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability 11.41 km + gun-firing bloom 7.62 km = 19.03 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber 381 mm × 0.020 = 7.62 km.

19.03 km

Detect when on fire (sea)

Sea detectability 14.26 km + 2.0 km while burning = 16.26 km.

16.26 km

Detect when on fire (air)

Air detectability 11.41 km + 3.0 km while burning = 14.41 km.

14.41 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 · 7,742 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 × 55,300 HP = 7,742 HP: up to 14% of max HP restored per charge.
· 23,226 HP (42% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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0.14 of max HP per charge × 3 charges = 0.42 × 55,300 HP = 23,226 HP: up to 42% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 276 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
ƒ
0.005 (0.5% of max HP) × 55,300 HP = 276 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

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Catapult Fighter3 charges · 80 s reload · 60 s active · 5 km patrol radius
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{167 \times 30}{1000} = 5 km$
· 1 squadron size

Observation Seaplane3 charges · 200 s reload · 30 s active · 1 squadron size · Tightens main-battery shell grouping

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 points53,100 → 55,300
Rudder shift20.2 → 14.4 s
AA mounts18 → 22
Close-range AA DPS71 → 92

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range14,323 → 15755.3 m

EngineUpgrade

Time to 12 kt16.6 → 15.6 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 BB2% tighter H · 2% shorter V

H = horizontal, V = vertical spread. This ship's curve against the standard battleship curve, both evaluated at this ship's max range (15.8 km) with the same model as Max Horiz/Vert Disp: horizontal 213 / 218 m − 1 = -2%, vertical 128 / 131 m − 1 = -2%. Shell grouping (σ) is separate: it sets how shells bunch toward the centre of this ellipse.

Shell scatter width @ 5 km102.5 m

(166.7 × (12 − 1.7) / 1000 + 1.7) × 30 = 102.5 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.

Shell scatter width @ 10 km154 m

(333.3 × (12 − 1.7) / 1000 + 1.7) × 30 = 154 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 km205.5 m

(500 × (12 − 1.7) / 1000 + 1.7) × 30 = 205.5 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 km40 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 15755.3 = 7878$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 15755.3 m. Below the kink:  $k = 0.2 + (0.5 - 0.2) \cdot \frac{5000}{7878} = 0.3904$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 102.5 \cdot 0.3904 = 40 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 10 km81.1 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 15755.3 = 7878$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 15755.3 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 7878}{15755.3 - 7878} = 0.5269$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 154 \cdot 0.5269 = 81.1 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 15 km121.3 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 15755.3 = 7878$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 15755.3 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{15000 - 7878}{15755.3 - 7878} = 0.5904$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 205.5 \cdot 0.5904 = 121.3 m$ .

AP pen 5 km493 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2190 \cdot 879^{0.69} \cdot {0.381}^{- 1.07} \cdot 640^{1.38} = 493 mm$ , where 640 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 5 km (from 731.5 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 km413 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2190 \cdot 879^{0.69} \cdot {0.381}^{- 1.07} \cdot {563.4}^{1.38} = 413 mm$ , where 563.4 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 10 km (from 731.5 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 km353 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2190 \cdot 879^{0.69} \cdot {0.381}^{- 1.07} \cdot 503^{1.38} = 353 mm$ , where 503 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 15 km (from 731.5 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 km5.68 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.3379 \cdot {0.381}^{2}}{8 \cdot 879} = 2.19 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 731.5 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 km5.68 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.3379 \cdot {0.381}^{2}}{8 \cdot 879} = 2.19 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 731.5 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) - 0.249 in this case. Lets HE pen ~95mm armor instead of ~63mm. 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

4 mounts × 2 barrels = 8; all 8 bear on the broadside.

Model inputs

Krupp (AP)2,190

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 mass879 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 coefficient0.3379

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

AP muzzle velocity731.5 m/s

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

HE muzzle velocity731.5 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.

minRadius1.7

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 range92

Only families that reach 5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 2 pdr MkVIII 8barrel 4x8 -> 113 DPS @ 2.5 km; 20mm Oerlikon MK4 14x1 -> 93 DPS @ 2 km; 20mm Oerlikon MK V 4x2 -> 27 DPS @ 2 km; 114mm 45 MKIII 10x2 -> 92 DPS @ 5 km.

AA DPS layered by range92 DPS @ 5 km, 205 DPS @ 2.5 km, 325 DPS @ 2 km

@ 5 km: 92 from one family; @ 2.5 km: 113 + 92 = 205; @ 2 km: 113 + 93 + 27 + 92 = 325. 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-blank325

113 + 93 + 27 + 92 = 325 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (2 km).

AA threat index982

113 × 2.5 + 93 × 2 + 27 × 2 + 92 × 5 = 982. 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 firepower

Max HE alpha1700

The only family (114 mm): 1700. Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1700 from the 114 mm family.

Max HE fire chance8%

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

Max HE pen19 mm

The only family (114 mm): 19 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: 19 mm from the 114 mm family.

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Background

The first battleship in the world to carry 381 mm main battery guns. When commissioned, she was one of the fastest ships of her type. In the interwar period, the battleship was extensively upgraded. Her torpedo protection was reinforced, and her outdated secondary battery was replaced with up-to-date dual-purpose artillery. The ship also received aircraft handling equipment.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 53,100 → 55,300 with hull upgrade, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds.

Bow & stern25 mm

Overmatched by 33+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel330 mm

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

Farming16 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 23%, fires burn 60s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	25 mm primary (range 19–152 mm)	2,800 (5% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Bayern, Gneisenau)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)	152 mm primary (range 16–254 mm)	41,500 (75% of HP)	No common AP caliber overmatches152 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 19–102 mm)	2,000 (4% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Bayern, Gneisenau)Angle bounces 356mm25 mm: HE pens from 150mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	330 mm primary (range 19–330 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	16 mm primary (range 16–76 mm)	3,300 (6% 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	27,700 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 (114 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.
Engine (module, research)	engine coefficient (unconfirmed)	-0.050 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	16,600 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.

Balance History

Balance updates affecting Queen Elizabeth. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.

2023-06-15

Ministry of Balance: Italian Concerto

Some ships have received updates to their armor models, but you shouldn’t notice any difference in gameplay: Worcester, Queen Elizabeth, AL Queen Elizabeth, Warspite.

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Exteriors

Skins & permanent camouflages

Every custom exterior Queen Elizabeth can equip.

DefaultThe ship’s standard exterior

Primary official WG sources

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2021-01-28 · Patch notes Update: February 2021 Patch notes 2021-12-16 · Patch notes Holiday Update: Chilling With the Beasts Patch notes 2022-05-12 · Patch notes May update: Galloping Seahorse Patch notes 2026-04-30 · Patch notes May Update: From Rome to Edo Patch notes 2026-10-01 · Patch notes Halloween Update: The Restless Fleet Patch notes

Queen Elizabeth

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Under the hood

Main battery formulas

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AA defense

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Background

Armor Beta

Balance History

Ministry of Balance: Italian Concerto

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