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Royal Sovereign

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U.K. · Tier V · Battleship · Premium

Secondary battleshipPush into secondary range so the auto-battery adds to your main-gun damage.

Playstyle

With 15.86 km of range and a 22 knot top speed (21st of 27), she cannot reposition quickly
Keep the bow toward threats: her 26 mm ends are tied for thickest in the cohort
Avoid: Torpedo Boat Brawling; with no torpedoes she cannot trade back inside enemy torpedo range

Key characteristics

Heavy AP penHeavy HE shellsHigh fire chance (HE sidearm)Tighter secondary dispersionLow AP DPM

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Playstyle

Overview

Royal Sovereign is a British Tier V premium battleship built around long-range AP and a secondary battery that sets ships on fire. Her eight 381 mm guns keep 411.9 mm of AP penetration at long range (2nd at her tier), and her HE shells hit for 6,300 (tied 2nd) with a 35 percent fire chance. Her secondaries reach 6.0 km, the longest of the 27, and her 374 AA DPS ranks 4th. The trade is a 32 s reload and AP DPM of 170,250, 24th of 27, so she wins on salvo quality, not volume.

Positioning

With 15.86 km of range and a 22 knot top speed (21st of 27), she cannot reposition quickly, so pick a lane early and fight from the second line at 12 to 15 km, where her long-range penetration and short shell flight time of 8.9 s to max range reward patient aim. Keep the bow toward threats: her 26 mm ends are tied for thickest in the cohort, but a 26 mm hull and 16 percent torpedo protection punish a broadside. Close to 6 km only when the target is already damaged and her secondaries can finish it.

Potato Avoidance

Torpedo Boat Brawling

With no torpedoes she cannot trade back inside enemy torpedo range, and charging in to show off the secondaries is how she ends up there. The 6.0 km secondary reach is real, but at 22 knots she arrives slowly, and with 16 percent torpedo protection (near the bottom of her tier) and a 32 s reload, the destroyers and cruisers she meets on the way out-trade her. Every torpedo hit and every broadside caught while turning back drains a 56,000 HP pool she cannot rebuild fast. Let enemies walk into her secondaries instead of driving to them.

Signature Traits

ELITE SECONDARIES ↗

Tighter secondary dispersion · 192 m
Extended secondary range · 6 km
Heavy secondary DPM · 245714 secondary
Burny secondaries · 12%

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗

Big-caliber AP overmatch · 26.6 mm
Heavy HE shells · 6300 damage
Long-range AP brick · 411.88 mm

Low AP DPM ↗

170250 AP DPM, bottom quartile of T5 BBs. Citadel windows matter more than spam.

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 Royal Sovereign

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

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Best listed chance for this ship

Royal Benevolence crate 5% V Royal Sovereign New · Royal Benevolence crate

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Builds

Invest first in main battery reload and accuracy, since 170,250 AP DPM is her weakest number and every 32 s salvo has to land. Secondary range and fire upgrades come next, building on the cohort's longest 6.0 km reach. Her 374 AA DPS already ranks 4th, so anti-air points are a low priority. Survivability investment helps cover 16 percent torpedo protection. Check current picks in the Build Tool before committing points.

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Cohort position

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Where Royal Sovereign sits among Tier V BBs (26 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.

BestSecondary fire chance12% (1/25) BestEnd plates26 mm (1 of 6 tied / 1 of 6 tied) Top 10%HE shell damage6,300 (3/26) Top 25%Rudder shift13.5 s (7/26) Top 25%Main battery caliber381 mm (5/26) Top 25%HE fire chance35% (5/26) Top 25%Secondary HE alpha2,200 (7/25) Top 25%Secondary HE pen25 mm (5/25) Bottom 25%Main battery reload32 s (22/26) Bottom 25%AP arming threshold64 mm (22/26) Bottom 25%Flak damage per salvo (expected)255 (21/26)

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Not standouts for Royal Sovereign -- 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 points56,000 HP() Max speed22 kt() Concealment14.39 km() Smoke fire bloom13.18 km() Air detection11.51 km() Turning circle660 m(9/26) Traverse-to-turn ratio4.07 ×() Main battery range15.86 km() Sigma1.8(11/26) Fires per minute5.25() HE DPM94,500() AP shell damage11,350() AP DPM170,250() Main dispersion214.4 m() Secondary dispersion bracket27() Secondary DPM (per side)245,714() AP velocity804 m/s() HE velocity804 m/s() Time to 90% speed36.4 s() Acceleration (0-12 kt)18.4 s() Engine power40,000 hp() Turn-speed retention60.6 hp/m() Displacement32,500 t() Power-to-weight1.23 hp/t() Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)134,039() Secondary range6 km() AA DPS374() AA range5 km(8/26) AA threat912() Repair charges3(13/26) Max armor330 mm(15/26) Citadel belt330 mm(10/26) NormAP fuse timer0.03 s(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) NormRepair heal rate0.5 %/s(23 of 26 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit Points56,000

Displacement32,500 t

Hull dimensions

Length x beam at the waterline, with the hull's draft where the client carries one. Ships whose client entry holds only the 260 x 20 m placeholder use a curated real-world figure instead, and any ship we have no trustworthy size for omits this row rather than print the placeholder. Length matters when dodging torpedoes; beam and draft shape how hard the ship is to hit.

187.3 x 30.9 m

Armor range16–330 mm

Plate armor thicknesses16, 26, 38, 40, 51, 76, 102, 152, 178, 330 mm

Armor material/layer entries72

Fire resistance

top hull: 1 − 0.7669 fire coefficient = 23.3%. Does not reduce the damage a burning fire does per second: replay-measured burn ticks run at the full rate on every ship. By elimination it lowers how often hits set you on fire; ignition-rate replay data is consistent with that but too confounded by attacker mix to measure the reduction directly.

23.3%

Fire duration60 s

Fire damage

One unattended fire: 0.3% of max HP per second × 60 s = 18% of the pool = 18% × 56,000 HP = 10,080 HP on this ship. 4 fire points can burn at once. Verified against measured burn ticks in replay data.

0.3% of HP per second

Flood duration40 s

Flood damage

One unattended flood: 0.5% of max HP per second × 40 s = 20% of the pool = 20% × 56,000 HP = 11,200 HP on this ship. Verified against measured flood ticks in replay data.

0.5% of HP per second

Torp Reduction

1 − 0.28 hull torpedo-damage coefficient / 0.333 unprotected baseline = 16%. Reduces torpedo hit damage. Replay data shows no effect on floods: flood ticks run at the full rate and flood frequency does not decline with protection.

16%

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.

16,800

Effective HP

Base 56,000 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.5%/s x 28 s = 7,840 HP per charge, x3 charges = 23,520 HP. Ceiling, not a prediction: a charge only restores damage actually taken, and only the regeneratable share of it. Across 1,826 players in our replay corpus the median ship realized about half of this, mostly because half the charges go unspent, and when Repair Party IS pressed it returns ~97% of the per-charge figure above.

62,222–79,520

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel10%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Bow section HP

Damage saturation pool for the bow: penetrations here deal their normal share until roughly this much damage has landed on the section, then further hits on it deal half damage. Our replay analysis shows the step: once a section is saturated, a penetration there deals exactly half (Plymouth AP 1,125 to 563). Across 415 such steps in 180 battles, about 3 in 4 later penetrations on that ship dealt half; the rest landed on sections not yet saturated. 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.

3,400

Casemate section HP

Damage saturation pool for the casemate: penetrations here deal their normal share until roughly this much damage has landed on the section, then further hits on it deal half damage. Our replay analysis shows the step: once a section is saturated, a penetration there deals exactly half (Plymouth AP 1,125 to 563). Across 415 such steps in 180 battles, about 3 in 4 later penetrations on that ship dealt half; the rest landed on sections not yet saturated. 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.

7,800

Hull section HP

Damage saturation pool for the hull: penetrations here deal their normal share until roughly this much damage has landed on the section, then further hits on it deal half damage. Our replay analysis shows the step: once a section is saturated, a penetration there deals exactly half (Plymouth AP 1,125 to 563). Across 415 such steps in 180 battles, about 3 in 4 later penetrations on that ship dealt half; the rest landed on sections not yet saturated. 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.

42,000

Superstructure section HP

Damage saturation pool for the superstructure: penetrations here deal their normal share until roughly this much damage has landed on the section, then further hits on it deal half damage. Our replay analysis shows the step: once a section is saturated, a penetration there deals exactly half (Plymouth AP 1,125 to 563). Across 415 such steps in 180 battles, about 3 in 4 later penetrations on that ship dealt half; the rest landed on sections not yet saturated. 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.

3,100

Stern section HP

Damage saturation pool for the stern: penetrations here deal their normal share until roughly this much damage has landed on the section, then further hits on it deal half damage. Our replay analysis shows the step: once a section is saturated, a penetration there deals exactly half (Plymouth AP 1,125 to 563). Across 415 such steps in 180 battles, about 3 in 4 later penetrations on that ship dealt half; the rest landed on sections not yet saturated. 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.

2,500

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 time32 s

Firing range15.9 km

Turret traverse4 °/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.

2x ±147°, 2x ±150°

Guns to bear

180° − 150° (the most restricted aft-facing mount's arc) = 30° off bow; 180° − 147° (the most restricted forward-facing mount's arc) = 33° 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. Mount facing is inferred from turret stations and verified against known layouts, including Izumo's aft-facing forward turret.

30° off bow / 33° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

Shell Grouping (σ)1.8

Dispersion type

In practice: 2% tighter (better) horizontal dispersion and 2% less vertical spread at max range (15.9 km) than a standard battleship: about 214 m wide × 129 m tall, against 219 m × 131 m. Also on this curve (7): AL Queen Elizabeth, Hood, Ohio, Puerto Rico, Queen Elizabeth, Warspite, Warspite B.

British battleship (Queen Elizabeth / Hood)

Max Horiz Disp

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

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

= (\frac{15860}{30} \cdot \frac{12 - 1.7}{1000} + 1.7) \cdot 30 = 214.4 m

214.4 m at 15.9 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 214.4 \cdot 0.6 = 128.6 m

128.6 m at 15.9 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 214.4 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.8} = 71.5 m

71.5 m at 15.9 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 128.6 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.8} = 42.9 m

42.9 m at 15.9 km

Turret turn time

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

45 s

Shells/min

8 broadside guns x 60 / 32 s base reload = 15.

HE shells

HE alpha6,300

HE Velocity804 m/s

Fire Chance35%

HE fire DPM vs T5 BB39539

Effective HE DPM vs T5 BB134039

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 / 32 s base reload = 94,500.

94,500

Fires/min

15 shells/min x 35% fire chance = 5.25.

5.25

AP shells

AP alpha11,350

AP Velocity804 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.033 s

Fuse Threshold64 mm

AP overmatch

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

26 mm

AP Pen Close

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), 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 2330 \cdot 879^{0.69} \cdot {0.381}^{- 1.07} \cdot 804^{1.38} = 718.4 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

718.4 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (15.9 km), where the shell has slowed to 537.3 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2330 \cdot 879^{0.69} \cdot {0.381}^{- 1.07} \cdot {537.3}^{1.38} = 411.9 mm

411.9 mm at 15.9 km

AP full-salvo alpha

11,350 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 90,800.

90,800

AP DPM

90,800 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 32 s base reload = 170,250.

170,250

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.

120

AA Defense

AA mount points34

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 VIII2×8 40mm

40 mm/39 QF Mark VII2×4 40mm

20 mm Oerlikon Mk IV14×1 20mm

20 mm Oerlikon Mk V16×2 20mm

102 mm/45 QF Mk XIX (DP)

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

4×2 102mm

Guns102 mm/45 QF Mk XIX (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 39 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

Range5 km

Guns40 mm Vickers 2-pdr. Mk VIII + 40 mm/39 QF Mark VII

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 36 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.75 hit probability = 94 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range2.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 39 + Medium 94 = 133

133

Guns20 mm Oerlikon Mk IV + 20 mm Oerlikon Mk V

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 98 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.7 hit probability = 240 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

240

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 39 + Medium 94 + Near 240 = 373

373

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 × 170 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.

170

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 - timed frame-by-frame from gameplay footage and consistent across ships.

every ~2 s

Fired by

Flak keeps firing while at least one secondary battery mount is operational - even losing every dedicated AA mount does not stop it.

Secondary battery

Flak zone

The activation band: flak fires while attacking planes are inside it. Clouds are placed ahead of the planes' path, so clouds can land short of 2.5 km or past 5 km - once planes get inside the band, new salvos stop. AA range bonuses push the outer edge out; the 2.5 km inner edge does not move.

2.5-5 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts12

Firing range6.0 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

Secondary dispersion type

Max dispersion = range (km) × 27 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.

Improved (50%, Massachusetts type)

Max secondary dispersion @ 6 km

6 km × 27 + 30 = 192 m.

192 m

Caliber102 mm

Reload time3 s

HE alpha1,500

Muzzle Velocity811 m/s

Fire Chance6%

HE Pen17 mm

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Caliber152 mm

Reload time4.2 s

HE alpha2,200

Muzzle Velocity914 m/s

Fire Chance12%

HE Pen25 mm

Maneuverability

Engine power40,000 hp

Maximum speed22 kt

Turning circle radius660 m

Rudder shift time13.5 s

Engine power-boost threshold7 kt

Engine spool-up time23 s

Reverse spool-up time11.5 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 22 / 4 + 4.9 = 10.4 kt. The community reverse-speed model from the WoWs ShipBuilder project, the same source as the acceleration model on this card. Base value; speed modifiers scale it. Not shown on the in-game card.

10.4 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. Same community-model simulation as the acceleration times, using the ship's own reverse-power ratio. The full curve is on the acceleration chart. A real replay test (one ship, not this one) measured full reverse stopping about a quarter faster than a plain Stop order from top speed, and about a tenth faster from full reverse speed; this simulation only covers the full-reverse case.

46.2 s

Engine boost threshold (reverse)

Speed below which the engine's built-in power boost applies in reverse. Matches the in-game maneuverability card's reverse threshold (Vampire II reads 10.5 here and the card shows 11; the card rounds half up).

7.5 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (19.8 kt of 22 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

36.4 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (21.8 kt of 22 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.

60.1 s

Traverse-to-turn ratio

How many degrees the turret can swing for each degree the hull turns. Turn rate

ω_{hull} = \frac{180}{π} \cdot \frac{V_{max} (m/s)}{R_{turn}} = \frac{180}{π} \cdot \frac{22.0 \cdot 0.5144}{660} = 0.98 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{4}{0.98} = 4.1 \times

. Below 5 the turrets drag in a turning fight; 25+ keeps up with any rudder.

4.1× drags

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea14.39 km

Detectability by air11.51 km

Smoke firing penalty13.18 km

Detect when firing (sea)

max(main battery range, sea detectability 14.39 km) = 15.86 km. Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach. Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Sea' value on all 8 unmodified captures, and range-modified captures track the modified range.

15.86 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability 11.51 km + gun-firing bloom 7.62 km = 19.13 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber x 0.020. Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Air' value on every captured ship.

19.13 km

Detect when on fire (sea)

Sea detectability 14.39 km + 2.0 km while burning = 16.39 km; matches the in-game 'Detect Fire Sea' value on every captured ship.

16.39 km

Detect when on fire (air)

Air detectability 11.51 km + 3.0 km while burning = 14.51 km; matches the in-game 'Detect Fire Air' value on every captured ship.

14.51 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 · 7,840 HP (14% of max HP) total heal (per charge)
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0.5% of max HP per second × 28 s effective active time = up to 14% of max HP restored per charge.
· 23,520 HP (42% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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14% per charge x 3 charges = up to 42% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 280 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
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0.5% of max HP (56,000 HP) per second = 280 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

High-Frequency Sonar3 charges · 60 s reload · 30 s active · 4.2 km ship detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{140 \times 30}{1000} = 4.2 km$
· 3.75 km torpedo detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{125 \times 30}{1000} = 3.75 km$

Secondary Battery Booster3 charges · 160 s reload · 30 s active · +100% grouping · -50% dispersion

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Main battery formulas

Shell Grouping (σ)1.8

Dispersion typeBritish battleship (Queen Elizabeth / Hood)

In practice: 2% tighter (better) horizontal dispersion and 2% less vertical spread at max range (15.9 km) than a standard battleship: about 214 m wide × 129 m tall, against 219 m × 131 m. Also on this curve (7): AL Queen Elizabeth, Hood, Ohio, Puerto Rico, Queen Elizabeth, Warspite, Warspite B.

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 (15.9 km) with the same model as Max Horiz/Vert Disp: horizontal 214 / 219 m − 1 = -2%, vertical 129 / 131 m − 1 = -2%. Shell grouping (σ) is separate: it sets how shells bunch toward the centre of this ellipse.

Max Horiz Disp214.4 m at 15.9 km

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{15860}{30} \cdot \frac{12 - 1.7}{1000} + 1.7) \cdot 30 = 214.4 m$

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 verified 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 verified dispersion model - the long-range anchor. Only shown when the ship's guns reach 15 km.

Max Vert Disp128.6 m at 15.9 km

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 214.4 \cdot 0.6 = 128.6 m$

Shell scatter height @ 5 km39.9 m

How tall the scatter ellipse is at a fixed 5 km, from the same verified 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 15860 = 7930$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 15860 m. Below the kink:  $k = 0.2 + (0.5 - 0.2) \cdot \frac{5000}{7930} = 0.3892$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 102.5 \cdot 0.3892 = 39.9 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 10 km81 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 15860 = 7930$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 15860 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 7930}{15860 - 7930} = 0.5261$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 154 \cdot 0.5261 = 81 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 15 km121.1 m

How tall the scatter ellipse is at a fixed 15 km, from the same verified 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 15860 = 7930$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 15860 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{15000 - 7930}{15860 - 7930} = 0.5892$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 205.5 \cdot 0.5892 = 121.1 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp71.5 m at 15.9 km

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 214.4 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.8} = 71.5 m$

Med Vert Disp42.9 m at 15.9 km

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 128.6 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.8} = 42.9 m$

AP Pen Close718.4 mm point-blank

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2330 \cdot 879^{0.69} \cdot {0.381}^{- 1.07} \cdot 804^{1.38} = 718.4 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far411.9 mm at 15.9 km

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (15.9 km), where the shell has slowed to 537.3 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2330 \cdot 879^{0.69} \cdot {0.381}^{- 1.07} \cdot {537.3}^{1.38} = 411.9 mm$ .

HE flight time @ 10 km5.16 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 804 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77: the game clock runs faster than real time, and that factor was measured against stopwatch runs in the Training Room. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

AP flight time @ 10 km5.17 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.3415 \cdot {0.381}^{2}}{8 \cdot 879} = 2.21 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 804 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77: the game clock runs faster than real time, and that factor was measured against stopwatch runs in the Training Room. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

HE penetration95 mm

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

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.

AP overmatch26 mm

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

AP AOE Radius120

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.

Guns per full salvo (alpha, DPM)8

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

Turret turn time45 s

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

HE full-salvo alpha50,400

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

AP full-salvo alpha90,800

11,350 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 90,800.

HE DPM94,500

50,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 32 s base reload = 94,500.

AP DPM170,250

90,800 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 32 s base reload = 170,250.

Shells/min15

8 broadside guns x 60 / 32 s base reload = 15.

Fires/min5.25

15 shells/min x 35% fire chance = 5.25.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range39

Only families that reach 5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 2 pdr MkVIII 8barrel 2x8 -> 58 DPS @ 2.5 km; 2 pdr MkVII Quad 2x4 -> 37 DPS @ 2.5 km; 20mm Oerlikon MK V 16x2 -> 159 DPS @ 2 km; 20mm Oerlikon MK4 14x1 -> 81 DPS @ 2 km; 4in45 QF Mk XIX 4x2 -> 39 DPS @ 5 km.

Maximum AA range5 km

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

AA DPS layered by range39 DPS @ 5 km, 134 DPS @ 2.5 km, 374 DPS @ 2 km

@ 5 km: 39 from one family; @ 2.5 km: 58 + 37 + 39 = 134; @ 2 km: 58 + 37 + 159 + 81 + 39 = 374. 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-blank374

58 + 37 + 159 + 81 + 39 = 374 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (2 km).

AA threat index912

58 × 2.5 + 37 × 2.5 + 159 × 2 + 81 × 2 + 39 × 5 = 912. SUM over AA auras of (aura DPS x aura range km). A plane crossing the AA bubble is exposed to each aura for a time proportional to that aura's range, so long-reach DPS is worth more than the same DPS in a short bubble. Units: DPS*km; used to rank overall AA threat across the cohort.

Near aura range2 km

Secondary battery dispersion

Secondary dispersion typeImproved (50%, Massachusetts type)

Max dispersion = range (km) × 27 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.

Max secondary dispersion @ 6 km192 m

6 km × 27 + 30 = 192 m.

Secondary dispersion @ 5 km165 m

Same per-type line evaluated at a fixed 5 km: 5 km × 27 + 30 = 165 m.

Secondary battery firepower

Secondary DPM (per side)245,714

Sum across all secondary families of (per-side barrels × 60 / reload_s × alpha), where per-side barrels = mounts × barrels-per-mount / 2 (the guns that bear on one broadside target). Per-family: 4×2 102 mm (4/side) × 60/3 × 1500 = 120,000 + 8×1 152 mm (4/side) × 60/4.2 × 2200 = 125,714. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

Max HE alpha2200

max(1500 (102 mm), 2200 (152 mm)) = 2200. Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 2200 from the 152 mm family.

Max HE fire chance12%

max(6% (102 mm), 12% (152 mm)) = 12%. Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 12% from the 152 mm family.

Max HE pen25 mm

max(17 mm (102 mm), 25 mm (152 mm)) = 25 mm. Maximum HE armor penetration across secondary HE families (caliber × 1/6 for most nations; 1/4 for German/UK BBs). Shells whose pen falls under a plate's armor thickness shatter for 0 hull damage though fire chance still applies. Best on this ship: 25 mm from the 152 mm family.

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Background

A Revenge-class battleship, built as a slower version of the Queen Elizabeth class with a less powerful power plant - and therefore less expensive to produce. Royal Sovereign entered service at the height of World War I but did not see action. During World War II, the battleship protected convoys in the Atlantic and operated in the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean. From 1944 to 1949, Royal Sovereign served in the Soviet Navy under the name Arkhangelsk, after which she was returned to Great Britain and scrapped.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 56,000, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds. HP caps are the exact in-game values, not estimated.

Bow & stern26 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	26 mm primary (range 26–102 mm)	3,400 (6% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Bayern, Gneisenau)Angle bounces 356mm26 mm: HE pens from 203mm+	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 26–178 mm)	42,000 (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	26 mm primary (range 26–102 mm)	2,500 (4% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Bayern, Gneisenau)Angle bounces 356mm26 mm: HE pens from 203mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	330 mm primary (range 16–330 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	3,100 (6% 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).
Secondary mount (152 mm mount)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	800 per-mount HP	Destroyed at 0 HP	Per-mount HP for the heaviest secondary on this ship. A mount destroyed at 0 HP is out for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. Smaller (lighter-caliber) secondaries typically share the same HP value.
AA mount (40 mm mount)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	200 per-mount HP	Destroyed at 0 HP	Per-mount HP for the heaviest AA on this ship. An AA mount destroyed at 0 HP stops shooting down planes for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. HE shells specifically target AA mounts since the small-caliber HP pool falls fast.
Rudder (module)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	16,800 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.

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