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Sevastopol

Also called: 塞瓦斯托波尔 · Севастополь · Sewastopol Beta

U.S.S.R. · Tier ★ · CB Cruiser · Premium

Super-cruiserOutguns cruisers with battleship-grade AP; respect real battleships and keep distance.

Playstyle

Hold 14-17 km from a contested cap with an island close enough to shadow back into, and bow toward the closest BB
Avoid: Open-water broadside trading

Key characteristics

380 mm AP overmatchHeavy AP pen16 km gun rangeHeavy HE shellsSonarEasily spotted

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How to get Sevastopol
Builds
Cohort position
Stats and specs
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Background
Armor
Balance history
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Community Data

Sevastopol Community Stats

Across 3,100+ Standard battles from 120+ players, Sevastopol averages a 58% win rate, 89,100 damage and 0.9 kills per battle, and survives 42% of them.

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Playstyle

Overview

Sevastopol is a Legendary Soviet super-cruiser: a battleship-sized hull with a 380mm main battery on a cruiser frame. She is built to overmatch broadside cruisers with AP, not to brawl with battleships. Sonar (4.4 km on ships and 3.1 km on torpedoes, 96 s active, 180 s reload, long uptime) lights up DDs and torpedoes inside its bubble, which lets her contest the cap edge without taking the spotting cycle. Standout traits: best AP overmatch threshold in Legendary CAs (26.5 mm) and best long-range AP brick in Legendary CAs (488.8 mm).

Positioning

Hold 14-17 km from a contested cap with an island close enough to shadow back into, and bow toward the closest BB. The heavy bow plate lets you hold the angle against same-tier guns, which is the protection the citadel needs; the hull does not tank battleship volleys broadside even if it can absorb them bow-on. The big guns reach for full AP citadels at that distance.

Potato Avoidance

Open-water broadside trading

Her 380mm shells citadel cruisers on the wrong frame, and her 62,600-HP hull does not recover from a punished salvo. Pick rotations and angles deliberately; the chip-damage role pays better than the trade-blow role on a cruiser of this profile.

Signature Traits

Engine Boost

+20% speed (about +6.7 kt), 45 s duration. Engine Boost consumable temporarily raises top speed. Mobility on demand to reposition, chase a kill, or break contact. Uncommon in Legendary CAs.

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗

Heavy AP shells · 11300 damage
Big-caliber AP overmatch · 26.5 mm
Long-range AP brick · 488.78 mm
Heavy HE shells · 5350 damage
Close-range AP brick · 701.3 mm

Deep effective HP ↗

118940 effective HP once Repair Party is counted, best of Legendary CAs. Absorbs more total punishment than the raw HP pool suggests.

MAIN BATTERY DOWNSIDES ↗

Low AP DPM · 184909 AP
Low HE DPM · 87545 HE

Acquisition

How to get Sevastopol

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

CampaignEarned in the campaign “Merry Shipmas” (Dec 2025); campaign ships can later return through other limited methods.

While you save up, check active promo codes for free doubloons, camouflages, and other rewards.

Official WG availability sources

Merry Shipmas Campaign Breakdown Campaign 2025-12-01
- Complete them to receive lots of rewards and choose a ship at the end: U.S. Legendary Tier battleship Rhode Island or Soviet Legendary Tier cruiser Sevastopol.
- You’ll be able to claim your chosen ship for free, while the other ship will be available for doubloons (you can purchase it from the campaign window after completing the campaign).
Holiday Update: Christmas on the Waves Campaign 2025-11-27
- Complete the new campaign with its free Admiralty Backing and choose between two Legendary Tier ships at the end: U.S. battleship Rhode Island or Soviet cruiser Sevastopol.

Builds

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

Nikolay Kuznetsov

WG official

InspirationsNorman Scott · Francesco Mimbelli

WG official build from Through the Spy Glass: Sevastopol.

Source: Through the Spy Glass: Sevastopol

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Cohort position

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Where Sevastopol sits among Legendary CAs (20 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 caliber380 mm (1/21) BestRepair charges3 (1 of 6 tied) BestMax armor330 mm (1 of 3 tied) Top 10%Hit points62,600 HP (3/21) Top 10%Main battery range16.03 km (3/21) Top 10%AP pen at 10 km563 mm (2/21) Top 10%Citadel belt230 mm (3/21) Top 25%Engine power231,000 hp (4/21) Top 25%Power / turn radius235.7 hp/m (6/21) Top 25%Repair heal rate0.75 %/s (6/21) Bottom 25%Main battery reload22 s (19/21) Bottom 25%Fires per minute5.56 (18/19) Bottom 25%Secondary HE alpha1,400 (11/13) Bottom 25%Secondary HE pen17 mm (11/13) Bottom 25%Time to 90% speed27.5 s (17/21) Bottom 25%Power-to-weight5.42 hp/t (17/21) Bottom 25%AA DPS467 (19/21) Bottom 10%Stealth profile14.3 km / 8.58 km (20/21 / 20/21) Bottom 10%Rudder shift15.1 s (20/21) Bottom 10%Turning circle980 m (20/21) Bottom 10%Displacement42,600 t (20/21) WorstSmoke fire bloom13.07 km (21/21) WorstHE DPM87,545 (19/19) WorstAP DPM184,909 (21/21) WorstAP arming threshold63 mm (21/21) WorstEffective HE DPM (incl. fire)133,121 (19/19) WorstNo torpedoes (8 of 21 in cohort)

See 19 mid-pack stats

Not standouts for Sevastopol -- 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.

Max speed33.5 kt(13/21) Sigma2.05(13/21) Main dispersion143.6 m(15/21) Secondary DPM (per side)168,000(9/14) Secondary fire chance6%(7/13) AP velocity820 m/s(11/21) HE velocity820 m/s(11/19) Acceleration (0-12 kt)9.5 s(15/21) AP fuse timer0.022 s(15/21) AP ricochet start50°(7/21) AP auto-bounce angle65°(7/21) AA range5 km(15/21) AA threat1,985(16/21) Flak damage per salvo (expected)2,772(14/20) Bow armor25 mm(13/21) Stern armor25 mm(13/21) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(11 of 14 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(18 of 21 tied at this value) NormSecondary range5 km(11 of 14 tied at this value)

Peers in this cohort

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit Points62,600

Displacement42,600 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.

240 x 31.7 m

Armor range15–330 mm

Plate armor thicknesses15, 16, 20, 21, 25, 30, 40, 50, 63, 90, 125, 150, 230, 260, 275, 330 mm

Armor material/layer entries61

Fire resistance

top hull: 1 − 0.6004 fire coefficient = 40%. 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.

40%

Fire duration45 s

Fire damage

One unattended fire: 0.003 of max HP per second (0.3%) × 45 s = 0.135 of the pool; 0.135 × 62,600 HP = 8,451 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: 0.0025 of max HP per second (0.25%) × 40 s = 0.1 of the pool; 0.1 × 62,600 HP = 6,260 HP on this ship.

0.25% of HP per second

Torp Reduction

1 − 0.22 hull torpedo-damage coefficient / 0.333 unprotected baseline = 34%. Reduces torpedo hit damage. It does not affect flooding: floods start as often and tick at the full rate.

34%

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.

31,300

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.

18,800

Effective HP

Base 62,600 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.0075 of max HP per second (0.75%) × 40 s × 62,600 HP = 18,780 HP per charge, × 3 charges = 56,340 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.

118,940

Repairable: penetration75%

Repairable: citadel50%

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 × 1,700 = 3,400), 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.

1,700

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 × 5,800 = 11,600), 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.

5,800

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 × 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

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 × 47,000 = 94,000), 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.

47,000

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 × 4,100 = 8,200), 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 ×. 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.

4,100

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 × 1,500 = 3,000), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

1,500

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: 380 mm/52 SK C/34

Mounts / barrels3 mounts / 6 barrels

Reload time22 s

Firing range16 km

Turret traverse5 °/s

Turret armor360 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 ±148°, ±153°

Guns to bear

180° − 153° (the most restricted aft-facing mount's arc) = 27° off bow; 180° − 148° (the most restricted forward-facing mount's arc) = 32° 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.

27° off bow / 32° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

Shell Grouping (σ)2.05

Dispersion type

In practice: the baseline curve for a standard cruiser -- at max range (16.0 km) shells land in an ellipse about 144 m wide and 86 m tall. Also on this curve (215): AL Baltimore, AL Chapayev, AL Cheshire, AL Harbin, AL Montpelier, AL Tallinn, AL Zara, Aberdeen, Accord, Agano, Albemarle, Algérie and 203 more.

Standard cruiser

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{16030}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 143.6 m

143.6 m at 16 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 143.6 \cdot 0.6 = 86.2 m

86.2 m at 16 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 143.6 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2.05} = 42 m

42 m at 16 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 86.2 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2.05} = 25.2 m

25.2 m at 16 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 5 deg/s traverse speed = 36 s.

36 s

Shells/min

Zero upgrades: 6 broadside guns x 60 / 22 s base reload = 16.4. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 6 broadside guns x 60 / 19.857 s (19.8 s = 139 ticks) all-upgrades reload (22 s × 0.9 Main Battery Mod. 3 = 19.8 s) = 18.1.

Initial: 16.4 → 18.1

HE shells

HE alpha5,350

HE Velocity820 m/s

Fire Chance34%

HE fire DPM vs T8 BB45606

Effective HE DPM vs T8 BB133152

HE penetration

63 mm ≈ 380 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

63 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

5,350 HE damage x 6 broadside guns = 32,100.

32,100

HE DPM

Zero upgrades: 32,100 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 22 s base reload = 87,545. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 32,100 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 19.857 s (19.8 s = 139 ticks) all-upgrades reload (22 s × 0.9 Main Battery Mod. 3 = 19.8 s) = 96,993.

Initial: 87,545 → 96,993

Fires/min

Zero upgrades: 16.4 shells/min × 0.34 (34% fire chance) = 5.56. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 18.1 shells/min × 0.34 (34% fire chance) = 6.16.

Initial: 5.56 → 6.16

AP shells

AP alpha11,300

AP Velocity820 m/s

Min Ricochet50 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet65 deg

Fuse Timer0.022 s

Fuse Threshold63 mm

AP pen max range489 mm

AP overmatch

floor(380 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 2450 \cdot 800^{0.69} \cdot {0.38}^{- 1.07} \cdot 820^{1.38} = 729.4 mm

729.4 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (16 km), where the shell has slowed to 613.5 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2450 \cdot 800^{0.69} \cdot {0.38}^{- 1.07} \cdot {613.5}^{1.38} = 488.8 mm

488.8 mm at 16 km

AP full-salvo alpha

11,300 AP damage x 6 broadside guns = 67,800.

67,800

AP DPM

Zero upgrades: 67,800 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 22 s base reload = 184,909. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 67,800 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 19.857 s (19.8 s = 139 ticks) all-upgrades reload (22 s × 0.9 Main Battery Mod. 3 = 19.8 s) = 204,863.

Initial: 184,909 → 204,863

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.

200

AA Defense

AA mount points6

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 4 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

5 km

57 mm AK-7256×2 57mm

100 mm/70 SM-52 (DP)

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

8×2 100mm

Guns100 mm/70 SM-52 (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 117 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

117

Range5 km

Guns57 mm AK-725

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 111 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.9 hit probability = 350 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

350

Range4 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 117 + Medium 350 = 467

467

AA explosions

Each ~2 s salvo fires 3 AA explosions in quick succession, each leaving 4 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron, plus 2 stray clouds farther out that appear off-beat between salvos - up to 14 clouds per salvo × 220 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.

3 per salvo, 4 clouds each + 2 outer clouds

Cloud damage

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

220

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.

90%

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

Mounts8

Firing range5.0 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: 8×2 100 mm (8/side) × 60/4 s × 1400 = 168,000. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

168,000

Secondary fire DPM vs T8 BB (per side)

Fires/min (per side) 7.2 × (1 − 0.4 fire resistance) × 60 s × 0.003 of max HP per second × 75,900 HP = 59,020. 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.

59,020

Total secondary DPM vs T8 BB (per side)

Secondary DPM (per side) 168,000 + secondary fire DPM 59,020 = 227,020: shell damage plus fire damage against one T8 battleship, every shell hitting.

227,020

100 mm/70 SM-52 (DP)

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

8×2 100mm

Caliber100 mm

Reload time4 s

HE alpha1,400

Muzzle Velocity1000 m/s

Fire Chance6%

Secondary fires/min (per side)

8×2 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 4 s × 0.06 (6% fire chance) = 7.2. 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.

7.2

HE Pen17 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 @ 5 km

5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.

315 m

Maneuverability

Engine power231,000 hp

Maximum speed33.5 kt

Turning circle radius980 m

Rudder shift time15.1 s

Engine power-boost threshold7.0 kt

Engine spool-up time15.3 s

Reverse spool-up time7.7 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 33.5 / 4 + 4.9 = 13.3 kt. Base value; speed modifiers scale it.

13.3 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.

32.4 s

Engine boost threshold (reverse)

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

10.0 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (30.2 kt of 33.5 kt).

27.5 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (33.2 kt of 33.5 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.

44.8 s

Guns in a full turn

With the rudder hard over the hull turns 4.2°/s, so a target drifts across the bow at that rate. Turret traverse minus hull turn: 5 − 4.2 = +0.8°/s, so the guns hold the target through the turn. Main Battery Mod. 2 (+20% traverse) and Mod. 3 (−15%) move this line.

hold target (+0.8°/s spare)

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea

Base value, no camouflage. With a Grade IV permanent camo (or any disposable camo): 14.3 km x 0.955 = 13.66 km. Camouflage does not change detectability by air.

14.3 km

With Grade IV camouflage (sea)

Detectability by sea 14.3 km x 0.955 (Grade IV permanent camo or any disposable camo) = 13.66 km.

13.66 km

Detectability by air8.58 km

Smoke firing penalty13.07 km

Detect when firing (sea)

max(main battery range, sea detectability 14.3 km) = 16.03 km. Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach.

16.03 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability 8.58 km + gun-firing bloom 7.6 km = 16.18 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber 380 mm × 0.020 = 7.6 km.

16.18 km

Detect when on fire (sea)

Sea detectability 14.3 km + 2.0 km while burning = 16.3 km.

16.3 km

Detect when on fire (air)

Air detectability 8.58 km + 3.0 km while burning = 11.58 km.

11.58 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party∞ charges · 60 s reload · 5 s active

Choose one

Sonar2 charges · 180 s reload · 96 s active · 4.44 km ship detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{148 \times 30}{1000} = 4.44 km$
· 3.12 km torpedo detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{104 \times 30}{1000} = 3.12 km$

Defensive AA Fire3 charges · 140 s reload · 25 s active · ×2 flak burst boost
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Repeats the flak burst pattern ×2 within each salvo - more clouds in the air over the salvo, at the same spots.

Repair Party3 charges · 120 s reload · 40 s active · 18,780 HP (30% of max HP) total heal (per charge)
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0.0075 of max HP per second (0.75%) × 40 s effective active time = 0.3 of max HP × 62,600 HP = 18,780 HP: up to 30% of max HP restored per charge.
· 56,340 HP (90% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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0.3 of max HP per charge × 3 charges = 0.9 × 62,600 HP = 56,340 HP: up to 90% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 470 HP/s (0.75% of max HP) heal per second
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0.0075 (0.75% of max HP) × 62,600 HP = 470 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

Engine Boost2 charges · 120 s reload · 45 s active · +20% speed bonus

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 cruiserStandard

The standard cruiser dispersion curve.

Shell scatter width @ 5 km67.5 m

(166.7 × (8 − 1.1) / 1000 + 1.1) × 30 = 67.5 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 km102 m

(333.3 × (8 − 1.1) / 1000 + 1.1) × 30 = 102 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 km136.5 m

(500 × (8 − 1.1) / 1000 + 1.1) × 30 = 136.5 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 km26.1 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 16030 = 8015$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 16030 m. Below the kink:  $k = 0.2 + (0.5 - 0.2) \cdot \frac{5000}{8015} = 0.3871$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 67.5 \cdot 0.3871 = 26.1 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 10 km53.5 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 16030 = 8015$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 16030 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 8015}{16030 - 8015} = 0.5248$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 102 \cdot 0.5248 = 53.5 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 15 km80.1 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 16030 = 8015$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 16030 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{15000 - 8015}{16030 - 8015} = 0.5871$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 136.5 \cdot 0.5871 = 80.1 m$ .

AP pen 5 km640 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2450 \cdot 800^{0.69} \cdot {0.38}^{- 1.07} \cdot {745.5}^{1.38} = 640 mm$ , where 745.5 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 5 km (from 820 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 km563 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2450 \cdot 800^{0.69} \cdot {0.38}^{- 1.07} \cdot {679.7}^{1.38} = 563 mm$ , where 679.7 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 10 km (from 820 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 km500 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2450 \cdot 800^{0.69} \cdot {0.38}^{- 1.07} \cdot {623.9}^{1.38} = 500 mm$ , where 623.9 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 15 km (from 820 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 km4.86 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.22 \cdot {0.38}^{2}}{8 \cdot 800} = 1.56 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 820 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 km4.86 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.22 \cdot {0.38}^{2}}{8 \cdot 800} = 1.56 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 820 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.

Guns per full salvo (alpha, DPM)6

3 mounts × 2 barrels = 6; all 6 bear on the broadside.

Model inputs

Krupp (AP)2,450

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 mass800 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 coefficient0.22

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

AP muzzle velocity820 m/s

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

HE muzzle velocity820 m/s

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

idealRadius8

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

minRadius1.1

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 range117

Only families that reach 5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 57mm 75 AK 725 twin 6x2 -> 350 DPS @ 4 km; 100mm twin CM 52 8x2 -> 117 DPS @ 5 km.

AA DPS layered by range117 DPS @ 5 km, 467 DPS @ 4 km

@ 5 km: 117 from one family; @ 4 km: 350 + 117 = 467. 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-blank467

350 + 117 = 467 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (4 km).

AA threat index1985

350 × 4 + 117 × 5 = 1985. 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 alpha1400

The only family (100 mm): 1400. Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1400 from the 100 mm family.

Max HE fire chance6%

The only family (100 mm): 6%. Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 6% from the 100 mm family.

Max HE pen17 mm

The only family (100 mm): 17 mm. Maximum HE armor penetration across secondary HE families (caliber × 1/6 for most nations; 1/4 for German/UK BBs). Shells whose pen falls under a plate's armor thickness shatter for 0 hull damage though fire chance still applies. Best on this ship: 17 mm from the 100 mm family.

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Background

In May 1940, the Naval Academy hosted tactical games that involved the Project 69 cruiser and battleships Scharnhorst and Dunkerque. The event showed that the replacement of 12-inch (305 mm) guns with German 15-inch (380 mm) guns significantly increased the cruiser's firepower. Later, an agreement was signed with German company Krupp, ordering the delivery of six turrets before March 1943. The turrets were to be mounted on cruisers Kronshtadt and Sevastopol, scheduled for launch in 1942, but the outbreak of war canceled these plans.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 62,600, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds.

Bow & stern25 mm

Overmatched by 54+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel230 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 40%, fires burn 45s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	25 mm primary (range 25–40 mm)	1,700 (3% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Alsace, Bourgogne)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)	16 mm primary (range 15–330 mm)	47,000 (75% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Gouden Leeuw)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	25 mm primary (range 20–40 mm)	1,500 (2% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Alsace, Bourgogne)Angle bounces 356mm25 mm: HE pens from 150mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	230 mm primary (range 30–230 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 16–330 mm)	4,100 (7% of HP)	Any HE ≥16 mm pens at full damageDamage multiplier ×0.75	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	31,300 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 (100 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 (57 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	18,800 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.

Balance History

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

Nerf ×1Buff ×4Concealment ×3Consumable ×2

2026-04-30

Ministry of Balance: Viva la Marina!

Detectability range after firing in smoke reduced from 13.35 to 13.07 km.
Detectability range by sea reduced from 14.61 to 14.3 km.
Detectability range by air reduced from 8.77 to 8.58 km.
Repair Party duration reduced from 60 to 40 s.
Repair Party HP recovery per second increased from 0.5 to 0.75%.

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