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St. Vincent

Also called: 圣文森特 Beta

U.K. · Tier ★ · Battleship · Premium

Fast battleshipSpeed lets it rotate flanks like no other battleship and open fights on its terms.

Playstyle

Fight at mid range from behind an island or along a flank, not at the edge of her 17.02 km gun range
Avoid: Treating 457 mm guns and a big heal as a licence to tank

Key characteristics

Long, heavy torpedoes (10 km)457 mm AP overmatchHigh HE / fire outputHigh fire chanceEngine BoostLoose grouping

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Playstyle

Overview

St. Vincent is a British Legendary tier battleship from the Bureau Project, built as a fast fire-starter rather than a line holder. Her 457 mm HE carries a 63 percent fire chance, tied for the best at her tier, for 11.34 fires per minute (3rd). Her heal restores 31,760 HP per minute, the best sustained rate of the 23, and at 32.5 knots she is tied for 6th-fastest. She also carries 9.99 km torpedoes that hit for 27,867, the heaviest of the six torpedo-armed battleships. The trade is soft armour: a 152 mm citadel belt (22nd of 23) on a 79,400 HP hull (17th).

Positioning

Fight at mid range from behind an island or along a flank, not at the edge of her 17.02 km gun range (20th of 23) and never bow-on in the open. Her bow and stern are only 25 mm, tied for the thinnest in the cohort, so heavy guns punch through any angle: use cover instead of angling. Burn targets that are already pinned by others. Use 32.5 knots, Engine Boost and quick acceleration (3rd-quickest of 23 to 12 knots) to relocate before the enemy finds you, and close inside 9.99 km torpedo range only to finish a weakened ship.

Potato Avoidance

Treating 457 mm guns and a big heal as a licence to tank

Her 152 mm citadel belt is 22nd of 23 and her torpedo protection of 23 percent is 19th, so a broadside shown to an enemy battleship or a torpedo spread takes huge chunks of a 79,400 HP pool at once. The heal only restores damage she survives, and with two charges, tied for the fewest in the cohort, she cannot rebuild from repeated citadels. Show the side only when no heavy guns can answer.

Signature Traits

Engine Boost

+8% speed (about +2.6 kt), 120 s duration. Engine Boost consumable gives a small speed nudge - useful for closing a gap or steadying a torpedo run, not for running anything down. Uncommon in Legendary BBs.

ELITE TORPEDOES ↗

Heavy torpedoes · 27867 damage
Long-range torps · 10 km
Fast torpedoes · 69 kt

High fire chance ↗

63% fire chance per HE shell, best of Legendary BBs.

ELITE REPAIR PARTY ↗

Fast heal cycle · 31760 HP
Super-heal

Loose grouping ↗

Sigma 1.6, bottom decile of Legendary BBs. Shells scatter more; bracketing matters.

Visible torps ↗

1.7 km torpedo detect, worst of the 6 Legendary BBs with torpedoes. Spotted early, so targets get a long look and room to turn out.

Acquisition

How to get St. Vincent

St. Vincent is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition path: Premium/Event.

Premium/EventAvailability usually depends on store rotations, event reruns, collaborations, coupons, or special offers.

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

Builds

Put the opening points into survivability and into getting more from the heal, since her small HP pool and thin belt make every repair cycle matter. Next, lean into fire setting and HE output to exploit her 63 percent fire chance. Concealment is worth points because her 15.81 km surface detection ranks only 8th of 23. Torpedo reload and range come after that; her 5.0 km secondaries are not the focus. Check current picks in the Build Tool before committing points.

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Cohort position

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Where St. Vincent sits among Legendary BBs (22 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.

BestTorpedo range9.99 km (1 of 3 tied) BestTorpedo damage≈27,867 (1/6) BestTorpedo speed69 kt (1/6) BestTorpedo reload45 s (1/6) BestRepair heal rate2 %/s (1 of 3 tied) Top 10%Fires per minute11.34 (3/22) Top 10%Main dispersion191 m (3/23) Top 10%Time to 90% speed22.8 s (3/23) Top 10%Acceleration (0-12 kt)4.4 s (3/23) Top 25%Secondary HE alpha2,150 (5/21) Top 25%Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)220,756 (5/22) Bottom 25%Main battery range17.02 km (20/23) Bottom 25%HE velocity757 m/s (19/22) Bottom 25%Max armor356 mm (19/23) Bottom 10%Citadel belt152 mm (22/23) WorstSigma1.6 (1 of 2 tied) WorstAP fuse timer0.01 s (1 of 3 tied) WorstTorpedo reaction time9.2 s (6/6) WorstRepair charges2 (1 of 8 tied) WorstEnd plates25 mm (1 of 3 tied / 1 of 3 tied)

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Not standouts for St. Vincent -- 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 points79,400 HP(17/23) Max speed32.5 kt(7/23) Concealment15.81 km(8/23) Smoke fire bloom15.71 km(16/23) Air detection12.65 km(8/23) Rudder shift17.1 s(11/23) Turning circle970 m(17/23) Traverse-to-turn ratio6.08 ×(8/23) Main battery caliber457 mm(9/23) Main battery reload30 s(15/23) HE shell damage7,100(8/22) HE DPM127,800(12/22) AP shell damage14,900(7/23) AP DPM268,200(14/23) Secondary DPM (per side)290,000(9/23) Secondary fire chance9%(7/21) Secondary HE pen25 mm(9/21) AP velocity762 m/s(15/23) AP arming threshold76 mm(15/23) Engine power180,000 hp(8/23) Turn-speed retention185.6 hp/m(9/23) Displacement57,893 t(7/23) Power-to-weight3.11 hp/t(8/23) AA DPS598(16/23) AA range5 km(17/23) AA threat2,110(17/23) Flak damage per salvo (expected)2,145(13/23) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(16 of 23 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(20 of 23 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(20 of 23 tied at this value) NormSecondary range5 km(13 of 23 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit Points79,400

Displacement57,893 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.

280 x 32.25 m

Armor range16–356 mm

Plate armor thicknesses16, 19, 25, 32, 40, 50, 51, 76, 82, 102, 108, 127, 152, 184, 229, 254, 305, 330, 356 mm

Armor material/layer entries75

Fire resistance

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

40%

Fire duration60 s

Fire damage

One unattended fire: 0.3% of max HP per second × 60 s = 18% of the pool = 18% × 79,400 HP = 14,292 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% × 79,400 HP = 15,880 HP on this ship. Verified against measured flood ticks in replay data.

0.5% of HP per second

Torp Reduction

1 − 0.257 hull torpedo-damage coefficient / 0.333 unprotected baseline = 23%. 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.

23%

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.

39,700

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.

23,800

Effective HP

Base 79,400 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 2%/s x 20 s = 31,760 HP per charge, x2 charges = 63,520 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.

88,222–142,920

Repairable: penetration60%

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.

3,000

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.

12,000

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.

59,600

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.

4,400

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.

4,400

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: 457 mm/45 Mk.II

Mounts / barrels3 mounts / 9 barrels

Reload time30 s

Firing range17 km

Turret traverse6 °/s

Turret armor712 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.

3x ±150°

Guns to bear

180° − 158° (the most restricted aft-facing mount's arc) = 22° 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. Mount facing is inferred from turret stations and verified against known layouts, including Izumo's aft-facing forward turret.

22° off bow / 30° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

Shell Grouping (σ)1.6

Dispersion type

In practice: 17% tighter (better) horizontal dispersion and 17% less vertical spread at max range (17.0 km) than a standard battleship: about 191 m wide × 115 m tall, against 230 m × 138 m. Also on this curve (56): Al Ägir, Alaska, Alaska B, Anhalt, BA Utnapishtim's Ship, Borodino, Brest, Carnot, Champagne, Cherbourg, Congress, Ägir and 44 more.

Improved battleship & large cruiser

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{17020}{30} \cdot \frac{10 - 1.6}{1000} + 1.6) \cdot 30 = 191 m

191 m at 17 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 191 \cdot 0.6 = 114.6 m

114.6 m at 17 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 191 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.6} = 71.6 m

71.6 m at 17 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 114.6 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.6} = 43 m

43 m at 17 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 6 deg/s traverse speed = 30 s.

30 s

Shells/min

Zero upgrades: 9 broadside guns x 60 / 30 s base reload = 18. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 9 broadside guns x 60 / 27 s all-upgrades reload = 20.

Initial: 18 → 20

HE shells

HE alpha7,100

HE Velocity757 m/s

Fire Chance63%

HE fire DPM vs T8 BB92956

Effective HE DPM vs T8 BB220756

HE penetration

76 mm ≈ 457 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

76 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

7,100 HE damage x 9 broadside guns = 63,900.

63,900

HE DPM

Zero upgrades: 63,900 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 127,800. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 63,900 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 27 s all-upgrades reload = 142,000.

Initial: 127,800 → 142,000

Fires/min

Zero upgrades: 18 shells/min x 63% fire chance = 11.34. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 20 shells/min x 63% fire chance = 12.6.

Initial: 11.34 → 12.6

AP shells

AP alpha14,900

AP Velocity762 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.015 s

Fuse Threshold76 mm

AP overmatch

floor(457 mm caliber / 14.3) = 31 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

31 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 2485 \cdot 1506^{0.69} \cdot {0.457}^{- 1.07} \cdot 762^{1.38} = 849.2 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

849.2 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (17 km), where the shell has slowed to 561.7 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2485 \cdot 1506^{0.69} \cdot {0.457}^{- 1.07} \cdot {561.7}^{1.38} = 557.5 mm

557.5 mm at 17 km

AP full-salvo alpha

14,900 AP damage x 9 broadside guns = 134,100.

134,100

AP DPM

Zero upgrades: 134,100 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 268,200. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 134,100 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 27 s all-upgrades reload = 298,000.

Initial: 268,200 → 298,000

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.

400

Torpedoes

ModuleTorpedoes: 622 mm PR Mk II

Launchers / tubes2 launchers × 1 tubes = 2 tubes

Reload time45 s

Projectile speed69 kt

Range9.99 km

Maximum simulated damage

Estimate of WG's in-game value; matches the in-game port screen within ±5%. Saturation: most targets only intersect one hull section, so the sim transfers ~1/3 of the warhead alpha (2/3 when the warhead blast >= 5000 and the burst reaches a second section). For this ship:

D_{sim} = α \cdot c = 83, 600 \cdot 0.333 = 27, 867

≈ 27,867

Maximum damage (ammunition)

83,600 warhead alpha / 3 + 1,500 blast = 29,367. The ammunition card's 'Maximum Damage' stat, exact: warhead alpha / 3 plus the blast addend. This is the per-torpedo number most references quote; the 'Maximum simulated damage' row above is WG's separate geometry-sim stat from the launcher spec panel.

29,367

Torpedo detectability1.7 km

Reaction time

How long a target has to dodge after your torpedo is spotted at its detectability range (lower means less warning):

t_{react} = \frac{1.7 km}{69 kt \times 2.6855} = 9.2 s

. The 2.6855 m/s-per-knot game-speed factor is calibrated from in-game measurement; the community's traditional 2.6 reads about 3% slower. Base value; commander torpedo-concealment skills lower it further. Community torpedo-reaction calculator by u/LorenDovah and u/The_ColorOutofSpace.

9.2 s

Flooding chance

Read straight from the game's own data: this torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 3.55 per hit, shown as

3.55 \times 100 = 355 %

. Torpedo flood values above 100% are normal: in battle the base chance is scaled down by the target's torpedo protection (the Torp Reduction stat on its Survivability card) and any flood-resistance modifiers, so a value above 100% keeps flooding likely even through partial protection. Not shown on the in-game port screen.

355%

Torpedo launcher traverse12 °/s

Torp Turn

Time to rotate the launchers 180 deg:

t_{turn} = \frac{180 °}{12 ° / s} = 15 s

15 s

Torp Arming215 m

Per-side salvo damage

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 1 x 27,867 = 27,867.

27,867

AA Defense

AA mount points28

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.5 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

5 km

40 mm Vickers 2-pdr. Mk VIII4×8 40mm

40 mm Bofors Mk IV10×2 40mm

40 mm Bofors Mk VII14×1 40mm

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 76 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

Range5 km

Guns40 mm Bofors Mk IV + 40 mm Bofors Mk VII

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 162 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.75 hit probability = 425 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

425

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 76 + Outer Medium 425 = 501

501

Guns40 mm Vickers 2-pdr. Mk VIII

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 37 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.75 hit probability = 97 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range2.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 76 + Outer Medium 425 + Inner Medium 97 = 598

598

AA explosions

Each ~2 s salvo fires 3 AA explosions in quick succession, each leaving 4 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron, plus 1 stray cloud farther out that appear off-beat between salvos - up to 13 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 + 1 outer cloud

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.

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

Mounts18

Firing range5.0 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

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

Caliber114 mm

Reload time5 s

HE alpha1,700

Muzzle Velocity746 m/s

Fire Chance8%

HE Pen19 mm

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Caliber152 mm

Reload time12 s

HE alpha2,150

Muzzle Velocity884 m/s

Fire Chance9%

HE Pen25 mm

Maneuverability

Engine power180,000 hp

Maximum speed32.5 kt

Turning circle radius970 m

Rudder shift time17.1 s

Engine power-boost threshold23.9 kt

Engine spool-up time15.3 s

Reverse spool-up time7.7 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 32.5 / 4 + 4.9 = 13 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.

13 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.

45.6 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).

9.8 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (29.2 kt of 32.5 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

22.8 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (32.2 kt of 32.5 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.

46.5 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{32.5 \cdot 0.5144}{970} = 0.99 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{6}{0.99} = 6.1 \times

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

6.1× slow

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea15.81 km

Detectability by air12.65 km

Smoke firing penalty15.71 km

Detect when firing (sea)

max(main battery range, sea detectability 15.81 km) = 17.02 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.

17.02 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability 12.65 km + gun-firing bloom 9.14 km = 21.79 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber x 0.020. Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Air' value on every captured ship.

21.79 km

Detect when on fire (sea)

Sea detectability 15.81 km + 2.0 km while burning = 17.81 km; matches the in-game 'Detect Fire Sea' value on every captured ship.

17.81 km

Detect when on fire (air)

Air detectability 12.65 km + 3.0 km while burning = 15.65 km; matches the in-game 'Detect Fire Air' value on every captured ship.

15.65 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

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

Repair Party2 charges · 80 s reload · 20 s active · 31,760 HP (40% of max HP) total heal (per charge)
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2% of max HP per second × 20 s effective active time = up to 40% of max HP restored per charge.
· 63,520 HP (80% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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40% per charge x 2 charges = up to 80% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 1,588 HP/s (2% of max HP) heal per second
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2% of max HP (79,400 HP) per second = 1,588 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 · 120 s active · +8% speed bonus

Choose one

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.

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

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

Numbers the spec table cannot show directly: alpha-strike math, DPM, dispersion, AP penetration. Click the formula chip on any row to reveal how it is calculated.

Main battery formulas

Shell Grouping (σ)1.6

Dispersion typeImproved battleship & large cruiser

In practice: 17% tighter (better) horizontal dispersion and 17% less vertical spread at max range (17.0 km) than a standard battleship: about 191 m wide × 115 m tall, against 230 m × 138 m. Also on this curve (56): Al Ägir, Alaska, Alaska B, Anhalt, BA Utnapishtim's Ship, Borodino, Brest, Carnot, Champagne, Cherbourg, Congress, Ägir and 44 more.

vs standard BB17% tighter H · 17% shorter V

H = horizontal, V = vertical spread. This ship's curve against the standard battleship curve, both evaluated at this ship's max range (17.0 km) with the same model as Max Horiz/Vert Disp: horizontal 191 / 230 m − 1 = -17%, vertical 115 / 138 m − 1 = -17%. Shell grouping (σ) is separate: it sets how shells bunch toward the centre of this ellipse.

Max Horiz Disp191 m at 17 km

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{17020}{30} \cdot \frac{10 - 1.6}{1000} + 1.6) \cdot 30 = 191 m$

Shell scatter width @ 5 km90 m

(166.7 × (10 − 1.6) / 1000 + 1.6) × 30 = 90 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 km132 m

(333.3 × (10 − 1.6) / 1000 + 1.6) × 30 = 132 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 km174 m

(500 × (10 − 1.6) / 1000 + 1.6) × 30 = 174 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 Disp114.6 m at 17 km

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 191 \cdot 0.6 = 114.6 m$

Shell scatter height @ 5 km33.9 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 17020 = 8510$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 17020 m. Below the kink:  $k = 0.2 + (0.5 - 0.2) \cdot \frac{5000}{8510} = 0.3763$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 90 \cdot 0.3763 = 33.9 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 10 km68.3 m

How tall the same scatter ellipse is at 10 km. Comparable from ship to ship for the same reason as the width value above. The height/width ratio is a piecewise-linear curve through three points from the ship's own dispersion data:  $radiusOnZero = 0.2$  at 0 m,  $radiusOnDelim = 0.5$  at  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 17020 = 8510$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 17020 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 8510}{17020 - 8510} = 0.5175$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 132 \cdot 0.5175 = 68.3 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 15 km100.3 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 17020 = 8510$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 17020 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{15000 - 8510}{17020 - 8510} = 0.5763$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 174 \cdot 0.5763 = 100.3 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp71.6 m at 17 km

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 191 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.6} = 71.6 m$

Med Vert Disp43 m at 17 km

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 114.6 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.6} = 43 m$

AP Pen Close849.2 mm point-blank

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2485 \cdot 1506^{0.69} \cdot {0.457}^{- 1.07} \cdot 762^{1.38} = 849.2 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far557.5 mm at 17 km

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (17 km), where the shell has slowed to 561.7 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2485 \cdot 1506^{0.69} \cdot {0.457}^{- 1.07} \cdot {561.7}^{1.38} = 557.5 mm$ .

HE flight time @ 10 km5.19 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.2897 \cdot {0.457}^{2}}{8 \cdot 1814} = 1.31 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 757 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 km5.24 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.2897 \cdot {0.457}^{2}}{8 \cdot 1506} = 1.58 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 762 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 penetration76 mm

76 mm ≈ 457 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

AP overmatch31 mm

floor(457 mm caliber / 14.3) = 31 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius400

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)9

3 mounts × 3 barrels = 9; all 9 bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time30 s

180 degrees / 6 deg/s traverse speed = 30 s.

HE full-salvo alpha63,900

7,100 HE damage x 9 broadside guns = 63,900.

AP full-salvo alpha134,100

14,900 AP damage x 9 broadside guns = 134,100.

HE DPMInitial: 127,800 → 142,000

Zero upgrades: 63,900 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 127,800. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 63,900 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 27 s all-upgrades reload = 142,000.

AP DPMInitial: 268,200 → 298,000

Zero upgrades: 134,100 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 268,200. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 134,100 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 27 s all-upgrades reload = 298,000.

Shells/minInitial: 18 → 20

Zero upgrades: 9 broadside guns x 60 / 30 s base reload = 18. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 9 broadside guns x 60 / 27 s all-upgrades reload = 20.

Fires/minInitial: 11.34 → 12.6

Zero upgrades: 18 shells/min x 63% fire chance = 11.34. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 20 shells/min x 63% fire chance = 12.6.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability1.7 km

Estimated torpedo reaction time9.2 s

1700 m / (69 kt × 2.6855) = 9.2 s. detectability / (speed kt x 2.6855 game-speed factor, m/s per knot, calibrated from in-game measurement; the community's traditional 2.6 reads about 3% slower).

Torpedo speed69 kt

Travel time to max range53.9 s

9990 m / (69 kt × 2.6855) = 53.9 s. range / (speed kt x 2.6855 game-speed factor, m/s per knot, calibrated from in-game measurement).

Torpedo module damage1,500

Per-torpedo module/blast damage parameter. Most torpedoes carry 500 to 2,000; ships announced by WG as dealing increased module damage carry 9,000 to 12,000, so their hits knock out engines, rudders, and turrets far more often. Comparative figure; the exact module-HP conversion is not published.

Tube count2

2 launchers x 1 tubes.

Per-side salvo1 torpedoes

2 tubes / 2 = 1: tube count / 2 (symmetric port/starboard launcher layout; common on cruisers and battleships with deck torpedoes).

Full-salvo damage55,734

All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 2 x 27,867 = 55,734.

Per-side salvo damage27,867

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 1 x 27,867 = 27,867.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range76

Only families that reach 5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 2 pdr MkVIII 8barrel 4x8 -> 97 DPS @ 2.5 km; 40mm Bofors Mark IV Hazemeyer 10x2 -> 177 DPS @ 3.5 km; 40mm Bofors Mark VII single 14x1 -> 248 DPS @ 3.5 km; 114mm 45 MKIII 10x2 -> 76 DPS @ 5 km.

Maximum AA range5 km

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.5 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

AA DPS layered by range76 DPS @ 5 km, 501 DPS @ 3.5 km, 598 DPS @ 2.5 km

@ 5 km: 76 from one family; @ 3.5 km: 177 + 248 + 76 = 501; @ 2.5 km: 97 + 177 + 248 + 76 = 598. 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-blank598

97 + 177 + 248 + 76 = 598 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (2.5 km).

AA threat index2110

97 × 2.5 + 177 × 3.5 + 248 × 3.5 + 76 × 5 = 2110. 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 dispersion

Secondary dispersion typeStandard

Max dispersion = range (km) × 57 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.

Max secondary dispersion @ 5 km315 m

5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.

Secondary battery firepower

Secondary DPM (per side)290,000

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: 10×2 114 mm (10/side) × 60/5 × 1700 = 204,000 + 8×2 152 mm (8/side) × 60/12 × 2150 = 86,000. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

Max HE alpha2150

max(1700 (114 mm), 2150 (152 mm)) = 2150. Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 2150 from the 152 mm family.

Max HE fire chance9%

max(8% (114 mm), 9% (152 mm)) = 9%. Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 9% from the 152 mm family.

Max HE pen25 mm

max(19 mm (114 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

The I3 project, presented in November 1920, was a development of certain battlecruiser designs but with significant differences, such as the propulsion plant being moved to the aft end and main caliber guns being concentrated on the foredeck. Thanks to that, the magazines were located in the widest and most protected parts of the ship. The anticipated top speed was better than that of its predecessors. However, the Admiralty was not happy with both the enormous size and the displacement of the would-be ship, and the project was sent back to be reworked.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 79,400, 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 & stern25 mm

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

Belt / citadel356 mm

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

Farming19 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 40%, fires burn 60s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	25 mm primary (range 25–50 mm)	3,000 (4% 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)	19 mm primary (range 16–356 mm)	59,600 (75% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Gouden Leeuw)Angle bounces 203mm19 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 25–305 mm)	4,400 (6% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Alsace, Bourgogne)Angle bounces 356mm25 mm: HE pens from 150mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	356 mm primary (range 25–152 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	19 mm primary (range 19–254 mm)	4,400 (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	39,700 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 (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	23,800 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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