Warspite
Also called: 厌战 Beta- Anchor a flank at 12-15 km with bow toward the closest threat
- Avoid: Torpedo Boat Brawling; with no torpedoes you cannot trade back a fight fought inside enemy torpedo range
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Across 9,000+ Standard battles from 280+ players, Warspite averages a 59% win rate, 65,900 damage and 1.2 kills per battle, and survives 42% of them.
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Record History
Playstyle
Overview
Warspite is a Tier V British all-rounder battleship with 381mm guns at 15.5 km: she has no single dominant kit trait but is competent across the board. The role flexes by team comp - mid-range AP anchor by default, brawl support when the team commits, sniper when the line sits back. Versatility is the value, not specialization. Standout traits: best sigma in T5 BBs (2, 3rd of 26) and heavy AP shells in T5 BBs (11,400, 5th of 26). The trade is AP arming threshold in T5 BBs (64 mm, 22nd of 26).
Positioning
Anchor a flank at 12-15 km with bow toward the closest threat. Rotate one or two map cells with the team rather than holding solo; a battleship alone on a flank is a free focus target for the enemy. At 23.5 kn you cannot re-cross the map, so the flank you pick early is the one you fight all game; choose it for where the enemy battleships will end up, not where they start. Once the rudder is over she turns tightly for her cohort (550 m), so a committed turn costs less water than most of what she is fighting.
Potato Avoidance
Torpedo Boat Brawling
With no torpedoes you cannot trade back a fight fought inside enemy torpedo range. Hold the band where your guns and secondaries punish them while their fish still fall short, and lean on armor and volume of fire instead of closing the last few kilometers into a spread you have no answer for.
Signature Traits
- Tight grouping
- Heavy AP shells · 11400 damage
- Big-caliber AP overmatch · 26.6 mm
- Flat AP trajectory
- Burny secondaries · 12%
- Tighter secondary dispersion
5 km AA reach, top decile of T5 BBs.
Repair Party heals 0.6%/s, top decile of T5 BBs. Restores more HP per active second than peers.
64 mm AP arming threshold, bottom decile of T5 BBs. Over-pens thin plates; the trade-off pays off when most targets are battleship belt armor.
How to get Warspite
Warspite 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.
History: Early Access Oct 2023 – Nov 2023 (temporary crate drops, now ended).
While you save up, check active promo codes for free doubloons, camouflages, and other rewards.
Best listed chance for this ship
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Super V crate
4.166667%
One of the Tier V Premium ships
Event · Super V crate · 1 of 24 ships
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British Battleships Big Crate
0.5%
Warspite
Archived · British Battleships Big Crate
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Spring Big Crate
0.45%
V Warspite
Common · Spring Big Crate
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Santa Level 4
0.272727%
Tier V Premium ship
Archived · Santa Level 4 · 1 of 22 ships
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Santa Level 3
0.261364%
Tier V Premium ship
Archived · Santa Level 3 · 2 paths combined · 1 of 22 ships
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- Santa Level 30.220455%
- Santa Level 3 → Santa Level 40.040909%
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Super Santa '22
0.25%
Tier IV or V Premium ship
Archived · Super Santa '22 · 1 of 28 ships
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Super Santa '23
0.242273%
Tier V Premium ship
Archived · Super Santa '23 · 1 of 22 ships
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Mega Santa '23
0.143955%
Tier V Premium ship
Archived · Mega Santa '23 · 1 of 22 ships
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Santa Level 2
0.116477%
Tier V Premium ship
Archived · Santa Level 2 · 4 paths combined · 1 of 22 ships
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- Santa Level 20.063636%
- Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 30.033068%
- Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 40.013636%
- Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 3 → Santa Level 40.006136%
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Champion's Box
0.052273%
Tier V Premium ship
Archived · Champion's Box · 2 paths combined · 1 of 22 ships
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- Champion's Box → Santa Level 30.044091%
- Champion's Box → Santa Level 3 → Santa Level 40.008182%
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Santa Level 1
0.037494%
Tier V Premium ship
Archived · Santa Level 1 · 6 paths combined · 1 of 22 ships
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- Santa Level 1 → Santa Level 30.011023%
- Santa Level 1 → Santa Level 20.009545%
- Santa Level 10.009%
- Santa Level 1 → Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 30.00496%
- Santa Level 1 → Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 40.002045%
- Santa Level 1 → Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 3 → Santa Level 40.00092%
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Ultimate Crate
0.024227%
Tier V Premium ship
Archived · Ultimate Crate → Super Santa '23 · 1 of 22 ships
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British Battleships crate
0.01%
Warspite
Archived · British Battleships crate
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Secret Santa '23
0.0009%
Tier V Premium ship
Archived · Secret Santa '23 · 1 of 22 ships
Official WG availability sources
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For King and Country: British Alternate Battleships in Early Access
Crates
Start: 2023-10-05 · End: 2023-11-01
- Besides useful in-game goods such as Commander Progression Items, these crates include Tier V Premium battleship Warspite in their possible contents.
- Both types of British Battleships crates are available via the campaign (with or without the Admiralty Backing), Royal Duties Calendar, and the Store.
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December 2019 Update Patchnotes
Crates
Start: 2020-01-27
- Super Santa Containers hold tier IV and V ships in addition to other gear, as well as guaranteed 50 Sakura coins per container.
- IV Marblehead, IV Texas, IV Kamikaze, V Graf Spee, V T-61, Mutsu, V Dunkerque, V De Grasse, V Arizona, V Warspite, V Aigle (a new French destroyer only available as a drop for now), VI Indianapolis and VI Kidd
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Update: March 2020
Store / event post
Start: 2020-03-09
- Mutsu, De Grasse, Dunkerque, Warspite, and T-61 can now be accessed and purchased from the "Ships" menu under their corresponding nation tabs.
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June Update: Wings Over Waves
Store / event post
Start: 2024-05-23
- These include new Commonwealth Tier VII destroyer Haida in her thematic permanent camouflage with a counter for defeated ships, along with Texas, Warspite, Belfast, Błyskawica, and Arkansas.
- These ships will be available in special bundles that also grant access to unique missions.
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D-Day: 80th Anniversary
Store / event post
Start: 2024-05-27
- Besides Haida, you’ll find several other ships in the Store that also participated in the Normandy landings: Texas, Warspite, Belfast, Błyskawica, and Arkansas. Throughout this update, these ships will be available in special bundles that also grant access to unique missions with Commander crates as rewards.
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Halloween Update: Crimson Tale
Store / event post
Start: 2024-10-10
- Visit the Store to discover ships that participated in historical battles and operations: Oklahoma, Texas, Agincourt, Kawachi, G-101, Bellerophon, Warspite, Arizona, Giulio Cesare, Viribus Unitis, South Carolina, Aurora, Oleg, and Arkansas.
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Honoring the Battle of Jutland
Store / event post
Start: 2025-05-19
- Aside from the three new ships, several returning ships are making their way back to the Store—some of which also took part in the Battle of Jutland.
- British battleships Warspite and Bellerophon in a bundle with Commander John Jellicoe
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May Update: From Rome to Edo
Sale
Start: 2026-04-30
- If you think you're missing a Premium ship you'd like to play this season, grab the free coupon in the Store for a 50% discount on Arizona, Warspite, De Grasse, Graf Spee, Mutsu, Dunkerque, and T-61.
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- British Battleships Big Crate 0.5% · Warspite
- British Battleships crate 0.01% · Warspite
- Mega Santa '23 0.143955% · Tier V Premium ship
- Santa Level 1 0.009% · Tier V Premium ship
- Santa Level 2 0.063636% · Tier V Premium ship
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Builds
Pair with a commander whose unique skill complements her main armament; check the build tool for current recommendations.
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Cohort position
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Where Warspite sits among Tier V BBs (25 ships). Notable standouts are shown first; the rest of the cohort-ranked stats are in the expand below. Acquisition variants (Black Friday, Founders Edition) are counted once with their base ship, not as separate peers.
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Not standouts for Warspite -- 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.
Peers in this cohort
Compare Tier V BattleshipsStats & specs
Customize in the Build Tool →ƒ
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.ƒ
180° − 143° (the most restricted aft-facing mount's arc) = 37° off bow; 180° − 138° (the most restricted forward-facing mount's arc) = 42° 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.ƒ
In practice: 2% tighter (better) horizontal dispersion and 2% less vertical spread at max range (15.5 km) than a standard battleship: about 211 m wide × 126 m tall, against 215 m × 129 m. Also on this curve (7): AL Queen Elizabeth, Hood, Ohio, Puerto Rico, Queen Elizabeth, Royal Sovereign, Warspite B.ƒ
Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the dispersion model:ƒ
Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:ƒ
50%-hit horizontal radius:ƒ
50%-hit vertical radius:ƒ
180 degrees / 3.3 deg/s traverse speed = 54.5 s.ƒ
8 broadside guns x 60 / 30 s base reload = 16.HE shells
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64 mm ≈ 381 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).ƒ
5,300 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 42,400.ƒ
42,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 84,800.ƒ
16 shells/min × 0.34 (34% fire chance) = 5.44.AP shells
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floor(381 mm caliber / 14.3) = 26 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).ƒ
AP formula evaluated at muzzle velocity: .ƒ
Same formula at the ship's max firing range (15.5 km), where the shell has slowed to 496.3 m/s: .ƒ
11,400 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 91,200.ƒ
91,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 182,400.ƒ
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.ƒ
Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 2.5 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.ƒ
Dual-purpose: your secondaries doing double duty against aircraft. The same mounts appear on the Secondary Battery card - shared guns, not extra hardware.ƒ
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 42 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.ƒ
Effective DPS: 47 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.75 hit probability = 123 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.ƒ
Far 42 + Medium 123 = 165ƒ
Effective DPS: 34 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.7 hit probability = 83 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.ƒ
Far 42 + Medium 123 + Near 83 = 248ƒ
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.ƒ
Damage a plane takes for flying into one flak cloud, before any reductions.ƒ
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.ƒ
A new flak salvo (the AA explosions above) fires roughly every 2 s.ƒ
Flak keeps firing while at least one secondary battery mount is operational - even losing every dedicated AA mount does not stop it.ƒ
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.ƒ
Sum of each gun family's fires/min (per side): 4.8 + 3.3 = 8.1. 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.ƒ
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: 4×2 102 mm (4/side) × 60/3 s × 1500 = 120,000 + 8×1 152 mm (4/side) × 60/8.714 s (8.6 s = 61 ticks) × 2200 = 60,590. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).ƒ
Fires/min (per side) 8.1 × (1 − 0.233 fire resistance) × 60 s × 0.003 of max HP per second × 54,550 HP = 61,040. 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.ƒ
Secondary DPM (per side) 180,590 + secondary fire DPM 61,040 = 241,630: shell damage plus fire damage against one T5 battleship, every shell hitting.ƒ
This ship's secondary families don't share one dispersion bracket. Each family is listed below with its own slope; max dispersion = secondary range (km) × that family's slope + 30 m.ƒ
Dual-purpose: the same mounts also fire at aircraft, so they appear on the AA Defense card too - shared guns, not extra hardware.ƒ
4×2 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 3 s × 0.06 (6% fire chance) = 4.8. 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.Show 1 more gun family
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8×1 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 8.714 s (8.6 s = 61 ticks) × 0.12 (12% fire chance) = 3.3. 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.ƒ
top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 23.5 / 4 + 4.9 = 10.8 kt. Base value; speed modifiers scale it.ƒ
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.ƒ
Speed below which the engine's built-in power boost applies in reverse.ƒ
Time to reach 90% of top speed (21.2 kt of 23.5 kt).ƒ
Time to reach 99% of top speed (23.3 kt of 23.5 kt). 99% rather than 100% because true top speed is asymptotic (thrust meets drag), so the last fraction of a knot is never quite gained.ƒ
With the rudder hard over the hull turns 4.3°/s, so a target drifts across the bow at that rate. Turret traverse minus hull turn: 3.3 − 4.3 = -1.0°/s, so the guns fall behind and catch up once the turn eases. Main Battery Mod. 2 (+20% traverse) and Mod. 3 (−15%) move this line.ƒ
Base value, no camouflage. With a Grade IV permanent camo (or any disposable camo): 14.23 km x 0.955 = 13.59 km. Camouflage does not change detectability by air.ƒ
Detectability by sea 14.23 km x 0.955 (Grade IV permanent camo or any disposable camo) = 13.59 km.ƒ
max(main battery range, sea detectability 14.23 km) = 15.5 km. Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach.ƒ
Air detectability 11.38 km + gun-firing bloom 7.62 km = 19 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber 381 mm × 0.020 = 7.62 km.ƒ
Sea detectability 14.23 km + 2.0 km while burning = 16.23 km.ƒ
Air detectability 11.38 km + 3.0 km while burning = 14.38 km.
Damage Control Party∞ charges · 60 s reload · 5 s active
Repair Party3 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 9,038 HP (16.8% of max HP) total heal (per charge) ƒ
0.006 of max HP per second (0.6%) × 28 s effective active time = 0.168 of max HP × 53,800 HP = 9,038 HP: up to 16.8% of max HP restored per charge.ƒ
0.168 of max HP per charge × 3 charges = 0.504 × 53,800 HP = 27,114 HP: up to 50.4% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.ƒ
0.006 (0.6% of max HP) × 53,800 HP = 323 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.
Catapult Fighter3 charges · 80 s reload · 60 s active · 5 km patrol radius ƒ
Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000):
Observation Seaplane3 charges · 200 s reload · 30 s active · 1 squadron size · Tightens main-battery shell grouping
Enhanced Secondary Targeting3 charges · 160 s reload · 30 s active · +100% grouping · -50% dispersion
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
H = horizontal, V = vertical spread. This ship's curve against the standard battleship curve, both evaluated at this ship's max range (15.5 km) with the same model as Max Horiz/Vert Disp: horizontal 211 / 215 m − 1 = -2%, vertical 126 / 129 m − 1 = -2%. Shell grouping (σ) is separate: it sets how shells bunch toward the centre of this ellipse.(166.7 × (12 − 1.7) / 1000 + 1.7) × 30 = 102.5 m. Horizontal scatter at a fixed 5 km, from the same dispersion model as the rows below - a knife-fight-range anchor comparable across ships.(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.(500 × (12 − 1.7) / 1000 + 1.7) × 30 = 205.5 m. Horizontal scatter at a fixed 15 km, from the same dispersion model - the long-range anchor. Only shown when the ship's guns reach 15 km.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: at 0 m, at m, and at 15502 m. Below the kink: , so .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: at 0 m, at m, and at 15502 m. Above the kink: , so .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: at 0 m, at m, and at 15502 m. Above the kink: , so .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 , where 639.5 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 5 km (from 732 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.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 , where 562.1 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 10 km (from 732 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.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 , where 501.3 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 15 km (from 732 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.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, , where is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass: . That runs from a 732 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.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, , where is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass: . That runs from a 732 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.4 mounts × 2 barrels = 8; all 8 bear on the broadside.Model inputs
Armor-penetration constant of the AP shell; penetration scales straight with it, so a 10% higher Krupp is 10% more penetration at every range.Enters penetration as mass^0.69 and slows the shell's drag deceleration, so a heavier shell keeps more velocity at range.Air drag on the AP shell in flight; lower keeps velocity, and with it penetration, at long range.Starting speed of the AP shell; penetration scales with velocity^1.38.Starting speed of the HE shell; sets its flight time and lead.Horizontal dispersion growth per idealDistance of range, in 30 m units; the slope of the scatter-width line.Horizontal dispersion at zero range, in 30 m units; the intercept of the scatter-width line.Range step over which horizontal dispersion grows by idealRadius.Inside this range the scatter width tapers toward minRadius instead of following the line.Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at zero range.Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at the delim point.Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at maximum range.Where the vertical-scatter curve bends, as a share of maximum range.AA defense
Only families that reach 5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 2 pdr MkVIII 8barrel 4x8 -> 123 DPS @ 2.5 km; 20mm Oerlikon MK4 13x1 -> 83 DPS @ 2 km; 4in45 QF Mk XIX 4x2 -> 42 DPS @ 5 km.@ 5 km: 42 from one family; @ 2.5 km: 123 + 42 = 165; @ 2 km: 123 + 83 + 42 = 248. 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.123 + 83 + 42 = 248 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (2 km).123 × 2.5 + 83 × 2 + 42 × 5 = 684. 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
Max dispersion = range (km) × 57 + 30 for this family. Slope is set per gun model.5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.Max dispersion = range (km) × 33 + 30 for this family. Slope is set per gun model.5 km × 33 + 30 = 195 m.Secondary battery firepower
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(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(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.Ship Charts
Historical context
The real HMS Warspite that gave this ship her name. Facts cross-checked against the linked Wikipedia article.
Background
When commissioned, she was one of the mightiest battleships in the world that outmatched all previous dreadnought classes in firepower and speed. By the outbreak of World War II, Warspite had been modernized to receive more powerful torpedo protection, reinforced horizontal armor protection, and enhanced AA capabilities.
Notable engagements
- Battle of Jutland (31 May 1916) - Heavily damaged after her steering jammed, drawing fire from much of the German High Seas Fleet.
- Second Battle of Narvik (13 April 1940) - Destroyed eight German destroyers in a Norwegian fjord.
- Battle of Calabria (9 July 1940) - Long-range hit on the Italian battleship Giulio Cesare - one of the longest-range gunnery hits in naval history.
- Battle of Cape Matapan (27–29 March 1941) - Engaged Italian cruisers at point-blank range during a night action.
- D-Day shore bombardment (June 1944) - Supported Allied landings on the Normandy beaches.
Fate
Decommissioned 1947 and sold for scrap. Broke her tow and ran aground at Prussia Cove, Cornwall, in 1947; broken up on site over several years.
Armor Beta
Hull HP 53,800, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds.
Overmatched by 33+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.
Citadels come from a flat broadside at close range; held past ~30° of angle, AP shatters or bounces.
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 |
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| Bow | 25 mm primary (range 25–102 mm) | 2,700 (5% of HP) | Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Bayern, Gneisenau)Angle bounces 356mm25 mm: HE pens from 150mm+ | Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP. |
| Hull (midship) | 25 mm primary (range 25–256 mm) | 40,400 (75% of HP) | Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Bayern, Gneisenau)Angle bounces 356mm25 mm: HE pens from 150mm+ | Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest. |
| Stern | 25 mm primary (range 25–102 mm) | 1,700 (3% of HP) | Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Bayern, Gneisenau)Angle bounces 356mm25 mm: HE pens from 150mm+ | Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation. |
| Citadel | 330 mm primary (range 25–330 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 | 2,400 (4% 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 | 26,900 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 | 16,100 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 Warspite. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.
Ministry of Balance: Italian Concerto
- Some ships have received updates to their armor models, but you shouldn’t notice any difference in gameplay: Worcester, Queen Elizabeth, AL Queen Elizabeth, Warspite.
Skins & permanent camouflages
Every custom exterior Warspite can equip.
DefaultThe ship’s standard exterior
Primary official WG sources
Filtered to official World of Warships: Legends pages where this ship is a focus, reward, line member, or high-context variant mention.
