Ship:Marcantonio Colonna

VIII

11,000 doubloons

Marcantonio Colonna — Italy Premium Tier VIII Battleship.

A hypothetical design for a major modernization of the Francesco Caracciolo-class battleships, which were laid down between 1914 and 1915 as Italy's first "super-dreadnoughts" armed with 381 mm main battery guns.

Pros

• High secondary battery gun efficiency
• Low detectability
• Enhanced Exhaust Smoke Generator consumable available

Cons

• Small HP pool
• Weak armor

Ship Stats

Hull Information

SURVIVABILITY
• Hit Points	54500
• Torpedo protection damage reduction (%)	42%

ARMOR DETAIL
• Belt (mm)	300mm
• Deck (mm)	32mm
• Superstructure (mm)	19mm
• Extremities (mm)	25mm

MANEUVERABILITY
• Maximum speed (kt)	29.0
• Turning circle radius (m)	740
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	14.3

CONCEALMENT
• Detectability by sea (km)	14.39
• Detectability by air (km)	10.0
• Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km)	13.58
• Detectability by depths (km)	10.0

Main Battery

MAIN BATTERY
• Arrangement	4×2 381mm
• Firing range (km)	18.3
• Reload time (sec)	31.0
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	1.9
• 180° turn time (sec)	32.7

DISPERSION
• Dispersion type	Battlecruiser dispersion
• Dispersion formula	Dispersion (m) = 8.4 × range(km) + 48
• Sigma	1.7
• Maximum dispersion (m)	201
• Dispersion at 5 km	90
• Dispersion at 10 km	132
• Dispersion at 15 km	174
• Dispersion at 18.3 km	202

HE SHELL
• Name	381 mm proiettili HE
• Maximum damage	5100
• Fire chance (%)	24.0%
• Shell velocity (m/s)	880
• Shell weight (kg)	824.3
• Penetration (mm)	64

AP SHELL
• Name	381 mm proiettili AP
• Maximum damage	12000
• Shell velocity (m/s)	850
• Shell weight (kg)	884.8
• Fuse time (sec)	0.033
• Ricochet start (°)	45
• Always ricochet (°)	60
• Normalisation (°)	6
• Arming threshold (mm)	64

Secondary Battery

SECONDARY BATTERY
• Secondary battery range (km)	7.5

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1
• Shell type	SAP
• Name	152mm proiettili CS 1926
• Arrangement	4x3 152mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	39.6
• Maximum damage	3850
• Shell velocity (m/s)	950
• Penetration (mm)	42.3
• Ricochet start (°)	80
• Always ricochet (°)	85

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 2
• Shell type	SAP
• Name	90mm proiettili CS
• Arrangement	12x1 90mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	180.0
• Maximum damage	2000
• Shell velocity (m/s)	860
• Penetration (mm)	26
• Ricochet start (°)	70
• Always ricochet (°)	80

Airstrike

ASW AIRSTRIKE (DEPTH CHARGES)
• Range (km)	10
• Minimum range (km)	0.5
• Reload time (sec)	30.0
• Number of aircraft	1
• Depth charges in payload	2
• Damage	4200
• Deployment	Manual

AA Defense

AA ARMAMENT	MOUNTS × BARRELS
90 mm	12 × 1
37 mm	8 × 2
20 mm	8 × 6 + 2 × 2

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Short-range	122.5	70%	2.0
Mid-range	168	75%	3.5
Long-range	147	75%	4.6

Damage by shell explosions

EXPLOSIONS / SALVO	DAMAGE	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
5	960	75%	3.5–4.6

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4
Slot 5

Consumables

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party  (15.0s action, 80.0s cooldown)
• Slot 2: Repair Party  (4 charges, 28.0s action, 80.0s cooldown, 272.5 hp/s)
• Slot 3: Smoke Generator  (3 charges, 60.0s action, 180.0s cooldown)

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Changelogs

Ship Change Log

• Update 14.4:
  • Initial stats revealed
• Update 14.5:
  • Bow and Stern armor plating reduced: 32 to 25mm
  • Lower Bow armor plating reduced: 150 to 30mm
• Update 14.6:
  • Main battery reload time increased: 27 to 31s
  • Secondary battery parameters changed:
    • 90mm secondary battery reload time reduced: 2.9 to 2s
    • 152mm secondary battery reload time reduced: 13s to 9.1s