Francesco Caracciolo Tier VII Italian Battleship 1913

The first super dreadnoughts of the Regia Marina designed to carry 381 mm guns. Construction of the ships commenced during World War I. They were designed to match the new fast battleships being built for foreign navies.

SHIP DETAILS:

Ship Name - Francesco Caracciolo.

Tier - VII (7).

Is paper ship - True.

Class - Battleship (BB).

WG introduction - Sept 24th 2020.

Status when final - Researchable Ship.

Resource purchase -  80,000 6,500,000

Nation - Italy

Permoflage -  Type 17 2000  Doubloons.

Current Status - Released

HULL B:

Health Points - 54,500

Armour - 16-381 mm
Armour Belt - 70-380 mm
Citadel Fore Athwartships - 32-300 mm
Citadel Aft Athwartships - 32-300 mm
Citadel Torpedo Bulkhead - 49-70 mm
Citadel Deck - 16-80 mm
Citadel Bottom - 40 mm

Turret Plating - 200-381 mm

 

MAIN BATTERY:

4 x 2 381 mm/50 OTO 1934:

Firing Range - 17.0 km

Reload Time - 33.0 s

180 Degree Turn Time - 30 s

Maximum Dispersion - 233 m

Sigma Value - 1.6σ

SHELL TYPES:

CS (SAP) SHELLS:

8 x 381 mm proiettili CS:

Max Damage per shell - 12,500

Alpha Piercing CS - 96.7

Ammo Type - SAP (CS)

Air Drag Coefficient - 0.275

Always Ricochet at - 80.0°

Normalisation - 45.0°

Fusetime - 0.03 s

Detonator Threshold - 25.0 mm

Shell Diameter - 0.381 m

Krupp - 3.0

Mass - 824.3 kg

Start Ricochet - 70.0°

Muzzle Velocity - 880 m/s

AP SHELLS:

8 x 381 mm proiettili AP:

Max Damage per shell - 12,000

Max Alpha Strike - 96,000

Max Raw Damage per Minute - 205,714

Ammo Type - AP

Air Drag Coefficient - 0.2954

Always Ricochet at - 60.0°

Normalisation - 6.0°

Fusetime - 0.033 s

Detonator Threshold - 64.0 mm

Shell Diameter - 0.381 m

Krupp - 2434.0

Mass - 884.8 kg

Start Ricochet - 45.0°

Muzzle Velocity - 850 m/s

  

SECONDARIES:

4 x 3 152 mm proiettili HE :

Maximum HE shell damage - 2,100

Range - 5.0 km

Reload - 12 s

Air Drag - 0.3246

Alpha Piercing HE - 25 mm

HE initial velocity - 950 m/s

COF - 7%

12 x 1 90  mm proiettili HE:

Maximum HE shell damage - 1,300

Range - 5.0 km

Reload - 4 s

Air Drag - 0.414

Alpha Piercing HE - 15 mm

HE initial velocity - 860 m/s

COF - 5%

  

AA DEFENCE:

LONG RANGE:

Action Zone - ~3.5-4.6 km

Hit Probability - 75 %

Damage Caused by Shell Explosions - 1120

Damage by Zone Area AA - 147

Number of Explosions Per Salvo - 5

MID RANGE:

Action Zone - ~3.5 km

Hit Probability - 75 %

Continuous Damage Per Second - 168

SHORT RANGE:

Action Zone - ~2.0 km

Hit Probability - 70 %

Continuous Damage Per Second - 137

MANOEUVRABILITY:

Maximum speed - 29.0 kts

Turning circle radius - 740 m

Rudder shift time - 14.3 s

Propulsion - 186,000 hp

CONCEALMENT:

Surface Detectability - 14.3 km

Air Detectability - 9.7 km

Detectability after Firing Main Guns in Smoke - 13.1 km

CONSUMABLES:

Slot 1 - Damage Control Party:

Work Time - 15 s

Reload Time - 80 s

Slot 2 - Repair Party:

Charges - 4

Action time - 28 s

Reload Time - 80 s

Regenerated hp per Second - +272 hp/s

(Total hp regenerated per charge - ~7,630 hp