Marcantonio Colonna: Tier VIII Italian Premium Battleship 1913

Marcantonio Colonna is 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.

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Key Features and Gameplay Tips:

• Exhaust Smoke Generator – Retains Verdi's unique smoke for tactical disengagement.
• Improved Maneuverability – Compensates for lower speed with better handling.
• Enhanced Concealment – Better stealth for repositioning and ambush.
• Balanced Survivability – Lower HP offset by agility and smoke.
• Italian SAP & AP – Heavy-hitting secondary armament with SAP options.
• Strong Secondary Battery – Effective close-range firepower.

Gameplay Tips

• Playstyle: Aggressive brawler, leveraging strong secondaries at close range.
• Key Strength: Deadly secondary armament – push in, but pick fights carefully.
• Weakness: Low HP – avoid prolonged trades or reckless charges.
• Smoke Tactics: Use Exhaust Smoke offensively to close distance or defensively to disengage.
• Engagement Plan: Plan approaches wisely; retreat early if outmatched.

Marcantonio Colonna Info:

Ship Name:   VIII M Colonna

Level: 8

Rarity Level: Uncommon Ship. Requires moderate effort, typically available through recurring events and steady in-game progress.

WG Introduction: March 27, 2025

Status During Tests  VIII M Colonna

Estimated Released: 15.0

Base Value: 11,000

Nation:  Italy

Current Development Status: Released

How to obtain: In the salvage for victory event HERE

Armor:

Hit points: 54,500

Overall Plating: 25 mm

Side Plating Fore/Mid/Aft: 25-300/32-300/25-150 mm

Deck Fore/Mid/Aft: 32/32/32 mm

Fore Athwartships: 220 mm

Aft Athwartships: 220 mm

Citadel Fore Athwartships: 32 mm

Citadel Aft Athwartships: 16 mm

Turret Plating: 200-381 mm

Superstructure: 19 mm

Armor Belt: 220-300 mm

Torpedo Bulkhead: 49 mm

Citadel Deck: 80 mm

Citadel Bottom: 50 mm

Tonnage: 57,540

Torpedo Protection: 42%

Main Battery Armament:

4x2 381 mm/50 Model 1934 in a turret:

Max Range: 18.3 km

Reload: 31.0 s

Minimum Shell Type Switching Time: 31.0 s

180° Turn Time: 32.7 s

Dispersion at Max Range: 202 m

Sigma: 1.70σ

Shell Types

HE Shells

8x 381 mm proiettili HE:

Alpha Damage: 5,100

Maximum Damage per Salvo: 40,800

Maximum Damage Per Minute (DPM): 90,667

Alpha Piercing HE: 64.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Air Drag: 0.275

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 45.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.03

Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0

Shell Diameter: 381 mm

Shell Krupp: 1.0

Shell Mass: 824.3 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 45.0°

Shell Speed: 880.0 m/s

Burn Probability: 24%

AP Shells

8x 381 mm proiettili AP:

Alpha Damage: 12,000

Maximum Damage per Salvo: 96,000

Maximum Damage Per Minute (DPM): 213,333

Ammo Type: Armor Piercing

Shell Air Drag: 0.2954

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 6.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.033

Shell Detonator Threshold: 64.0

Shell Diameter: 381 mm

Shell Krupp: 2434.0

Shell Mass: 884.8 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 45.0°

Shell Speed: 850.0 m/s

Depth Charge Airstrike:

Aircraft: CANT Z.506 Airone

Aircraft HP: 2000

Max Range: 10 km

Reload: 30 s

Available Flights: 2

No of Aircraft in Attacking Flight: x1

Bombs in Payload: 2x CS 160 kg

Max Bomb Damage: 4200

Burn Probability: 24%

Secondary Armament:

4x3 152 mm proiettili CS 1926:

Reload: 9.1 s

Range: 7.5 km

Max Shell Damage: 3,850

Ammo Type: Semi Armor Piercing

Alpha Piercing CS: 42.0 mm

Shell Air Drag: 0.3246

Shell Always Ricochet At: 80.0°

Normalization: 45.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.03

Shell Detonator Threshold: 25.0 mm

Shell Diameter: 152 mm

Shell Krupp: 3.0

Shell Mass: 44.3 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 70.0°

Velocity: 950.0 m/s

12x1 90 mm proiettili CS:

Reload: 2 s

Range: 7.5 km

Max Shell Damage: 2,000

Ammo Type: Semi Armor Piercing

Alpha Piercing CS: 26.0 mm

Shell Air Drag: 0.414

Shell Always Ricochet At: 80.0°

Normalization: 45.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.03

Shell Detonator Threshold: 25.0 mm

Shell Diameter: 90 mm

Shell Krupp: 3.0

Shell Mass: 10.1 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 70.0°

Velocity: 860.0 m/s

Anti Aircraft Defence:

Long Range:

12x1 90 mm/50 Model 1939 in a turret:

Firing Range: 4.6 km

Hit Probability: 75 %

Damage Within an Explosion: 1120

Continuous Damage Per Second: 147

Number of Explosions Per Salvo: 5

Continuous Damage: soon

Action Zone: 3.5-4.6 km

Medium Range:

8x2 37 mm/54 Model 1938 on a Model 1938 mount:

Firing Range: 3.5 km

Hit Probability: 75 %

Damage by Zone Area AA: 168

Action Zone: 3.5 km

Short Range:

2x2 20 mm/65 Breda Model 1935 on a Model 1935 mount:
8x6 20 mm/70 Scotti Model 1941 on a sextuple mount:

Firing Range: 2.0 km

Hit Probability: 70 %

Damage by Zone Area AA: 123

Action Zone: 2.0 km

Mobility:

Maximum speed: 29.0 knots

Turning circle radius: 740 m

Rudder shift time: 14.3 s

Propulsion: 186,000 hp

Detection:

Surface Detectability: 14.4 km

Air Detectability: 10.1 km

Detectability by enemy subs: 0-10.1 km

Detectability whilst firing in smoke: 13.6 km

Available Consumables:

Slot 1: Damage Control Party:

Charges: Infinite

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: +272.5 hp/s

Slot 3: Exhaust Smoke Generator:

Charges: 3

Action Time: 60 s

Smoke Screen Life Time: 15 s

Reload Time: 180 s

Smoke Radius: 0.9 km

Note: All stats are listed without crew and upgrade modifiers but with best available modules. The stats are subject to change at any time.