RN Andrea Doria
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Description
The Duilio-class, RN Andrea Doria, 1930 is a rank V Italian battleship with a battle rating of 6.3 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update "Drone Age".
General info
Survivability and armour
All battleships in this BR range have a relatively comparable armor. Differences rarely if every exceed 20%, and typically are below 10%. That said, Andrea Doria features below-average armor, while having one of the largest crew compliments.
Similarly to other battleships from World War 1, it has a number of crewmen exposed on an external gun mounts, making it easy for any ship armed with HE shells to kill a number of crewmen. Repairing these mounts will crew them back again, making it easy to lose the ship when under a constant HE fire. In order to prevent this, avoid repairing the ship until any of the vital components are damaged.
Shell rooms and auxiliary ammunition storage are protected deep below the waterline and/or multiple components, making it very difficult to destroy, even with a diving shells.
Ship lacks dedicated torpedo defence, but the coal bunkers along with heavy armor will reduce the impact of the hits from the torpedoes with smaller warheads (in particular: aerial torpedoes). Still, a care should be taken to avoid the hits if possible.
Mobility
Write about the ship's mobility. Evaluate its power and manoeuvrability, rudder rerouting speed, stopping speed at full tilt, with its maximum forward and reverse speed.
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| Game Mode | Upgrade Status | Maximum Speed (km/h) | |
| Forward | Reverse | ||
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| Upgraded | 45 | 29 | |
| RB/SB | |||
| Upgraded | 39 | 25 | |
Modifications and economy
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Armament
Primary armament
Provide information about the characteristics of the primary armament. Evaluate their efficacy in battle based on their reload speed, ballistics and the capacity of their shells. Add a link to the main article about the weapon: {{main|Weapon name (calibre)}}. Broadly describe the ammunition available for the primary armament, and provide recommendations on how to use it and which ammunition to choose.
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| Ammunition | Type of warhead |
Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm) | |||||
| 1,000 m | 2,500 m | 5,000 m | 7,500 m | 10,000 m | 15,000 m | ||
| 305 mm SAP | SAP | 418 | 375 | 314 | 264 | 224 | 172 |
| 305 mm APCBC | APCBC | 673 | 611 | 521 | 447 | 387 | 303 |
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Fuse sensitivity (mm) |
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| 305 mm SAP | SAP | 861 | 401.2 | 0.03 | 17 | 31 | 47° | 60° | 65° | |||
| 305 mm APCBC | APCBC | 861 | 452.37 | 0.035 | 17 | 5.66 | 48° | 63° | 71° | |||
Secondary armament
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| Ammunition | Type of warhead |
Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm) | |||||
| 1,000 m | 2,500 m | 5,000 m | 7,500 m | 10,000 m | 15,000 m | ||
| HE Dirompente | HE | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 |
| APHE Perforante | APHE | 199 | 164 | 120 | 90 | 70 | 55 |
| APHE Perforante da 152/45-50 | APHE | 198 | 164 | 120 | 90 | 69 | 55 |
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| Ammunition | Type of warhead |
Velocity (m/s) |
Projectile mass (kg) |
Fuse delay (s) |
Fuse sensitivity (mm) |
Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (kg) |
Ricochet | |||||
| 0% | 50% | 100% | ||||||||||
| HE Dirompente | HE | 830 | 46.3 | 0 | 0.1 | 5.4 | 79° | 80° | 81° | |||
| APHE Perforante | APHE | 830 | 47.1 | 0.03 | 7 | 2.62 | 47° | 60° | 65° | |||
| APHE Perforante da 152/45-50 | APHE | 830 | 47 | 0.03 | 7 | 3.1 | 47° | 60° | 65° | |||
Anti-aircraft armament
An important part of the ship's armament responsible for air defence. Anti-aircraft armament is defined by the weapon chosen with the control Select anti-aircraft weapons. Talk about the ship's anti-air cannons and machine guns, the number of guns and their positions, their effective range, and about their overall effectiveness – including against surface targets. If there are no anti-aircraft armaments, remove this section.
Additional armament
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Usage in battles
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Pros and cons
Pros:
- Effective secondary armament for light targets
- Effective Main armament for most naval targets
- The 76mm present on top of Main guns has a rapid reload
- Average Speed and manoeuvrability
Cons:
- Very weak AAs
- Very easily destroyed by other BB and Battlecruisers
History
Devblog History
While Italy was ramping up its construction of dreadnought battleships in the early 1910s, the decision was made to construct another two battleships in order to meet its naval rearmament goals. As ships of the Conte di Cavour class were already under construction at the time, shipbuilders decided to base the new class off the design of the former, while only applying some minor changes. This design was completed within six months and construction was ordered in September 1911.
Andrea Doria was laid down in March of 1912 in the Spezia dockyards and was subsequently launched the following year. However, it wouldn't be until 1916 before the warship was considered complete. This was due to numerous delays in the fitting out period, primarily due to difficulties in the supply of the ship's primary battery guns which caused significant delays. Nonetheless, the ship did see completion and officially joined the ranks of the Regia Marina in August 1916.
Despite entering service in the middle of WWI, Andrea Doria didn't see much combat action as the primary adversary - the Austro-Hungarian navy - operated in the Adriatic. However, as the Italian navy deemed the danger of submarines and minelayers for capital ships to be too great in the narrow waters of the Adriatic, most ended up not being deployed for extensive combat operations in that particular theater.
As a result, Andrea Doria survived The Great War without great incident and continued its service into the postwar period. In this time, it helped suppress a rebellion in Fiume and undertook several diplomatic missions to a number of ports in the Mediterranean and Black Sea. In August 1932 however, Andrea Doria was withdrawn from active service and placed in reserve. Starting in 1937 and going into 1940, Andrea Doria underwent a full reconstruction, which drastically changed the warship's visual appearance and combat capabilities.
Media
- Skins
See also
External links
| Arsenale militare marittimo della Spezia | |
|---|---|
| Battleships | |
| Conte di Cavour-class | RN Conte di Cavour |
| Duilio-class | RN Andrea Doria |
| Italy battleships | |
|---|---|
| RN Dante Alighieri* | |
| Conte di Cavour-class | RN Conte di Cavour · RN Leonardo da Vinci |
| Duilio-class | RN Duilio · RN Andrea Doria |
| Francesco Caracciolo-class | RN Francesco Caracciolo |
| * = Unique ship | |
