Bluewater Fleet
HMS Southampton
IV
Rank
AB
5.7
RB
5.7
Battle rating
Great Britain
Game nation
Light cruiser
Main role
105,000
Research
310,000
Purchase
General information
Specification
Armour
Citadel
63 / 114 / 31 mm
Main fire tower
25 / 25 / 25 mm
Hull
25 mm (steel)
Superstructure
8 mm (steel)
Number of sections
8
Displacement
11,350 t
Crew
748 persons
Max speed
Forward
58506850 km/h
Backward
21182418 km/h
Primary armament
4 × Turret — 3 × 6 inch/50 BL Mark XXIII cannon
Ammunition
2,400 rounds
Reload
basic crew → aces
9.8 → 7.5 s
Vertical guidance
-5 / 45°
Turret Rotation Speed
Horizontal
7676 °/s
Vertical
108.5108.5 °/s
| Ammunition | Type | Armor penetration (mm) at a distance: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 m | 2500 m | 5000 m | 7500 m | 10000 m | 15000 m | ||
| HE | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | |
| SAPBC | 198 | 177 | 152 | 134 | 121 | 105 | |
| HE-TF | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | |
| HE-VT | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | |
Secondary armament
4 × Turret — 2 × 4 inch/45 Mark XVI cannon
Ammunition
1,600 rounds
Reload
basic crew → aces
3.9 → 3 s
Vertical guidance
-9 / 80°
Turret Rotation Speed
Horizontal
7676 °/s
Vertical
108.5108.5 °/s
| Ammunition | Type | Armor penetration (mm) at a distance: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 m | 2500 m | 5000 m | 7500 m | 10000 m | 15000 m | ||
| HE | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | |
| SAP | 103 | 89 | 75 | 65 | 58 | 51 | |
| HE-TF | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | |
| HE-VT | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | |
Anti-aircraft armament
2 × Turret — 4 × 40 mm 2pdr QF Mk.VIII automatic cannon
Ammunition
17,920 rounds
Belt capacity
56 rounds
Reload
basic crew → aces
7.8 → 6 s
Fire rate
200 shots/min
Vertical guidance
-10 / 85°
Turret Rotation Speed
Horizontal
1512.81512.8 °/s
Vertical
1512.81512.8 °/s
| Belt | Belt filling | Armor penetration (mm) at a distance: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 m | 100 m | 500 m | 1000 m | 1500 m | 2000 m | ||
| HEF | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
2 × Turret — 4 × 12.7 mm Vickers Mk.V machine gun
Ammunition
16,000 rounds
Belt capacity
200 rounds
Reload
basic crew → aces
13 → 10 s
Fire rate
600 shots/min
Vertical guidance
-10 / 80°
Turret Rotation Speed
Horizontal
60516051 °/s
Vertical
5546.85546.8 °/s
| Belt | Belt filling | Armor penetration (mm) at a distance: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 m | 100 m | 500 m | 1000 m | 1500 m | 2000 m | ||
| AP/HEI/T | 24 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 15 | |
Additional armament
Setup 1
6 × 533 mm Mk.IX wet-heater torpedo
Economy
Repair cost
Basic → Reference
AB
11,374 → 15,423
RB
11,272 → 15,285
Crew training
90,000
Experts
310,000
Aces
1,200 
Research Aces
570,000
Reward multiplier
AB / RB
450 / 600 %
178 %
Total cost of modifications
92,900
154,600
Talisman cost
1,800
Research order:
Seakeeping |
|---|
Unsinkability | |
|---|---|
Firepower | ||
|---|---|---|
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