World of Warships Supertest: Pan-European Tier VI Premium Cruiser Elli

Historical background

Elli started life as the Italian light cruiser Eugenio di Savoia, the sister ship of the Emanuele Filiberto Duca d’Aosta, and a member of the Condottieri-class.

The ship was laid down in July 1933, launched in March 1935, and commissioned in January 1936. Her first action in a war would be during the Spanish Civil War during which she bombarded the city of Barcelona in support of the Nationalist troops.

During the Second World War, the ship would first take part in the Battle of Punta Stilo. Afterward, she was present during Operation Harpoon in 1942 during which she badly damaged HMS Bedouin as part of an attempt to intercept Allied convoys on their way to Malta. Finally, she was part of the interception force against another British convoy on its way to Malta.
This is where Eugenio’s participation in the war would end as she was hit by an airstrike from Liberator bombers on Napoli’s harbor in December 1942 and the armistice came soon after. Afterward, she was used as a training ship at Suez.

After the end of the war, the ship was transferred to Greece in 1950 as war reparation. The ship was then renamed Elli and served under the Greek flag as a headquarter for commanding staff until she was decommissioned in 1965. She was then used as a naval prison ship and was extensively used during the Junta of 1967-1974 with naval personnel being locked there for their resistance activities.
Finally, she was sold for scrap in 1973.

Ship’s preview

Ship’s commemorative flag

Ship’s camouflage

For the classic reminder, this is a ship in testing, anything can change so don’t look at her like she would already be released.

Modules

Hull	Engine	Gun Fire Control System	Main battery	Torpedoes
Elli	Propulsion: 128 000 HP	‎SUO Mk 6 Mod. 1	152 mm/53 OTO Model 1929 on a Model 1929 mount	‎533 mm Si 270

General Characteristics

Main Armament

4 x 2 152 mm/53 OTO Model 1929 on a Model 1929 mount
Maximum Firing Range	16.530 km
Reloading Time	6.7 s
180 Degree Turn Time	25.7 s
Optimal firing angles at the front	30°
Optimal firing angles at the rear	30°
Sigma	2.0 sigma
Maximum Dispersion	147 m
Shells
Type of Projectile	HE – 152 mm proiettili HE
Alpha Damage	2 100
Penetration capacity	25 mm
Explosion size	7.65 m
Fire chance	7 %
Projectile Speed	950 m/s
Air Drag	0.325
Projectile Mass	44.3 kg
Type of Projectile	AP – 152 mm proiettili AP
Alpha Damage	3 200
Projectile Speed	1 000 m/s
Air Drag	0.326
Projectile Mass	50.0 kg
Projectile Krupp	2 142
Projectile Detonator	0.025 s
Detonator threshold	25 mm
Ricochet Angles	45° – 60°

Secondary Armament

3 x 2 100 mm/47 Model 1924/27/28 on a Eugenio Minisini mount
Maximum Firing Range	4.960 km
Reloading Time	6.0 s
Sigma	1.0 sigma
Shells
Type of Projectile	HE – 100 mm proiettili HE
Alpha Damage	1 500
HE penetration	17 mm
Explosion Size	4.5 m
Chance to Cause Fire	6 %
Projectile Speed	850 m/s
Air Drag	0.374
Projectile Mass	13.8 kg

Torpedo Armament

2 x 3 533 mm tubo lanciasiluri Torped M1924 mod 2
Reloading Time	76 s
Maximum Distance	6.000 km
Optimal firing angles at the front	25°
Optimal firing angles at the rear	39°
Damage	7 533
Flooding Chance	119%
Speed	72 knots
Surface Detectability	1.6 km

Anti-air Armament

ASW Armament

Shipborne depth charges
Reloading Time	40 s
Number of charges	2
Number of bombs in payload	2
Damage	3 200
Sink speed	21.5-32.2 m/s
Explosion radius	800 m
Fire chances	13%
Flooding chances	17%

Consumables

Consumables
Slot 1	Slot 2	Slot 3
Damage Control Party Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 60 s	Hydroacoustic Search Number of charges: 3 Work time: 100 s Cooldown: 120 s Torpedo spotting range: 3.0 km Ship spotting range: 4.0 km	Defensive AA Fire Number of charges: 3 Work time: 40 s Cooldown: 80 s Continuous Damage: +50% Damage from shell explosions: +300%

The Armor

External armor protection:

Citadel armor protection:

Turrets armor protection:

Hidden armor protection inside the stern:

Personal Opinion

Well, the Elli is a bit of a weird ship as it’s basically Duca D’Aosta but with a lot of improvements while being at the same tier. She has a faster main batter reload, baked in Spotting Aircraft, is faster, and has better anti-air. In return, she gets a slightly worse rudder shift and the torpedoes become almost inexistent with incredibly low damage and short firing range. Then again, it isn’t like torpedoes ever were a strong point of the D’Aosta so it’s not a big deal.

At this point, I’m just sitting here and asking myself how is this all working balancing-wise. If D’Aosta is considered fine (although in action she is relatively bad), how can Elli with her initial stats also be considered fine? Things don’t exactly add up if you ask me.

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