Supertest: Italian Tier X Freemium Cruiser Napoli

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Ship review

The Napoli is based on a preliminary design from Ansaldo for the Soviet Project 22 Heavy cruiser. The historical design was called for a ship with nine 250 mm guns in three triple turrets with two superfiring at the front and one at the rear. The secondary battery would consist of twelve 130 mm guns in six twin turrets, and twelve 100 mm guns in six twin turrets as well. The design was also armed with two triple torpedo launchers located at the rear of the ship.

In the end, the design was abandoned.

In World of Warships, we are getting a more Italian version of this design of cruiser killer buuuuuuuuut… with a few awkward changes. From the start, let’s talk about the guns. One could expect that these 254 mm are a homemade design from the 30s. It absolutely isn’t. According to Wargaming, these are based on “a symbiosis of British 9.2″/50 Mark XI and 9.2″/51 Mark XI” (from WW1). They are, as such, 100% fake.
The secondary battery is also quite weird in terms of the position of the turrets and also the choice of 152 mm secondaries instead of the 135 mm ones.

There was a bit of a debate regarding the actual nature of the Napoli and whether it is a “classic” heavy cruiser or a large cruiser/supercruiser and it turns out that it’s a classic cruiser. The duration of fires for her is only 30 seconds like most cruisers in the game instead of 60 seconds on things like Alaska or Stalingrad.

When it comes to the dispersion of her secondaries (that are supposed to be one of her gimmick as they fire SAP shells), it is the same dispersion formula as the secondaries of Georgia, Massachusetts, etc.

Update: It turns out that WG did some last-minute changes to the ship and there is also a bug with her armor.

Her horizontal dispersion formula past 4 km is in fact Y= 8.9*X + 33 with X being the range in kilometers.

When it comes to her armor, the deck on the bow and stern is actually not 30 mm thick but 25 mm thick. This is a bug and it will be fixed soon. 

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
Napoli	Propulsion: 240 000 hp	SDT 10	254 mm/60 M1939	533 mm Si 270 N

General Characteristics

Main Battery

3 x 3 254 mm/60 M1939
Maximum Firing Range	16.280 km
Reloading Time	17 s
180 Degree Turn Time	23.7 s
Optimal firing angles at the front	30°
Optimal firing angles at the rear	30°
Sigma	1.9 sigma
Maximum Dispersion	178 m
Shells
Type of Projectile	HE – 254 mm proiettili HE
Alpha Damage	3 450 HP
Damage	1 630 HP
Penetration capacity	42 mm
Explosion size	1.15
Fire chance	16 %
Projectile Speed	954 m/s
Air Drag	0.29
Projectile Mass	227.9 kg
Type of Projectile	AP – 254 mm proiettili AP
Alpha Damage	6 150 HP
Projectile Speed	945 m/s
Air drag	0.29
Projectile Mass	227.9
Projectile Krupp	2 650
Projectile Detonator	0.033s
Detonator Threshold	42 mm
Ricochet Angles	45° – 60°

Secondary battery

6 x 2 90 mm/50 OTO 1939
Maximum Firing Range	7.300 km
Reloading Time	4.0 s
Sigma	1.00 sigma
Shells
Type of Projectile	SAP – 90 mm proiettili CS
Alpha Damage	2 000 HP
Penetration capacity	26 mm
Projectile Speed	860 m/s
Air Drag	0.414
Projectile Mass	10.1 kg
Ricochet Angles	70° – 80°
4 x 3 152 mm/55 OTO 1936
Maximum Firing Range	7.300 km
Reloading Time	10.0 s
Sigma	1.00 sigma
Shells
Type of Projectile	SAP – 152 mm proiettili CS 1926
Alpha Damage	3 850 HP
Penetration capacity	42 mm
Projectile Speed	950 m/s
Air Drag	0.325
Projectile Mass	44.3 kg
Ricochet Angles	70° – 80°

Torpedo Armament

Anti-air Armament

Consumables

Slot 1	Slot 2	Slot 3	Slot 4
Damage Control Party Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 60 s	Exhaust Smoke Generator Number of charges: 2 Work time: 40 s Cooldown: 180 s Smoke duration time: 10 s Smoke radius: 510 m	Fighter Number of charges: 3 Work time: 60 s Cooldown: 90 s Number of planes in a squadron: 4	Repair Party Number of charges: 3 Work time: 28 s Cooldown: 80 s HP regeneration speed: +0.5%/s

The Armor

The Napoli, despite being a “normal cruiser” is one of the most well-armored cruisers of the entire game with a well-protected middle section and internal armored decks protecting her front and rear citadel as well as an extended belt at the front.

General armor protection:

Casemate internal plating:

Internal citadel protection:

Turrets armor protection:

Hidden armor platings:

Easter-egg

On the side of the Napoli’s rear superstructure, you can find a large golden plate. This plate is actually the Medal of Military Valor of the Kingdom of Italy.

The only reason I could see why it’s here is a reference to the fact that the city of Naples was awarded this medal after the Four Days of Naples in 1943 which was an uprising against the German occupation forces by the people of Naples.

Personal opinion

Sooo… now that it turns out that the cruiser dispersion and 30 mm deck on the bow and stern are wrong, I have to reconsider my judgment.

Her dispersion ends up being way less interesting than first announced and when considering the vertical dispersion, the disappointment is real. Past 11.5 km with the base firing range, it becomes really bad compared to other cruisers and the lower sigma will not help. With the range upgrade, it only becomes really bad above 13.6 km.

For the armor, even with the loss of the 30 mm deck on the bow and stern, it remains great so at least, she will tank really well.

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