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Also known as En. Gabolde

Enseigne Gabolde

Also called: 加博尔德海军少尉 Beta
France · Tier II · Destroyer · Premium
Torpedo destroyerBuilt around the torpedo battery: flood lanes with fish and avoid stand-up gun fights.
Playstyle
  • Sit at the edge of a contested cap from concealment and cycle torpedo waves into lanes the enemy has to use
  • Avoid: Holding 7-km torpedoes for a perfect shot
Key characteristics
Torpedoes (7 km)Engine BoostClose-range AP brickFast turret traverseDeep-fuse APSlow
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Playstyle

Overview

Enseigne Gabolde is a Tier II French torpedo destroyer. The kit is torpedo spam rather than gun trades: put fish into lanes the enemy has to cross and let the guns fill the gaps between reloads. 7 km of reach on a 35 s reload sets how often she can put a wave into a lane. Standout traits: top-decile close-range AP pen in T2 DDs (115.5 mm) and top-decile long-range AP brick in T2 DDs (40.2 mm).

Positioning

Sit at the edge of a contested cap from concealment and cycle torpedo waves into lanes the enemy has to use. The 7 km reach lets you seed those lanes early, but these fish are spotted well out and give a target about 8.6 s of warning, so they earn their damage by denying space and forcing turns rather than by catching anyone unaware. Aim where a ship must go, not where it is, and stay unspotted between waves. Your guns lose penetration at range, so aim AP at broadsides you can still citadel and put HE into superstructures and upper-hull sections, rather than the bow-in or belt armor your shells bounce and shatter on. She is genuinely evasive in both phases of a turn, answering the helm in 2 s and carving a 450 m circle, so you can break a salvo and still be where you meant to go.

Potato Avoidance

Holding 7-km torpedoes for a perfect shot

The kit pays out by saturating lanes, not by waiting for guaranteed broadsides; missed waves still force rotations and protect your team's flank. Idle torpedo tubes are the worst output state.

Signature Traits

Engine Boost

+20% speed (about +6.2 kt), 120 s duration. Engine Boost consumable temporarily raises top speed. Mobility on demand to reposition, chase a kill, or break contact.

ELITE MAIN BATTERY
  • Close-range AP brick · 115.5 mm
  • Long-range AP brick · 40.19 mm
  • Fast turret traverse · 20°
  • Deep-fuse AP · 0.03 s
  • Heavy-pen AP
Saturates bow fast

600 HP bow pool, top decile of T2 DDs. A small pool saturates quickly, after which bow-on penetrations do about a tenth -- angle and they stop mattering.

Visible torps

1.2 km torpedo detect, worst of T2 DDs. Spotted early, so targets get a long look and room to turn out.

Acquisition

How to get Enseigne Gabolde

Enseigne Gabolde is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition path: Premium/Event.

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Commanders frequently paired with this ship Charles BléryLouis ViolettePhilippe Auboyneau

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Cohort position

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Where Enseigne Gabolde sits among Tier II DDs (22 ships). Notable standouts are shown first; the rest of the cohort-ranked stats are in the expand below. Acquisition variants (Black Friday, Founders Edition) are counted once with their base ship, not as separate peers.

BestAP fuse timer0.03 s (1 of 3 tied) Top 10%Rudder shift2 s (3/23) Top 10%Traverse-to-turn ratio9.85 × (3/23) Top 10%Acceleration14.3 s (3/23) Top 10%Displacement835 t (3/23) Top 25%Turning circle450 m (5/23) Bottom 25%Hit points7,600 HP (19/23) Bottom 25%Max speed31 kt (21/23) Bottom 25%Main battery caliber100 mm (19/23) Bottom 25%HE shell damage1,400 (19/23) Bottom 25%AP shell damage1,600 (17/21) Bottom 25%Engine power20,000 hp (19/23) Bottom 25%Turn-speed retention44.4 hp/m (19/23) WorstNo AA (6 of 23 in cohort) WorstTorpedo reaction time8.6 s (1 of 3 tied)
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Not standouts for Enseigne Gabolde -- here's where she sits on every other ranked stat in the cohort. Stats tagged NORM are tied across more than half the cohort, so the value is the cohort default rather than a standout.

Concealment5.55 km(11/23) Smoke fire bloom2 km(13/23) Air detection2.78 km(11/23) Main battery range8.75 km(9/23) Main battery reload5.2 s(15/23) HE fire chance6%(11/23) Fires per minute2.08(15/23) HE DPM48,462(17/23) AP DPM55,385(13/21) Main dispersion80.6 m(15/23) AP velocity780 m/s(15/21) HE velocity780 m/s(17/23) AP arming threshold17 mm(10/21) Power-to-weight23.95 hp/t(9/23) Torpedo range6.99 km(13/23) Torpedo damage≈6,633(15/23) Torpedo speed52 kt(15/23) Torpedo reload35 s(10/23) Max armor10 mm(11/23) Citadel belt10 mm(11/23) Deck armor9 mm(12/23) NormAP ricochet start45°(20 of 21 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(21 of 23 tied at this value) NormStern armor6 mm(21 of 23 tied at this value)
Survivability
Hit Points7,600
Displacement835 t
Hull dimensions
ƒLength x beam at the waterline, with the hull's draft where the client carries one. Ships whose client entry holds only the 260 x 20 m placeholder use a curated real-world figure instead, and any ship we have no trustworthy size for omits this row rather than print the placeholder. Length matters when dodging torpedoes; beam and draft shape how hard the ship is to hit.
82.7 x 8.6 m (measured from the ship model)
Armor range6–10 mm
Plate armor thicknesses6, 9, 10 mm
Armor material/layer entries22
Fire resistance
ƒDoes not reduce the damage a burning fire does per second: replay-measured burn ticks run at the full rate on every ship. By elimination it lowers how often hits set you on fire; ignition-rate replay data is consistent with that but too confounded by attacker mix to measure the reduction directly.
3.3%
Fire duration30 s
Fire damage
ƒEach fire ticks 0.3% of max HP per second for the full 30 s, so one unattended fire burns 9% of the pool (684 HP on this ship). 4 fire points can burn at once. Verified against measured burn ticks in replay data.
0.3% of HP per second
Flood duration40 s
Flood damage
ƒA flood ticks 0.25% of max HP per second for the 40 s duration, so one unattended flood costs 10% of the pool (760 HP on this ship). Verified against measured flood ticks in replay data.
0.25% of HP per second
Torp Reduction
ƒReduces torpedo hit damage. Replay data shows no effect on floods: flood ticks run at the full rate and flood frequency does not decline with protection.
0%
Magazine HP
ƒPer-turret powder-magazine HP, a separate pool from the ship's. Penetrating hits wear it down and the turret is likelier to be knocked out as it falls, so a larger pool keeps the guns firing through punishment that silences a peer's.
3,800
Steering gear HP
ƒDurability of the steering gears. As this pool drops, hits are likelier to jam the rudder; unlike most modules the steering can be knocked out and repaired but is never permanently destroyed.
2,300
Repairable: penetration50%
Repairable: steering gear50%
Main Battery
ModuleArtillery: 100 mm/45 Mle 1921
Mounts / barrels3 mounts / 3 barrels
Reload time5.2 s
Firing range8.8 km
Turret traverse20 °/s
Turret armor3 mm
Turret traverse arcs
ƒHow far each mount can train, in degrees to either side of the mount's own facing, read from in-game data. A rear turret with ±150° leaves a 60° blind wedge over the bow; one-sided arcs are wing mounts that cover a single side. The data does not say which way each mount faces, so the arcs are listed per mount without bow/stern angles.
2x ±129°, ±140°
Guns to bear
ƒHow far off the bow (or stern) the ship must angle before every main turret can fire: the widest blind wedge among the rear-facing (or forward-facing) mounts, from each mount's trainable arc. Mount facing is inferred from turret stations and verified against known layouts, including Izumo's aft-facing forward turret.
40° off bow / 51° off stern
Shell Grouping (σ)2
Max Horiz Disp
ƒHorizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model: σH=(R30·idealRadiusminRadiusidealDistance+minRadius)·30 =(875330·80.51000+0.5)·30=80.6m
80.6 m at 8.8 km
Max Vert Disp
ƒVertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: σV=σH·radiusOnMax =80.6·0.6=48.4m
48.4 m at 8.8 km
Med Horiz Disp
ƒ50%-hit horizontal radius: σH,50=σH·0.6σ =80.6·0.62=24.2m
24.2 m at 8.8 km
Med Vert Disp
ƒ50%-hit vertical radius: σV,50=σV·0.6σ =48.4·0.62=14.5m
14.5 m at 8.8 km
Turret turn time
ƒ180 degrees / 20 deg/s traverse speed = 9 s.
9 s
Shells/min
ƒ3 broadside guns x 60 / 5.2 s base reload = 34.6.
34.6
HE shells
HE Damage1,400
HE Velocity780 m/s
Fire Chance6%
HE penetration
ƒ17 mm ≈ 100 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).
17 mm
HE full-salvo alpha
ƒ1,400 HE damage x 3 broadside guns = 4,200.
4,200
HE DPM
ƒ4,200 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5.2 s base reload = 48,462.
48,462
Fires/min
ƒ34.6 shells/min x 6% fire chance = 2.08.
2.08
AP shells
AP Damage1,600
AP Velocity780 m/s
Min Ricochet45 deg
Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg
Fuse Timer0.025 s
Fuse Threshold17 mm
AP overmatch
ƒfloor(100 mm caliber / 14.3) = 6 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).
6 mm
AP Pen Close
ƒCanonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity: P=107·K·m0.69·d1.07·v01.38 =107·2100·13.50.69·0.11.07·7801.38=145.6mm. Matches the in-game spec card.
145.6 mm point-blank
AP Pen Far
ƒSame formula at the ship's max firing range (8.8 km), where the shell has slowed to 306.9 m/s: P=107·2100·13.50.69·0.11.07·306.91.38=40.2mm.
40.2 mm at 8.8 km
AP full-salvo alpha
ƒ1,600 AP damage x 3 broadside guns = 4,800.
4,800
AP DPM
ƒ4,800 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5.2 s base reload = 55,385.
55,385
AP AOE Radius
ƒAP shell over-penetration splash radius; scales with shell mass. Wickes 102mm = 3, standard 152mm CL ~ 20, Iowa 406mm ~ 270, Yamato 460mm = 400, Incomparable 650mm = 550 (max). Larger value = bigger splash damage area when AP over-pens.
3
Torpedoes
ModuleTorpedoes: 550 mm lance-torpilles
Launchers / tubes2 launchers × 2 tubes = 4 tubes
Reload time35 s
Projectile speed52 kt
Range6.99 km
Maximum simulated damage
ƒEstimate of WG's in-game value; matches the in-game port screen within ±5%. Saturation: most targets only intersect one hull section, so the sim transfers ~1/3 of the warhead alpha (2/3 when the warhead blast >= 5000 and the burst reaches a second section). For this ship: Dsim=α·c=19,900·0.333=6,633.
≈ 6,633
Maximum damage (ammunition)
ƒThe ammunition card's 'Maximum Damage' stat, exact: warhead alpha / 3 plus the blast addend. This is the per-torpedo number most references quote; the 'Maximum simulated damage' row above is WG's separate geometry-sim stat from the launcher spec panel.
7,433
Torpedo detectability1.2 km
Reaction time
ƒHow long a target has to dodge after your torpedo is spotted at its detectability range (lower means less warning): treact=1.2 km52 kt×2.6855=8.6 s. The 2.6855 m/s-per-knot game-speed factor is calibrated from in-game measurement; the community's traditional 2.6 reads about 3% slower. Base value; commander torpedo-concealment skills lower it further. Community torpedo-reaction calculator by u/LorenDovah and u/The_ColorOutofSpace.
8.6 s
Flooding chance
ƒRead straight from the game's own data: this torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 1.15 per hit, shown as 1.15×100=115%. Torpedo flood values above 100% are normal: in battle the base chance is scaled down by the target's torpedo protection (the Torp Reduction stat on its Survivability card) and any flood-resistance modifiers, so a value above 100% keeps flooding likely even through partial protection. Not shown on the in-game port screen.
115%
Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s
Torp Turn
ƒTime to rotate the launchers 180 deg: tturn=180°25°/s=7.2s.
7.2 s
Torp Arming170 m
Per-side salvo damage
ƒOne side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 4 x 6,633 = 26,532.
26,532
AA Defense
AA mount points0
Maximum AA range
ƒIn-game AA card max range: None km. Only the longest-reach family contributes at this distance.
None km
Maneuverability
Engine power20,000 hp
Maximum speed31 kt
Turning circle radius450 m
Rudder shift time2 s
Engine power-boost threshold7 kt
Engine spool-up time7.7 s
Reverse spool-up time3.8 s
Reverse speed
ƒtop speed / 4 + 4.9 = 31 / 4 + 4.9 = 12.7 kt. The community reverse-speed model from the WoWs ShipBuilder project, the same source as the acceleration model on this card. Base value; speed modifiers scale it. Not shown on the in-game card.
12.7 kt
Crash stop
ƒSeconds from top speed to a dead stop after ordering full reverse: reverse power winds in over the reverse spool-up while water drag does most of the braking. Same community-model simulation as the acceleration times, using the ship's own reverse-power ratio from in-game data. The full curve is on the acceleration chart.
11.8 s
Engine boost threshold (reverse)
ƒSpeed below which the engine's built-in power boost applies in reverse. Matches the in-game maneuverability card's reverse threshold (Vampire II reads 10.5 here and the card shows 11; the card rounds half up).
9.9 kt
Acceleration 0-90%
ƒTime to reach 90% of top speed (27.9 kt of 31 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.
14.3 s
Acceleration 0-99%
ƒTime to reach 99% of top speed (30.7 kt of 31 kt). 99% rather than 100% because true top speed is asymptotic (thrust meets drag), so the last fraction of a knot is never quite gained.
23.9 s
Traverse-to-turn ratio
ƒHow many degrees the turret can swing for each degree the hull turns. Turn rate ωhull=180π·Vmax(m/s)Rturn=180π·31.0·0.5144450=2.03°/s, so ratio=ωturretωhull=202.03=9.9×. Below 5 the turrets drag in a turning fight; 25+ keeps up with any rudder.
9.9× ok
Concealment
Detectability by sea5.55 km
Detectability by air2.78 km
Smoke firing penalty2 km
Detect when firing (sea)
ƒEqual to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach. Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Sea' value on all 8 unmodified captures, and range-modified captures track the modified range.
8.75 km
Detect when firing (air)
ƒAir detectability plus the gun-firing bloom (2 km, which tracks main-battery caliber x 0.020). Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Air' value on every captured ship.
4.78 km
Detect when on fire (sea)
ƒBase sea detectability + 2.0 km while burning; matches the in-game 'Detect Fire Sea' value on every captured ship.
7.55 km
Detect when on fire (air)
ƒBase air detectability + 3.0 km while burning; matches the in-game 'Detect Fire Air' value on every captured ship.
5.78 km
Guaranteed Detect2 km
Consumables
Damage Control Party∞ charges · 40 s reload · 5 s active
Engine Boost2 charges · 180 s reload · 120 s active · +20% speed bonus

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Main battery formulas

Shell Grouping (σ)2
Max Horiz Disp80.6 m at 8.8 km
Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model: σH=(R30·idealRadiusminRadiusidealDistance+minRadius)·30 =(875330·80.51000+0.5)·30=80.6m
Shell scatter width @ 5 km52.5 m
Horizontal scatter at a fixed 5 km, from the same verified dispersion model as the rows below - a knife-fight-range anchor comparable across ships.
Max Vert Disp48.4 m at 8.8 km
Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: σV=σH·radiusOnMax =80.6·0.6=48.4m
Med Horiz Disp24.2 m at 8.8 km
50%-hit horizontal radius: σH,50=σH·0.6σ =80.6·0.62=24.2m
Med Vert Disp14.5 m at 8.8 km
50%-hit vertical radius: σV,50=σV·0.6σ =48.4·0.62=14.5m
AP Pen Close145.6 mm point-blank
Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity: P=107·K·m0.69·d1.07·v01.38 =107·2100·13.50.69·0.11.07·7801.38=145.6mm. Matches the in-game spec card.
AP Pen Far40.2 mm at 8.8 km
Same formula at the ship's max firing range (8.8 km), where the shell has slowed to 306.9 m/s: P=107·2100·13.50.69·0.11.07·306.91.38=40.2mm.
AP pen 5 km68 mm
AP penetration at a fixed 5 km, read off the same PC-validated ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the canonical community AP formula P=107·K·m0.69·d1.07·v1.38. Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.
HE penetration17 mm
17 mm ≈ 100 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).
AP overmatch6 mm
floor(100 mm caliber / 14.3) = 6 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).
AP AOE Radius3
AP shell over-penetration splash radius; scales with shell mass. Wickes 102mm = 3, standard 152mm CL ~ 20, Iowa 406mm ~ 270, Yamato 460mm = 400, Incomparable 650mm = 550 (max). Larger value = bigger splash damage area when AP over-pens.
Broadside guns used for alpha3
All 3 barrels bear on the broadside.
Turret turn time9 s
180 degrees / 20 deg/s traverse speed = 9 s.
HE full-salvo alpha4,200
1,400 HE damage x 3 broadside guns = 4,200.
AP full-salvo alpha4,800
1,600 AP damage x 3 broadside guns = 4,800.
HE DPM48,462
4,200 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5.2 s base reload = 48,462.
AP DPM55,385
4,800 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5.2 s base reload = 55,385.
Shells/min34.6
3 broadside guns x 60 / 5.2 s base reload = 34.6.
Fires/min2.08
34.6 shells/min x 6% fire chance = 2.08.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability1.2 km
Estimated torpedo reaction time8.6 s
detectability / (speed kt x 2.6855 game-speed factor, m/s per knot, calibrated from in-game measurement; the community's traditional 2.6 reads about 3% slower).
Torpedo speed52 kt
Travel time to max range50.1 s
range / (speed kt x 2.6855 game-speed factor, m/s per knot, calibrated from in-game measurement).
Torpedo module damage800
Per-torpedo module/blast damage parameter from in-game data. Most torpedoes carry 500 to 2,000; ships announced by WG as dealing increased module damage carry 9,000 to 12,000, so their hits knock out engines, rudders, and turrets far more often. Comparative figure; the exact module-HP conversion is not published.
Tube count4
2 launchers x 2 tubes.
Per-side salvo4 torpedoes
4 (centerline launchers train across - full salvo to either side).
Full-salvo damage26,532
All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 4 x 6,633 = 26,532.
Per-side salvo damage26,532
One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 4 x 6,633 = 26,532.

AA defense

AA DPS at point-blankNone
In-game AA card sum: None DPS, achievable only when a target is inside the shortest-range AA family. Captured as a point-blank total only -- per-family breakdown not yet recorded for this ship, so the DPS at None km is unknown.
Maximum AA rangeNone km
In-game AA card max range: None km. Only the longest-reach family contributes at this distance.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 7,600, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds. HP caps are the exact in-game values, not estimated.

Bow & stern6 mm

Overmatched by 105+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Farming6 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 3%, fires burn 30s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section Plates HP cap Threats Tactic
Bow6 mm primary (range 6–9 mm)600 (8% of HP)
Overmatched by 127mm+ AP (Farragut, Shenyang)6 mm: HE pens from 127mm+
Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP.
Stern6 mm primary (range 6–9 mm)400 (5% of HP)
Overmatched by 127mm+ AP (Farragut, Shenyang)6 mm: HE pens from 127mm+
Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel10 mm primary (range 6–10 mm)≈ 165,500 (effectively no cap)
Citadel pen: full damageOver-pen: ×0.10 damage
Effectively no cap; citadel pool sits at ~165k HP on every ship. An AP citadel penetration deals the shell's full damage, the biggest single hit available; only over-penetrations are damped, to ×0.10.
Superstructure9 mm200 (3% of HP)
Any HE ≥16 mm pens at full damage
Any HE ≥16 mm pens at full damage. HE-spam target, and the section saturates fast (often only a few thousand HP).
Turret (module, per magazine)separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP3,800 magazine HPTurret knocked outPer-turret powder-magazine HP, a separate pool that does not drain ship HP. As it is worn down the turret is likelier to be knocked out, and a smaller pool gets there faster.
Rudder (module)separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP2,300 module HPIncapacitated at 0 HPWhen module HP reaches 0 the rudder locks at its current angle until DCP repairs it. Repair via Damage Control Party.

Saturation cap = HP a section can absorb before further damage to it is reduced (the "bow-tank" effect). Citadel pool is ~165k on every ship (effectively no cap); damage is gated by pen/over-pen multipliers instead. Superstructure saturates fast but HE always pens regardless of the plate thickness. Rudder (and other module HPs) are a separate pool from ship HP: damaging a module doesn't drain ship HP. Incapacitated modules like the rudder and engine are restored by DCP, but secondary and AA mounts destroyed at 0 HP stay out for the rest of the battle.

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