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Also known as P. Heinrich

Prinz Heinrich

Also called: 海因里希亲王 Beta

Germany · Tier VI · Battleship · Tech Tree: Breakthrough Battlecruisers

Secondary battleshipA brawler: close the distance and the secondaries work alongside the mains.

Playstyle

Push to within secondary range (~6 km) so the secondary battery starts contributing damage
Avoid: Spending damage control on the first fire

Key characteristics

Strong secondaries (6 km)Improved HE penLobs over islandsSonarWeak AA

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Playstyle

Overview

Prinz Heinrich is a Tier VI German secondary battleship with top-decile secondary reach out to 6 km: the kit rewards closing inside secondary range and letting the auto-fire battery work alongside the mains, not holding mid-range AP lines. HE pen sits at the 1/4 caliber ratio instead of the standard 1/6, so HE spam is a real damage option here. Standout traits: secondary dispersion (228 m) and best punch-through secondaries in T6 BBs (38 mm).

Positioning

Push to within secondary range (~6 km) so the secondary battery starts contributing damage. A secondary BB at mid range is wasting half her kit; the geometry that pays out is close enough that the secondaries DPM peer BBs instead of the main battery alone.

Potato Avoidance

Spending damage control on the first fire

Almost every ship in the game repairs indefinitely, so the habit is to press it the moment anything catches; she carries 3 charges and no more. Ride a single fire when your health allows and save the charge for a flood or a multi-fire stack, because the salvo after the one you repaired is the one that sinks you.

Signature Traits

ELITE SECONDARIES ↗

Tighter secondary dispersion · 228 m
Extended secondary range · 6 km
Punch-through secondaries · 38 mm

Improved HE penetration

HE pen at the 1/4 caliber ratio instead of the standard 1/6. HE-spam is a real damage option here, not just a fire-starter, shared by 9/32 T6 BBs.

ELITE SONAR ↗

Long-range sonar · 5.4 km
Wide torpedo · 3.8 km

Slow reload ↗

33 s reload, worst of T6 BBs. Salvos punish more, but cycle is slower than peers.

Slow torp reload ↗

110 s torpedo reload, worst of the 6 T6 BBs with torpedoes. Long wait between drops.

Acquisition

How to get Prinz Heinrich

Prinz Heinrich is available in the Breakthrough Battlecruisers branch of the Germany Tech Tree for 9,000,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 2,250,000 credits. Official source cards below may also show its temporary Early Access window before it became a normal Tech Tree unlock. Container chances are shown as the listed odds of receiving this exact ship, dividing grouped ship-pool odds across the resolved ships and including nested container paths when a crate can drop another crate.

Early AccessOfficial WG line/source notes indicate a temporary Early Access window before normal acquisition.

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Germany Tech Tree

Prinz Heinrich sits in the Breakthrough Battlecruisers branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full Germany tree.

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Best listed chance for this ship

Anniversary '23 German crate 2% VI Prinz Heinrich Event · Anniversary '23 German crate
German Battleship Big Crate 2% VI Prinz Heinrich* Archived · German Battleship Big Crate
German Battleship Crate 0.02% VI Prinz Heinrich* Archived · German Battleship Crate

Official WG availability sources

Eagles Take-off: German Battleships in Early Access Early Access Start: 2022-08-31 · End: 2022-09-28 Official early-access or tech-tree-line article. Tech-tree ships are temporary crate drops during Early Access, then move to the Tech Tree.
Autumn Update: In the Shadow of Leaves Patch/update availability Start: 2022-08-25 · End: open/unknown end Official update notes with ship availability, release, store, event, or tech-tree context.
Official WoWS Legends container odds Containers Official container drop rows linked below include direct and nested effective ship odds.

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Anniversary '23 German crate 2% · VI Prinz Heinrich
German Battleship Big Crate 2% · VI Prinz Heinrich*
German Battleship Crate 0-0.02% · VI Prinz Heinrich*

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Cohort position

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Where Prinz Heinrich sits among Tier VI BBs (31 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.

BestSecondary dispersion bracket33 (1 of 7 tied) BestSecondary HE pen38 mm (1 of 3 tied) Top 10%Main dispersion181.3 m (3/32) Top 10%Secondary fire chance10% (4/31) Top 10%Secondary range6 km (3/32) Top 25%Traverse-to-turn ratio4.42 × (8/32) Top 25%Displacement38,650 t (7/32) Bottom 25%Hit points56,300 HP (27/32) Bottom 25%Main battery range15.87 km (25/32) Bottom 25%Fires per minute5.09 (25/31) Bottom 25%AP pen at 10 km405 mm (29/32) Bottom 25%AA range4.5 km (25/32) Bottom 25%AA threat734 (29/32) Bottom 25%Flak per wave (expected)450 (27/32) Bottom 25%Max armor300 mm (29/32) Bottom 25%End plates25 mm (27/32 / 27/32) Bottom 10%HE DPM65,455 (29/31) Bottom 10%AP DPM158,545 (30/32) Bottom 10%Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)103,519 (29/31) Bottom 10%AA DPS187 (30/32) WorstMain battery reload33 s (1 of 4 tied) WorstSigma1.5 (1 of 3 tied) WorstTorpedo range6 km (1 of 3 tied) WorstTorpedo speed58 kt (6/6) WorstTorpedo reload110 s (6/6)

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Not standouts for Prinz Heinrich -- 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.

Max speed28 kt(15/32) Concealment14.66 km(24/32) Smoke fire bloom13.93 km(20/32) Air detection11.73 km(23/32) Rudder shift14.5 s(13/32) Turning circle810 m(24/32) Main battery caliber380 mm(21/32) HE fire chance35%(15/31) AP shell damage10,900(23/32) Secondary DPM (per side)175,613(23/32) Secondary HE alpha1,800(23/31) AP velocity800 m/s(15/32) HE velocity800 m/s(22/31) Acceleration34.9 s(11/32) AP arming threshold63 mm(12/32) Engine power110,000 hp(15/32) Turn-speed retention135.8 hp/m(17/32) Power-to-weight2.85 hp/t(14/32) Torpedo reaction time7.7 s(4/6) Repair charges3(15/32) Citadel belt300 mm(23/32) Deck armor50 mm(21/32) NormAP fuse timer0.03 s(22 of 32 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(28 of 32 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(28 of 32 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(31 of 32 tied at this value) NormTorpedo damage≈12,700(4 of 6 tied at this value) NormRepair heal rate0.5 %/s(19 of 32 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 50,500 → 56,300

Displacement38,650 t

Hull dimensions

Length 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.

235.6 x 31 m

Armor range16–300 mm

Plate armor thicknesses16, 25, 26, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 90, 100, 120, 150, 180, 200, 225, 250, 270, 300 mm

Armor material/layer entries79

Fire resistance

Does 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.

Initial: 26.6% → 30%

Fire duration60 s

Fire damage

Each fire ticks 0.3% of max HP per second for the full 60 s, so one unattended fire burns 18% of the pool (10,134 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

A flood ticks 0.5% of max HP per second for the 40 s duration, so one unattended flood costs 20% of the pool (11,260 HP on this ship). Verified against measured flood ticks in replay data.

0.5% of HP per second

Torp Reduction

Reduces 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.

19%

Magazine HP

Per-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.

28,200

Steering gear HP

Durability 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.

16,900

Effective HP

Base 56,300 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.5%/s x 28 s = 7,882 HP per charge, x3 charges = 23,646 HP. Ceiling, not a prediction: a charge only restores damage actually taken, and only the regeneratable share of it. Across 1,826 players in our replay corpus the median ship realized about half of this, mostly because half the charges go unspent — when Repair Party IS pressed it returns ~97% of the per-charge figure above.

79,946

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel10%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 380 mm L/45 Drh LC/1913

Mounts / barrels4 mounts / 8 barrels

Reload time33 s

Firing range (base)14.4 km

Firing range (top fire control)15.9 km

Turret traverse4.5 °/s

Turret armor350 mm

Turret traverse arcs

How 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.

±154°, 2x ±148°

Guns to bear

How 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.

26° off bow / 32° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

AP pen max range315 mm

HE fire DPM vs T6 BB38070

Effective HE DPM vs T6 BB103525

Shell Grouping (σ)1.5

Max Horiz Disp

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:

σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30

= (\frac{15871.9}{30} \cdot \frac{10 - 1.6}{1000} + 1.6) \cdot 30 = 181.3 m

181.3 m at 15.9 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 181.3 \cdot 0.6 = 108.8 m

108.8 m at 15.9 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 181.3 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.5} = 72.5 m

72.5 m at 15.9 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 108.8 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.5} = 43.5 m

43.5 m at 15.9 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 4.5 deg/s traverse speed = 40 s.

40 s

Shells/min

8 broadside guns x 60 / 33 s base reload = 14.5.

14.5

HE shells

HE Damage4,500

HE Velocity800 m/s

Fire Chance35%

HE penetration

95 mm ≈ 380 mm caliber / 4 (improved HE penetration: German BBs, Yamato-class, and a handful of others).

95 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

4,500 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 36,000.

36,000

HE DPM

36,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 33 s base reload = 65,455.

65,455

Fires/min

14.5 shells/min x 35% fire chance = 5.09.

5.09

AP shells

AP Damage10,900

AP Velocity800 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.033 s

Fuse Threshold63 mm

AP overmatch

floor(380 mm caliber / 14.3) = 26 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

26 mm

AP Pen Close

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}

= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2454 \cdot 750^{0.69} \cdot {0.38}^{- 1.07} \cdot 800^{1.38} = 675.4 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

675.4 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (15.9 km), where the shell has slowed to 460 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2454 \cdot 750^{0.69} \cdot {0.38}^{- 1.07} \cdot 460^{1.38} = 314.7 mm

314.7 mm at 15.9 km

AP full-salvo alpha

10,900 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 87,200.

87,200

AP DPM

87,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 33 s base reload = 158,545.

158,545

AP AOE Radius

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.

Torpedoes

ModuleTorpedoes: 533 mm Vierling

Launchers / tubes2 launchers × 4 tubes = 8 tubes

Reload time110 s

Projectile speed58 kt

Range6 km

Maximum simulated damage

Estimate 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:

D_{sim} = α \cdot c = 38, 100 \cdot 0.333 = 12, 700

≈ 12,700

Maximum damage (ammunition)

The 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.

13,700

Torpedo detectability1.2 km

Reaction time

How long a target has to dodge after your torpedo is spotted at its detectability range (lower means less warning):

t_{react} = \frac{1.2 km}{58 kt \times 2.6855} = 7.7 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.

7.7 s

Flooding chance

Read straight from the game's own data: this torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 2.27 per hit, shown as

2.27 \times 100 = 227 %

. 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.

227%

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Launch arcs130° per side

Torp Turn

Time to rotate the launchers 180 deg:

t_{turn} = \frac{180 °}{25 ° / s} = 7.2 s

7.2 s

Torp Arming186 m

Per-side salvo damage

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 4 x 12,700 = 50,800.

50,800

AA Defense

AA mount points12

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.5 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

4.5 km

37 mm Flak LM/42Initial: 37 mm Flakzwilling 30 (12×2) → 37 mm Flak LM/42 (12×1)

88 mm L/76 Dop. L. C/32 (DP)

Dual-purpose: your secondaries doing double duty against aircraft. The same mounts appear on the Secondary Battery card - shared guns, not extra hardware.

6×2 88mm

Guns88 mm L/76 Dop. L. C/32 (DP)

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS in in-game units (raw aura damage × 3.5 × hit probability, summed per contributing aura) - matches the Close-range AA DPS headline's currency. Includes 79 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

Range4.5 km

Guns37 mm Flak LM/42

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 41 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.75 hit probability = 108 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Initial: 47 → 108

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 79 + Medium 108 = 187

187

Bursts

Each ~2 s wave fires 2 quick salvos of 4 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron, plus 1 stray cloud farther out that appear off-beat between waves - up to 9 clouds per wave × 190 damage each. Planes that fly into a cloud take its damage; clouds dissipate before the next wave lands. Defensive AA Fire, where fitted, multiplies the salvo repeats within each wave.

2 salvos × 4 clouds + 1 outer

Cloud damage

Damage a plane takes for flying into one flak cloud, before any reductions.

190

Cloud spawn chance

Each cloud in the pattern rolls this chance to spawn, so waves average fewer clouds than the maximum. Often called flak 'hit chance', but spawned clouds always damage planes that fly into them - the roll is on spawning.

75%

Wave rate

A flak wave spawns roughly every 2 s - timed frame-by-frame from gameplay footage and consistent across ships.

every ~2 s

Fired by

Flak keeps firing while at least one secondary battery mount is operational - even losing every other AA mount does not stop it.

Secondary battery

Flak zone

The activation band: flak fires while attacking planes are inside it. Clouds are placed ahead of the planes' path, so bursts can land short of 2.5 km or past 4.5 km - once planes get inside the band, new waves stop. AA range bonuses push the outer edge out; the 2.5 km inner edge does not move.

2.5-4.5 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts18

Firing range6.0 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

Secondary dispersion type

Max dispersion = range (km) × 33 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.

Improved (40%, German battlecruiser type)

Max secondary dispersion @ 6 km

6 km × 33 + 30 = 228 m.

228 m

Caliber150 mm

Reload time8.57 s

HE Damage1,800

Muzzle Velocity835 m/s

Fire Chance10%

Armor Pen38 mm

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Caliber88 mm

Reload time3.6 s

HE Damage1,000

Muzzle Velocity950 m/s

Fire Chance4%

Armor Pen15 mm

Maneuverability

Engine power110,000 hp

Maximum speed28 kt

Turning circle radius810 m

Rudder shift time14.5 s

Engine power-boost threshold7 kt

Engine spool-up time23 s

Reverse spool-up time11.5 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 28 / 4 + 4.9 = 11.9 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.

11.9 kt

Crash stop

Seconds 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.

41.5 s

Engine boost threshold (reverse)

Speed 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).

8.4 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (25.2 kt of 28 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

34.9 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (27.7 kt of 28 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.

56.1 s

Traverse-to-turn ratio

How many degrees the turret can swing for each degree the hull turns. Turn rate

ω_{hull} = \frac{180}{π} \cdot \frac{V_{max} (m/s)}{R_{turn}} = \frac{180}{π} \cdot \frac{28.0 \cdot 0.5144}{810} = 1.02 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{4.5}{1.02} = 4.4 \times

. Below 5 the turrets drag in a turning fight; 25+ keeps up with any rudder.

4.4× drags

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea14.66 km

Detectability by air11.73 km

Smoke firing penalty13.93 km

Detect when firing (sea)

Equal 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.

15.87 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability plus the gun-firing bloom (7.6 km, which tracks main-battery caliber x 0.020). Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Air' value on every captured ship.

19.33 km

Detect when on fire (sea)

Base sea detectability + 2.0 km while burning; matches the in-game 'Detect Fire Sea' value on every captured ship.

16.66 km

Detect when on fire (air)

Base air detectability + 3.0 km while burning; matches the in-game 'Detect Fire Air' value on every captured ship.

14.73 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party3 charges · 40 s reload · 10 s active

Repair Party3 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 7,882 HP (14% of max HP) total heal (per charge)
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Heal per second (0.5%) x effective active time (28 s) = up to 14% of max HP restored per charge.
· 23,646 HP (42% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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14% per charge x 3 charges = up to 42% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 282 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
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0.5% of max HP (56,300 HP) per second = 282 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

Secondary Battery Booster3 charges · 160 s reload · 30 s active · +100% grouping · -50% dispersion

Sonar2 charges · 180 s reload · 116 s active · 5.43 km ship detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{181 \times 30}{1000} = 5.43 km$
· 3.75 km torpedo detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{125 \times 30}{1000} = 3.75 km$

Module options (2)

Stats above use the fully-upgraded modules. These are the research-tree alternatives; trade-offs are flagged.

HullUpgrade

Hit points50,500 → 56,300
Rudder shift26.5 → 18.9 s
Close-range AA DPS18 → 41

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range14,429 → 15871.9 m

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Numbers the spec table cannot show directly: alpha-strike math, DPM, dispersion, AP penetration. Click the formula chip on any row to reveal how it is calculated.

Main battery formulas

Shell Grouping (σ)1.5

Max Horiz Disp181.3 m at 15.9 km

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{15871.9}{30} \cdot \frac{10 - 1.6}{1000} + 1.6) \cdot 30 = 181.3 m$

Shell scatter width @ 5 km90 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.

Shell scatter width @ 10 km132 m

How wide your shells scatter at 10 km, from the same dispersion model as the max-range figure above. Picking a fixed range makes this number directly comparable from ship to ship: max-range dispersion makes a longer-range gun look worse even when it's tighter at any common range. The interactive Dispersion tab on the Charts card plots the full curve from 0 to max range.

Shell scatter width @ 15 km174 m

Horizontal scatter at a fixed 15 km, from the same verified dispersion model - the long-range anchor. Only shown when the ship's guns reach 15 km.

Max Vert Disp108.8 m at 15.9 km

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 181.3 \cdot 0.6 = 108.8 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km69.4 m

How tall the same scatter ellipse is at 10 km. Comparable from ship to ship for the same reason as the width value above. The height/width ratio is a piecewise-linear curve through three points from the ship's own dispersion data:  $radiusOnZero = 0.2$  at 0 m,  $radiusOnDelim = 0.5$  at  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 15871.9 = 7936$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 15871.9 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 7936}{15871.9 - 7936} = 0.526$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 132 \cdot 0.526 = 69.4 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp72.5 m at 15.9 km

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 181.3 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.5} = 72.5 m$

Med Vert Disp43.5 m at 15.9 km

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 108.8 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.5} = 43.5 m$

AP Pen Close675.4 mm point-blank

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2454 \cdot 750^{0.69} \cdot {0.38}^{- 1.07} \cdot 800^{1.38} = 675.4 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far314.7 mm at 15.9 km

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (15.9 km), where the shell has slowed to 460 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2454 \cdot 750^{0.69} \cdot {0.38}^{- 1.07} \cdot 460^{1.38} = 314.7 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km521 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$ . Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP pen 10 km405 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 10 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$ . Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP pen 15 km326 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 15 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$ . Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP flight time @ 10 km5.5 s

How long an AP shell takes to reach a target at a fixed 10 km, from the same numerically integrated trajectory the Charts card plots. The shell slows under quadratic air drag,  $a_{drag} = k ρ v^{2}$ , where  $ρ$  is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and  $k$  bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.4092 \cdot {0.38}^{2}}{8 \cdot 750} = 3.09 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 800 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77: the game clock runs faster than real time, and that factor was measured against stopwatch runs in the Training Room. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

HE flight time @ 10 km5.51 s

How long an HE shell takes to reach a target at a fixed 10 km, from the same numerically integrated trajectory the Charts card plots. The shell slows under quadratic air drag,  $a_{drag} = k ρ v^{2}$ , where  $ρ$  is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and  $k$  bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.413 \cdot {0.38}^{2}}{8 \cdot 750} = 3.12 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 800 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77: the game clock runs faster than real time, and that factor was measured against stopwatch runs in the Training Room. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

HE penetration95 mm

95 mm ≈ 380 mm caliber / 4 (improved HE penetration: German BBs, Yamato-class, and a handful of others).

Improved HE PenYes

This ship's HE shells use a 1/4 (~0.25) caliber-to-pen ratio instead of the standard 1/6 (~0.167) - 0.25 in this case. Lets HE pen ~95mm armor instead of ~63mm. Hits every German cruiser (150mm CL, 203mm CA) and BB (350mm+), British heavy cruisers / Lion / Nelson, a handful of other premiums.

AP overmatch26 mm

floor(380 mm caliber / 14.3) = 26 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius90

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 alpha8

All 8 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time40 s

180 degrees / 4.5 deg/s traverse speed = 40 s.

HE full-salvo alpha36,000

4,500 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 36,000.

AP full-salvo alpha87,200

10,900 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 87,200.

HE DPM65,455

36,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 33 s base reload = 65,455.

AP DPM158,545

87,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 33 s base reload = 158,545.

Shells/min14.5

8 broadside guns x 60 / 33 s base reload = 14.5.

Fires/min5.09

14.5 shells/min x 35% fire chance = 5.09.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability1.2 km

Estimated torpedo reaction time7.7 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 speed58 kt

Travel time to max range38.5 s

range / (speed kt x 2.6855 game-speed factor, m/s per knot, calibrated from in-game measurement).

Torpedo module damage1,000

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 count8

2 launchers x 4 tubes.

Per-side salvo4 torpedoes

tube count / 2 (symmetric port/starboard launcher layout; common on cruisers and battleships with deck torpedoes).

Full-salvo damage101,600

All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 8 x 12,700 = 101,600.

Per-side salvo damage50,800

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 4 x 12,700 = 50,800.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range79

Only families that reach 4.5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 37mm Flak M42 12x1 -> 108 DPS @ 3.5 km; 105mm SKC 33 6x2 -> 79 DPS @ 4.5 km.

Maximum AA range4.5 km

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.5 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

AA DPS layered by range79 DPS @ 4.5 km, 187 DPS @ 3.5 km

Cumulative AA DPS at each family range threshold. Inner ranges stack the outer families, so a target closing the distance hits stronger AA bubbles as it crosses each band.

AA DPS at point-blank187

Sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (3.5 km).

AA threat index734

SUM over AA auras of (aura DPS x aura range km). A plane crossing the AA bubble is exposed to each aura for a time proportional to that aura's range, so long-reach DPS is worth more than the same DPS in a short bubble. Units: DPS*km; used to rank overall AA threat across the cohort.

Secondary battery dispersion

Secondary dispersion typeImproved (40%, German battlecruiser type)

Max dispersion = range (km) × 33 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.

Max secondary dispersion @ 6 km228 m

6 km × 33 + 30 = 228 m.

Secondary dispersion @ 5 km195 m

Same per-type line evaluated at a fixed 5 km: 5 km × 33 + 30 = 195 m.

Secondary battery firepower

Secondary DPM (per side)175,613

Sum across all secondary families of (per-side barrels × 60 / reload_s × alpha), where per-side barrels = mounts × barrels-per-mount / 2 (the guns that bear on one broadside target). Per-family: 12×1 150 mm (6/side) × 60/8.57 × 1800 = 75,613 + 6×2 88 mm (6/side) × 60/3.6 × 1000 = 100,000. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

Max HE alpha1800

Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1800 from the 150 mm family.

Max HE fire chance10%

Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 10% from the 150 mm family.

Max HE pen38 mm

Maximum HE armor penetration across secondary HE families (caliber × 1/6 for most nations; 1/4 for German/UK BBs). Shells whose pen falls under a plate's armor thickness shatter for 0 hull damage though fire chance still applies. Best on this ship: 38 mm from the 150 mm family.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 50,500 → 56,300 with hull upgrade, 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 & stern25 mm

Overmatched by 80+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel300 mm

Citadels come from a flat broadside at close range; held past ~30° of angle, AP shatters or bounces.

Farming16 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 30%, fires burn 60s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	25 mm primary (range 25–120 mm)	3,000 (5% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Bayern, Richelieu)Angle bounces 356mm25 mm: HE pens from 150mm+	Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP.
Hull (midship)	150 mm primary (range 26–300 mm)	42,200 (75% of HP)	No common AP caliber overmatches150 mm: no common HE pens	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	25 mm primary (range 25–100 mm)	2,600 (5% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Bayern, Richelieu)Angle bounces 356mm25 mm: HE pens from 150mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	300 mm primary (range 26–300 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.
Superstructure	16 mm primary (range 16–50 mm)	2,900 (5% 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 HP	28,200 magazine HP	Turret knocked out	Per-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.
Secondary mount (150 mm mount)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	800 per-mount HP	Destroyed at 0 HP	Per-mount HP for the heaviest secondary on this ship. A mount destroyed at 0 HP is out for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. Smaller (lighter-caliber) secondaries typically share the same HP value.
AA mount (37 mm mount)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	200 per-mount HP	Destroyed at 0 HP	Per-mount HP for the heaviest AA on this ship. An AA mount destroyed at 0 HP stops shooting down planes for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. HE shells specifically target AA mounts since the small-caliber HP pool falls fast.
Engine (module, research)	engine coefficient (unconfirmed)	-0.100 research estimate	Largest on BB/BC; zero on destroyers	Engine durability isn't a per-ship value in the game data. This small negative coefficient is non-zero only on battleships, battlecruisers, and the heaviest cruisers, and is exactly zero on every destroyer, so it scales with hull displacement rather than any commander skill. Most likely an engine drag or power term in the same family as the deceleration stats; its exact meaning is not yet confirmed.
Rudder (module)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	16,900 module HP	Incapacitated at 0 HP	When 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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Balance History

Balance updates affecting Prinz Heinrich. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.

Nerf ×2Main Battery ×2

2025-11-27

Holiday Update: Christmas on the Waves

Main battery 180° turn time increased from 30 to 40 seconds.

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2023-03-02

Ministry of Balance Reports: Buffs, Nerfs, and Commanders

This ship is leading the Tech Tree ships at Tier VI, standing head and shoulders over the others. We're reducing her damage output to compensate.
Main battery reload time increased from 30 to 33 s.

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2022-08-31 · Early access / tech tree line Eagles Take-off: German Battleships in Early Access Line source 2022-08-25 · Patch notes Autumn Update: In the Shadow of Leaves Patch notes 2022-09-29 · Patch notes Halloween Update: New Friends, Old Foes Patch notes 2023-01-26 · Patch notes February Update: The Dragon Strikes Back Patch notes 2025-02-27 · Patch notes March Update: Thirst for Combat Patch notes 2025-11-27 · Patch notes Holiday Update: Christmas on the Waves Patch notes

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