Bellerophon
Bellerophon — British Tier III battleship.
The Bellerophon-class battleships were developed from the renowned Dreadnought class. The ship inherited turbine propulsion and a main battery consisting of ten 305 mm guns from her predecessor, but, unlike the prototype, she had armored torpedo protection.
Ship Stats
Survivability
Health: 25,288
Citadel Protection: 10%
Fire and Flooding Resistance: 10%
Damage Reduction: 10.50%
Torpedo Damage Reduction: 10.50%
Armour
Bow: 19 mm
Stern: 19 mm
Deck: 30 mm
Belt: 203 mm
Maneuverability
Top Speed: 21.67 Knots
Time to Full Speed: 21.59 s
Max Traverse Speed: 5.50 deg/s
Turn Time: 11.40 s
Main Guns (305 mm L/45 Mk X 5x2)
Reload Time: 21 s
Rate of Fire: 22.86 RPM
Range: 10.35 km
Flight Time: 5.11 s
Initial Velocity: 264.08 m/s
Deceleration: 3.63 m/s²
Dispersion Min/Max/Vertical: 138 m / 330 m / 64.80 m
Sigma: 1 σ
HE Damage: 927
Raw Alpha: 7,416
Raw DPM: 21,189
Fire Chance: 10%
Raw Alpha: 56.95%
Raw FPM: 1.63
AP Damage: 1,155
Raw Alpha: 9,240
Raw DPM: 26,400
Citadel Chance: 7%
Raw Alpha: 44.04%
Raw CPM: 1.26
Citadel Damage Rate: 250%
HE Citadel Damage: 2,318
AP Citadel Damage: 2,888
Turret Traverse: 4.50 deg/s
Secondary Guns (102 mm L/50 BL Mk XVI 14x1)
Reload Time: 7 s
Rate of Fire: 60 RPM
Range: 4.52 km
Flight Time: 2.73 s
Initial Velocity: 222.54 m/s
Deceleration: 10.39 m/s²
Dispersion Min/Max/Vertical: 120 m / 240 m / 60 m
Sigma: 0 σ
HE Damage: 218
Raw Alpha: 1,526
Raw DPM: 13,080
Fire Chance: 2%
Raw Alpha: 13.19%
Raw FPM: 1.13 FPM
Turret Traverse: 10 deg/s
Anti-Aircraft Armament
Large Caliber AA Damage: 35
Large Caliber AA Range: 3 km
Total AA Damage: 35
Concealment
Surface Detection: 9.72 km
After Firing Guns: 13.32 km
Ship Skills and Elite Bonus
Torpedo Nets
Torpedo Damage Reduction: +7%
Before: 10.50%
After: 11.24%
Elite Gun Operator
Main Battery Reload Time: -3%
Main Battery Traverse Speed: +7%
Before: 21 s / 4.50 deg/s
After 20.37 s / 4.82 deg/s
Ship Play-style
Bellerophon is a run-of-the-mill T3 battleship. Like just about everything at this tier, she is balanced in all regards.
FIREPOWER
Unlike other T3 ships, Bellerophon's HE shells are fairly potent. Keep these loaded in the early game, as T3 is a very destroyer-heavy tier. Against larger targets, switch to AP for heavier damage. Otherwise, her gunnery is very standard for her tier.
PROTECTION
Bellerophon's armour scheme is standard of a T3 battleship. Her bow and deck will be penetrated, her belt will not. She has a middling HP pool and low resistance values, as expected.
EVASION
As a T3 battleship, Bellerophon is slow, and her concealment value is nothing relevant. She is completely par with her contemporaries as usual.
ANTI-AIR
N/A. Tier 3 ships never have AA worth mentioning.
Historical Info
Bellerophon was the immediate successor of Dreadnought, almost entirely the same class. Her changes included different mast placement and slightly higher speed. Bellerophon's in-game model is largely correct.