Lightning

Lightning — British Tier VIII destroyer.

An L-class destroyer, a next step in the development of J-class ships. In comparison with her predecessors, she had fewer torpedo tubes and new, more powerful 120 mm guns mounted in turrets with the design that enabled firing at aircraft.

Ship Stats

Survivability

Health: 16,048

Citadel Protection: 5%

Fire and Flooding Resistance: 10%

Damage Reduction: 3%

Torpedo Damage Reduction: 3%

Armour

Bow: 19 mm

Stern: 19 mm

Deck: 19 mm

Belt: 19 mm

Maneuverability

Top Speed: 35.57 Knots

Time to Full Speed: 7.66 s

Max Traverse Speed: 10.70 deg/s

Turn Time: 3.30 s

Main Guns (120 mm L/45 QF Mk XI 3x2)

Reload Time: 5.50 s

Rate of Fire: 65.45 RPM

Range: 8.50 km

Flight Time: 4.58 s
- Initial Velocity: 256.66 m/s
- Deceleration: 10.01 m/s²

Dispersion Min/Max/Vertical: 48 m / 114 m / 50.40 m

Sigma: 1 σ

HE Damage: 336

Raw Alpha: 2,196
Raw DPM: 23,956

Fire Chance: 3%

Raw Alpha: 16.70%
Raw FPM: 1.82 FPM

AP Damage: 413

Raw Alpha: 2,478
Raw DPM: 27,033

Citadel Chance: 0%

Citadel Damage Rate: 150%

HE Citadel Damage: 549
AP Citadel Damage: 620

Turret Traverse: 12 deg/s

Torpedo Tubes (553 mm QR Mk IV 2x4)

Reload Time: 47.60 s

Salvo Per Minute: 2.52 SPM

Range: 8.40 km

Time Expire: 28.39 s
- Torpedo Speed: 63.91 Knots
- Reaction Time (at standstill): 11.92 s

Min/Max Torpedo Spread: 0 deg / 4 deg

Torpedo Damage: 3,658

Raw Alpha: 29,264
Raw DPM: 36,887

Flood Chance: 17%

Raw Alpha: 84.48%

Torpedo Concealment: 1.98 km

Torpedo Traverse Speed: 25 deg/s

Anti-Aircraft Armament

Large Caliber AA Damage: 78

Large Caliber AA Range: 3.60 km

Small Caliber AA Damage: 38

Small Caliber AA Range: 1.80 km

Total AA Damage: 116

Concealment

Surface Detection: 6.12 km

After Firing Guns: 8.40 km

Ship Skills and Elite Bonus

Fuel Smoke I x4

Smoke Activation: 9 s

Smoke Time: 3 s

Cooldown: 60 s

Sonar I x2

Detects hostile ships and torpedoes

3.75 km for 25 s

Cooldown: 90 s

Air Defense Alert I x2

Large Caliber AA damage: +75% for 20 s

Small Caliber AA damage: +75% for 20 s

Before: 78 / 38

After: 137 / 67

Cooldown time: 75 s

Advanced Rudder System

Max Traverse Speed: +5%

Traverse Acceleration: +10%

Before: 10.70 deg/s / 3.30 s

After: 11.24 deg/s / 3.15 s

Elite Torpedo Operator

Torpedo Tube Reload Time: -3%

Torpedo Tube Traverse Speed: +7%

Before: 47.60 s / 25 deg/s

After: 46.17 s / 26.75 deg/s

Single Fire Torpedo

This ship can choose to fire off individual torpedoes in a launcher