RN Leonardo da Vinci

RN Leonardo da Vinci

RN Leonardo da Vinci

Italy

V Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
6.3	6.3	6.3

Class:

PREMIUM

Battleship

Purchase:8 380

Description

Battleship Leonardo da Vinci was launched in 1911 and commissioned in 1914. The first two years of her career were spent at harbour, due to fears of Austro-Hungarian torpedo attack. In August 1916, she fell victim to an internal explosion due to spontaneous ignition of the main armament propellant charges. The Regia Marina made a decision to recover the wreck, which turned upside down and sunk in the mud at the bottom of the harbour. Refloating wasn't completed until 1919 and righting the ship took until January 1921. The reconstruction of the wreck was estimated to cost 60 million lira - a sum beyond the capabilities of the post-war navy. After numerous attempts to allocate the funding, the Italian Navy finally gave up in 1923 and struck the vessel off the registry, sending the hull to Taranto to be broken up.

Introduced in Update "Air Superiority", RN Leonardo da Vinci is by far the weakest of the Conte di Cavour-class battleships, lacking the armour and armament of the other vessels in the class. The greatest weakness is its stern ammo racks exposed above the waterline. It has overall good armour for its BR and can be used to aggressively push capture points, but it lacks flexibility to retreat without risking deadly hits in the stern.

General info

Survivability and armour

Armourfront / side / back

Citadel130 / 250 / 30 mm

Main fire tower280 / 240 / 220 mm

Hull25 mm (steel)

Superstructure16 mm (steel)

Number of section8

Displacement25 580 t

Crew1 195 people

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Mobility

Speedforward / back

AB47 / 29 km/h

RB40 / 25 km/h

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Mobility Characteristics
Game Mode	Upgrade Status	Maximum Speed (km/h)		Turn Time (s)	Turn Radius (m)
		Forward	Reverse
AB	Stock	___	___
	Upgraded	47	29
RB/SB	Stock	___	___
	Upgraded	40	25

Modifications and economy

Repair cost

AB8 788

RB11 055

Crew training10 000

Experts1 280 000

Aces1 800

Research Aces1 550 000

Reward for battleAB / RB / SB

2 × 450 / 600 / 50 %

2 × 202 / 202 / 202 %

Modifications

Seakeeping	Unsinkability	Firepower
Dry-Docking Rudder Replacement Propeller Replacement Engine Maintenance	Damage Control Division Fire Division Shrapnel Protection Ventilation New Pumps Ammo Wetting	Anti-Air Armament Targeting Auxiliary Armament Targeting 305mm_it_armstrong_navy_ap_ammo_pack Primary Armament Targeting Improved Rangefinder Torpedo Mode

Armament

Primary armament

3 х Turret3 x 305 mm/46 Armstrong cannon, model 1909

Ammunition300 rounds

Vertical guidance-5° / 10°

2 х Turret2 x 305 mm/46 Armstrong cannon, model 1909

Ammunition200 rounds

Vertical guidance-5° / 10°

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Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
		1,000 m	2,500 m	5,000 m	7,500 m	10,000 m	15,000 m
305 mm SAP	SAP	418	375	314	264	224	172
305 mm APCBC	APCBC	673	611	521	447	387	303

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (s)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (kg)	Ricochet
							0%	50%	100%
305 mm SAP	SAP	861	401.2	0.03	17	31	47°	60°	65°
305 mm APCBC	APCBC	861	452.37	0.035	17	5.66	48°	63°	71°

Secondary armament

18 х Turret120 mm/50 Armstrong cannon, model 1909

Ammunition200 rounds

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Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
		1,000 m	2,500 m	5,000 m	7,500 m	10,000 m	15,000 m
120 mm SAP	SAP	121	93	61	42	31	27

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (s)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (kg)	Ricochet
							0%	50%	100%
120 mm SAP	SAP	850	22.13	0.025	6	2.2	47°	60°	65°

Anti-aircraft armament

13 х Turret76 mm/50 Vickers cannon, mod.1909

Ammunition258 rounds

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Additional armament

Setup 19 x 450 mm Whitehead A 110/450 torpedo

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Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

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History

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Media

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See also

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• reference to the series of the ship;
• links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.

External links

• [Devblog] Premium Battleships Courbet and Leonardo da Vinci
• [Wikipedia] Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci
• Italian Battleships Conte Di Cavour and Duilio Classes 1911-1956 by Erminio Bagnasco & Augusto de Toro

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