Black Cristoforo Colombo
Tier X · Battleship · Italy
Rating B+ (Above average within its tier and class · overall score 55) · Stealthy battleship
The Black version of Colombo, firing all sixteen 381 mm guns at once: salvo damage is 40% above average, and a citadel hit can deal up to 72,600 on paper. The trade-off is a long 30.0 s reload and wide ~393 m dispersion at 12 km, so luck weighs on every shell. It swaps the original's Scout Plane for Precise Aiming System II, but the reload outlasts the 20 s duration, so each activation effectively covers only one salvo. Fuel Smoke III gets 3 charges, one more than the original, which together with 11.16 km detectability makes hit-and-run play easier. With a short 13.92 km range and no Scout Plane, though, fighting at extended range is hard.
Key stats
- HP: 56,870
- Top speed: 28.91 kn
- Surface detectability: 11.16 km
- Main battery: 381 mm 4X4 · reload 30 s · range 13.92 km
A large battleship that embodies the Italian shipbuilding achievements of the early 1940s. The ship carried sixteen 381 mm main guns and a strong secondary battery.