Duca d'Aosta
Tier VI · Cruiser · Italy · Premium
Rating A (Strong within its tier and class · overall score 71) · Gunnery cruiser
Gunnery cruiser, suited to DD hunting, long-range fire support, light-armor shredding. It is especially strong against cruisers and destroyers (SAP deals a same-tier cruiser's HP in about 101 s on paper). Top speed of 35.9 kn is high, but sluggish acceleration make sudden dodges hard. Firing 8 152mm guns every 7 s, it reaches 44,983 SAP DPM. SAP deals heavy direct damage to destroyers, light cruisers and superstructures with no overpens, but it cannot start fires or damage armor thicker than its penetration. Key skills: Sonar I ×2 (3.75 km, 25 s).
Key stats
- HP: 21,160
- Top speed: 35.86 kn
- Surface detectability: 7.56 km
- Main battery: 152 mm 4X2 · reload 7 s · range 11.28 km
A light cruiser, Duca d'Aosta was a good ship for her time. Among her competitive advantages were high speed and generally well-balanced parameters.