Ship Database

Tier IX Cruiser Premium

United Kingdom

Aberdeen

A hypothetical addition to the Belfast-class cruisers, rearmed with the automatic 152 mm and 76 mm guns intended for the Minotaur-class cruisers project (1947) but instead used to complete the Tiger-class cruisers in the 1950s.

Doubloons: 18,000

At a glance

The numbers that shape the ship

Hit points: 39,200
Maximum speed: 32.5 knots
Surface detection: 11.6 km
Main battery range: 15.8 km
Main battery reload: 4.0 s

Combat envelope

Range and detection

Scale: 20 km

Every bar uses the same 20 km scale. Surface detection is a visibility threshold, not a weapon range.

Surface detection11.6 km
Main battery15.8 km
Torpedoes10 km

Damage comparison

Published maximum per hit

Ship-relative

Bars are normalized only against this ship's highest listed hit. They are not salvo damage, expected damage or DPM.

AP · 152 mm AP 6crh Mk IV 3,200
Torpedo · 533 mm Mk IX** 16,766

Handling, concealment and protectionOverview

Handling

Maximum speed: 32.5 knots
Turning circle radius: 730 m
Rudder shift time: 9.6 s

Maneuverability API rating 53

Concealment

Surface detection: 11.6 km
Air detection: 8.5 km
Submarine detection: 8.5 km

Concealment API rating 57

Survivability

Hit points: 39,200
Torpedo damage reduction: 4 %

Survivability API rating 54

Published armour thickness

Only positive values supplied by the API are shown.

Overall published range: 13–114 mm

Weapons and payloadsArmament

Surface armament

Main battery

Artillery API rating 50

Maximum range: 15.8 km
Reload time: 4.0 s
Rate of fire: 15.0 rounds/min
180° turn time: 4.7 s
Maximum dispersion: 141 m

Shells

Damage is the API's published maximum for one shell hit.

152 mm AP 6crh Mk IV

Maximum damage per hit: 3,200
Muzzle velocity: 768 m/s
Shell mass: 59 kg

Gun layout

Mount: 152 mm/50 QF Mk.V on a Mk.XXVI mount
Mounts: 4
Barrels each: 2

Automatic armament

Secondary battery

Underwater armament

Torpedoes

Torpedoes API rating 20

533 mm Mk IX**

Maximum range: 10.0 km
Maximum damage per hit: 16,766
Reload time: 80 s
Speed: 62 knots
Detectability: 1.3 km
180° turn time: 7.2 s

Torpedo-tube layout

Mount: 533 mm TR Mk IV
Mounts: 2
Tubes each: 3

Anti-aircraft defence

AA defence API rating 83

Aura: 20 mm Oerlikon Mk.II on a Mk.V mount
Calibre: 20 mm
Mounts: 20

Aura: 76.2 mm/70 QF Mk.N1 on a Mk.6 mount
Calibre: 76 mm
Mounts: 4

Aura: 152 mm/50 QF Mk.V on a Mk.XXVI mount
Calibre: 152 mm
Mounts: 4

Modules, hull and progressionTechnical data

Default hull

Hull hit points: 39,200
Main-battery barrels: 4
Torpedo tubes: 2
AA mounts: 28

Engine

Published maximum speed: 32.5 knots

Fire control

Module research tree

Names, research prices and defaults are reported directly by the API.

152 mm/50 QF Mk.V on a Mk.XXVI mount

Default

Type: Artillery

533 mm Mk IX

Default

Type: Torpedoes

Aberdeen

Default

Type: Hull

Propulsion: 80,000 hp

Default

Type: Engine

Mk IX mod. 1

Default

Type: Suo

Compatible upgrades

Official modernization descriptions and listed purchase prices. Effects still depend on the slot and configuration used in game.

Torpedo Tubes Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 500,000

Concealment System Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 2,000,000

Main Armaments Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 125,000

Torpedo Tubes Modification 2

Modernization

Credits: 3,000,000

Aiming Systems Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 500,000

Damage Control System Modification 2

Modernization

Credits: 1,000,000

Torpedo Lookout System

Modernization

Credits: 2,000,000

Main Battery Modification 3

Modernization

Credits: 3,000,000

Steering Gears Modification 2

Modernization

Credits: 2,000,000

Main Battery Modification 2

Modernization

Credits: 500,000

Damage Control System Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 250,000

Steering Gears Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 1,000,000

Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 125,000

Gun Fire Control System Modification 2

Modernization

Credits: 3,000,000

AA Guns Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 500,000

Available module groups: 10
Compatible upgrades: 15
Upgrade slots: 6
Published battle levels: 9–11

Cross-nation comparison

Ships that fill a similar slot

Closest same-tier, same-class matches from other nations, ranked by published base statistics.

U.S.A.

Vallejo

HP: 44,000
Speed: 32.5 kn
Guns: 15.7 km

Open comparison

The Netherlands

Van Speijk

HP: 47,300
Speed: 32.5 kn
Guns: 15.6 km

Open comparison

Japan

Suzuya

HP: 39,000
Speed: 35 kn
Guns: 16.5 km
Torps: 10 km

Open comparison