Ship Database

Tier IX Battleship

Japan

Hotaka

A powerful battlecruiser design based on concepts created in Japan in response to the ambitious U.S. shipbuilding program of 1919. She was intended to be a ship of approximately 50,000 tons, capable of 30 knots, and armed with guns of 410 mm or higher caliber. However, the Washington Naval Conference prevented the implementation of these designs.

Doubloons: 19,000

At a glance

The numbers that shape the ship

Hit points: 71,100
Maximum speed: 30.0 knots
Surface detection: 15.0 km
Main battery range: 21.8 km
Main battery reload: 28.0 s

Combat envelope

Range and detection

Scale: 25 km

Every bar uses the same 25 km scale. Surface detection is a visibility threshold, not a weapon range.

Surface detection15 km
Main battery21.8 km
Secondary battery8 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.

HE · 410 mm HE Type 03 6,500
AP · 410 mm AP/APC Type 04 10,800

Handling, concealment and protectionOverview

Handling

Maximum speed: 30.0 knots
Turning circle radius: 880 m
Rudder shift time: 16.2 s

Maneuverability API rating 41

Concealment

Surface detection: 15.0 km
Air detection: 10.0 km
Submarine detection: 10.0 km

Concealment API rating 38

Survivability

Hit points: 71,100
Torpedo damage reduction: 29 %

Survivability API rating 89

Published armour thickness

Only positive values supplied by the API are shown.

Overall published range: 19–508 mm

Weapons and payloadsArmament

Surface armament

Main battery

Artillery API rating 87

Maximum range: 21.8 km
Reload time: 28.0 s
Rate of fire: 2.1 rounds/min
180° turn time: 35.0 s
Maximum dispersion: 277 m

Shells

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

410 mm HE Type 03

Maximum damage per hit: 6,500
Fire chance: 30.0 %
Muzzle velocity: 870 m/s
Shell mass: 970 kg

410 mm AP/APC Type 04

Maximum damage per hit: 10,800
Muzzle velocity: 870 m/s
Shell mass: 700 kg

Gun layout

Mount: 410 mm/50 10th Year Type Mod.A in a twin-gun turret
Mounts: 4
Barrels each: 2

Automatic armament

Secondary battery

Maximum range: 8.0 km

Mount: 140 mm HE Type 02
Maximum damage per hit: 2,400
Fire chance: 10.0 %
Rate of fire: 6.1 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity: 850 m/s

Mount: 100 mm HE Type 99
Maximum damage per hit: 1,700
Fire chance: 6.0 %
Rate of fire: 17.0 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity: 1,000 m/s

Anti-aircraft defence

AA defence API rating 72

Aura: 25 mm/60 Type 96 on a single mount
Calibre: 25 mm
Mounts: 15

Aura: 25 mm/60 Type 96 on a triple mount
Calibre: 25 mm
Mounts: 10

Aura: 40 mm/60 Type 5 on a twin mount
Calibre: 40 mm
Mounts: 12

Aura: 100 mm/65 Type 98 on a twin mount
Calibre: 100 mm
Mounts: 6

Modules, hull and progressionTechnical data

Default hull

Hull hit points: 71,100
Main-battery barrels: 4
Secondary barrels: 18
AA mounts: 43

Engine

Published maximum speed: 30.0 knots

Fire control

Module research tree

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

Type9 mod. 1

Default

Type: Suo

Hotaka

Default

Type: Hull

410 mm/50 10th Year Type Mod.A in a twin-gun turret

Default

Type: Artillery

Propulsion: 150,000 hp

Default

Type: Engine

Compatible upgrades

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

Propulsion Modification 1

Modernization

Reduces time to full speed

Credits: 1,000,000

Concealment System Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 2,000,000

Main Armaments Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 125,000

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

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

Secondary Battery Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 500,000

Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 125,000

AA Guns Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 500,000

Available module groups: 10
Compatible upgrades: 13
Upgrade slots: 6
Published battle levels: 9–11

Cross-nation comparison

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

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Speed: 28.8 kn
Guns: 21.2 km

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Pan-Asia

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Speed: 29.5 kn
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France

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HP: 69,000
Speed: 30 kn
Guns: 24.5 km

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