Ship Database

Tier II Cruiser

Commonwealth

Port Jackson

One of the Town-class cruisers built in the 1910s in Britain and Australia. With a focus on trade protection duties, ships of this class boasted formidable artillery armament relative to their size, coupled with good seaworthiness and an impressive operational range.

Credits: 75,000

At a glance

The numbers that shape the ship

Hit points: 19,100
Maximum speed: 26.0 knots
Surface detection: 10.0 km
Main battery range: 11.2 km
Main battery reload: 6.0 s

Combat envelope

Range and detection

Scale: 15 km

Every bar uses the same 15 km scale. Surface detection is a visibility threshold, not a weapon range.

Surface detection10 km
Main battery11.2 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 · 152 mm HE 100 lb 1,450

Handling, concealment and protectionOverview

Handling

Maximum speed: 26.0 knots
Turning circle radius: 500 m
Rudder shift time: 8.2 s

Maneuverability API rating 43

Concealment

Surface detection: 10.0 km
Air detection: 4.2 km
Submarine detection: 4.2 km

Concealment API rating 74

Survivability

Hit points: 19,100
Torpedo damage reduction: 0 %

Survivability API rating 21

Published armour thickness

Only positive values supplied by the API are shown.

Overall published range: 6–152 mm

Weapons and payloadsArmament

Surface armament

Main battery

Artillery API rating 35

Maximum range: 11.2 km
Reload time: 6.0 s
Rate of fire: 9.0 rounds/min
180° turn time: 15.0 s
Maximum dispersion: 110 m

Shells

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

152 mm HE 100 lb

Maximum damage per hit: 1,450
Fire chance: 8.0 %
Muzzle velocity: 773 m/s
Shell mass: 42 kg

Gun layout

Mount: 152 mm/45 BL Mk.XI on a PVI mount
Mounts: 8
Barrels each: 1

Automatic armament

Secondary battery

Anti-aircraft defence

AA defence API rating 9

Aura: 40 mm/39 Vickers QF Mk.II on a single mount
Calibre: 40 mm
Mounts: 1

Modules, hull and progressionTechnical data

Default hull

Hull hit points: 19,100
Main-battery barrels: 8
AA mounts: 1

Engine

Published maximum speed: 26.0 knots

Fire control

Module research tree

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

152 mm/45 BL Mk.XI on a PVI mount

Default

Type: Artillery
Purchase: 7,000 credits

Propulsion: 22,000 hp

Default

Type: Engine
Purchase: 7,000 credits

Mk II mod. 1

Default

Type: Suo
Purchase: 7,000 credits
Next modules: 1

Mk II mod. 1

Type: Suo
Research: 200 XP
Purchase: 15,000 credits

Port Jackson (A)

Default

Type: Hull
Purchase: 10,500 credits
Next modules: 1

Port Jackson (B)

Type: Hull
Research: 200 XP
Purchase: 15,000 credits
Next ships: 1

Compatible upgrades

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

Main Armaments Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 125,000

Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 125,000

Next ships

Research costs published in this ship's official progression data.

Ship: Caradoc
Research cost: 2,200 XP

Available module groups: 10
Compatible upgrades: 2
Researchable next ships: 1
Upgrade slots: 1
Published battle levels: 2–3

Cross-nation comparison

Ships that fill a similar slot

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

United Kingdom

Weymouth

HP: 19,100
Speed: 26 kn
Guns: 10.6 km

Open comparison

Germany

Dresden

HP: 15,800
Speed: 25 kn
Guns: 9.9 km

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Japan

Chikuma

HP: 17,300
Speed: 26 kn
Guns: 9.3 km

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