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VIII Hector

Nation: Commonwealth
Class: Cruiser
Tier: VIIIEight
Peer: Tier Eight Cruisers
Type: Premium

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5Records Submitted

Sep 2025Added to WoWS Builds

In 1936, Great Britain started designing a cruiser based on a smaller version of the hull of Southampton-class cruisers. As a result, the Fiji-class ships were developed, but if Great Britain had decided to build full-sized AA defense cruisers, a project could have been implemented that embodied an ...

Hector Stats

Survivability

Hitpoints	34,400
Effective HP	61,920
Armor	13-114mm
Torpedo Protection	7%

Armament

Main Battery
Main Battery	133 mm 7x2
Range	15.30 km
Reload Time	6.7 s
Turret Turn Time	9.0 s
Gun Traverse Speed	20.0°/s
Sigma	2.05
HE Damage	1,900
HE Alpha Strike	22,800
HE DPM	204,179
Fires Per Minute	5.66
AP Damage	2,550
Overmatch	9 mm
AP Alpha Strike	30,600
AP DPM	274,030
torpedo
Torpedo Layout	4x4
Torpedo Damage	15,753
Torpedo Detectability	1.30 km
Torpedo Range	12.00 km
Torpedo Speed	62.0 kt

Air Defense

AA Max DPS	363
AA Max Range	5.20 km
AA Mount 1	4x4 40mm
AA DPS 1	85
AA Range 1	3.50 km
AA Mount 2	8x1 40 mm
AA DPS 2	117
AA Range 2	3.50 km
AA Mount 3	7x2 133 mm
AA DPS 3	69
AA Range 3	5.20 km
AA Mount 4	8x2 20mm
AA DPS 4	92
AA Range 4	2.00 km

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed	34.0 kt
Turning Circle	760 m
Rudder Shift Time	9.0 s

Detectability

Surface Detectability	11.10 km
Air Detectability	6.70 km
Firing in Smoke Penalty	4.20 km

Hector Records

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Hector Reviews

Power2.50

Fun4.50

Learning Curve3.50

Skill Ceiling4.00

Utility3.00

DarkSoliak

Power3

Fun4

Learning Curve3

Skill Ceiling4

Utility3

Anonymous

Power2

Fun5

Learning Curve4

Skill Ceiling4

Utility3

Peer Comparison

Tier VIII Cruisers

Ships	Hitpoints	Reload	AP Damage	Max Speed	Surface Detectability
Ägir	62,850	30.0 s	9,100	33.5 kt	13.90 km
Andalucía	48,300	26.0 s	5,900	36.0 kt	13.30 km
BA Utnapishtim's Ship	60,000	23.0 s	9,700	31.5 kt	12.60 km
Brest	55,300	26.0 s	9,700	31.5 kt	11.70 km
Brindisi	47,400	16.0 s	5,100	36.7 kt	11.60 km
Buffalo	47,800	10.0 s	5,000	33.0 kt	13.00 km
Carnot	66,450	24.0 s	8,700	34.5 kt	13.90 km
Dalian	35,000	4.9 s	2,600	33.4 kt	10.70 km
Dm. Donskoi	47,400	11.0 s	4,400	36.0 kt	14.70 km
Drake	49,800	11.0 s	5,750	33.3 kt	12.20 km
Hector	34,400	6.7 s	2,550	34.0 kt	11.10 km
Ibuki	39,000	12.0 s	5,150	35.0 kt	12.60 km
Ibuki B	39,000	12.0 s	5,150	35.0 kt	12.60 km
Johan de Witt	45,900	14.0 s	6,100	32.1 kt	12.10 km
Kronshtadt	71,050	18.5 s	9,000	33.5 kt	14.70 km
Michelangelo	66,100	21.5 s	9,700	33.5 kt	12.30 km
Neptune	44,900	4.5 s	3,200	33.5 kt	12.10 km
Petropavlovsk	45,500	14.5 s	5,750	32.5 kt	14.40 km
Roon	49,500	9.5 s	6,000	32.5 kt	13.80 km
Saint-Louis	44,000	7.5 s	5,050	33.0 kt	13.80 km
Salem	44,700	5.5 s	4,000	33.0 kt	13.00 km
Schröder	59,300	18.0 s	7,700	32.5 kt	13.10 km
Seattle	43,600	6.5 s	3,500	33.0 kt	12.80 km
Takahashi	49,500	15.0 s	3,100	34.5 kt	12.40 km
Tulsa	42,700	5.2 s	5,300	33.0 kt	12.35 km
U.S.S. Voyager	44,700	8.5 s	4,500	33.0 kt	13.00 km
Vallejo	44,000	6.0 s	3,500	32.5 kt	12.50 km