Santander

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Cruiser | Pan-America | Tier IX

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13,000,000

Santander — Pan-American Tier IX cruiser.

In accordance with the Rio de Janeiro Treaty of 1947, the old Brooklyn-class cruisers were to be transferred to the Colombian Navy to strengthen it. If Colombia had decided to order a new ship, it could have been Santander, a cruiser based on the American Worcester-class ships.

Santander was first released for sale on DD MMM YYYY.

Modules

	Rate of Fire (shots/min)	180° Turn Time (sec)	Maximum Dispersion (m)	Maximum HE Shell Damage (HP)	Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell (%)	Maximum AP Shell Damage (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
152 mm/47 Mk.16 in a turret	8.6	7.2	118			3,400		0	1,300,000

	Hit Points (HP)	Armor (mm)	Armor (mm)	Main Turrets (pcs.)	Secondary Gun Turrets (pcs.)	AA Mounts (pcs.)	Torpedo Tubes (pcs.)	Hangar Capacity (pcs.)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Santander (A)	40,200	13	178	3		16/6/3	2			0	1,950,000
Santander (B)	44,300	13	178	3		16/6/3	2			48,000	3,000,000

	Rate of Fire (shots/min)	Torpedo Tubes Reload Time (sec)	180° Turn Time (sec)	Maximum Damage (HP)	Torpedo Speed (knot)	Torpedo Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
533 mm Mk XV	0.6	106	7.2	17,500	66	10.5		0	1,300,000

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Mk9 mod. 1		0		0	1,300,000
Mk9 mod. 2		0		32,000	2,000,000

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 120,000 hp	33		0	1,300,000

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4
Slot 5
Slot 6

Player Opinion

Performance

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Combat Capability - Consumable Operational Readiness

Santander is equipped with the Consumable Operational Readiness combat instruction, which provides a significant reduction to consumable reload time. It can be activated after repeatedly hitting enemy ships with main battery shells.

Requirements:

Can only be used after hitting enemy ships with any main battery hits.
Required hits per salvo: 1
Progress per action: 3.3%

Effects:

Consumable preparation and reload time: -80%
Action time: 30 seconds

Sitting at Tier IX of Pan-American light cruiser line, Santander presents captains with the final step in the Pan-American cruiser line’s consumable-oriented gameplay. Like her predecessors, she combines various elements to give herself a unique twist in her gameplay.

Hull

A typical light cruiser, Santander possesses overall weak armor. Her thinly armored 102 mm main belt means almost any AP shell can penetrate it. Her bow and stern plating of 25 mm is overmatched by 381 mm+ guns, which are quite prevalent in her tier spread. Her deck is hardly any better, with the 27 mm deck overmatchable by 406 mm+ guns. Her HP pool of 44,300 is unremarkable, being towards the lower middle of Tier IX cruisers. In addition, her torpedo protection is an abysmal 7%, making any torpedo a significant threat. Overall, captains should come to rely on Santander’s Specialized Repair Teams  for survivability instead of her armor.

Santander’s maneuverability is not remarkable overall. Her 33 knot speed, 780 m turning radius and 10.7 s rudder shift are all average among Tier IX cruisers. However, she has good concealment, reaching 10.3 km when fully specced. This allows her to take advantageous positions in battle.

Armament

Santander houses nine 152 mm guns in three triple turrets, in a typical layout of two forward turrets and one rear turret. Her guns have fairly unique traits. They can only fire AP shells, which have improved penetration angles of 60-75°, but lack reduced fuse time and arming threshold. Due to this, she will have no trouble dealing damage to cruisers and battleships, but she is less effective at dealing damage to destroyers. Her guns use the destroyer dispersion formula, making her among the most accurate Tier IX cruisers. Combined with her good ballistics, captains will have an easier time landing their shells. Her guns have a 7 second base reload, giving her average DPM. Santander’s gun handling is great, with a fast traverse speed of 25° per second, and all turrets being able to rotate 360°. She has a short range of 15.2 km, however, meaning captains must position themselves well to be able to engage targets.

Santander’s most unique trait is her Combat Instructions. The Consumable Operational Readiness present on her gives a -80% consumable reload time reduction when activated. This enables her to rapidly use her consumables, allowing her to use another heal or provide more information with her Surveillance Radar . With a 3.3% progression rate per shell hit, it will take about 30 shell hits to fully charge. The Combat Instructions have a 15 second delay before progression is lost, with 15% of its progression lost every two seconds. Captains should look to fill the Combat Instructions whenever possible, in order to effectively use her consumables in battle.

Santander carries an average torpedo armament of two quadruple racks on either side. Her torpedoes have fairly average characteristics, with a decent range of 10.5 km, a decent reload of 106 s and good damage at 17,500. Her torpedoes have a respectable speed of 66 knots. In most cases, her torpedoes close quarters combat. She is, however, able to stealth launch them given her concealment, giving her torpedoes slightly more flexibility.

Santander’s AA is mediocre overall. Her long-range AA has great reach at 6.9 km, making her a constant threat to aircraft. Her long- and medium-range DPS values are among the lowest of all Tier IX cruisers. Her short-range DPS is significantly better, but its short range makes it of little use. She has an average flak count of 5 flak clouds. She can be a decent AA escort ship, but will likely struggle against a CV determined to attack her. Captains should seek out AA assistance if aircraft are a significant threat towards her.

Santander carries standard Depth Charge Airstrikes for a Tier IX cruiser. She has access to two charges of the armament with a 7 km range and a 30 second reload. Each charge has one aircraft armed with two bombs dealing up to 4,200 damage each. Captains should make active use of this armament whenever there are signs of a submarine's presence nearby, such as fuel spills and sonar pings.

Consumables

Santander has a wide array of consumables at her disposal. Aside from her standard Damage Control Party , she has a powerful Specialized Repair Teams , a choice between Short-Range Hydro-Acoustic Search  and Defensive AA Fire  in one slot, and a choice between Surveillance Radar  and Spotting Aircraft  in another. All of her consumables (save for her Damage Control Party and Spotting Aircraft) have a 180 s cooldown, and all of them (aside from her Damage Control Party) have 4 stock charges. She is reliant on her Combat Instructions to make quick and effective use of her consumables.

Santander’s Specialized Repair Teams  is the most powerful heal among same-tier cruisers, healing back 70% of any damage taken. Used in tandem with her Combat Instructions, she is able to survive for a long time, and successfully trade her HP points against enemy ships.

Santander’s Short-Range Hydro-Acoustic Search  has similar characteristics to the one found on British destroyers, with a 3 km ship and torpedo detection range. The major difference being the shorter duration of 100 s. As it has a short range, it will serve mainly a defensive role. In contrast, her Defensive AA Fire  has standard characteristics for its type. Captains are encouraged to mount the Short-Range Hydroacoustic Search, as it will provide better assistance than what the DFAA can offer.

Santander’s Surveillance Radar  has a 9 km detection range with a 25 s duration. While she may be less effective at dealing with destroyers, the information it provides will be appreciated by her team. The Spotting Aircraft  has standard characteristics for its consumable. Captains will have to decide for themselves if they wish to have a consumable that provides them with more information, or a consumable that enables them to deal damage at farther ranges.

Gameplay

As with most light cruisers, Santander relies on good positioning to succeed in battle, primarily from islands. However, the presence of Combat Instructions also allows her to take on a more aggressive role. Her AP shells with good ballistics and improved penetration angles allow her to deal damage against most targets, though she will struggle against sharply angled ones. When her Combat Instructions are activated, Santander can show her true potential with rapid use of her consumables. Captains should make sure to activate her Combat Instructions when Santander’s consumables are on cooldown. Her heals allow her to stay in the battle for longer, while her Short-Range Hydroacoustic Search and Surveillance Radar can provide frequent updates on enemy ships or potential torpedo threats.

Captains will find the best success in Santander by properly balancing between passiveness and aggressiveness. She has a wide variety of tools to succeed in battle, and her Combat Instructions make them more effective, while providing veterans with unique gameplay.

Pros:

AP shells with significantly improved penetration angles
Guns have good ballistics and use the destroyer dispersion formula
Long range AA
Combat Instructions provide a significant consumable reload time reduction
Great concealment
All consumables have 4 charges stock (except her Damage Control Party)
Specialized Repair Teams is able to restore 70% of all damage taken

Cons:

Poor armor protection
No HE shells, which makes dealing with heavily angled/bow-in targets difficult
AP shells lack an improved fuse time and arming threshold
Short main battery firing range
AA DPS values are underwhelming overall
Short range on her Short-Range Hydro-Acoustic Search
Consumables have a long reload time with Combat Instructions activated

Research

Researchable upgrades for Santander:

Hull: Upgrade to Hull (B) for improved survivability, maneuverability and AA. Research of this module unlocks progression to San Martin.
Gun Fire Control System: Upgrade to Mk9 mod. 2 for an extra 10% range on the main battery.

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

The recommended upgrades are:

Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1
Slot 2: Engine Room Protection or Surveillance Radar Modification 1
Slot 3: Aiming Systems Modification 1
Slot 4: Propulsion Modification 1
Slot 5: Concealment System Modification 1 
Slot 6: Main Battery Modification 3

Commander Skills

Recommended Commander Skills
Cost (points)	Attack				Defense
1	Grease the Gears +15% main battery traverse speed. ★	Swift Fish +5% torpedo speed. ★★	Consumables Specialist −7.5% cooldown time of all Consumables except: Damage Control Party  Repair Party . ★	Gun Feeder -40% time to switch shell type.	Incoming Fire Alert Receive a warning of a salvo fired at your ship from more than 4.5km. ★	Last Stand The ship remains able to move and maneuver - slowly - while the engine or steering gears are incapacitated. ★★
2	Demolition Expert +1% chance of main and secondary HE shells causing a fire. +15% to the fragmentation damage area of HE ordnance fired at submarines.	Fill the Tubes -10% torpedo tubes reload time.	Consumables Enhancements +10% action time of Hydroacoustic Search, Surveillance Radar, Smoke Generator, & Engine Boost. ★★	Eye in the Sky Spotting Aircraft: • +2 charges • -50% cooldown time. ★	Priority Target The detection indicator will show the number of enemies targeting you with main battery. ★★★	Focus Fire Training In an active priority AA sector: • +1.5% (to 5%) immediate damage. • +25% continuous damage. • +1 flak burst per salvo. −10% aircraft preparation time. −15% reload time of Airstrike armament..
3	Heavy HE and SAP Shells +10% HE and SAP shell damage. +15% ship detectability guns 149mm and up.	Pack a Punch +15% torpedo damage. +20% secondary battery range.. ★	Adrenaline Rush -0.2% reload time of all armaments per 1% HP lost +0.2% AA continuous damage per 1% HP lost. ★★★	Heavy AP Shells +5% damage for AP shells 190mm and larger.	Superintendent +1 charge to all consumables. ★★★	Survivability Expert +450 HP per ship tier. ★★
4	Top Grade Gunner -10% reload time of secondary batteries If enemy ship is spotted within detectability range, -8% reload time of main battery. ★★	Outnumbered If there are fewer allies than visible enemies within the ship's base main caliber firing range: +8% ship speed -10% main battery dispersion.	Radio Location Shows the direction to the nearest enemy ship. The enemy is alerted that a bearing has been taken.. ★★	Inertial Fuse for HE Shells +25% armor penetration of HE shells Base fire chance reduced by half.	Concealment Expert -10% detectability range of the ship. ★★★	AAA & ASW Expert +25% continuous AA and flak damage. +15% damage inflicted by depth charges. While AAA is active: −50% ship consumables reload time..
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful ★★ - Frequently Useful ★ - Occasionally Useful No stars - Not Useful

Consumables

Santander equips the following consumables:

Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
Slot 2: Specialized Repair Teams  – 4 charges
Slot 3: Short-Range Hydro-Acoustic Search  – 4 charges or Defensive AA Fire  – 4 charges
Slot 4: Surveillance Radar  – 4 charges or Spotting Aircraft  – 4 charges

Signals

Recommended Signal Flags
Combat
Juliet Charlie -100% to the risk of magazine detonation. ★★★	Juliet Yankee Bissotwo -20% to flooding duration. ★	India Yankee -20% to fire duration. ★	Hotel Yankee -20% to damage received when ramming the enemy. +50% to damage dealt when ramming the enemy.	Victor Lima +1% chance for HE bombs and shells with a caliber above 160mm causing a fire. +0.5% chance for bombs and smaller shells causing a fire. +4% chance of torpedoes causing flooding.	India X-Ray +1% chance for HE bombs and shells with a caliber above 160mm causing a fire. +0.5% chance for bombs and smaller shells causing a fire. +5% to the risk of your ship's magazine detonating.
Juliet Whiskey Unaone +15% chance of causing flooding. +5% to the risk of your ship's magazine detonating.	Mike Yankee Soxisix +5% to secondary battery maximum firing range. -5% to maximum dispersion of secondary battery shells. -5% to secondary battery loading time.	November Echo Setteseven +5% continuous AA damage at all ranges. +5% damage from flak bursts. ★★	Sierra Mike +5% to the ship's maximum speed. ★★★	November Foxtrot -5% reload time on all consumables. ★★★	India Delta +20% to the amount of HP recovered when Repair Party  is used. ★★★
X-Ray Papa Unaone +10% action time of a Smoke Generator .	Sierra Bravo +10% action time of Hydroacoustic Search  -10% reload time of Defensive AA Fire . ★★

Note: Use of the Juliet Charlie signal makes detonation impossible.

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References

Ship Change Log

See here for links to Update notes.

Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 12.0.

Testing Changes

DevBlog 398:
- Preliminary characteristics.
  - Note: The Combat Instructions on Santander also provide a -25% time taken to reach full engine power while accelerating bonus, as well as a -50% rudder shift bonus.
DevBlog 405:
- Removed HE shells.
- Changes to the AP shell characteristics:
  - Initial shell velocity reduced from 915 to 812 m/s.
  - AP ricochet angles improved from 60 - 67.5 to 60 - 75 °.
  - Ballistics were slightly changed: reduced armor penetration at close range and increased shell flight time at long range (Contrary to what is stated in the DevBlog).
- Main battery firing range reduced from 16.25 to 15.24 km (Unlisted change).
- Main battery reload time reduced from 8 to 7 s (Unlisted change).
- Changes to Combat Instructions:
  - Replaced the bonuses to HE shell penetration, ship speed, reaching full engine power, and rudder shift with a -80% bonus to consumable reload time.
  - Removed the required shots and number of hits per salvo requirements. Now, the progress bar is filled with any main battery hits.
  - Action time reduced from 60 to 30 s.
  - Amount of time spent without firing on target until adjustment firing progress begins to decay reduced from 30 to 6 s.
  - Interval between decay reduced from 5 to 1 s.
  - Rate of decay of adjustment firing progress increased from 8.3 to 25%.
- Changes to the Specialized Repair Teams consumable:
  - Restoration of citadel damage increased from 50% to 80%.
  - Restoration of hull damage increased from 50% to 80%.
  - Number of charges increased from 3 to 4.
  - Reload time increased from 80 to 180 s.
- Replaced the Hydroacoustic Search consumable with the Short-Range Hydroacoustic Search consumable, with the following characteristics:
  - Ship detection range: 3 km.
  - Torpedo detection range: 3 km.
  - Action time: 100 s.
  - Reload time: 180 s.
  - Number of charges: 4.
- Changes to the Defensive AA Fire consumable:
  - Reload time increased from 80 to 180 s.
  - Number of charges increased from 3 to 4.
- Added the Surveillance Radar consumable in a separate slot, with the following characteristics:
  - Ship detection range: 9 km.
  - Action time: 25 s.
  - Reload time: 180 s.
  - Number of charges: 4.
- Changes to the Fighter consumable:
  - Reload time increased from 90 to 180 s.
  - Number of charges increased from 3 to 4.
DevBlog 409:
- Idle time before the Combat Instructions meter begins to deplete has been increased from 6 to 10 s.
- Rate at which the Combat Instructions meter depletes after a period of inactivity has been decreased from one tick per second to one tick every two seconds.
DevBlog 413:
- The amount of damage taken in any part of the ship that can be restored by the Specialized Repair Teams consumable reduced from 80% to 70%.
- The HP recovery rate of the Specialized Repair Teams consumable reduced from 2% to 1.5% of the ship’s maximum HP per second.
- The filling rate for the Combat Instructions meter has increased from 2% to 2.2% for “Main battery hits” ribbons.
DevBlog 418:
- The amount of idle time needed to pass before the Combat Instructions meter begins to decay increased from 10 to 15 s.
- The rate at which the Combat Instructions meter fills changed from 2.2% to 3.3% per “Main battery hit” ribbon.
- The rate at which HP is restored by the Specialized Repair Teams consumable changed from 1.5% to 1.2% of the ship’s maximum HP per second.
DevBlog 429:
- When idle, Combat Instructions progress will decay at a faster rate, from every 2 s to every 1 s.
- Amount of progress lost with each downtick reduced from 25% to 15%.
- Removed the Fighter consumable.
- The Spotting Aircraft consumable has been moved to the same slot as Surveillance Radar.

Update 12.2:
- Available in early access, as 1 of 218 random bundles in the Armory for 350 doubloons each.
- The Muisca Gold permanent camouflage was added.
Introduced into the game as a researchable ship in Update 12.4.
Update 12.5:
- Fixed the geometry and textures of the ship.

Ships of Pan-America

Destroyers	VI Juruá
Cruisers	I Hércules • II Almirante Barroso • II Almirante Abreu • III Vicente Guerrero • IV Córdoba • V La Argentina • VI Almirante Cochrane • VII Coronel Bolognesi • VII Nueve de Julio • VIII Ignacio Allende • VIII Almirante Grau • IX Santander • X San Martín
Battleships	V Rio de Janeiro • VIII Atlântico
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U.K.	I Black Swan • II Weymouth • III Caledon • IV Danae • V Emerald • V Hawkins • V Exeter • VI Leander • VI Devonshire • VI London • VI Dido • VI Orion '44 • VII Fiji • VII Surrey • VII Belfast • VIII Edinburgh • VIII Albemarle • VIII Cheshire • VIII Tiger '59 • VIII Belfast '43 • VIII Hampshire • VIII Nottingham • VIII AL Cheshire • VIII STAR Edinburgh • IX Neptune • IX Drake • X Monmouth • X Minotaur • X Goliath • X Plymouth • X Gibraltar • X Defence • ★ Edgar
France	I Bougainville • II Jurien de la Gravière • III Friant • IV Duguay-Trouin • V Émile Bertin • VI La Galissonnière • VI De Grasse • VI Dupleix • VI Montcalm • VII Algérie • VII Toulon • VIII Charles Martel • VIII Cherbourg • VIII Bayard • IX Saint-Louis • IX Brest • IX Carnot • X Henri IV • X Marseille • X Colbert • ★ Condé
U.S.S.R.	I Orlan • II Diana • II Diana Lima • II Novik • III Aurora • III Bogatyr • III Oleg • III Varyag • III AL Avrora • IV Svietlana • V Murmansk • V Kotovsky • V Krasny Krym • V Mikoyan • V Kirov • VI Budyonny • VI Molotov • VI Admiral Makarov • VII Shchors • VII Lazo • VII Lazo B • VIII Chapayev • VIII Tallinn • VIII Mikhail Kutuzov • VIII Ochakov • VIII Pyotr Bagration • VIII Dmitry Pozharsky • IX Dmitri Donskoi • IX Riga • IX Kronshtadt • X Moskva • X Alexander Nevsky • X Petropavlovsk • X Stalingrad • X Smolensk B • X Smolensk • X Sevastopol • X Kommissar • ★ Novosibirsk
U.S.A.	I Erie • II Chester • II Albany • III St. Louis • III Charleston • IV Phoenix • V Omaha • V Marblehead • V Marblehead Lima • V Rattlehead • VI Pensacola • VI Dallas • VII Atlanta • VII New Orleans • VII Helena • VII Indianapolis • VII Atlanta B • VII Boise • VII Flint • VIII Baltimore • VIII Cleveland • VIII Wichita • VIII Anchorage • VIII Congress • VIII Rochester • VIII San Diego • VIII AL Montpelier • IX Buffalo • IX Seattle • IX Vallejo • IX Alaska • IX Tulsa • IX Alaska B • X Des Moines • X Worcester • X Puerto Rico • X Salem • X Austin • ★ Annapolis
Germany	I Hermelin • II Dresden • II Emden • III Kolberg • IV Karlsruhe • V Königsberg • VI Nürnberg • VI Admiral Graf Spee • VI Leipzig • VI HSF Admiral Graf Spee • VII Yorck • VII München • VII Weimar • VIII Admiral Hipper • VIII Prinz Eugen • VIII Mainz • VIII Schill • VIII Mainz B • VIII Cross of Dorn • VIII Wiesbaden • IX Roon • IX Siegfried • IX Ägir • IX Admiral Schröder • IX Roon CLR • X Hindenburg • ★ Clausewitz
Pan-Asia	I Chengan • III Ning Hai • V Chungking • VI Rahmat • VI Huanghe • VII Chumphon • VIII Harbin • VIII Irian • VIII Wukong • IX Sejong • IX Dalian • IX Mengchong • IX Tianjin • X Jinan
Spain	I Júpiter • II Méndez Núñez • III Navarra • IV Almirante Cervera • V Galicia • VI Baleares • VI Canarias • VII Asturias • VIII Cataluña • VIII Numancia • IX Andalucía • X Castilla
Europe	I Gryf • VI Elli
Netherlands	I Van Kinsbergen • II Gelderland • III Java • IV De Ruyter • V Celebes • VI Kijkduin • VII Eendracht • VIII Haarlem • VIII De Zeven Provinciën • IX Johan de Witt • IX Van Speijk • X Gouden Leeuw • X Prins van Oranje
Italy	I Eritrea • II Nino Bixio • III Taranto • IV Alberto di Giussano • V Raimondo Montecuccoli • V Genova • VI Trento • VI Duca d'Aosta • VII Zara • VII Duca degli Abruzzi • VII Francesco Ferruccio • VII Gorizia • VIII Amalfi • IX Brindisi • IX Michelangelo • X Venezia • X Napoli • X Napoli B • ★ Piemonte
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