Córdoba

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Cruiser | Pan-America | Tier IV

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Córdoba — Pan-American Tier IV cruiser.

In 1933, after the purchase of two Novik-class destroyers from Estonia, the superiority of the Peruvian naval forces was overwhelming, so the Colombian government considered several options to urgently strengthen its navy, including purchasing British ships. If the choice had fallen on British ships, the Colombian fleet could have been strengthened with Danae-class cruisers.

Córdoba was first released on 23 February 2023 as Update 12.1 Prime Gaming reward.

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/50 BL Mk.XII on a CPXIV mount	8.6	18	109			2,900		0	70,000

	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 ()
Córdoba (A)	18,900	10	76	6		4/2/2	4			0	105,000
Córdoba (B)	20,500	10	76	6		6	4			2,400	240,000

	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 II	1	62	7.2	10,000	53	6		0	70,000

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Mk4 mod. 1		0		0	70,000
Mk4 mod. 2		0		1,600	160,000

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 40,000 hp	29		0	70,000

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2

Player Opinion

Performance

Warning. The data presented in the AA Defense sidebar section may be incorrect.
Refer to the in-game Port screens for more useful data.

The Ship

Tier IV Córdoba is based on British cruiser Danae and shares many similarities with her sister ship. Despite mounting the same weapons and consumables, there are some important differences between the two ships, with Córdoba's consumables and weapons having slightly different parameters.

Her 540m turning circle is the smallest at Tier IV and a quick 6.4 second rudder shift helps her avoid incoming attacks. However, her 29 knot top speed is slow for a Tier IV cruiser and she can only reliably outpace Karlsruhe at her tier. Córdoba has a good base concealment of 8km without any skills- the lowest of all Tier IV cruisers– which is better than many cruisers even if they are using the Concealment Expert skill. In open waters against other cruisers or battleships, players can expect to spot enemy ships long before they are spotted themselves.

Córdoba mounts a standard cruiser Damage Control Party , which is active for 5 seconds and has a 60 second cooldown between uses. She also mounts a Short-Range Hydro-Acoustic Search  and a modified Repair Party  consumable. The Hydroacoustic Search is similar to that carried by British destroyers, with a 3km detection range for both torpedoes and enemy ships. It has an action time of 100 seconds and a cooldown time of 180 seconds. Her Repair Party is active for 20 seconds, which is shorter than Danae's but can repair up to 50% of citadel damage received instead of the standard 10%. Córdoba has an extra charge of her Repair Party, although this comes at the cost of a reduced action time and means she can only repair 10% of her maximum health per charge.

Armor & Survivability

Córdoba has 13mm bow and stern plating, which can bounce most cruiser AP she will face but can be overmatched by battleships and heavy cruisers like Hawkins, Furutaka and Exeter. She also has a strip of thicker 38mm armor along her waterline up to her bow and partway towards her stern which can bounce any AP she will face if correctly angled. Her citadel is easily penetrated and rises to the upper deck level along her hull between the bridge and “X” turret. Her vulnerable citadel is further emphasized by her small health pool. 20,500 HP is only higher than Yubari and Iwaki Alpha, although it is somewhat offset by her Repair Party consumable. She must be careful when exposing her side, as large volleys of AP rounds can easily result in a swift return to port

Armament

Like Danae, Córdoba carries a main battery of six 152 mm guns in fast turning single centerline mounts. While this may feel underwhelming compared to some other ships, all of her guns can be rapidly brought to bear on a target on either flank. The quick rotation, ability to bring all her guns to bear and a fast reload of 7 seconds allows Córdoba to keep up with her rivals in gunfights. With a maximum range of 12.1km, Córdoba will find herself outranged by many opponents. When shooting at maximum range, her shells lose velocity and tend to float, which can make accurate aiming difficult against agile targets. Córdoba can only fire AP rounds from her main battery. When compared to other nation’s AP, they feature the improved ricochet angles common to the Pan-American cruisers and British light cruisers. Córdoba has standard fuse timers and arming thresholds for her shells, so she will overpenetrate thinly armored targets more often than Danae. Her lack of HE rounds means that Córdoba can struggle to deal damage to battleships, with shots to the superstructure being the only reliable way to damage them. Córdoba carries twelve torpedo tubes, with two triple launchers per side. She can put out a potentially devastating attack, but with only a 6km range she must get close to use these weapons and show a lot of broadside to launch them all. A 53 knot speed- one of the slowest in her tier- means that enemies will have almost 8 seconds notice before impact, and an observant enemy may be able to avoid an attack altogether.

Anti-Aircraft

Córdoba has one of the highest AA ratings at Tier IV, with her total DPM almost matching that of De Ruyter. Although her numbers look impressive, the weapons are short ranged, with her mid-range aura only reaching out to 2.5km. Córdoba's AA is only suitable for self defense and she will not be able to fight back against enemy aircraft until they are committed to an attack.

Battle Performance

Her light armor and small hit point pool mean that effective use of positioning, concealment and the Repair Party are key to achieving a good result in battle. Players should pick their targets carefully, as an unexpected duel with a battleship can easily result in crippling damage. Without HE rounds it can feel challenging to deal meaningful damage to enemy ships, a situation which is made worse when Córdoba finds herself fighting against Tier V ships. Her lack of HE and difficulty in damaging angled targets mean that players should focus on using their concealment to reach a flanking position where they can fire into enemy ships’ broadsides.

Córdoba's good agility makes her well suited to operating around island cover where her fragility and lack of range are less of an issue. When forced to operate without cover, players should use their excellent concealment to attack an unsuspecting opponent or break away from an unfavourable fight to repair and reach a more favorable position.

Pros:

Fast main battery traverse and reload
AP shells with improved penetration angles
Large torpedo armament on each side
Agile
Excellent concealment, as low as 7.2km with Concealment Expert
Carries the Repair Party consumable, with an extra charge and higher citadel repair

Cons:

Small hit point pool
Thin armor and a large citadel
No access to HE shells
Short range on her weapons
Slow top speed
Short Hydroacoustic Search range

Research

Researchable upgrades for Córdoba:

Hull: Upgrade to Hull (B) for improved survivability, maneuverability and AA. Research of this module unlocks progression to La Argentina.
Gun Fire Control System: Upgrade to Mk4 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

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

Córdoba equips the following consumables:

Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
Slot 2: Repair Party  – 4 charges
Slot 3: Short-Range Hydro-Acoustic Search  – 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

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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Japan	I Hashidate • II Chikuma • III Tenryū • III Katori • IV Yūbari • IV Kuma • IV Iwaki Alpha • V Furutaka • V Agano • V Yahagi • VI Aoba • VI Gokase • VII Myōkō • VII Omono • VII Tokachi • VII Maya • VII ARP Myōkō • VII ARP Ashigara • VII ARP Haguro • VII Southern Dragon • VII Eastern Dragon • VII ARP Nachi • VIII Mogami • VIII Tone • VIII Atago • VIII Shimanto • VIII Atago B • VIII ARP Takao • VIII ARP Maya • IX Ibuki • IX Takahashi • IX Azuma • IX AL Azuma • IX Chikuma II • X Zaō • X Yodo • X Yoshino • X Yoshino B • X Kitakami
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
Commonwealth	I Sutlej • II Port Jackson • III Caradoc • IV Dunedin • V Delhi • VI Hobart • VI Perth • VI Mysore • VII Uganda • VIII Auckland • IX Encounter • IX Hector • X Cerberus • X Brisbane
Pan-America	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

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