---
esi_data:
  fitting_stats:
    cpu_output: 550
    high_slots: 8
    low_slots: 6
    med_slots: 5
    powergrid_output: 16000
    rig_slots: 3
  group: Battleship
  hull_stats:
    hp_armor: 7700
    hp_shield: 7480
    hp_structure: 7480
  name: Tempest
  race: Unknown
  skill_requirements:
  - level: 1
    skill_id: 3337
  type_id: 639
  velocity: 127
image: /639.png
last_updated: '2026-04-19T17:46:58.942828'
source: eve-university
source_stats:
  armorem: 60
  armorexp: 10
  armorhp: 7700
  armorkin: 25
  armortherm: 35
  bandwidth: 75
  bonuses: 755100505
  capacitor: 5400
  cargohold: 780
  class: Battleship
  cpu: 550
  dronebay: 75
  externallinks: ''
  extrahold: ''
  extraholdtype: ''
  faction: Minmatar Republic
  forumlinks: ''
  grouping: Standard Battleships
  highlights1: High Amount of High Slots
  highlights2: ''
  highlights3: ''
  highlights4: ''
  highs: 8
  hulltype: Tempest Class
  inertia: 0.116
  info: The Tempest is one of the Republic Fleet's key vessels; a versatile gunship
    proficient at long-range bombardment and capable of dishing out specialized types
    of damage with great effectiveness. A well-rounded squadron of Tempests has been
    proven time and time again to be an invaluable wild card in a fleet battle, one
    which opponents should ignore at their own peril.
  launchers: 4
  lows: 6
  mass: 99500000
  maxlockedtargets: 7
  maxvelocity: 127
  mediums: 5
  powergrid: 16000
  quote: They say no storms rage in the void. They are wrong, we are the storm.
  quote_attribution: Thukker Chief Ennar Aeboul
  reqskills: '*{{RequiredSkill|Minmatar Battleship|I}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|IV}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Minmatar Battlecruiser|III}}

    *** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|III}}

    *** {{RequiredSkill|Minmatar Cruiser|III}}

    **** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|II}}

    **** {{RequiredSkill|Minmatar Destroyer|III}}

    ***** {{RequiredSkill|Minmatar Frigate|III}}

    ****** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|I}}'
  scanres: 130
  sensortype: LADAR
  sensorvalue: 20
  shieldem: 0
  shieldexp: 50
  shieldhp: 7480
  shieldkin: 40
  shieldtherm: 20
  shipid: 639
  shipimg: Tempest.jpg
  shipname: Tempest
  sigradius: 360
  structurehp: 7480
  targetrange: 81.0
  tech: ''
  totaltraintime: 3205510
  turrets: 6
  variations: '{{Ship|Vargur}},<br>

    {{Ship|Tempest Fleet Issue}},<br>

    {{Ship|Tempest Tribal Issue}},'
  volume: 450000
  warpspeed: 3
  warptime: 16
  wikireferences: ''
source_url: https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Tempest
title: Tempest
type_id: 639
validation_score: 1.0
---

<img src="/639.png" alt="Tempest" width="300" style="float: left; margin-right: 25px; margin-bottom: 10px; width: 300px;" />

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## Summary

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The Tempest is a Tech 1 Minmatar battleship with two bonuses for projectile turret DPS. The hull bonuses double the DPS, so that its six turret hardpoints give the effect of twelve unbonused turrets, while leaving two helpful high slots free for other utility modules.

With 5 mid slots and 6 low slots, the Tempest can be shield- or armor-tanked. If shield tanked, it achieves impressive DPS; if armor tanked, it has a huge number of utility mids. In both cases, the tank is on the weaker side compared with other Tech 1 battleships. Its big brother the Tempest Fleet Issue has one low slot more and thus works better with an armor tank. The Tempest is relatively quick and agile for its class.
## Skills
Further information about additional or recommended skills to pilot Tempest for a specific or its common role(s) can be written here.
## Tactics
No sub-article about Tempest roles or piloting tactics. You can write them here.
## Notes
This class of battleship was prominently featured as John Rourke's battleship in the machinima "Clear Skies".

The English word "tempest" was adopted into the language, meaning largely unchanged, from Latin via Old French. It appears in English surnames in the twelfth century, and as a noun in written English in the thirteenth. The Tempest is the only ship in EVE that shares its name with a Shakespeare play.
## Patch History