Ship:Lyon

VII

6,000,000

Lyon — France Tech Tree Tier VII Battleship.

In 1912, France started building new, bigger docks. The shipbuilders were able to expand the limits they had when designing the Bretagne and Normandie classes. Larger caliber guns had not yet been developed in France, so it was decided to increase the number of 340 mm guns. The final design included four quadruple-gun main turrets mounted on a hull that was slightly bigger than that of the Normandie class. However, due to the outbreak of World War I, these ships were never laid down.

Pros

• High barrel count ensures good salvo weight
• High firing range with high shell velocity
• Small size enabled small turning circle

Cons

• Small HP Pool
• Poor torpedo protection
• Poor individual shell performance

Ship Stats

Hull Information

SURVIVABILITY	Lyon (A)	Lyon (B)
• Hit Points	46000	53400
• Torpedo protection damage reduction (%)	—

ARMOR DETAIL
• Belt (mm)	—
• Deck (mm)	—
• Superstructure (mm)	—
• Extremities (mm)	—

MANEUVERABILITY	Lyon (A)	Lyon (B)
• Maximum speed (kt)	27.0	27.0
• Turning circle radius (m)	700	700
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	25.8	18.4

CONCEALMENT	Lyon (A)	Lyon (B)
• Detectability by sea (km)	15.36	15.36
• Detectability by air (km)	9.22	9.22
• Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km)	13.37
• Detectability by depths (km)	9.22	9.22

Main Battery

MAIN BATTERY	PCA n° 7 Mle 1	PCA n° 7 Mle 2
• Arrangement	4×4 340mm
• Firing range (km)	16.93	18.62
• Reload time (sec)	30.0
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	2
• 180° turn time (sec)	51.4

DISPERSION
• Dispersion type	French/Italian BB dispersion
• Dispersion formula	Dispersion (m) = 9.8 × range(km) + 66
• Sigma	1.5
• Maximum dispersion (m)	231
• Dispersion at 5 km	115
• Dispersion at 10 km	164
• Dispersion at 15 km	213
• Dispersion at 16.93 km	232

HE SHELL
• Name	340 mm HE OEA Mle 1934
• Maximum damage	4700
• Fire chance (%)	26.0%
• Shell velocity (m/s)	921
• Shell weight (kg)	431.8
• Penetration (mm)	57

AP SHELL
• Name	340 mm AP OPfK Mle 1930
• Maximum damage	9500
• Shell velocity (m/s)	780
• Shell weight (kg)	585
• Fuse time (sec)	0.033
• Ricochet start (°)	45
• Always ricochet (°)	60
• Normalisation (°)	6
• Arming threshold (mm)	57

Secondary Battery

SECONDARY BATTERY
• Secondary battery range (km)	6.3

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1
• Shell type	HE
• Name	130 mm HE OEA Mle 1934
• Arrangement	2x130mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	12.0
• Maximum damage	1900
• Shell velocity (m/s)	840
• Penetration (mm)	22
• Fire chance (%)	9.0%

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 2
• Shell type	HE
• Name	130 mm HE OEA Mle 1934
• Arrangement	4x130mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	12.0
• Maximum damage	1900
• Shell velocity (m/s)	840
• Penetration (mm)	22
• Fire chance (%)	9.0%

Airstrike

ASW AIRSTRIKE (DEPTH CHARGES)
• Range (km)	9
• Minimum range (km)	0.5
• Reload time (sec)	25.0
• Number of aircraft	1
• Depth charges in payload	1
• Damage	3400
• Deployment	Manual

AA Defense

Lyon (A)

AA ARMAMENT	MOUNTS × BARRELS
130 mm	4 × 4 + 4 × 2
37 mm	20 × 2
25 mm	6 × 2
13 mm	6 × 4 + 12 × 2

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Short-range	157.5	70%	2.5
Mid-range	157.5	75%	3.0
Long-range	105	75%	6.0

Damage by shell explosions

EXPLOSIONS / SALVO	DAMAGE	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
4	1000	75%	3.5–6.0

Lyon (B)

AA ARMAMENT	MOUNTS × BARRELS
130 mm	4 × 4 + 4 × 2
40 mm	4 × 4 + 16 × 1
20 mm	8 × 2 + 14 × 1

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Short-range	203	70%	2.0
Mid-range	315	75%	3.5
Long-range	98	75%	6.0

Damage by shell explosions

EXPLOSIONS / SALVO	DAMAGE	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
4	1000	75%	3.5–6.0

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4

Consumables

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party  (15.0s action, 80.0s cooldown)
• Slot 2: Repair Party  (4 charges, 28.0s action, 80.0s cooldown, 230 hp/s)

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