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{{#vardefine:ship_name|Alsace}}
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<div class="b-description gw-frame-1"><div class="b-description-img b-description-img__indent b-description-img__single"><div style="width:160px; height:102px; opacity:.5; border-radius:2px; position:absolute; left:0; top:0; z-index:1; -webkit-transition:all 0.2s ease-out 0.1s; transition:all 0.2s ease-out 0.1s;">[[File:Wows_anno_flag_france.png|160px]]</div><div class="l-description-img_class"><span class="b-description-img_type b-description-img_type__Battleship b-description-img_type__Battleship-Tech Tree"></span><span class="b-description-img_class">IX</span></div><div class="b-description-img_vehicle">[[File:Ship_PFSB109_Alsace.png|160px|link=|left]]</div><div class="l-description-img_price"><span class="b-description-img_price b-description-img_price__gold"><span title="''{{#var:ship_name}}'' was first released for sale on DD Month YYYY.">16,900,000</span></span></div></div><p>[[Ship:{{#var:ship_name}}|{{#var:ship_name}}]] &mdash; France Tech Tree Tier&nbsp;IX [[Ship:Battleship|Battleship]].</p><p>The project was developed as a response to intel that came to be known about the characteristics of battleships planned for construction in Germany. One of the plans was a further development of the Richelieu and Gascogne classes, armed with three quadruple-gun turrets housing 380 mm guns. However, the ships were never laid down due to the French defeat in the war.</p><p> </p></div>
A battleship design developed in France in response to construction of the German [[Friedrich_der_Große|"H"-class battleships]]. The ship was a development of the ''[[Richelieu]]'' class, but in contrast to her predecessor, she had more powerful artillery that was arranged according to a more reasonable scheme. One of the design versions received twelve 380 mm guns that were placed in three main turrets.


|Performance= {{AA Sidebar Warning Insert}}
===Pros===
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* High level of citadel protection
​Continuing the grand tradition of the French battleships from ''[[Normandie]]'' at Tier VI onward, ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' brings twelve 15-inch rifles in three quadruple turrets to the table. Historically designed to counter the German H-class battleship projects, Alsace is the next step up from ''[[Richelieu]]'', carrying a third turret to her rear, with her guns laid out in the AB-X style common to her peers of ''[[Lion]]'', ''[[Iowa]]'', ''[[Missouri]]'', and ''[[Musashi]]''. She has more guns than any other battleship of her tier, the second highest base top speed, plentiful secondaries, a potent AA suite, and excellent agility.  ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' is well-suited for both mid-range dueling and close-range brawling, utilizing her mobility to move into prime positions, and to escape if the situation turns against her. With Speed Boost active and the Sierra Mike signal flags equipped, Alsace can easily chase or outrun enemy battleships, even able to keep pace with cruisers in a straight line.
* Easy to shoot accurately at long ranges
* Engine Boost consumable available
* High barrel count ensures good salvo weight


However, ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' doesn't have everything going for her. She has the smallest guns at Tier IX at 15", leading to her lower overmatch statistic, meaning she can't overmatch bow armor thicker than 25mm.  While her armor is decent, she has the second lowest health pool of all tier nine battleships; the lowest goes to British ''Lion'', but while ''Lion'' has a super-charged version of the {{Repair Party}} consumable, ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' does not.  ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' relies on her high mobility and properly angling her armor (made easier by her excellent turret arcs) to survive against her peers at Tier IX.  ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' comes fully equipped for aggressive and mobile game play, where cruisers are easy prey and battleships have no hopes of keeping up with the agile and swift ''{{#var:ship_name}}''.
===Cons===
* Small HP pool
* Low level of protection against HE shells


|Pros=<!-- write list of positive points below. use * as in ordinary wiki-list. -->
* Well protected citadel, difficult to hit
* Highly effective torpedo damage reduction of 44%
* Twelve gun broadside with heavy-hitting power
* Very fast shell travel time, easier to lead targets at long range
* Excellent firing angles to the rear, ideal when kiting/angling away
* Long range base secondary range of 8.0km, max of 12.0km when fully invested in
* High top speed and access to the {{Engine Boost}} consumable


==Ship Stats==
<div class="b-popup"><div class="b-popup_head js-tech-nav_head"><div><h2>Hull Information</h2></div><span class="b-tech-nav_arrow"></span></div><div class="b-popup_content" style="display: none;"><div>
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | SURVIVABILITY !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | Alsace (A) !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | Alsace (B)
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Hit Points || style="color:inherit;" | 69000 || style="color:inherit;" | 74700
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Torpedo protection damage reduction (%) || colspan="2" style="color:inherit;" | —
|}
</div>


|Cons=<!-- write list of negative points below. use * as in ordinary wiki-list. -->
<div style="border: 2px solid rgba(212,175,55,0.8); border-radius: 3px; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow: hidden;">
* Covered in 32mm thick, vulnerable to large caliber HE spam and 460mm and larger AP overmatch
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
* Slow main battery reload speed
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | ARMOR DETAIL !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
* 380mm AP rounds cannot overmatch angled cruisers with 27mm of armor or better
|-
* Vulnerable to carrier strikes due to her thin armor and large size
| style="color:inherit;" | • Belt (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | —
* Poor main battery accuracy due to her below average sigma value of 1.6
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Deck (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | —
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Superstructure (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | —
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Extremities (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | —
|}
</div>


<div style="border: 2px solid rgba(212,175,55,0.8); border-radius: 3px; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow: hidden;">
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | MANEUVERABILITY !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | Alsace (A) !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | Alsace (B)
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Maximum speed (kt) || style="color:inherit;" | 32.0 || style="color:inherit;" | 32.0
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Turning circle radius (m) || style="color:inherit;" | 910 || style="color:inherit;" | 910
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Rudder-shift time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 30.3 || style="color:inherit;" | 21.6
|}
</div>


|Research=<!-- write text about priority sequence of research below -->
<div style="border: 2px solid rgba(212,175,55,0.8); border-radius: 3px; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow: hidden;">
Availability of researchable upgrades for ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' is as follows:  
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
* '''Hull:'''  Upgrade to Hull (B) for improved rate of fire on her 100mm secondary batteries, additional health, a modest increase in anti-aircraft firepower, and improved rudder traverse speed. Research of this module unlocks progression to ''[[République]]''.
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | CONCEALMENT !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | Alsace (A) !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | Alsace (B)
* '''Gun Fire Control System:'''  Upgrade to PCA n° 9 Mle 2 for an extra 10% range on the main battery.  
|-
* '''Propulsion:'''  Upgrading the engines provides an additional 1.6 knots of maximum speed.
| style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability by sea (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 16.24 || style="color:inherit;" | 16.24
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability by air (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 10.0 || style="color:inherit;" | 10.0
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km) || colspan="2" style="color:inherit;" | 15.42
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability by depths (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 10.0 || style="color:inherit;" | 10.0
|}
</div>


Reaching the Fire Control System first is the top priority, as ''{{#var:ship_name}}''’s stock range sits at 18.4km, lower than all her peers. Her stock hull anti-aircraft suite is surprisingly capable, and the only major downside of Hull (A) is the base 23.2 second rudder shift time; this leaves captains with a choice between Hull (B) — to greatly reduce her rudder shift and improve her survivability and AA — or her Fire Control System to boost her range as their first upgrade.  Finally, her Engine upgrade can be saved for last, as her base top speed of 30.4 knots already makes her the second fastest Tier IX battleship.
</div></div></div>
<div class="b-popup"><div class="b-popup_head js-tech-nav_head"><div><h2>Main Battery</h2></div><span class="b-tech-nav_arrow"></span></div><div class="b-popup_content" style="display: none;"><div><div style="border: 2px solid rgba(212,175,55,0.8); border-radius: 3px; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow: hidden;">
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | MAIN BATTERY !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | PCA n° 9 Mle 1 !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | PCA n° 9 Mle 2
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Arrangement || colspan="2" style="color:inherit;" | 3×4 380mm
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Firing range (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 18.45 || style="color:inherit;" | 20.3
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Reload time (sec) || colspan="2" style="color:inherit;" | 30.0
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Rate of fire (shots/min) || colspan="2" style="color:inherit;" | 2
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • 180° turn time (sec) || colspan="2" style="color:inherit;" | 36.0
|}
</div>


|OptimalConfiguration=<!-- write some general text about selection of optimal configuration below (optional)-->
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | DISPERSION !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Dispersion type || style="color:inherit;" | French/Italian BB dispersion
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Dispersion formula || style="color:inherit;" | Dispersion (m) = 9.8 × range(km) + 66
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Sigma || style="color:inherit;" | 1.6
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Maximum dispersion (m) || style="color:inherit;" | 246
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Dispersion at 5 km || style="color:inherit;" | 115
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Dispersion at 10 km || style="color:inherit;" | 164
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Dispersion at 15 km || style="color:inherit;" | 213
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Dispersion at 18.45 km || style="color:inherit;" | 247
|}
</div>


|Upgrades=<!-- write text about best upgrades below, add * after upgrade link to designate that another upgrade may be viable -->
<div style="border: 2px solid rgba(212,175,55,0.8); border-radius: 3px; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow: hidden;">
As a Tier IX ship, ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' has access to all six Upgrade Slots. ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' can build for Secondaries or AA.
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
* '''Slot 1''': {{Main Armaments Modification 1}}
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | HE SHELL !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
* '''Slot 2''': {{Damage Control System Modification 1}}
|-
* '''Slot 3''': {{Aiming Systems Modification 1}} ''or'' {{Secondary Battery Modification 1}}
| style="color:inherit;" | • Name || style="color:inherit;" | 380 mm HE OEA Mle 1945
* '''Slot 4''': {{Damage Control System Modification 2}}
|-
* '''Slot 5''': {{Concealment System Modification 1}}
| style="color:inherit;" | • Maximum damage || style="color:inherit;" | 5400
* '''Slot 6''': {{Main Battery Modification 3}} ''or'' {{Auxiliary Armaments Modification 2}}  
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Fire chance (%) || style="color:inherit;" | 36.0%
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Shell velocity (m/s) || style="color:inherit;" | 830
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Shell weight (kg) || style="color:inherit;" | 884
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Penetration (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | 63
|}
</div>


|CommanderSkills=
As an agile but fragile Tier IX battleship, ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' benefits from almost any improvement to her survival department, but her secondaries and AA batteries are perfect for improving. General-purpose skills that benefit any Alsace captain include Preventive Maintenance, Expert Marksman, Adrenaline Rush, Superintendent, Concealment Expert, and Fire Prevention.


{{Commander Skills 3 BB
<div style="border: 2px solid rgba(212,175,55,0.8); border-radius: 3px; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow: hidden;">
| rating11 = <!-- Gun Feeder -->
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
| rating12 = <!-- Pyrotechnician -->
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | AP SHELL !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
| rating13 = <!-- Consumables Specialist -->
|-
| rating14 = <!-- Emergency Repair Specialist -->
| style="color:inherit;" | • Name || style="color:inherit;" | 380 mm AP OPfK Mle 1943
| rating15 = <!-- Incoming Fire Alert -->
|-
| rating16 = 3 <!-- Preventive Maintenance -->
| style="color:inherit;" | • Maximum damage || style="color:inherit;" | 11900
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Shell velocity (m/s) || style="color:inherit;" | 830
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Shell weight (kg) || style="color:inherit;" | 885
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Fuse time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 0.033
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Ricochet start (°) || style="color:inherit;" | 45
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Always ricochet (°) || style="color:inherit;" | 60
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Normalisation (°) || style="color:inherit;" | 6
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Arming threshold (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | 63
|}
</div>
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<div class="b-popup"><div class="b-popup_head js-tech-nav_head"><div><h2>Secondary Battery</h2></div><span class="b-tech-nav_arrow"></span></div><div class="b-popup_content" style="display: none;"><div>
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | SECONDARY BATTERY !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Secondary battery range (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 8.0
|}
</div>


| rating21 = <!-- Grease the Gears -->
<div style="border: 2px solid rgba(212,175,55,0.8); border-radius: 3px; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow: hidden;">
| rating22 = <!-- Inertial Fuse for HE Shells -->
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
| rating23 = 3 <!-- Consumables Enhancements -->
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1 !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
| rating24 =   <!-- Vigilance -->
|-
| rating25 = <!-- Priority Target -->
| style="color:inherit;" | • Shell type || style="color:inherit;" | HE
| rating26 = <!-- AA Gunner -->
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Name || style="color:inherit;" | 152 mm HE OEA Mle 1937
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Arrangement || style="color:inherit;" | 3.0x152mm
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Rate of fire (shots/min) || style="color:inherit;" | 5.0
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Maximum damage || style="color:inherit;" | 2200
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Shell velocity (m/s) || style="color:inherit;" | 870
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Penetration (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | 25
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Fire chance (%) || style="color:inherit;" | 12.0%
|}
</div>


| rating31 = <!-- Super-Heavy AP Shells -->
<div style="border: 2px solid rgba(212,175,55,0.8); border-radius: 3px; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow: hidden;">
| rating32 = <!-- Long-Range Secondary Battery Shells -->
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
| rating33 = 3 <!-- Adrenaline Rush -->
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | SECONDARY ARMAMENT 2 !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
| rating34 = 2 <!-- Basics of Survivability -->
|-
| rating35 = <!-- Enhanced Anti-Torpedo Protection -->
| style="color:inherit;" | • Shell type || style="color:inherit;" | HE
| rating36 = <!-- Expert AA Marksman -->
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Name || style="color:inherit;" | 100 mm HE OEA Mle 1928
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Arrangement || style="color:inherit;" | 2x100mm
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Rate of fire (shots/min) || style="color:inherit;" | 15.0
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Maximum damage || style="color:inherit;" | 1400
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Shell velocity (m/s) || style="color:inherit;" | 780
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Penetration (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | 17
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Fire chance (%) || style="color:inherit;" | 6.0%
|}
</div>


| rating41 =  <!-- Dead Eye -->
| rating42 =  <!-- Improved Secondary Battery Aiming -->
| rating43 =  <!-- Close Quarters Combat -->
| rating44 = 3 <!-- Emergency Repair Expert -->
| rating45 = 3 <!-- Concealment Expert -->
| rating46 = 3 <!-- Fire Prevention Expert -->
}}


|Consumables=<!-- write text about selection of Consumables below -->
</div></div></div>
''{{#var:ship_name}}'' can equip the following consumables:
<div class="b-popup"><div class="b-popup_head js-tech-nav_head"><div><h2>Airstrike</h2></div><span class="b-tech-nav_arrow"></span></div><div class="b-popup_content" style="display: none;"><div>
* '''Slot 1:'''  {{Damage Control Party}}
* '''Slot 2:'''  {{Repair Party}}
* '''Slot 3:'''  {{Catapult Fighter}}
* '''Slot 4:'''  {{Engine Boost}}


|Camouflage= {{TT Ship Camo Insert|shiptier=9}}
<div style="border: 2px solid rgba(212,175,55,0.8); border-radius: 3px; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow: hidden;">
<!-- write text about useful camouflage below -->
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | ASW AIRSTRIKE (DEPTH CHARGES) !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Range (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 10
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Minimum range (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 0.5
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Reload time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 30.0
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Number of aircraft || style="color:inherit;" | 1
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Depth charges in payload || style="color:inherit;" | 2
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Damage || style="color:inherit;" | 4200
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Deployment || style="color:inherit;" | Manual
|}
</div>
</div></div></div>
<div class="b-popup"><div class="b-popup_head js-tech-nav_head"><div><h2>AA Defense</h2></div><span class="b-tech-nav_arrow"></span></div><div class="b-popup_content" style="display: none;"><div>
<div style="border: 2px solid rgba(212,175,55,0.8); border-radius: 3px; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow: hidden;">
'''Alsace (A)'''


{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0 0 0.8em 0; width:100%; color:inherit;"
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | AA ARMAMENT !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | MOUNTS × BARRELS
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | 152 mm + 100 mm || style="color:inherit;" | 3 × 3 + 12 × 2
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | 37 mm || style="color:inherit;" | 12 × 2
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | 25 mm || style="color:inherit;" | 10 × 2
|}


|Signals=<!-- write text about best set of signals below -->
'''Continuous damage''' — average DPS within each action zone
As a Tier IX Battleship, ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' benefits greatly from signals that improve her survivability, such as November Foxtrot ({{November Foxtrot|Size=18px}}), India Delta ({{India Delta|Size=18px}}), and India Yankee ({{India Yankee|Size=18px}}). Signals that boost her secondary battery and anti-aircraft armament can also be useful.
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0 0 0.8em 0; width:100%; color:inherit;"
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | RANGE !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | DPS !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | HIT CHANCE !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | ACTION ZONE (km)
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | Mid-range || style="color:inherit;" | 367.5 || style="color:inherit;" | 75% || style="color:inherit;" | 3.5
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | Long-range || style="color:inherit;" | 129.5 || style="color:inherit;" | 75% || style="color:inherit;" | 5.8
|}


{{Signal Flags
'''Damage by shell explosions'''
| November Echo Setteseven = 1 
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0 0 0.8em 0; width:100%; color:inherit;"
| Mike Yankee Soxisix = 2
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | EXPLOSIONS / SALVO !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | DAMAGE !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | HIT CHANCE !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | ACTION ZONE (km)
| India X-Ray =  
|-
| Juliet Whiskey Unaone =  
| style="color:inherit;" | 6 || style="color:inherit;" | 1330 || style="color:inherit;" | 75% || style="color:inherit;" | 3.5–5.8
| Victor Lima =  
|}
| Hotel Yankee = 1


| November Foxtrot = 3
'''Alsace (B)'''
| Sierra Mike = 3
| India Delta = 3
| Juliet Yankee Bissotwo = 2
| India Yankee = 2
| Juliet Charlie = 1


}}  
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0 0 0.8em 0; width:100%; color:inherit;"
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | AA ARMAMENT !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | MOUNTS × BARRELS
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | 152 mm + 100 mm || style="color:inherit;" | 3 × 3 + 12 × 2
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | 37 mm || style="color:inherit;" | 12 × 2
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | 20 mm || style="color:inherit;" | 10 × 2
|}


|Gallery=<!-- write below list of files with description (if necessary) separated with | --><gallery>
'''Continuous damage''' — average DPS within each action zone
File:Alstart.jpg
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0 0 0.8em 0; width:100%; color:inherit;"
File:Alsbench.jpg
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | RANGE !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | DPS !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | HIT CHANCE !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | ACTION ZONE (km)
File:AlsRear.jpg
|-
File:Alsecondaries.jpg
| style="color:inherit;" | Short-range || style="color:inherit;" | 122.5 || style="color:inherit;" | 70% || style="color:inherit;" | 2.0
File:Alsecondaries2.jpg
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File:Alsfighter.jpg|''Alsace'' launches a catapult fighter to help screen for torpedoes.
| style="color:inherit;" | Mid-range || style="color:inherit;" | 241.5 || style="color:inherit;" | 75% || style="color:inherit;" | 3.5
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| style="color:inherit;" | Long-range || style="color:inherit;" | 234.5 || style="color:inherit;" | 75% || style="color:inherit;" | 5.8
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<h2>"Type No.3" ''(Alsace)'', 1939</h2>
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===Construction===
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:Builder: Ateliers et Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire Penhoët;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Saint-Nazaire, France
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===Specifications===
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:45,000 tons displacement, standard
:265m length
:35m beam
:9.22m draft
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====Machinery====
:unknown number of geared steam turbines, 4 propellers
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====Performance====
:31 knots at 220,000 shaft horsepower
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====Armor====
:Main belt: 350mm
:Decks: 32mm-190mm
:Bulkheads: 76mm-178mm
:Barbettes and Turrets: 405mm-430mm
:Conning tower: 430mm
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====Armament====
=====Main=====
:Twelve (3x4) 380mm/45 Mle 1935 guns
=====Secondary=====
:Nine (3x3) 152mm/55 Mle 1936 guns
:Twenty-four (12x2) 100mm/45 Mle 1933 guns
=====Anti-aircraft=====
:Twenty-four (12x2) 37mm/70 ACAD Mle 1936 guns
:Twenty (10x2) 25mm/60 CAD Mle 1939 guns
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====Aircraft====
:4 float planes, 1 catapult
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[[File:Alsace_010.JPG|none|thumb|x350px|link=|Line drawing of French battleship design study "Type No. 3".]]


===History===
During late 1939, studies were being drawn up for capital ships displacing 40,000 tons or greater to counter the German H-class battleships. Three studies were drawn up of a 40,000 ton, 42,500 ton and 45,000 ton battleships, alongside studies of 400mm, 406mm, and 420mm naval guns. To undertake the construction of a new generation of battleships even greater than the ''[[Richelieu]]'' class, would have required a major program to develop and expand pre-existing dockyards to be able to accommodate a ship of such a size. Early plans envisaged a dock 275 meters long and 58 meters wide, to be capable of accommodating the new generation of battleships that came to be the ''Alsace'' class, whose first form was slated to be 252 meters long and 35 meters wide.


Of the three designs, the main focal point was the main armament. Type No. 1, the 40,000 ton design, was an up-caling of the Project C3 design that came out of the studies for the latter two ''Richelieu''-class battleships ''[[Gascogne]]'' and ''Clemenceau''. Type No. 1 was to carry nine 380mm guns in three triple turrets, laid out in the contemporary AB-X style, with a secondary armament of nine 152mm guns in three triple turrets, and sixteen 100mm dual-purpose guns in eight dual turrets. It was designed to be capable of a top speed of 31 knots to keep pace with other French capital ships, with 170,000 shaft horsepower to propel her to this speed. Type No. 1 was the most realistic and achievable design, but it may not have been enough to counter the German H-class battleships, which were to be armed with 406mm guns.
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Type No. 2 was a direct step up from Type No. 1, designed to carry nine new 406mm guns in the same layout as Type No. 1. Displacing 42,500 tons, Type No.2 was four meters longer than Type No. 1, and required an additional 20,000 shaft horsepower to maintain the top speed of 31 knots, bringing her total horsepower up to 190,000. Type No. 2 would have carried the largest guns in the ''Marine Nationale'', but this would have been a problem, as it would have introduced a fourth gun caliber to the fleet (alongside ''[[Richelieu]]''’s 380mm, ''[[Dunkerque]]''’s 330mm, and ''[[Bretagne]]''’s 340mm), while the other powerful navies — bar the [[Ship:Ships of U.K.|Royal Navy]] — only had two calibers. Furthermore, the 406mm gun’s own development program would have inevitably delayed the construction of these new battleships, and early estimates showed that ''Alsace'' would not be completed until 1946.


Type No. 3 — the largest and most powerful study — was the largest complete ship study of the ''Marine Nationale''. Displacing 45,000 tons, Type No. 3 reverted back to the 380mm guns, instead carrying twelve of them in three quadruple turrets, in the same turret design as the preceding ''[[Richelieu]]''s. Type No. 3’s AA suite was substantially improved, with the four additional 100mm DP dual gun turrets, and an increased number of 37mm AA guns. Type No. 3 was thirteen meters longer than the original Type No. 1 design, had a belt 20mm thicker, and was designed to be capable of outputting 220,000 shaft horsepower so the ship could reach 32 knots. While Type No. 3 had a wide range of benefits and outclassed almost all (known) current foreign battleships, the design was simply too large for the current French infrastructure and shipyards to handle.
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The Naval General Staff’s choice was relatively straightforward. Type No. 2’s 406mm guns would take too long to properly develop, and Type No. 3 was simply too large to construct as of the moment and would require lengthy and expensive government investment in the shipyards. Type No. 1 was chosen, as it was regarded as a well-balanced design which used mostly existing weaponry and could be built with relatively minor adjustments and improvements to the French shipyards and infrastructure. Two battleships of the Type No. 1 design were approved on the 1st of April 1940. The first, named ''Alsace'', was to be laid down at the Penhoët No. 1 slipway following the launch of aircraft carrier ''Joffre'' in 1941. However, following the collapse of the French Army in June 1940, all capital ship construction plans were scrapped, and the two ships of the ''Alsace''-class ultimately never made it to the shipyards.


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File:Alsace_classe_la_cuirassé_title.jpg|Artist's depiction of ''Alsace''. 
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# [https://worldofwarships.com/en/news/history/paper-ships-alsace/ Paper Ships: Battleship Alsace - News - World of Warships]
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**Preliminary characteristics.
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**Main battery maximum firing range reduced from 21.5km to 20.3km.
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**The "Engine Boost Modification 1" upgrade unit became available to slot.
*Update 0.7.7:
**Main battery reload time increased from 30 to 32 s.
**Sigma reduced from 1.7 to 1.6 σ.
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**Minor fixes to geometry and textures.
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**Credit earnings decreased by 5%.
**Experience earnings decreased by 5%.
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**Minor changes to geometry and textures.
**Fixed a bug with incorrect aiming angles of secondary battery.
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**Minor fixes to the geometry and textures of the ship.
**The firing range of the secondary battery was increased to 7.95 km.
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**Fixed geometry and textures of the ship.
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**Fixed geometry and textures of the ship.
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**Fixed a bug in secondary battery aiming angles:
***The aiming angles were changed by 1°, which will not affect the combat efficiency of the ship.
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Latest revision as of 14:38, 6 July 2026


IX
16,900,000

Alsace — France Tech Tree Tier IX Battleship.

The project was developed as a response to intel that came to be known about the characteristics of battleships planned for construction in Germany. One of the plans was a further development of the Richelieu and Gascogne classes, armed with three quadruple-gun turrets housing 380 mm guns. However, the ships were never laid down due to the French defeat in the war.

Pros

  • High level of citadel protection
  • Easy to shoot accurately at long ranges
  • Engine Boost consumable available
  • High barrel count ensures good salvo weight

Cons

  • Small HP pool
  • Low level of protection against HE shells


Ship Stats

Hull Information

Main Battery

Secondary Battery

Airstrike

AA Defense


Compatible Upgrades

 Slot 1 
 Main Armaments Modification 1
 Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1
 Damage Control Party Modification 1
 Slot 2 
 Damage Control System Modification 1
 Engine Boost Modification 1
 Engine Room Protection
 Slot 3 
 Main Battery Modification 2
 Secondary Battery Modification 1
 AA Guns Modification 1
 Aiming Systems Modification 1
 Slot 4 
 Damage Control System Modification 2
 Propulsion Modification 1
 Steering Gears Modification 1
 Airstrike Modification 1
 Slot 5 
 Torpedo Lookout System
 Concealment System Modification 1
 Ship Consumable Modification 1
 Slot 6 
 Main Battery Modification 3
 Gun Fire Control System Modification 2
 Auxiliary Armaments Modification 2


Consumables


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