Ship:Alsace

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

SURVIVABILITY	Alsace (A)	Alsace (B)
• Hit Points	69000	74700
• Torpedo protection damage reduction (%)	—

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

MANEUVERABILITY	Alsace (A)	Alsace (B)
• Maximum speed (kt)	32.0	32.0
• Turning circle radius (m)	910	910
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	30.3	21.6

CONCEALMENT	Alsace (A)	Alsace (B)
• Detectability by sea (km)	16.24	16.24
• Detectability by air (km)	10.0	10.0
• Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km)	15.42
• Detectability by depths (km)	10.0	10.0

Main Battery

MAIN BATTERY	PCA n° 9 Mle 1	PCA n° 9 Mle 2
• Arrangement	3×4 380mm
• Firing range (km)	18.45	20.3
• Reload time (sec)	30.0
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	2
• 180° turn time (sec)	36.0

DISPERSION
• Dispersion type	French/Italian BB dispersion
• Dispersion formula	Dispersion (m) = 9.8 × range(km) + 66
• Sigma	1.6
• Maximum dispersion (m)	246
• Dispersion at 5 km	115
• Dispersion at 10 km	164
• Dispersion at 15 km	213
• Dispersion at 18.45 km	247

HE SHELL
• Name	380 mm HE OEA Mle 1945
• Maximum damage	5400
• Fire chance (%)	36.0%
• Shell velocity (m/s)	830
• Shell weight (kg)	884
• Penetration (mm)	63

AP SHELL
• Name	380 mm AP OPfK Mle 1943
• Maximum damage	11900
• Shell velocity (m/s)	830
• Shell weight (kg)	885
• Fuse time (sec)	0.033
• Ricochet start (°)	45
• Always ricochet (°)	60
• Normalisation (°)	6
• Arming threshold (mm)	63

Secondary Battery

SECONDARY BATTERY
• Secondary battery range (km)	8.0

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1
• Shell type	HE
• Name	152 mm HE OEA Mle 1937
• Arrangement	3.0x152mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	5.0
• Maximum damage	2200
• Shell velocity (m/s)	870
• Penetration (mm)	25
• Fire chance (%)	12.0%

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 2
• Shell type	HE
• Name	100 mm HE OEA Mle 1928
• Arrangement	2x100mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	15.0
• Maximum damage	1400
• Shell velocity (m/s)	780
• Penetration (mm)	17
• Fire chance (%)	6.0%

Airstrike

ASW AIRSTRIKE (DEPTH CHARGES)
• Range (km)	10
• Minimum range (km)	0.5
• Reload time (sec)	30.0
• Number of aircraft	1
• Depth charges in payload	2
• Damage	4200
• Deployment	Manual

AA Defense

Alsace (A)

AA ARMAMENT	MOUNTS × BARRELS
152 mm + 100 mm	3 × 3 + 12 × 2
37 mm	12 × 2
25 mm	10 × 2

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Mid-range	367.5	75%	3.5
Long-range	129.5	75%	5.8

Damage by shell explosions

EXPLOSIONS / SALVO	DAMAGE	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
6	1330	75%	3.5–5.8

Alsace (B)

AA ARMAMENT	MOUNTS × BARRELS
152 mm + 100 mm	3 × 3 + 12 × 2
37 mm	12 × 2
20 mm	10 × 2

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Short-range	122.5	70%	2.0
Mid-range	241.5	75%	3.5
Long-range	234.5	75%	5.8

Damage by shell explosions

EXPLOSIONS / SALVO	DAMAGE	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
9	2520	75%	3.5–5.8

Compatible Upgrades

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

Consumables

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party  (15.0s action, 80.0s cooldown)
• Slot 2: Repair Party  (4 charges, 28.0s action, 80.0s cooldown, 345 hp/s)
• Slot 3: Patrol Fighter  (3 charges, 60.0s action, 90.0s cooldown)
• Slot 4: Engine Boost  (3 charges, 180.0s action, 120.0s cooldown)

Ship Change Log

• Update 0.6.15:
  • Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.6.15.
• Update 0.7.2:
  • Introduced into the game as a researchable ship in Update 0.7.2.
• Update 0.7.3:
  • 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.
• Update 0.7.9:
  • Minor fixes to geometry and textures.
• Update 0.8.5:
  • Credit earnings decreased by 5%.
  • Experience earnings decreased by 5%.
• Update 0.9.5:
  • Minor changes to geometry and textures.
  • Fixed a bug with incorrect aiming angles of secondary battery.
• Update 0.10.0:
  • Minor fixes to the geometry and textures of the ship.
  • The firing range of the secondary battery was increased to 7.95 km.
• Update 0.10.2:
  • Fixed geometry and textures of the ship.
• Update 0.10.5:
  • Fixed geometry and textures of the ship.
• Update 12.0:
  • 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.
• Update 12.5:
  • Fixed a bug that caused the main battery turrets of the ship to turn in different directions.
• Update 14.7:
  • Main Battery reload time reduced: 32 to 30s
• Update November 26, 2017:
  • Preliminary characteristics.
• Update December 31, 2017:
  • Main battery maximum firing range reduced from 21.5km to 20.3km.
  • Spotting Aircraft consumable removed.
• Update December 27, 2017:
  • Sigma was decreased from 2.0 to 1.7.
  • Secondary battery firing range was increased from 7 to 7.5 km.

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