Ship:Grosser Kurfürst

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26,000 doubloons

Grosser Kurfürst — Germany Special Tier X Battleship.

The experience gained from battleships at the beginning of World War II prompted a revision of the ships under construction. It was necessary to improve the horizontal armor while maintaining the draft at 11.5 m for operations in the shallow waters of the North Sea. The new design incorporated a triple bottom and an increased quantity of watertight compartments to enhance protection against underwater explosions. The main armament was upgraded to feature twelve 420 mm guns. It was planned to lay down ships with the new design in 1942, but the construction needs of the Navy reoriented toward submarines, and new battleships were no longer laid down.

Pros

• High survivability
• High secondary battery gun efficiency
• Enhanced Hydroacoustic Search consumable

Cons

• Very bad firing angles when using all guns
• Low firing accuracy of the main battery

Ship Stats

Hull Information

SURVIVABILITY
• Hit Points	105800
• Torpedo protection damage reduction (%)	25%

ARMOR DETAIL
• Belt (mm)	380
• Deck (mm)	50
• Superstructure (mm)	19
• Extremities (mm)	32

MANEUVERABILITY
• Maximum speed (kt)	30.0
• Turning circle radius (m)	1050
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	19.4

CONCEALMENT
• Detectability by sea (km)	17.63
• Detectability by air (km)	10.0
• Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km)	18.22
• Detectability by depths (km)	10.0

Main Battery

MAIN BATTERY	406 mm/52 Drh C/34 on a Drh LC/34 mount	420 mm/48 SK C/40 on a Drh LC/34 mount
• Arrangement	4×3 406mm	4×3 420mm
• Firing range (km)	20.61	20.61
• Reload time (sec)	29.0	32.0
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	2.1	1.9
• 180° turn time (sec)	40.0

DISPERSION
• Dispersion type	Standard BB dispersion
• Dispersion formula	Dispersion (m) = 10 × range(km) + 60
• Sigma	1.8
• Maximum dispersion (m)	266
• Dispersion at 5 km	110
• Dispersion at 10 km	160
• Dispersion at 15 km	210
• Dispersion at 20 km	260
• Dispersion at 20.61 km	266

HE SHELL
• Name	406 mm Spr.Gr. L/4.4 Kz.
• Maximum damage	4800
• Fire chance (%)	38.0%
• Shell velocity (m/s)	810
• Shell weight (kg)	1030
• Penetration (mm)	102

AP SHELL
• Name	406 mm P.Spr.Gr. L/4.4
• Maximum damage	12700
• Shell velocity (m/s)	810
• Shell weight (kg)	1030
• Fuse time (sec)	0.033
• Ricochet start (°)	45
• Always ricochet (°)	60
• Normalisation (°)	6
• Arming threshold (mm)	68

Secondary Battery

SECONDARY BATTERY
• Secondary battery range (km)	8.3

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1
• Shell type	HE
• Name	150 mm Spr.Gr. L/4.5
• Arrangement	10x 2 128mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	15.0
• Maximum damage	1500
• Shell velocity (m/s)	900
• Penetration (mm)	32
• Fire chance (%)	5.0%

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 2
• Shell type	HE
• Name	128 mm Spr.Gr. Kz.
• Arrangement	4x 2 150mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	8.0
• Maximum damage	1700
• Shell velocity (m/s)	875
• Penetration (mm)	38
• Fire chance (%)	8.0%

Airstrike

ASW AIRSTRIKE (DEPTH CHARGES)
• Range (km)	11
• Minimum range (km)	0.5
• Reload time (sec)	30.0
• Number of aircraft	1
• Depth charges in payload	2
• Damage	4900
• Deployment	Manual

AA Defense

AA ARMAMENT	MOUNTS × BARRELS
128 mm	10 × 2
55 mm	8 × 2
20 mm	10 × 4

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Short-range	126	70%	2.0
Mid-range	325.5	75%	4.0
Long-range	143.5	75%	6.0

Damage by shell explosions

EXPLOSIONS / SALVO	DAMAGE	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
6	1610	75%	3.5–6.0

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, 529 hp/s)
• Slot 3: Spotting Aircraft  (4 charges, 100.0s action, 240.0s cooldown) or Patrol Fighter  (3 charges, 60.0s action, 90.0s cooldown)
• Slot 4: Hydroacoustic Search  (3 charges, 120.0s action, 120.0s cooldown)

Gallery

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Ship Change Log

• Update 0.5.9:
  • Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.5.9.
• Update 0.5.10:
  • Introduced into the game as a researchable ship in Update 0.5.10.
• Update 0.5.12:
  • Reduced dispersion distance increased from 4 to 5 km.
  • Fixed display of anchor chains when switching the detail level.
  • Fixed display of shadows from rigging.
  • Fixed minor graphical artifacts of the model.
• Update 0.6.2:
  • Fixed error in Torpedo belt protection, now the protection value is always applied correctly.
• Update 0.6.8:
  • The range of the secondary battery was increased from 7 to 7.7 km.
  • Reload time of 128-mm secondary battery guns was reduced from 5 to 4 s.
• Update 0.6.12:
  • Detectability when firing main guns in smoke changed to 17.79 km.
  • Detection range of the Arado Ar.196 C aircraft was increased from 4 km to 7 km in air, and to 8 km by sea.
• Update 0.7.3:
  • Added a special space camouflage "Alldestroyer". Camouflage can be purchased in the game client for 8,000 doubloons until the release of Update 0.7.4.
• Update 0.7.7:
  • Minor fixes to geometry and textures on the ship and camouflage.
• Update 0.7.10:
  • The range of the Hydroacoustic Search consumable was unified - 6 km for detecting ships, 4 km for detecting torpedoes.
• Update 0.7.12:
  • Fixed a bug with incorrect armor penetration. The armor penetration of 150 mm secondary battery HE shells was increased from 36 mm to 37 mm.
• Update 0.8.5:
  • Credit earnings increased by 5%.
  • Experience earnings increased by 5%.
• Update 0.8.7:
  • Fixed display of camouflage on main battery turrets.
• Update 0.8.10:
  • The effects of the secondary battery guns 128 mm L / 61 SK C / 42 were updated.
• Update 0.8.11:
  • The main battery dispersion ellipse was adjusted to that ​​of American and British battleships.
  • Fixed the models of secondary battery guns on the "Alldestroyer" camouflage.
• Update 0.9.3:
  • Fixed a bug due to which the detectability was calculated incorrectly when firing the main battery guns.
• Update 0.9.5:
  • Minor changes to geometry and textures.
  • Changes in the Unique Upgrade "Reinforced Main Armament":
    • The bonus that reduces the reload time of the main battery guns was reduced from 15 to 10%.
    • The penalty that reduces the traverse speed of the main battery turrets was removed.
• Update 0.9.6:
  • The value of the in-game turning circle radius was changed to 1050 m to correct prior discrepancy.
• Update 0.9.7:
  • Minor fixes to geometry and textures.
• Update 0.9.8:
  • Minor fixes to textures and geometry of the ship.
• Update 0.9.11:
  • Fixed geometry and textures of the ship.
• Update 0.10.0:
  • Increased accuracy of secondary battery guns.
  • The firing range of the secondary battery was increased to 8.3 km.
• Update 0.10.4:
  • Fixed spelling of ship name in Port.
• Update 0.10.10:
  • Minor fixes to geometry and textures of the ship.
• Update 0.11.0:
  • Fixed animation errors on the Messenger of Oblivion permanent camouflage.
• Update 0.11.1:
  • Moved from the tech tree to the Armory and given the status of a Special ship, with a purchase price of 256,000 Coal.
  • If a player had the ship in their port when the replacement occurred, they were compensated 10,300,000 Credits (half the ship’s cost).
  • If a player had researched the ship's 420 mm main battery guns, they received a compensation of an additional 35,000 XP for this ship.
  • If a player had purchased the ship's 420 mm main battery guns, they also received an additional 2,500,000 Credits as compensation.
• Update 0.11.3:
  • Minor fixes to geometry and textures of the ship.
• Update 0.11.7:
  • Minor fixes to the model and textures of the ship.