Ship:Bayard

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Bayard

Cruiser | France | Tier VIII

Tech Tree Position

General

Purchase priceSpecial

Hit Points34,700

Main Battery

152 mm/55 Mle 1930 on an Mle 1930 mount4 х 3 pcs.

Rate of Fire8 shots/min

Reload Time7 sec

Rotation Speed12 deg/sec

180 Degree Turn Time15 sec

Firing Range16.4 km

Maximum Dispersion146 m

HE Shell152 mm HE OEA Mle 1937

Maximum HE Damage2,200

Chance of Fire12 %

Initial HE Velocity870 m/s

HE Shell Weight55 kg

AP Shell152 mm AP OPfK Mle 1937

Maximum AP Shell Damage3,300

Initial AP Shell Velocity870 m/s

AP Shell Weight57.1 kg

Secondary Armament #1

100 mm/55 Mle 1945 on a CAD Mle 1945 mount4 х 2 pcs.

Firing Range7.6 km

Rate of Fire20 shots/min

Reload Time3 sec

HE Shell100 mm HE OEA Mle 1945

Maximum HE Shell Damage1,400

Initial HE Shell Velocity855 m/s

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell5 %

Torpedo Tubes

550 mm tube lance-torpilles2 х 3 pcs.

Rate of Fire0.7 shots/min

Reload Time90 sec

Rotation Speed  deg/sec

180 Degree Turn Time7.2 sec

Torpedo550 mm 23DT

Maximum Damage14,833

Torpedo Speed60 knot

Torpedo Range9 km

AA Defense

57 mm/60 Mle 1951 on an ACAD Mle 1948 mount6 х 2 pcs.

100 mm/55 Mle 1945 on a CAD Mle 1945 mount4 х 2 pcs.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed34 knot

Turning Circle Radius730 m

Rudder Shift Time9.3 sec

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range11.9 km

Air Detectability Range7.2 km

Battle Levels

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VIII

Special

Bayard — French special premium Tier VIII cruiser.

A version that constitutes a further development in cruiser De Grasse's initial design, featuring greater firepower as a result of increasing the number of main turrets to four.

Bayard was first released for sale on 24 June 2019.

Modules

	Rate of Fire (shots/min)	180° Turn Time (sec)	Maximum Dispersion (m)	Maximum HE Shell Damage (HP)	Chances of HE shells causing a fire on target (%)	Maximum AP Shell Damage (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
152 mm/55 Mle 1930 on an Mle 1930 mount	8	15	146	2,200	12	3,300		0	0

	Hit Points (HP)	Armor (mm)	Armor (mm)	Main Turrets (pcs.)	Secondary Gun Turrets (pcs.)	AA Mounts (pcs.)	Torpedo Tubes (pcs.)	Hangar Capacity (pcs.)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Bayard	34,700	13	120	4	4	6/4	2			0	0

	Rate of Fire (shots/min)	Torpedo Tubes Reload Time (sec)	180° Turn Time (sec)	Maximum Damage (HP)	Torpedo Speed (knot)	Torpedo Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
550 mm 23DT	0.7	90	7.2	14,833	60	9		0	0

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
PCA n° 8 Mle 1		0		0	0

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 120,000 hp	34		0	0

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4
Slot 5

Player Opinion

Performance

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Bayard is a Tier VIII French cruiser primarily excelling in 'run and gun' tactics. She is equipped with a powerful Engine Boost  consumable which enables her to reach a very high sustained top speed, especially when used in tandem with a Sierra Mike signal flag. She sports medium caliber guns, similar to those found on the Tier VI French premium cruiser De Grasse, with the added bonus of having an additional turret. These turrets are relatively quick to traverse and feature a quick reload time, which can be further accelerated by utilizing the Main Battery Reload Booster  consumable.

Bayard serves best in open water environments, utilizing her speed and agility to dodge enemy fire. If cornered, she has a torpedo armament to defend herself. Bayard will likely benefit from division play wherein the player is escorted by a destroyer or cruiser with a smoke generator to provide portable cover or a way to return to concealment when an engagement goes wrong. Bayard will be punished by medium and large-caliber armor-piercing (AP) rounds. For this reason, it is critical to maintain a reasonable distance from enemy capital ships in order to provide a small window of time to employ evasive maneuvers.

Pros:

• Has access to the Main Battery Reload Booster  consumable
• Has access to the improved Engine Boost  consumable found on French destroyers
• Good concealment
• Excellent torpedo firing arcs

Cons:

• Fragile, small health pool and large exposed citadel block
• Fairly short main gun range
• Bow/stern armor is thin, can be easily overmatched by large caliber guns
• Rather weak torpedo armament
• Poor main battery firing arcs
  

Research

As a premium ship, Bayard doesn't have any upgrades to research.

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

The recommended upgrades for Bayard are as follows:

• Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1
• Slot 2: Engine Room Protection *
• Slot 3: Aiming Systems Modification 1
• Slot 4: Propulsion Modification 1
• Slot 5: Steering Gears Modification 2

If available, Engine Boost Modification 1 should be mounted in Slot 2.

Commander Skills

Recommended Commander Skills
Cost (points)	Attack				Defense
1	Grease the Gears +15% main battery traverse speed.	Swift Fish +5% torpedo speed.	Consumable Specialist −7.5% cooldown time of all Consumables except:  Damage Control Party   Repair Party . ★	Gun Feeder -40% time to switch shell type.	Incoming Fire Alert Receive a warning of a salvo fired at your ship from more than 4.5km. ★★	Last Stand The ship remains able to move and maneuver - slowly - while the engine or steering gears are incapacitated. ★★
2	Demolition Expert +1% chance of main and secondary HE shells causing a fire. +15% to the fragmentation damage area of HE ordnance fired at submarines. ★	Fill the Tubes -10% torpedo tubes reload time.	Consumables Enhancements +10% action time of Hydroacoustic Search, Surveillance Radar, Smoke Generator, & Engine Boost. ★★	Eye in the Sky Spotting Aircraft: • +2 charges • -50% cooldown time.	Priority Target The detection indicator will show the number of enemies targeting you with main battery.	Focus Fire Training In an active priority AA sector: •  +1.5% (to 5%) immediate damage. •  +25% continuous damage. •  +1 flak burst per salvo. −10% aircraft preparation time. −15% reload time of Airstrike armament..
3	Heavy HE and SAP Shells +10% HE and SAP shell damage. +15% ship detectability guns 149mm and up. ★★	Pack a Punch +15% torpedo damage. +20% secondary battery range..	Adrenaline Rush -0.2% reload time of all armaments per 1% HP lost +0.2% AA continuous damage per 1% HP lost. ★★	Heavy AP Shells +5% damage for AP shells 190mm and larger.	Superintendent +1 charge to all consumables. ★★	Survivability Expert +450 HP per ship tier.
4	Top Grade Gunner -10% reload time of secondary batteries If enemy ship is spotted within detectability range, -8% reload time of main battery.	Outnumbered If there are fewer allies than visible enemies within the ship's base main caliber firing range: +8% ship speed -10% main battery dispersion.	Radio Location Shows the direction to the nearest enemy ship. The enemy is alerted that a bearing has been taken.. ★	Inertial Fuse for HE Shells +25% armor penetration of HE shells Base fire chance reduced by half. ★★	Concealment Expert -10% detectability range of the ship. ★★	AAA & ASW Expert +25% continuous AA and flak damage. +15% damage inflicted by depth charges. While AAA is active: −50% ship consumables reload time..
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful      ★★ - Frequently Useful      ★ - Occasionally Useful     No stars - Not Useful

Consumables

Bayard can equip the following consumables:

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
• Slot 2: Defensive AA Fire  or Hydroacoustic Search 
• Slot 3: Engine Boost 
• Slot 4: Main Battery Reload Booster 

Camouflage

As a premium ship, Bayard comes with Default permanent camouflage and a set of permanent combat bonuses.

Signals

Recommended Signal Flags
Combat
Charlie Kilo +5% ship HP; +2.5% squadron HP.	Juliet Yankee Bissotwo -20% to flooding duration.	India Yankee -20% to fire duration.	Hotel Yankee -20% to damage received when ramming the enemy. +50% to damage dealt when ramming the enemy.	Victor Lima +1% chance for HE bombs and shells with a caliber above 160mm causing a fire. +0.5% chance for bombs and smaller shells causing a fire. +4% chance of torpedoes causing flooding. ★★★	India X-Ray +1% chance for HE bombs and shells with a caliber above 160mm causing a fire. +0.5% chance for bombs and smaller shells causing a fire. ★★★
Juliet Whiskey Unaone +15% chance of causing flooding. ★	Mike Yankee Soxisix +5% to secondary battery maximum firing range. -5% to maximum dispersion of secondary battery shells. -5% to secondary battery loading time.	November Echo Setteseven +5% continuous AA damage at all ranges. +5% damage from flak bursts. ★★	Sierra Mike +5% to the ship's maximum speed. ★★★	November Foxtrot -5% reload time on all consumables. ★★★	India Delta +20% to the amount of HP recovered when Repair Party  is used.
X-Ray Papa Unaone +10% action time of a Smoke Generator .	Sierra Bravo +10% action time of Hydroacoustic Search  -10% reload time of Defensive AA Fire . ★

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Historical Info

Bayard, 1953

Specifications

16,627 tons displacement, standard

197.1m length

18.7m beam

6.2m draft

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Performance

34 knots at 120,000 shaft horsepower

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Armor

Main belt: 105-120mm

Torpedo bulkhead: 25mm

Decks: 19-38mm

Bulkheads: 45-90mm

Barbettes and Turrets: 70-95mm barbettes, 100mm turret faces, 40-50mm turret sides

Conning tower: 60mm

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Armament

Main

Twelve (4x3) 152mm/55 Mle 1930

Secondary

Eight (4x2) 100mm/55 Mle 1945

Anti-aircraft

Twelve (6x2) 57mm/60 Mle 1951

Torpedoes

Six (2x3) 550mm Torpedo launchers

History

Design

World of Warship’s Bayard is an entirely fictional warship. The design of Bayard is based on a ‘what-if’ scenario where Italy and France sign a treaty (“Rome Naval Treaty of 1931”) in 1931 agreeing to cease construction of 10,000-ton heavy cruisers in favor of smaller cruisers with guns of a 155mm caliber or less. In this scenario, with the launch of the Mogami-class light cruisers (fifteen 155mm guns) by Japan in 1934, the Marine Nationale felt obliged to respond in order to protect their holdings in Indochina. The design features a larger development of the most advanced light cruisers then built in France – the La Galissonnière-class. The design of the new cruiser was to expand the main battery with an extra turret for a total of twelve (4x3) 152mm guns, and featured a stronger secondary battery of four twin mounts featuring the 100mm/45 CAD Mle 1937. Due to a shift in focus towards the De Grasse-class, only one ship is laid down, but was not completed before the fall of France in 1940. Thus, the ship escaped to the United States, and was completed post-war with a new anti-aircraft armament and modern fire control equipment. The full article describing the design of the fictional warship can be found here, on World of Warships’s main website.

French Cruiser Programs historically, 1936-1960;

In reality, there was no ‘Rome Naval Treaty of 1931' – in fact, Italy and France had little in the way of negotiations on the subject of cruisers, rather focusing on the question of battleship construction, as both nations were allowed to build 70,000 tons of battleship earlier than other naval powers as per the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty. Historically, both parties ceased construction of the 10,000-ton heavy cruiser due to the London Naval Treaty of 1930. Although neither country had signed on to Part III of the treaty specifically limiting the construction of the type, there was an informal agreement between the two to stop building these expensive warships.

Historically, French cruiser construction past the six 7,600-ton La Galissonnière-class focused on getting as much as possible out of the extra 400 tons they could build on (as the London Naval Treaty limited light cruisers to 8,000 tons standard). This created the 8,000-ton De Grasse-class, which mainly focused on increasing anti-aircraft armament and armor protection over the 7,600-ton cruisers. Three ships were planned, but only one was laid down. The next cruisers France would look to build were the ‘C5’ type, which were a move back to 10,000-ton heavy cruisers in order to counter the German construction of their own heavy cruisers – the Admiral Hipper-class. Three were planned, to replace the Duguay-Trouin-class. Japan, too far away for France to deal with and a far less pressing threat than the Italian or German navies, never figured into French planning. The ‘C5’ series produced two designs – C5 A3, re-created in-game as the Charles Martel, and C5 SA1, which discarded the standard aviation suite in favor of increased anti-aircraft armament. Due to the outbreak of war with Germany over the invasion of Poland in 1939, work on ships not already laid down was suspended, and in this period the class was re-designed to be substantially larger – by 3,000 tons. This new version, known as the Saint Louis-class, would have been built under the same program as the two planned Alsace-class (N°1 type) battleships, a light cruiser, six contre-torpilleurs, sixteen destroyers, and six submarines.

Due to the fall of France, this program collapsed and ultimately none of the designs were ever raised again.

Immediately following the liberation of France, the Marine Nationale began planning its post-war posture, which required the construction of new warships. Ideally, France wished to have by 1960 twelve modern light cruisers – six conventional light cruisers armed with 152mm guns, and six anti-aircraft cruisers. In March 1945 the navy began exploring designs for a twelve-gun 152mm light cruiser, but this effort was ultimately ceased in January 1948, ending the history of French light cruiser development - the funding was simply not available. However, in 1949 France joined NATO, and thus began receiving financial assistance the Mutual Defense Assistance Program (MDAP), and from this the Marine Nationale was able to fund the conversion of the De Grasse, laid down but not completed prior to the Second World War, into an anti-aircraft cruiser (55% of the funding coming from MDAP), and based off of the conversion the purpose-built Colbert was also constructed. The two anti-aircraft cruisers, combined with the three surviving La Galissonnière-class light cruisers completed in 1937, was substantially less than the ambitious 6-6 cruiser fleet originally planned, but it was what post-war finances could afford (and most navies began moving away from gun-cruisers in this period anyways, with the Italian Marina Militare rebuilding the light cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi into Europe’s first guided missile cruiser in 1957, only three years after Colbert was laid down).

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References

1. Armada: Bayard - News - World of Warships
2. Armada: Bayard - World of Warships Official Channel - YouTube

Ship Change Log

• Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.8.3.

Testing Changes

• Mar 26, 2019:
  • Preliminary characteristics.
• May 16, 2019:
  • Increased fore and aft end plating from 13 to 16 mm.
  • Firing Range of the main battery decreased from 17.4 to 16.4 km.
• July 19, 2019:
  • Detectability range by air increased from 6.36 to 7.16 km

• Update 0.8.6:
  • Available for purchase in the Premium Shop.
• Update 0.8.10:
  • Fixed a bug due to which the armor of the casemate and citadel could be counted twice.
• Update 0.9.2:
  • Armor thickness changed: deck armor increased from 25 to 27 mm.
• Update 0.10.0:
  • The firing range of the secondary battery was increased to 7.6 km.

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