Ship:König

14.8

König

Battleship | Germany | Tier V

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General

Research price13000 exp

Purchase price1,600,000

Hit Points40,700

Main Battery

305 mm/50 SK C/08 on a Drh LC/1911 mount5 х 2 pcs.

Rate of Fire2.3 shots/min

Reload Time26 sec

Rotation Speed3.5 deg/sec

180 Degree Turn Time51.4 sec

Firing Range15 km

Maximum Dispersion209 m

HE Shell305 mm Spr.Gr. L/5

Maximum HE Damage3,300

Chance of Fire23 %

Initial HE Velocity850 m/s

HE Shell Weight415 kg

AP Shell305 mm P.Spr.Gr. L/4.9

Maximum AP Shell Damage8,000

Initial AP Shell Velocity850 m/s

AP Shell Weight415 kg

Secondary Armament #1

150 mm/45 SK L/45 on an MPL C/06 mount14 х 1 pcs.

Firing Range5 km

Rate of Fire7 shots/min

Reload Time8.6 sec

HE Shell150 mm HE K Gr 18

Maximum HE Shell Damage1,800

Initial HE Shell Velocity835 m/s

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell10 %

Secondary Armament #2

88 mm/76 SK C/32 on a Dop. L. C/32 mount4 х 2 pcs.

Firing Range5 km

Rate of Fire15 shots/min

Reload Time4 sec

HE Shell88 mm Spr.Gr.

Maximum HE Shell Damage1,000

Initial HE Shell Velocity950 m/s

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell4 %

AA Defense

20 mm/65 C/38 on an L/30 single mount10 х 1 pcs.

37 mm/83 SK C/30 on a Dopp LC/30 mount6 х 2 pcs.

88 mm/76 SK C/32 on a Dop. L. C/32 mount4 х 2 pcs.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed21.6 knot

Turning Circle Radius620 m

Rudder Shift Time13.2 sec

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range14.1 km

Air Detectability Range8.5 km

Battle Levels

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14.8

König

Battleship | Germany | Tier V

Tech Tree Position

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General

Research price13000 exp

Purchase price1,600,000

Hit Points47,100

Main Battery

305 mm/50 SK C/08 on a Drh LC/1911 mount5 х 2 pcs.

Rate of Fire2.3 shots/min

Reload Time26 sec

Rotation Speed3.5 deg/sec

180 Degree Turn Time51.4 sec

Firing Range16.5 km

Maximum Dispersion224 m

HE Shell305 mm Spr.Gr. L/5

Maximum HE Damage3,300

Chance of Fire23 %

Initial HE Velocity850 m/s

HE Shell Weight415 kg

AP Shell305 mm P.Spr.Gr. L/4.9

Maximum AP Shell Damage8,000

Initial AP Shell Velocity850 m/s

AP Shell Weight415 kg

Secondary Armament #1

150 mm/45 SK L/45 on an MPL C/06 mount14 х 1 pcs.

Firing Range5 km

Rate of Fire7 shots/min

Reload Time8.6 sec

HE Shell150 mm HE K Gr 18

Maximum HE Shell Damage1,800

Initial HE Shell Velocity835 m/s

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell10 %

Secondary Armament #2

105 mm/65 SK C/33 on a Dop. L. C/31 mount4 х 2 pcs.

Firing Range5 km

Rate of Fire17.9 shots/min

Reload Time3.4 sec

HE Shell105 mm Spr.Gr. Kz.

Maximum HE Shell Damage1,200

Initial HE Shell Velocity900 m/s

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell5 %

AA Defense

20 mm/65 C/38 on an L/30 single mount6 х 1 pcs.

20 mm/65 C/38 on a Flak 35 Vierling L/38 mount2 х 4 pcs.

37 mm/83 SK C/30 on a Dopp LC/30 mount8 х 2 pcs.

105 mm/65 SK C/33 on a Dop. L. C/31 mount4 х 2 pcs.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed24 knot

Turning Circle Radius620 m

Rudder Shift Time13.2 sec

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range14.1 km

Air Detectability Range8.5 km

Battle Levels

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V

1,600,000

König — German Tier V battleship.

The warship was developed from the Kaiser-class battleships. She inherited her predecessors' very powerful armor. The main turrets were arranged in a more rational manner that allowed the ship to fire a broadside with all main battery guns.

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 ()
305 mm/50 SK C/08 on a Drh LC/1911 mount	2.3	51.4	209	3,300	23	8,000		0	178,000

	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 ()
König (A)	40,700	13	350	5	14/4	10/6/4				0	190,000
König (B)	47,100	13	350	5	14/4	6/2/8/4				5,400	480,000

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
FKS Typ 5 Mod. 1		0		0	64,000
FKS Typ 5 Mod. 2		0		3,700	240,000

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 46,200 hp	21.6		0	84,000
Propulsion: 63,000 hp	24		2,700	240,000

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3

Player Opinion

Performance

König is a decent Tier V battleship with the sloping "turtleback" armor protecting the citadel of the ship. Bow on, König can take a significant amount of armor piercing fire, but doing this means that only four of the ten guns can fire at the enemy. However, even with the good armor, König will succumb to sustained concentrated fire. The guns are decent, but do, in some aspects, leave a bit to be desired, especially against battleships, as the guns have a low caliber. The guns are still perfectly serviceable against cruisers, however. The lower caliber prevent over-penetrations in some cases, which makes König an effective cruiser killer. The high shell speed of the guns and the good accuracy for a German battleship mean that König is also good at longer ranges, a contrast to Kaiser before her.

The secondary armament is comprehensive and will discourage most destroyers from getting close to König as well as coming in handy in close quarters fights with another battleship. The anti-aircraft suite is serviceable as well. With the C hull, torpedo or dive bomber squadrons may lose some planes, but the AA suite is not able to fend off an entire carrier attack.

The concealment is, for a battleship, rather good with a 14.6km detection range, the stealthiest of any of the Tier V battleships. This does give her a bit of flexibility when re-positioning. The maneuverability of König is rather poor as the acceleration and rudder shift are very slow. The top speed is decent at 24 knots.

Pros:

• The guns, while smaller than her peers, have excellent ballistics, shell velocity and arc, extremely deadly towards cruisers and destroyers.
• Fastest reload time of all tier 5 battleships at 25 seconds.
• Good AA for her tier, though she cannot fend off air raids on her own.
• Deadly secondary armament, will quickly shred destroyers into pieces.
• Decent firing angles, despite middle turret placement.
• Heaviest armor among battleships at her tier.

Cons:

• Sluggish manoeuvrability, difficult to dodge torpedoes from planes and destroyers.
• While the top speed is decent, acceleration from a stand still is slow and frustrating even for a battleship.
• Smallest guns of all tier 5 battleships, although she gets a faster reload in exchange.
• Turrets have poor traverse speed, 60 seconds for a full 180 degree turn, but can be upgraded with captain skills.
• Guns often struggle to penetrate the armor of enemy battleships due to their small caliber.

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

As a Tier V ship, König has access to Slots 1, 2 and 3 for upgrades.

• Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1 to improve the survival of her main guns.
• Slot 2: Damage Control System Modification 1  to improve her overall survival in battle.
• Slot 3: Aiming Systems Modification 1 to improve main battery accuracy.

Captains wishing to emphasize use of her secondaries may use Secondary Battery Modification 1 in Slot 3 to boost her secondaries' range.

Commander Skills

Recommended Commander Skills
Cost (points)	Attack			Defense
1	Gun Feeder -40% time to switch shell type.	Demolition Expert +1% chance of main and secondary HE shells causing a fire +15% to the fragmentation damage area of HE ordnance when firing at submarines. ★★	Consumable Specialist −7.5% cooldown time of all Consumables except:  Damage Control Party ,  Repair Party .	Emergency Repair Specialist -3% cooldown time of Damage Control Party  and Repair Party .	Incoming Fire Alert Receive a warning about a salvo fired at your ship from more than 4.5 km.	Preventive Maintenance −30% chance of main armament, engines, steering becoming incapacitated +15% to HP of secondary and AA guns.
2	Grease the Gears +20% main turret traverse speed. ★★	Inertial Fuse for HE Shells +25% armor penetration of HE shells. Base fire chance reduced by half.	Brisk So long as the ship remains undetected: +10% ship speed.	Vigilance +25% detection range of enemy torpedoes +7% damage reduction of Torpedo Protection System. .	Priority Target The detection indicator will show the number of enemies targeting you with main battery.	AAA & ASW Expert +15% continuous AAA and flak damage . +10% damage inflicted by depth charges. While AAA is active: −40% ship consumables reload time..
3	Super-Heavy AP Shells +7.5% AP shell damage −10% fire and flood damage received +25% fire and flood duration.	Long-Range Secondary Battery Shells +20% secondary battery firing range. ★★	Adrenaline Rush -0.2% reload time of all armaments per 1% HP lost +0.2% AA continuous damage per 1% HP lost. ★★	Basics of Survivability -15% repair, fire, and flooding duration.	Improved Repair Party Readiness −0.8% reload time of Repair Party each time your ship receives potential damage equal to 100% of the ship's base HP. After receiving 2M HP potential damage: +1 charge of Repair Party ..	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..
4	Furious 1st fire / flood   −10% Main battery reload time 2nd etc. (up to 5), each   −5% Main battery reload time	Manual Secondary Battery Aiming −10% secondary battery reload time. −10% secondary battery dispersion. When firing at a manually selected target: dispersion gradually improves from -25% to -50%. ★★	Close Quarters Combat -10% reload time of main battery if an enemy ship is spotted within secondary range. ★★	Emergency Repair Expert Damage Control Party  and Repair Party : +1 charge (each). +10% action time .	Concealment Expert -10% detectability range of the ship.	Fire Prevention Expert -10% risk of fire. Three fires maximum. ★★
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful      ★★ - Frequently Useful      ★ - Occasionally Useful     No stars - Not Useful

Consumables

König can equip the following consumables:

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
• Slot 2: Repair Party 
• Slot 3: Spotting Aircraft 

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 .

Gallery

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  Hull A
• 
  Hull B

Historical Info

Construction

Wilhelmshaven Naval Yard; Wilhelmshaven, Germany

Laid down: October 1911

Launched: 1 March 1913

Commissioned: January 1915

Specifications

25,390tons displacement, standard

175.4m length

29.5m beam

8.3m draft

Machinery

15 boilers, 3 turbines

Performance

21 knots at 31,000 shaft horsepower

6,800nm at 12 knots

Armor

Main belt: 80-350mm

Bulkheads: 130-300mm

Barbettes and Turrets: 80-300mm barbette, 80-300mm turrets

Conning tower: 350mm

Armament

Main

Ten (5x2) 305mm guns

Secondary

Fourteen (14x1) 150mm guns

Six (6x1) 88mm guns

Anti-Aircraft

Four (4x1) 88mm guns

Torpedoes

Five (5x1) 500mm submerged torpedo tubes

History

Design

SMS König was the first of four König-class dreadnought battleships of the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. König (Eng: "King") was named in honor of King William II of Württemberg. Laid down in October 1911, the ship was launched on 1 March 1913. Final construction on König was completed shortly after the outbreak of World War I; she was commissioned into the High Seas Fleet on 9 August 1914.

Service

Along with her three sister ships, Groβer Kurfürst, Markgraf, and Kronprinz, König took part in most of the fleet actions during the war. As the leading ship in the German line on 31 May 1916 in the Battle of Jutland, König was heavily engaged by several British battleships and suffered ten large-caliber shell hits. In October 1917, she forced the Russian pre-dreadnought battleship Slava to scuttle herself in the Battle of Moon Sound, which followed Germany's successful Operation Albion.

König was interned, along with the majority of the High Seas Fleet, in Scapa Flow in November 1918 following the Armistice. On 21 June 1919, Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter gave the order to scuttle the fleet, including König, while the British guard ships were out of the harbor on exercises. Unlike most of the scuttled ships, König was never raised for scrapping; the wreck is still on the bottom of the bay.

In-game historical inaccuracies

• All three hull modules are fictitious Nazi refits fabricated by Wargaming. König is the only German battleship that does not have a historical hull represented in the game.
• König's AA armament consisted of only four 88 mm/45 Flak guns, mounted on either side of the rear conning tower.
• All of the in-game model's AA guns entered service in the 1930s; König was scuttled in 1919 and was never raised.
• König only served with the Imperial German Navy. Its depiction as a Kriegsmarine warship is another fabrication by Wargaming.
• Both propulsion modules are also fictitious. Actual propulsion was 30,576 shaft horsepower; actual speed was 21.2 knots.

Historical Gallery

• 
  SMS König at sea.
• 
  Plan and elevation view of a ship of the König class, from Jane's Fighting Ships 1919.
• 
  Recognition drawing of SMS König prepared by the Royal Navy.

References

1. SMS König - Wikipedia
2. König-class battleship - Wikipedia

Ship Change Log

• Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.5.9.
• Introduced in Update 0.5.10.
• Update 0.5.12:
  • Corrected the display of some small decorative objects (lights, wheelhouse, radar post).
• Update 0.5.14:
  • Cost of a 305 mm HE shell was reduced from 55 to 50 credits to match the cost of an AP shell.
• Update 0.6.2:
  • Fixed error in Torpedo belt protection, now the protection value is always applied correctly.
• Update 0.6.3:
  • Base firing range increased from 14,544 to 14,990 m.
• Update 0.6.4:
  • Sigma reduced from 2.0 to 1.8 σ.
• Update 0.6.8:
  • For 105-mm secondary battery shells, the chance of setting fire was reduced from 9% to 5%, and the damage from 1300 to 1200.
  • For 88 mm secondary battery shells, the chance of setting fire was reduced from 7% to 4%, and the damage from 1100 to 1000.
• Update 0.6.12:
  • Detectability when firing main guns in smoke changed to 11.24 km.
• Update 0.6.13:
  • Improved display of thin elements.
• Update 0.7.9:
  • Catapults added to the turrets of the main battery. The Spotting Aircraft consumable was also added.
• Update 0.7.11:
  • The armor-piercing shells of the 150-mm secondary battery guns were replaced with high-explosive shells.
• Update 0.7.12:
  • Main guns now do not touch the cranes when shifting to the other side.
• Update 0.8.5:
  • Credit earnings increased by 5%.
• Update 0.8.6:
  • The armor penetration of the secondary high-explosive projectiles was increased from 18 to 26 mm. With this change, the 105-mm secondary battery guns of German ships will be able to penetrate the plating of destroyers, cruisers, and battleships of Tier VI-VII.
• Update 0.8.11:
  • The main battery dispersion ellipse was adjusted to that ​​of American and British battleships.
• Update 0.9.6:
  • The value of the in-game turning circle radius was changed to 620 m to correct prior discrepancy.
• Update 0.10.0:
  • The firing range of the secondary battery was increased to 4.95 km.
• Update 0.10.3:
  • Hull A was removed, Hulls B and C were renamed A and B, respectively.

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