Bayern

13.11

Bayern

Battleship | Germany | Tier VI

Tech Tree Position

stock

 top

General

Research price40500 exp

Purchase price3,470,000

Hit Points43,900

Main Battery

380 mm/45 Drh LC/1913 on a Drh LC/1913 mount4 х 2 pcs.

Rate of Fire2 shots/min.

Reload Time30 sec.

Rotation Speed3.5 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time51.43 sec.

Firing Range16.12 km.

Maximum Dispersion237 m.

HE Shell380 mm Spr.Gr. L/4.1

Maximum HE Shell Damage4,500

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell35 %

Initial HE Shell Velocity800 m./s.

HE Shell Weight750 kg.

AP Shell380 mm P.Spr.Gr. L/3.5

Maximum AP Shell Damage10,900

Initial AP Shell Velocity800 m./s.

AP Shell Weight750 kg.

Secondary Armament #1

88 mm/45 Flak on an MPL C/13 mount6 х 1 pcs.

Firing Range5.6 km.

Rate of Fire15 shots/min.

Reload Time4 sec.

HE Shell88 mm Spr.Gr.

Maximum HE Shell Damage1,000

Initial HE Shell Velocity890 m./s.

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell4 %

Secondary Armament #2

150 mm/45 SK C/09 on an MPL C/13 mount10 х 1 pcs.

Firing Range5.6 km.

Rate of Fire7 shots/min.

Reload Time8.57 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 %

AA Defense

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

. . . Average Damage per Second15.6

. . . Firing Range3.51 km.

20 mm/65 C/38 on a Flak 35 Vierling L/38 mount1 х 4 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second6.4

. . . Firing Range2.01 km.

20 mm/65 C/38 on a twin mount6 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second25.2

. . . Firing Range2.01 km.

88 mm/45 Flak on an MPL C/13 mount6 х 1 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second10.2

. . . Firing Range3.99 km.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed22.5 knot

Turning Circle Radius630 m.

Rudder Shift Time19.4 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range13.44 km.

Air Detectability Range8.74 km.

Battle Levels

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13.11

Bayern

Battleship | Germany | Tier VI

Tech Tree Position

stock

 top

General

Research price40500 exp

Purchase price3,470,000

Hit Points51,600

Main Battery

380 mm/45 Drh LC/1913 on a Drh LC/1913 mount4 х 2 pcs.

Rate of Fire2 shots/min.

Reload Time30 sec.

Rotation Speed3.5 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time51.43 sec.

Firing Range17.73 km.

Maximum Dispersion237 m.

HE Shell380 mm Spr.Gr. L/4.1

Maximum HE Shell Damage4,500

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell35 %

Initial HE Shell Velocity800 m./s.

HE Shell Weight750 kg.

AP Shell380 mm P.Spr.Gr. L/3.5

Maximum AP Shell Damage10,900

Initial AP Shell Velocity800 m./s.

AP Shell Weight750 kg.

Secondary Armament #1

105 mm/65 SK C/33 on a Dop. L. C/31 mount6 х 2 pcs.

Firing Range5.6 km.

Rate of Fire17.91 shots/min.

Reload Time3.35 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 %

Secondary Armament #2

150 mm/45 SK C/09 on an MPL C/13 mount10 х 1 pcs.

Firing Range5.6 km.

Rate of Fire7 shots/min.

Reload Time8.57 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 %

AA Defense

105 mm/65 SK C/33 on a Dop. L. C/31 mount6 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second99.6

. . . Firing Range4.5 km.

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

. . . Average Damage per Second15.6

. . . Firing Range3.51 km.

20 mm/65 C/38 on a Flak 35 Vierling L/38 mount1 х 4 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second6.4

. . . Firing Range2.01 km.

20 mm/65 C/38 on a twin mount6 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second25.2

. . . Firing Range2.01 km.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed25 knot

Turning Circle Radius630 m.

Rudder Shift Time13.9 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range13.44 km.

Air Detectability Range8.74 km.

Battle Levels

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VI

3,470,000

Bayern — German Tier VI battleship.

The warship belonged to the last series of battleships built for the Imperial German Navy. She was distinguished for her powerful 380 mm main guns with extremely good shell ballistics and a rate of fire that was quite high among similar gun systems.

Modules

	Rate of Fire (shots/min)	180° Turn Time (sec)	Maximum Dispersion (m)	Maximum HE Shell Damage (HP)	Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell (%)	Maximum AP Shell Damage (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
380 mm/45 Drh LC/1913 on a Drh LC/1913 mount	2	51.4	237	4,500	35	10,900		0	320,000

	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 ()
Bayern (A)	43,900	16	350	4	6/10	6/1/6/6				0	440,000
Bayern (B)	51,600	16	350	4	6/10	6/1/6/6				16,500	1,000,000

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
FKS Typ 6 Mod. 1		0		0	300,000
FKS Typ 6 Mod. 2		0		9,000	700,000

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 54,800 hp	22.5		0	130,000
Propulsion: 75,000 hp	25		5,000	300,000

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4

Player Opinion

Performance

Warning: The data presented in the AA Defense sidebar section may be incorrect.
Refer to the in-game Port screens for more useful data.

The last Imperial German battleship, Bayern stands as the ultimate refinement of the dreadnought-type before the shift to the fast battleship. She represents the best of what the Kaiserliche Marine had ever wanted for their linienschiff dreadnoughts: tough-as-nails, good offensive power, and fast (for a dreadnought); she is very potent when compared to other battleships of her tier. Like the ships before her, Bayern is can do very well while brawling with other battleships, and can cause massive damage when positioned properly in a brawl.

It is important to know that the upgrade hull is fictional but it is worth upgrading because it gives better defense against planes as well as more healthpool. Many players may want keep her real life stock hull configuration but take the risk of weak AA defense and lower healthpool.Protecting Bayern is an armor belt significantly stronger than her American colleague New Mexico and much stronger than Fuso, though like all dreadnoughts the deck armor is somewhat questionable. Her offensive armament rivals that of Tier VI premium battleship Warspite in terms of gun caliber and ballistics. At a glance, Bayern may not look like much compared to her peers, but she is a solidly-rounded ship with many strengths and few weaknesses. NOTE: As of 0.10.3, the historical hull for Bayern has been removed.

Pros:

• Armor layout makes her highly resistant to damage, ships like Fuso will have a hard time penetrating her armor.
• Impressive range, even without the upgraded Gun Fire Control System or Spotting Aircraft  launched.
• Comparable gun caliber to HMS Queen Elizabeth and Warspite.
• Good shell velocity.
• High volume of secondaries with decent range.
• Above average speed and turning characteristics.
• Surprisingly stealthy for a dreadnought, allowing her to close the distance to where her guns will do more damage.
• Fictional WW2 (B) hull has good AA defense.

Cons:

• Accuracy of her main battery guns is inferior to most other battleships and the low number of barrels results in low damage output, especially at range.
• The stock World War I-era hull has very poor anti-aircraft defenses, making her largely defenseless against planes.
• Slow turret traverse.
• Slightly longer reload time than most German battleships.
• AP penetration value drops very significantly over distance due to her light shells.
• Despite their caliber of 380 mm, the AP shells' damage is more similar to that of 356 mm/14 inch guns, than to other 15 inch guns.
• HE shells do little damage and have low fire chance, which makes them ineffective.

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

Bayern has access to four Upgrade Slots as a Tier VI ship.

• Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1 to improve her main battery survival.
• Slot 2: Damage Control System Modification 1  to improve her overall survival in battle.
• Slot 3: Aiming Systems Modification 1 to improve her main battery accuracy.
• Slot 4: Damage Control System Modification 2 to further improve her overall survival. Steering Gears Modification 1 is also an option to improve her maneuverability.

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. ★★	Consumables 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

Bayern 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

• 

  Hull A (no longer exists in the game)

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  Hull B

Historical Info

Construction

Howaldtswerke Shipyard; Kiel, Germany

Laid down: January 1914

Launched: 18 February 1915

Commissioned: 30 June 1916

Specifications

28,074tons displacement, standard

179.8m length

30.0m beam

8.43m draft

Machinery

14 boilers, 3 turbines

Performance

21 knots at 48,000 shaft horsepower

5,000nm at 13 knots

Armor

Main belt: 120-350mm

Bulkheads: 140-300mm

Barbettes and Turrets: 25-350mm barbette, 100-350mm turrets

Conning tower: 350mm

Armament

Main

Eight (4x2) 380mm guns

Secondary

Sixteen (16x1) 150mm guns

Anti-Aircraft

Eight (8x1) 88mm guns

Torpedoes

Five (5x1) 600mm submerged torpedo tubes

History

Design

SMS Bayern was the lead ship of the Bayern-class of battleships in the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy). The vessel was launched in February 1915 and entered service in July 1916, too late to take part in the Battle of Jutland. Her main armament consisted of eight 38 cm (15-inch) guns in four turrets, which was a significant improvement over the preceding König’s ten 30.5 cm (12-inch) guns. The ship was to have formed the nucleus for a fourth battle squadron in the High Seas Fleet, along with three of her sister ships. Of the other ships only one — SMS Baden — was completed; the other two were canceled later in the war when production requirements shifted to U-boat construction.

Service

Bayern was commissioned midway through the war, and had a limited service career. The first operation in which the ship took part was an abortive fleet advance into the North Sea on 18–19 August 1916, a month after she had been commissioned. The ship also participated in Operation Albion in the Gulf of Riga, but shortly after the German attack began on 12 October 1917, Bayern was mined and had to be withdrawn for repairs. She was interned with the majority of the High Seas Fleet in Scapa Flow in November 1918 following the end of World War I. On 21 June 1919, Admiral Ludwig von Reuter ordered the fleet to be scuttled; Bayern sank at 14:30. In September 1934, the ship was raised, towed to Rosyth, and scrapped.

In-game historical inaccuracies

• Both of Bayern’s available hulls (as of 0.10.3) are fabrications by Wargaming. Its historical configuration does not exist in World of Warships.
• Both ships of the Bayern class only served with the Imperial German Navy. Its depiction as a Kriegsmarine ship is another fabrication by Wargaming.
• Bayern was never capable of 25 knots.
• Bayern’s Baltic camouflage only existed during the Nazi-era.
• Imperial German Navy flag is missing.

Historical Gallery

• 

  Bayern in the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal while commissioned for sea trials.

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  Recognition drawing of Bayern.

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  Illustration of Bayern steaming into Scapa Flow.

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  Bayern sinking in Scapa Flow.

References

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

Ship Change Log

See here for links to Update notes.

• Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.5.9.
• Introduced in Update 0.5.10.
• Update 0.5.12:
  • Adjusted LOD switching on low graphics settings.
• Update 0.5.16:
  • Directors were installed on the upgraded hull.
• Update 0.6.2:
  • Fixed error in Torpedo belt protection, now the protection value is always applied correctly.
• 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 13.65 km.
• Update 0.6.13:
  • Improved display of thin elements.
• Update 0.6.15:
  • For permanent camouflages "Type 16", "Type 12" a bonus was added - a discount of -10% to the cost of post-battle service.
• Update 0.7.9:
  • Catapults added to the turrets of the main battery (Hull B). 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 0.8.5:
  • Credit earnings increased by 5%.
  • XP 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 630 m to correct prior discrepancy.
• Update 0.9.10:
  • The distribution of HP in the hull was slightly updated.
• Update 0.10.0:
  • The firing range of the secondary battery was increased to 5.6 km.
• Update 0.10.3:
  • The stock hull was replaced with a new one, created on the basis of the upgraded hull with a modified air defense composition.
• Update 0.11.9:
  • Fixed the names of the 150mm secondary battery guns.
• Update 13.1:
  • The BLAST MASTER permanent camouflage was added.
• Update 13.2:
  • Fixed textures for the ship.
  • Fixed textures for the BLAST MASTER permanent camouflage.

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