Cherbourg

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 Cherbourg — French • Tech Tree • Tier VII • Cruiser.

One of the planned battlecruisers or "large" cruiser prototypes. This project was created in 1930 with a displacement of 23,333 tons and a speed of 30 knots. The designed featured eight 12-inch (305 mm) guns in quadruple-gun turrets forward of the superstructure.

 Navy: FR
 Ship: French
 Nation: France
 Category: Tech Tree

 Tier: VII
 Class: Cruiser
 XP: 210 000

 Year of Design: 1930
 Predecessor: Toulon
 Successors: Brest

━━ Ship Traits ━━

Full Ahead: Can be equipped with Engine Boost.

Barrage: Equipped or can be equipped with Main Battery Reload Booster.

Big and Flammable: Fires set on this ship last longer due to her large size and high caliber guns.

Ship Stats

Survivability

SURVIVBILITY	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Hitpoints	43 100	49 500
• Armor (mm)	16 - 305	-
• Torpedo damage reduction (%)	25	25

Maneuverability

MANEUVERABILITY	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Maximum speed (kt)	28.7	31.9
• Turning circle radius (m)	670	670
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	17.4	12.5

Concealment

CONCEALMENT	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Detectability by sea (km)	11.9	-
• Detectability by air (km)	7.2	-
• Detectability while firing in smoke (km)	9.1	-

Main Artillery

MAIN BATTERY	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Main artillery name	305mm/50 Mle 1930	305mm/50 Mle 1930
• Main artillery arrangement	2x4	2x4
• Firing range (km)	14.6	16
• Reload time (sec)	28	28
• 180° turn time (sec)	30	30
• HE maximum damage	4050	4050
• HE fire chance (%)	17	17
• HE penetration (mm)	51	51
• AP maximum damage	8200	8200
• Sigma	1.8	-

Secondary Artillery

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	130mm/45 Mle 1932	130mm/45 Mle 1932
• Arrangement	7x2	7x2
• Firing range (km)	5	5
• Reload time (sec)	5	5
• HE maximum damage	1900	1900
• HE fire chance (%)	9	9
• HE penetration (mm)	22	22

Anti-Aircraft Artillery

AA ARMAMENT 1	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	13.2mm/76 CAQ Mle 1929	25mm/60 CAD Mle 1939
• Arrangement	12x4	16x2
• DPS	60	90
• Range (km)	1.2	3.1
AA ARMAMENT 2	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	25mm Hotchkiss CAS Mle 1939	37mm/70 ACAD Mle 1936
• Arrangement	4x1	6x2
• DPS	14	73
• Range (km)	2.5	3.5
AA ARMAMENT 3	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	37mm/50 Mle 1933	130mm/45 Mle 1932
• Arrangement	6x2	7x2
• DPS	14	60
• Range (km)	3	5.2
AA ARMAMENT 4	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	130mm/45 Mle 1932	-
• Arrangement	7x2	-
• DPS	60	-
• Range (km)	5.2	-

Modules, Modifications & Consumables

Modules

Cruiser - Cherbourg

	Hit Points	Min Armor (mm)	Max Armor (mm)	Torpedo Damage Reduction (%)	Main Battery Turrets	Rudder Shift (s)	Purchase Price
Stock	43 100	16	305	25	2x4	17.4	0
Hull B	49 500	16	305	25	2x4	12.5	3 600 000

	Turret Arrangement	Reload Time (s)	180° Turn Time (s)	Max HE Damage	HE Fire Chance (%)	Max AP Damage
305mm/50 Mle 1930	2x4	28	30	4050	17	8200
305mm/50 Mle 1930	2x4	28	30	4050	17	8200

	Firing Range Increase (%)	Main Battery Firing Range	Purchase Price
Stock	0 %	14.6 km	0
Targeting System PCA n°8 Mle 2	10 %	16 km	450 000

	Maximum Speed	Purchase Price
Stock	28.7 kn	0
Engine: 130 000 hp	31.9 kn	450 000

Modifications

Cruiser - Cherbourg

SLOT 1	Main Battery Mod 2 Main battery traverse speed +20% Torpedo launchers traverse speed +20%	Aiming Systems Mod 1 Main battery dispersion -7% Secondary battery firing range +5% Secondary battery dispersion -5%	Secondary Battery Mod 2 Secondary battery firing range +20% Secondary battery dispersion -20%	AA Guns Mod 2 AA guns firing range +20%
SLOT 2	Damage Control System Mod 2 Damage Control Party duration +20% Fire duration -15% Flood duration -15%	Steering Gears Mod 2 Rudder-shift time -25%	Propulsion Mod 2 Time taken to reach full power when accelerating -50%
SLOT 3	Chromium Plated Barrels Main battery dispersion -5%	Concealment System Mod 1 Detectability range -10% Incoming fire dispersion +5%	Target Acquisition System Mod 1 Spotting range +20% Torpedo acquisition range +20% RGA of ships +50%	Steering Gears Mod 3 Rudder-shift time -40% Steering gear repair time -80%
SLOT 4	Main Battery Mod 3 Main battery reload time -10% Main battery traverse speed -15%	Secondary Battery Mod 3 Secondary battery reload time -20%	Gun Fire Control System Mod 2 Main battery dispersion -3% Main battery range +5%	AA Guns Mod 3 Cooldown time for all consumables -10% Average AA damage per second +25%

Consumables

Cruiser - Cherbourg

Damage Control Party

Accelerates repairs to damage modules, firefighting efforts and flooding recovery.

Duration: 5s Reload time: 60s The number of consumables is unlimited

Main Battery Reload Booster

Temporarily reduces main battery gun reload time.

Main battery reload time: -50% Duration: 15s Reload time: 120s Number of consumables: 2

Repair Party

Partially restores the ship's HP by repairing any light damage.

HP per second: +297 Duration: 28s Reload time: 60s Number of consumables: 2

Engine Boost

Temporarily increases the ship's maximum speed according to its base parameters with no bonuses applied.

Maximum speed: +20% Duration: 180s Reload time: 120s Number of consumables: 2

Sonar

Increases the guaranteed acquisition range of enemy ships and torpedoes, including those located within a smoke screen.

Detection of torpedoes: 3.1km Detection of ships: 4.4km Duration: 96s Reload time: 180s Number of consumables: 2

Catapult Fighter

Follows the ship and automatically attacks enemy aircraft.

Duration: 100s Reload time: 80s Number of consumables: 3

Defensive AA Fire

Increases the efficiency of AA fire.

Average AA damage: +200% Duration: 40s Reload time: 160s Number of consumables: 2

Community Contributions

Player Opinion

Cruiser - Cherbourg

Pros:

• Great set of consumables
• Large HP pool combined with good armor make the ship quite tanky
• Great maneuverability
• Decent secondary guns

Cons:

• Slow main battery reload time
• Poor AA armament
• Main battery HE fire chance is very low for the gun caliber
• Mediocre main gun accuracy

Performance

Changes

Cruiser - Cherbourg

The Stars Align

• Main battery reload time reduced from 29 s to 28 s

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