König Albert

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König Albert

Battleship | Germany | Tier III

Tech Tree Position

General

Purchase priceSpecial

Hit Points41,300

Main Battery

305 mm/50 SK C/08 on a Drh LC/1909 mount5 х 2 pcs.

Rate of Fire2 shots/min.

Reload Time30 sec.

Rotation Speed3 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time60 sec.

Firing Range11.86 km.

Maximum Dispersion178 m.

HE Shell305 mm Spr.Gr. L/3.8

Maximum HE Shell Damage3,400

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell22 %

Initial HE Shell Velocity850 m./s.

HE Shell Weight406 kg.

AP Shell305 mm P.Spr.Gr. L/3.4

Maximum AP Shell Damage8,300

Initial AP Shell Velocity855 m./s.

AP Shell Weight405 kg.

Secondary Armament #1

IDS_PGGS052_88MM45_CASEMATE_SK_L452 х 1 pcs.

Firing Range4 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

88 mm/45 SK on an MPL C/01-06 mount6 х 1 pcs.

Firing Range4 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 #3

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

Firing Range4 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 %

Secondary Armament #4

88 mm/45 Flak on an MPL C/13 mount4 х 1 pcs.

Firing Range4 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 %

AA Defense

88 mm/45 Flak on an MPL C/13 mount4 х 1 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second6.8

. . . Firing Range3.99 km.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed21 knot

Turning Circle Radius600 m.

Rudder Shift Time12.1 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range11.17 km.

Air Detectability Range7.87 km.

Battle Levels

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13.11

König Albert

Battleship | Germany | Tier III

Tech Tree Position

General

Purchase priceSpecial

Hit Points41,300

Main Battery

305 mm/50 SK C/08 on a Drh LC/1909 mount5 х 2 pcs.

Rate of Fire2 shots/min.

Reload Time30 sec.

Rotation Speed3 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time60 sec.

Firing Range11.86 km.

Maximum Dispersion178 m.

HE Shell305 mm Spr.Gr. L/3.8

Maximum HE Shell Damage3,400

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell22 %

Initial HE Shell Velocity850 m./s.

HE Shell Weight406 kg.

AP Shell305 mm P.Spr.Gr. L/3.4

Maximum AP Shell Damage8,300

Initial AP Shell Velocity855 m./s.

AP Shell Weight405 kg.

Secondary Armament #1

IDS_PGGS052_88MM45_CASEMATE_SK_L452 х 1 pcs.

Firing Range4 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

88 mm/45 SK on an MPL C/01-06 mount6 х 1 pcs.

Firing Range4 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 #3

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

Firing Range4 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 %

Secondary Armament #4

88 mm/45 Flak on an MPL C/13 mount4 х 1 pcs.

Firing Range4 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 %

AA Defense

88 mm/45 Flak on an MPL C/13 mount4 х 1 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second6.8

. . . Firing Range3.99 km.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed21 knot

Turning Circle Radius600 m.

Rudder Shift Time12.1 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range11.17 km.

Air Detectability Range7.87 km.

Battle Levels

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III

Special

König Albert — German special premium Tier III battleship.

SMS König Albert, a Kaiser-class battleship, was laid down as Ersatz Ägir and built at the Schichau shipyards in Danzig. The ship was named after King Albert of Saxony. From 1914 through 1916, as part of the High Seas Fleet, the battleship participated in covering raids and laying minefields. On May 29, 1916, just two days before the Battle of Jutland, the ship went to Wilhelmshaven for repairs, becoming the only German battleship to miss the renowned battle.

König Albert was first released for sale on 6 September 2016 for the NA server and 2 November 2016 for the EU server. She is no longer available to purchase.

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 ()
305 mm/50 SK C/08 on a Drh LC/1909 mount	2	60	178	3,400	22	8,300		0	200

	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 Albert	41,300	10	350	5	4/8/14	4				0	0

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
FKS Typ 3 Mod. 1		0		0	0

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 55,180 hp	21		0	0

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2

Player Opinion

Performance

König Albert is very similar to her Tier IV sister Kaiser in that she has strong armor and strong guns. However, her guns reload slower and she has shorter range; being a tier lower, though, her guns are more than adequate. She has extremely tough armor and can take a beating from anything at her tier and even a tier above. Her armor can reliably bounce 12-inch shells when angled and with over 40,000 hit points, she has a large advantage over her Tier III peers. Her secondary armament is quite strong, and can be buffed — via commander skills and upgrades — to a level that it is a serious deterrent to enemy destroyers trying to close in.

It's good that her secondaries will discourage enemy destroyers, for like most low tier battleships König Albert is glacially slow and is not quick to respond to her rudder. This makes her particularly vulnerable to destroyers; especially to unexpected torpedoes fired from stealth. Combined with her slow turret traverse, she is not good at flexing around the map, making planning ahead important, else captains can easily wind up well out of an engagement and unable to affect the outcome of a battle.

Pros:

• Dependable belt armor scheme.
• Largest hit-pool of all Tier III battleships.
• Largest main armament broadside of all Tier III battleships.
• AP shells have the highest alpha damage of all Tier III battleships.
• Good top speed.
• Dependable secondary gun armament.
• Overall a solid “beginner-friendly” battleship.
• Like Imperator Nikolai I, she is a tier bully and is considered the best Tier III battleships due to it.

Cons:

• Mediocre reload speed.
• Slow turret traverse.
• Short range for main armament.
• Mediocre maneuverability.
• Poor AA protection, but is manageable due to rarely encountering aircraft carriers.
• Poor torpedo protection.

Research

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

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

The recommended upgrades for König Albert are as follows:

• Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1 to improve main battery survival.
• Slot 2: Damage Control System Modification 1  to improve her overall survival in battle.

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

König Albert can equip the following consumables:

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
• Slot 2: Repair Party 

Camouflage

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

Signals

The most imperative flags that are recommended to mount on König Albert are: India Delta (), India Yankee (), Sierra Mike (), and Mike Yankee Soxisix ().

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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  König Albert at the starting line.

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  Three König Albert battleships lead the fleet into battle.

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  König Albert fires a broadside.

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  A König Albert destroys an enemy Mikasa.

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  König Albert, under fire from multiple enemies, responds with secondary and primary armament.

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  Two König Alberts destroy an enemy St. Louis and lead the charge.

Historical Info

König Albert, 1918

Construction

Schichau-Werke Dockyard; Gdansk, Poland

Laid down: 17 July 1910

Launched: 27 April 1912

Commissioned: 31 July 1913

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Specifications

24724 tons displacement, standard

172.4m length

29m beam

9.1m draft

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Machinery

16 coal-fired boilers, 3 turbines

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Performance

22.1 knots at 27,617 indicated horsepower

7900nm at 12 knots

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Armor

Main belt: 350mm mid, 180mm forward, 120mm aft

Torpedo bulkhead: 40mm

Decks: 100mm main, 60mm upper armored deck

Turrets: 300mm face, 300mm side, 220mm roof

Conning tower: 400mm

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Armament

Main

Ten (5x2) 305mm rifles

Secondary

Fourteen (14x1) 150mm rifles

Twelve (12x1) 88mm guns

Torpedoes

Five (1x5) 500mm submerged torpedo tubes

König Albert underway, date and location unknown.

History

Design

In order to keep their fleet modern and capable of confronting the other naval powers of the world, Germany enacted the Second Naval Law which instituted that all capital ships had a life expectancy of twenty years. In accordance with this new law, the Kaiser-class battleships were ordered to replace the aging Siegfried and Odin class coastal ships. Drawing from the strengths of the preceding Nassau and Helgoland class battleships, German engineers had hoped to design a vessel capable of competing with the leading designs from the Royal Navy.

Like the Helgoland class battleships, the Kaisers carried 305mm rifles, but abandoned the unsuccessful hexagonal turret layout in favor of having three turrets mounted on the centerline and two offset turrets amidship. This design is a compromise between superfiring turrets requested by Großadmiral Tirpitz, and the more traditional wing turret design. The en-echelon arrangement allows all gun to be brought to broadside, while not requiring the longer, heavier and more expensive all-centerline superfiring turrets arrangement. Though the caliber of the rifles were smaller than those on British dreadnoughts, the German guns had a higher fire rate which was considered optimal in the expected close quarters engagements in the North Atlantic. In addition to a powerful main battery, the Kaiser class boasted a very potent secondary armament. These warships were also well protected with Krupp cemented steel plating, commonplace among contemporary German warships. The Kaiser class battleships were also among the first German capital ships to be powered by turbines rather than reciprocating steam engine. This granted the battleships a much longer range and higher cruising speed over preceding classes. Despite the vessels’ excellent seagoing abilities, they had a tendency to list heavily and drastically lose speed when conducting a heavy turn.

König Albert was the fourth of five ships in her class. She was identical to her sister ships in terms of armor and armament, but was fitted with Schichau turbines instead of the more powerful Parsons turbines installed on her sisters. These new turbines were not installed for better performance capabilities, but instead as an alternative to the Parsons monopoly.

Service

König Albert was officially commissioned on 31 July 1913. Although laid down before Prinzregent Luitpold, König Albert was the last of the Kaiser-class battleships to be launched. She spent the majority of the following months in sea trials, testing, and fleet maneuvers. In December 1913, König Albert, Kaiser, and the scout cruiser Straßburg were assigned the mission of port calls in South America as a means of demonstrating German naval power while also testing endurance, seaworthiness, and the propulsion system with which she had been built. Departing Wilhelmshaven on 9 December 1913, these ships spent several months touring ports of call in German West and South Africa, finally arriving in Argentina by February 1914. Making their way south, they rounded Cape Horn and finally arrived in Chile before retracing much of the previous route on the way back to Germany, with Kiel as the final destination, where they arrived in June. Having completed her detached service, König Albert was reassigned to the newly formed III Battle Squadron of Hochseeflotte (High Seas Fleet).

The III Battle Squadron led the German battle line during all of the major operations during World War I. During the first year of World War I, König Albert, as part of the Hochseeflotte, took part in the fleet advances on 2–4 November 1914 and 15–16 December 1914 to bombard the English coast in attempts to bait the British Grand Fleet into battle. While these repeated intercept sorties were unsuccessful, she also participated in covering operations intended to screen attempts to reinforce minefields in the Helgoland Bight which were vital to the security of the fleet.

On 15 May 1915, König Albert had to uncouple her starboard turbine because of a malfunction, limiting her speed to 18 knots. König Albert was placed in Wilhelmshaven Imperial Drydock from 29 May to 15 June 1916 and consequently was not in the battle line during the Battle of Jutland. She was part of the support group for rescuing U-20 and U-30 on 4 November 1916 which had become stranded on the Danish coast. König Albert transferred to the newly formed IV Battle Squadron on 1 December 1916.

It was not until October 1917 that she saw her first major engagement, when König Albert was attached to the naval force tasked to the capture of the Russian port of Riga and the reduction of its defenses. Assigned to the bombardment of the shore batteries defending the harbor, König Albert supported the army offensive against the port for four days. Her mission having been considered complete on 19 October 1917, she returned to Wilhelmshaven. On 2-3 November 1917, König Albert served as a flagship for a force covering minesweeper operation in the German Bight. The remainder of König Albert’s war service would prove uneventful as she relegated to picket duties.

The signing of the armistice which would end the war saw — as one of the conditions — the internment of the German fleet at Scapa Flow. Just over two weeks after the armistice was signed on 11 November 1918, the ships of the German fleet, including König Albert, set sail for Scapa Flow under close escort. There they remained for six months until the disposition of the ships was determined by the Treaty of Versailles. In order to prevent the possibility of the Hochseeflotte being seized and divided up amongst the victorious nations, the admiral in command, Ludwig von Reuter, had ordered his ships to secretly prepare to scuttle on short notice should said nations attempt to seize the ships without German consent by treaty. On 21 June 1919, having received no notification as to the disposition of the fleet, believing the treaty to have been signed that day, and convinced the fleet was to be divided amongst the nations of the Entente, von Reuter ordered his ships to scuttle. Of the German battleships and battlecruisers interned at Scapa Flow, none save Baden survived, and König Albert sank at roughly 1:00 PM local time, 21 June 1919.

Historical Inaccuracies

• The Kriegsmarine flag was adopted in 1938; König Albert only served in the Imperial German Navy and was scuttled in 1919.

Historical Gallery

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  SMS König Albert; the diagonal lines along the side of the hull are anti-torpedo net booms.

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  A line-drawing of the Kaiser class; the shaded areas represent the portions of the ship protected by armor

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  König Albert in dry-dock.

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  Port oblique profile of König Albert.

Video

References

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

Ship Change Log

See here for links to Update notes.

• Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.5.8.
• First appeared on sale in November 2016.
• Update 0.5.14:
  • Ship carousel image now displayed with a permanent camouflage.
• Update 0.5.16:
  • The firing sector of the second gun turret increased. The range of angles at which the gun can shoot was expanded by 8 degrees.
• Update 0.6.1:
  • Added to the tech tree (for purchase using Doubloons).
• Update 0.6.3:
  • Firing range increased from 10,840 to 11,860 m.
  • Improved appearance with the use of a special technology for improved rendering of thin elements (rigging, etc.).
• Update 0.6.4:
  • Fixed camera behavior in combat with the "Automatic camera switching between main battery (main battery) guns" option enabled. The camera on the guns now correctly switches between the aft and fore guns.
• Update 0.6.8:
  • 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 8.85 km.
• Update 0.6.15:
  • A bonus was added to the "Type 9" permanent camouflage - a -10% discount to the cost of post-battle service.
  • Konig Albert was removed from sale in the game client.
• Update 0.7.11:
  • The armor-piercing shells of the 150-mm secondary battery guns were replaced with high-explosive shells.
• Update 0.8.11:
  • The main battery dispersion ellipse was adjusted to that ​​of American and British battleships.
• Update 0.10.5:
  • Fixed geometry and textures of the ship.
• Update 0.10.9:
  • Ship flag was changed to Kaiserliche Marine flag for historical reasons.

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