Courbet
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+ | The first battleship-dreadnought built in France. The ship carried twelve 305 mm main guns and powerful secondary guns. Her sides were reinforced with vast armored areas. Her disadvantages included weak torpedo protection.<br><br>{{Model3DViewer|dea16a57984c4a05a46afa62030ee6d7}} | |||
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? | * | + | * Astoundingly long range for her tier, at 17.4 km. | |
? | * | + | * Relatively small turning circle. | |
? | * | + | * She can easily bring five guns on target at a time. | |
? | * | + | * Armor works decently well at its tier. | |
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? | * | + | * Lowest hit pool out of the tier 4 battleships. | |
? | * | + | * At 21 knots, she isn't going to break any speed records. | |
? | * | + | * Fairly large detection radius. | |
? | * | + | * Anti-aircraft batteries shouldn't be trusted to turn away a strike. | |
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? | + | Availability of researchable upgrades for ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' is as follows: | ||
? | + | * '''Hull:''' Upgrade to Hull (B) for a handful of additional hit points, a small bump up in AA capability, and quicker rudder shift speed. Research of this module unlocks progression to ''[[Bretagne]]''. | ||
? | * '''Hull:''' Upgrade to Hull (B) for | + | * '''Gun Fire Control System:''' Upgrade to PCA n° 4 Mle 2 for an extra 10% range on the main battery. | |
? | + | * '''Propulsion:''' ''{{#var:ship_name}}''’s upgraded engines bump her top speed to 21 knots. | ||
? | * '''Gun Fire Control System:''' Upgrade to | + | ||
? | * '''Propulsion:''' | + | ||
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? | + | Upgrading to Hull (B) first is tempting, but captains are encouraged to invest in the range and speed upgrades first, or they risk not being able to actually enter combat on certain maps. The additional 2,800 hit points offered by Hull (B) are not a bad thing, but represent less than one full shell penetration from enemy battleship AP at this tier, and will not make or break a game; neither will the handful of extra AA guns she receives against Tier IV and V aircraft. | ||
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? | + | The recommended upgrades for ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' are as follows: | ||
? | + | * '''Slot 1''': {{Main Armaments Modification 1}} | ||
? | * '''Slot 1''': | + | * '''Slot 2''': {{Damage Control System Modification 1}} | |
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? | Key skills for ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' commanders include | + | Key skills for ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' commanders include [[Ship:Commander#Expert_Marksman|Expert Marksman]], [[Ship:Commander#Basics_of_Survivability|Basics of Survivability]], and [[Ship:Commander#Fire_Prevention|Fire Prevention]]. | |
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? | + | | rating11 = <!-- Gun Feeder --> | ||
? | | | + | | rating12 = <!-- Pyrotechnician --> | |
? | | | + | | rating13 = <!-- Consumables Specialist --> | |
? | | | + | | rating14 = 2 <!-- Emergency Repair Specialist --> | |
? | | | + | | rating15 = <!-- Incoming Fire Alert --> | |
? | | | + | | rating16 = <!-- Preventive Maintenance --> | |
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? | + | | rating22 = <!-- Inertial Fuse for HE Shells --> | ||
? | | | + | | rating23 = <!-- Consumables Enhancements --> | |
? | | | + | | rating24 = 2 <!-- Vigilance --> | |
? | | | + | | rating25 = 2 <!-- Priority Target --> | |
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? | | | + | | rating32 = <!-- Long-Range Secondary Battery Shells --> | |
? | | | + | | rating33 = 2 <!-- Adrenaline Rush --> | |
? | + | | rating34 = 2 <!-- Basics of Survivability --> | ||
? | + | | rating35 = <!-- Enhanced Anti-Torpedo Protection --> | ||
? | | | + | | rating36 = <!-- Expert AA Marksman --> | |
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? | | | + | | rating42 = <!-- Improved Secondary Battery Aiming --> | |
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? | | | + | | rating44 = 2 <!-- Emergency Repair Expert --> | |
? | + | | rating45 = <!-- Concealment Expert --> | ||
? | | | + | | rating46 = 2 <!-- Fire Prevention Expert --> | |
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? | + | ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' can equip the following consumables: | ||
? | * '''Slot 1:''' {{Damage Control Party}} | + | * '''Slot 1:''' {{Damage Control Party}} | |
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? | + | [[Ship:Camouflage#Standard Camouflage|Type 1, 2, or 5 camouflage]] can be equipped for credits; Types 2 or 5 are recommended at a minimum to reduce the accuracy of incoming shells. | ||
? | [[Ship:Camouflage#Standard Camouflage|Type 1, 2, or 5 camouflage]] can be equipped for credits; | + | ||
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? | As a Tier IV ship, it is highly recommended to save signals for use in the later tiers. But should the player have a surplus and enjoy playing this ship, they should utilize the following recommended signals. | + | As a Tier IV ship, it is highly recommended to save signals for use in the later tiers. But should the player have a surplus and enjoy playing this ship, they should utilize the following recommended signals. Equal Speed Charlie London ({{Equal Speed Charlie London|Size=18px}}), Zulu Hotel ({{Zulu Hotel|Size=18px}}), and Dragon Flag ({{Dragon Flag|Size=18px}}) signals are recommended for faster commander (re)training. | |
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? | <h2>''{{#var:ship_name}}'', | + | <h2>''{{#var:ship_name}}'', 1939</h2> | |
===Construction=== | ===Construction=== | |||
? | :Builder: | + | :Builder: Arsenal of Brest; Brest, France | |
? | :Laid down: | + | :Laid down: 1 September 1910 | |
? | :Launched: | + | :Launched: 3 March 1911 | |
? | :Commissioned: | + | :Commissioned: 19 November 1913 | |
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===Specifications=== | ===Specifications=== | |||
? | : | + | :23,104 tons displacement, standard | |
? | : | + | :166m length | |
? | : | + | :27m beam | |
? | : | + | :9.04m draft | |
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====Machinery==== | ====Machinery==== | |||
? | : | + | : 24 boilers; 4-shaft Parsons steam turbines | |
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====Performance==== | ====Performance==== | |||
? | : | + | :21 knots at 28,000 shaft horsepower | |
? | : | + | :4,200 nm at 10 knots | |
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====Armor==== | ====Armor==== | |||
? | :Main belt: | + | :Main belt: 7.1–10.6 inches (180–270mm) | |
? | + | :Decks: 1.2–2.8 inches (30–70mm) | ||
? | + | :Barbettes: 11 inches (280mm) | ||
? | :Decks: | + | :Turrets: 11.4–9.8 inches (290–250mm) | |
? | : | + | :Conning tower: 11.8 inches (300mm) | |
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====Armament==== | ====Armament==== | |||
=====Main===== | =====Main===== | |||
? | : | + | : Twelve (6x2) 305mm Mle 1910 guns | |
=====Secondary===== | =====Secondary===== | |||
? | : | + | : Twenty two (22x1) 138mm Mle 1910 guns | |
=====Anti-aircraft===== | =====Anti-aircraft===== | |||
? | : | + | : Seven (7x1) 75mm Mle 1922 guns | |
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? | [[File: | + | [[File:Courbetatport.jpeg|none|frame|x350px|link=|Courbet in 1939 after a major refit in 1937-38.]] | |
===History=== | ===History=== | |||
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====Design==== | ====Design==== | |||
====Service==== | ====Service==== | |||
+ | Courbet was completed on November 19, 1913, and ready for service in the Marine Nationale before the outbreak of the First World War. | |||
+ | She joined the 1st Division of the 1st Squadron of the Mediterranean Fleet based in Toulon upon her commissioning in 1913, where she assumed the mantel of flagship under Vice-Admiral Augustin Boué de Lapeyrère from the beginning of the war, to April 12, 1915. Her first act of duty was to sail into the Adriatic and surprise the blockade of Austrian vessels at Montenegro. Part of the Anglo-French force, which included her sister, Jean Bart, succeeded in sinking the Austro-Hungarian cruiser Zenta in the Battle of Antivari on August 16, 1914. The rest of the war saw no action for Courbet. | |||
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+ | During the Interwar period, she was the flagship for Vice-Admiral Charlier between June6, 1919 and October 20 1920, where, in the following year she was reassigned as a gunnery training ship at Toulon. In June 1923 she had a massive boiler fire which necessitated repairs, during which she received the first of her upgrades, including replacing one set of boilers for oil-fired boilers, trunking her forward funnels together, the installation of a new tripod mast and new fire-control directors and rangefinders. | |||
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+ | She had another massive refit between January 15 1927 and January 12 1931, much more extensive than the previous one. Another set of her boilers were switched to oil-firing, her high and medium pressure drives were replaced by geared turbines and her fire-control systems were upgraded once again. She received a new cruiser type fire-control director atop the foremast, a new rangefinder replacing the one atop the conning tower, her secondary armament received fire directors as well as one on the roof of B turret. Her AA guns were replaced by newer model guns and received rangefinders for them as well. After this major refit, she was transferred from the gunnery school to navigation school in 1937, before the final refit she had, between April 1 1937 and September 19 1938, saw her torpedo tubes removed and her boilers overhauled and was sent back to be a gunnery training ship in 1939 until the outbreak of World War II where she was ordered to Brest with her sister Paris. | |||
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+ | Courbet and her sister Paris formed the Fifth Squadron upon the outbreak of war, and were transferred to the Atlantic to continue training without incident. In May of 1940 they were returned to operational status and given a few more mounts at Cherbourg. Courbet then provided gunfire support in the defense of Cherbourg against the advancing German army covering the evacuation of the town, though it was not particularly effective. | |||
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+ | Courbet then sailed for Portsmouth in June, where she was seized as part of Operation Catapult by the British in July and promptly turned over to the Free French Navy. In their service she was a depot and anti-aircraft ship in Portsmouth until March 31 1941 when she was disarmed. In April 1944 she was deployed as a target ship in Scotland at Loch Striven. She was used as a target and depot ship until the Invasion of Normandy where she was sailed out to be used as a "Gooseberry" breakwater at Sword Beach. She was towed from Weymouth on June 7 an was scuttled on June 9. She was scrapped in place after the war. | |||
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+ | ===Historical Inaccuracies=== | |||
+ | * ''Courbet'' is depicted in modernized, post-1924 condition. Her original 1913 configuration does not appear in the game. | |||
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+ | # [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_battleship_Courbet_(1911) French battleship ''Courbet'' (1911) - Wikipedia] | |||
+ | # [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courbet-class_battleship ''Courbet''-class battleship - Wikipedia] | |||
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+ | <div class="b-popup"><div class="b-popup_head js-tech-nav_head"><div><h2>Ship Change Log</h2></div><span class="b-tech-nav_arrow"></span></div><div class="b-popup_content" style="display: none;"><div> | |||
+ | See [[Changelogs_for_World_of_Warships|here]] for links to Update notes. | |||
+ | *Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.6.15. | |||
+ | *Update 0.7.2: | |||
+ | **Introduced into the game as a researchable ship. | |||
+ | *Update 0.10.0: | |||
+ | **The firing range of the secondary battery was increased to 4.8 km. | |||
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Revision as of 15:21, 24 August 2021
305 mm/45 Mle 1906-1910 on an Mle 1906-1910 mount6 х 2 pcs. |
Rate of Fire2 shots/min. |
Reload Time30 sec. |
Rotation Speed3 deg./sec. |
180 Degree Turn Time60 sec. |
Firing Range15.84 km. |
Maximum Dispersion221 m. |
HE Shell305 mm HE OEA Mle 1910 |
Maximum HE Shell Damage4,200 |
Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell22 % |
Initial HE Shell Velocity905 m./s. |
HE Shell Weight308 kg. |
AP Shell305 mm AP OPf Mle 1910 |
Maximum AP Shell Damage8,300 |
Initial AP Shell Velocity798 m./s. |
AP Shell Weight428.35 kg. |
139 mm/55 Mle 1910 on a casemate mount22 х 1 pcs. |
Firing Range4.8 km. |
Rate of Fire6 shots/min. |
Reload Time10 sec. |
HE Shell139 mm HE OEA Mle 1910 |
Maximum HE Shell Damage2,000 |
Initial HE Shell Velocity840 m./s. |
Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell8 % |
75 mm/50 Mle 1922 on an Mle 1922 mount8 х 1 pcs. |
. . . Average Damage per Second13.6 |
. . . Firing Range3 km. |
Maximum Speed19.95 knot |
Turning Circle Radius580 m. |
Rudder Shift Time17.2 sec. |
Surface Detectability Range15.36 km. |
Air Detectability Range7.51 km. |
Courbet — French Tier IV battleship.
The first battleship-dreadnought built in France. The ship carried twelve 305 mm main guns and powerful secondary guns. Her sides were reinforced with vast armored areas. Her disadvantages included weak torpedo protection.
Modules
Compatible Upgrades
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Player Opinion
Pros:
- Astoundingly long range for her tier, at 17.4 km.
- Relatively small turning circle.
- She can easily bring five guns on target at a time.
- Armor works decently well at its tier.
Cons:
- Lowest hit pool out of the tier 4 battleships.
- At 21 knots, she isn't going to break any speed records.
- Fairly large detection radius.
- Anti-aircraft batteries shouldn't be trusted to turn away a strike.
Research
Availability of researchable upgrades for Courbet is as follows:
- Hull: Upgrade to Hull (B) for a handful of additional hit points, a small bump up in AA capability, and quicker rudder shift speed. Research of this module unlocks progression to Bretagne.
- Gun Fire Control System: Upgrade to PCA n° 4 Mle 2 for an extra 10% range on the main battery.
- Propulsion: Courbet’s upgraded engines bump her top speed to 21 knots.
Optimal Configuration
Upgrades
The recommended upgrades for Courbet are as follows:
- Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1
- Slot 2: Damage Control System Modification 1
Commander Skills
Key skills for Courbet commanders include Expert Marksman, Basics of Survivability, and Fire Prevention.
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Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful ★★ - Frequently Useful ★ - Occasionally Useful No stars - Not Useful |
Consumables
Courbet can equip the following consumables:
- Slot 1: Damage Control Party
- Slot 2: Repair Party
Camouflage
Type 1, 2, or 5 camouflage can be equipped for credits; Types 2 or 5 are recommended at a minimum to reduce the accuracy of incoming shells.
Signals
As a Tier IV ship, it is highly recommended to save signals for use in the later tiers. But should the player have a surplus and enjoy playing this ship, they should utilize the following recommended signals. Equal Speed Charlie London (🚫), Zulu Hotel (🚫), and Dragon Flag (🚫) signals are recommended for faster commander (re)training.
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Note: Use of the Juliet Charlie signal makes detonation impossible.
Gallery
Historical Info
Historical Gallery
References
Ship Change Log
Destroyers | II Enseigne Gabolde • III Fusilier • IV Bourrasque • V Jaguar • V Siroco • VI Guépard • VI Aigle • VII Vauquelin • VIII Le Fantasque • VIII Le Terrible • IX Mogador • X Kléber • X Marceau • X Kléber CLR |
Cruisers | I Bougainville • II Jurien de la Gravière • III Friant • IV Duguay-Trouin • V Émile Bertin • VI La Galissonnière • VI De Grasse • VI Dupleix • VI Montcalm • VII Algérie • VII Toulon • VIII Charles Martel • VIII Cherbourg • VIII Bayard • IX Saint-Louis • IX Brest • IX Carnot • X Henri IV • X Marseille • X Colbert • ★ Condé |
Battleships | III Turenne • IV Courbet • V Bretagne • VI Normandie • VI Dunkerque • VI Dunkerque B • VII Lyon • VII Strasbourg • VIII Richelieu • VIII Gascogne • VIII Champagne • VIII Flandre • VIII Picardie • IX Alsace • IX Jean Bart • IX Jean Bart B • X République • X Bourgogne • ★ Patrie |
Aircraft Carriers | VI Béarn |