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World of Warships Supertest: French Battleship Normandie

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The Normandie class of dreadnought battleships was a group of five ships ordered for the French Navy in 1912–13. The class comprised Normandie, the lead ship, Flandre, Gascogne, Languedoc, and Béarn. The design incorporated a radical arrangement for the twelve 340 mm (13.3 in) main battery guns: three quadruple gun turrets, as opposed to the twin turrets used by most other navies. The first four ships were also equipped with an unusual hybrid propulsion system that used both steam turbine and triple expansion engines to increase fuel efficiency.

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French Tier VI Battleship Normandie

The ships, named after provinces of France, were never completed due to shifting production requirements after the outbreak of war in 1914. The first four ships were sufficiently advanced in construction to permit their launching to clear the shipyards for other, more important work. Many of the guns built for the ships were instead converted for use by the Army. After the war, the French Navy considered several proposals to complete the ships, either as originally designed or modernized to account for lessons from the war. The weak French post-war economy, however, necessitated that the first four ships be broken up for scrap. The last ship, which was not significantly advanced at the time work halted, was converted into an aircraft carrier in the 1920s. She remained in service in various capacities until the 1960s. The ship was ultimately scrapped in 1967.

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French Tier VI Battleship Normandie

Normandie will be a regular Tier VI battleship, all stats are listed without crew and upgrade modifiers, and are subject to change before the final release.

Initial Stats

Tier6
Hitpoints48,300
Plating25 mm
Belt180 mm
Main battery3×4 340mm
Firing range18 km
HE damage4,700
AP damage9,500
Reload time30 s
180 degree turn time30 s
Maximum dispersion242 m
HE initial velocity921 m/s
AP initial velocity780 m/s
Sigma1.80?
Maximum speed28 kt
Turning circle radius640 m
Rudder shift time18.8 s
Surface detectability16.2 km
Air detectability10.4 km
Detectability after firing in Smoke
13.7 km
Anti-Torpedo Reduction
13%
Consumables
Damage Control Party / Repair Party

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15,466 thoughts on “World of Warships Supertest: French Battleship Normandie

  1. Let me get this straight. A fat-hulled pre-WW1-designed dreadnought designed to reach no more than 22 knots is going to get 29.4 knots in the game? Please let that be a typo.

  2. No, stats are correct for now. I’ve already got the full details, going to publish now. For now you can see the Initial stats that were updated.

  3. Its not a typo! values were now udated to official values, and soon I’ll get the values with 100% Commander, and it gets to 29kt 😉

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