Ship Database

Tier IX Cruiser Premium

France

Le Havre

A super heavy cruiser armed with 330 mm main battery guns all concentrated on her bow. She shares many design features with the Dunkerque-class battleships. The ship's AA defense systems consist of American-made automatic anti-aircraft guns.

Doubloons: 18,000

At a glance

The numbers that shape the ship

Hit points: 55,300
Maximum speed: 31.5 knots
Surface detection: 14.7 km
Main battery range: 18.1 km
Main battery reload: 30.0 s

Combat envelope

Range and detection

Scale: 20 km

Every bar uses the same 20 km scale. Surface detection is a visibility threshold, not a weapon range.

Surface detection14.7 km
Main battery18.1 km
Secondary battery8 km

Damage comparison

Published maximum per hit

Ship-relative

Bars are normalized only against this ship's highest listed hit. They are not salvo damage, expected damage or DPM.

HE · 330 mm HE OEA Mle 1935 4,800
AP · 330 mm AP OPfK Mle 1935 10,750

Handling, concealment and protectionOverview

Handling

Maximum speed: 31.5 knots
Turning circle radius: 720 m
Rudder shift time: 13.2 s

Maneuverability API rating 48

Concealment

Surface detection: 14.7 km
Air detection: 10.0 km
Submarine detection: 10.0 km

Concealment API rating 40

Survivability

Hit points: 55,300
Torpedo damage reduction: 19 %

Survivability API rating 72

Published armour thickness

Only positive values supplied by the API are shown.

Overall published range: 16–335 mm

Weapons and payloadsArmament

Surface armament

Main battery

Artillery API rating 81

Maximum range: 18.1 km
Reload time: 30.0 s
Rate of fire: 2.0 rounds/min
180° turn time: 36.0 s
Maximum dispersion: 200 m

Shells

Damage is the API's published maximum for one shell hit.

330 mm HE OEA Mle 1935

Maximum damage per hit: 4,800
Fire chance: 35.0 %
Muzzle velocity: 885 m/s
Shell mass: 552 kg

330 mm AP OPfK Mle 1935

Maximum damage per hit: 10,750
Muzzle velocity: 870 m/s
Shell mass: 560 kg

Gun layout

Mount: 330 mm/50 Mle 1931 on a St.Chamond Mle 1932 mount
Mounts: 2
Barrels each: 4

Automatic armament

Secondary battery

Maximum range: 8.0 km

Mount: 139 mm HE OEA Mle 1927
Maximum damage per hit: 2,000
Fire chance: 10.0 %
Rate of fire: 8.9 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity: 840 m/s

Anti-aircraft defence

AA defence API rating 77

Aura: 20 mm Oerlikon on a Mk.24 mount
Calibre: 20 mm
Mounts: 18

Aura: 40 mm Bofors on a Mk.1 mount
Calibre: 40 mm
Mounts: 4

Aura: 40 mm Bofors on a Mk.2 mount
Calibre: 40 mm
Mounts: 4

Aura: 139 mm/50 Mle 1938 in a turret
Calibre: 139 mm
Mounts: 8

Modules, hull and progressionTechnical data

Default hull

Hull hit points: 55,300
Main-battery barrels: 2
Secondary barrels: 8
AA mounts: 34

Engine

Published maximum speed: 31.5 knots

Fire control

Module research tree

Names, research prices and defaults are reported directly by the API.

Le Havre

Default

Type: Hull

Propulsion: 100,000 hp

Default

Type: Engine

PCA n° 9 Mle 1

Default

Type: Suo

330 mm/50 Mle 1931 on a St. Chamond Mle 1932 mount

Default

Type: Artillery

Compatible upgrades

Official modernization descriptions and listed purchase prices. Effects still depend on the slot and configuration used in game.

Propulsion Modification 1

Modernization

Reduces time to full speed

Credits: 1,000,000

Concealment System Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 2,000,000

Main Armaments Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 125,000

Aiming Systems Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 500,000

Damage Control System Modification 2

Modernization

Credits: 1,000,000

Torpedo Lookout System

Modernization

Credits: 2,000,000

Main Battery Modification 3

Modernization

Credits: 3,000,000

Steering Gears Modification 2

Modernization

Credits: 2,000,000

Main Battery Modification 2

Modernization

Credits: 500,000

Damage Control System Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 250,000

Steering Gears Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 1,000,000

Secondary Battery Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 500,000

Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 125,000

Gun Fire Control System Modification 2

Modernization

Credits: 3,000,000

AA Guns Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 500,000

Available module groups: 10
Compatible upgrades: 15
Upgrade slots: 6
Published battle levels: 9–11

Cross-nation comparison

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Closest same-tier, same-class matches from other nations, ranked by published base statistics.

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Speed: 32.5 kn
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Torps: 6 km

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Pan-Asia

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Speed: 33.5 kn
Guns: 18.5 km
Torps: 6 km

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