Ship Database

Tier IX Battleship

Germany

Friedrich Carl

A fast battleship, originally designed and laid down in France in the second half of the 1930s. France's swift defeat in 1940 gave Germany the opportunity to seize the ships that were under construction at the French shipyards and commission them into the Kriegsmarine. One such ship could have been a Richelieu-class battleship whose armament would have been replaced with German artillery systems.

Doubloons: 21,500

At a glance

The numbers that shape the ship

Hit points: 63,700
Maximum speed: 32.0 knots
Surface detection: 16.2 km
Main battery range: 20.8 km
Main battery reload: 26.0 s

Combat envelope

Range and detection

Scale: 25 km

Every bar uses the same 25 km scale. Surface detection is a visibility threshold, not a weapon range.

Surface detection16.2 km
Main battery20.8 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 · 406 mm Spr.Gr. L/4.4 Kz. 4,800
AP · 406 mm P.Spr.Gr. L/4.4 12,700

Handling, concealment and protectionOverview

Handling

Maximum speed: 32.0 knots
Turning circle radius: 870 m
Rudder shift time: 15.4 s

Maneuverability API rating 46

Concealment

Surface detection: 16.2 km
Air detection: 10.0 km
Submarine detection: 10.0 km

Concealment API rating 33

Survivability

Hit points: 63,700
Torpedo damage reduction: 35 %

Survivability API rating 81

Published armour thickness

Only positive values supplied by the API are shown.

Overall published range: 19–400 mm

Weapons and payloadsArmament

Surface armament

Main battery

Artillery API rating 88

Maximum range: 20.8 km
Reload time: 26.0 s
Rate of fire: 2.3 rounds/min
180° turn time: 40.0 s
Maximum dispersion: 268 m

Shells

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

406 mm Spr.Gr. L/4.4 Kz.

Maximum damage per hit: 4,800
Fire chance: 38.0 %
Muzzle velocity: 810 m/s
Shell mass: 1,030 kg

406 mm P.Spr.Gr. L/4.4

Maximum damage per hit: 12,700
Muzzle velocity: 810 m/s
Shell mass: 1,030 kg

Gun layout

Mount: 406 mm/52 Drh C/34 on a Drh LC/34 mount
Mounts: 2
Barrels each: 3

Automatic armament

Secondary battery

Maximum range: 8.0 km

Mount: 150 mm Spr.Gr. L/4.4 Kz.
Maximum damage per hit: 1,700
Fire chance: 8.0 %
Rate of fire: 15.0 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity: 960 m/s

Anti-aircraft defence

AA defence API rating 79

Aura: 20 mm/65 C/38 on an L/30 single mount
Calibre: 20 mm
Mounts: 36

Aura: 55 mm/77 Gerät 58 on a single mount
Calibre: 55 mm
Mounts: 12

Aura: 150 mm/60 SK C/25 on a Drh Tr C/25 mount
Calibre: 150 mm
Mounts: 7

Modules, hull and progressionTechnical data

Default hull

Hull hit points: 63,700
Main-battery barrels: 2
Secondary barrels: 7
AA mounts: 55

Engine

Published maximum speed: 32.0 knots

Fire control

Module research tree

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

FKS Typ 9 Mod. 1

Default

Type: Suo

406 mm/52 Drh C/34 on a Drh LC/34 mount

Default

Type: Artillery

Propulsion: 155,000 hp

Default

Type: Engine

Friedrich Carl

Default

Type: Hull

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

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: 14
Upgrade slots: 6
Published battle levels: 9–11

Cross-nation comparison

Ships that fill a similar slot

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

U.S.A.

Delaware

HP: 69,900
Speed: 33 kn
Guns: 19.6 km

Open comparison

Europe

Niord

HP: 63,900
Speed: 32 kn
Guns: 21.4 km
Torps: 15 km

Open comparison

Japan

Adatara

HP: 65,400
Speed: 30 kn
Guns: 21.8 km

Open comparison