Combat envelope
Range and detection
Every bar uses the same 15 km scale. Surface detection is a visibility threshold, not a weapon range.
Ship Database
Tier III
Cruiser
France
Friant
Work on a "squadron reconnaissance" project began in France back in 1909. The ship was ordered but not laid down due to the outbreak of World War I. During the war, the project was revised several times. In the final version, the main battery was represented by eight 138.6 mm guns arranged in four twin-gun turrets. However, by that time, French engineers...
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Work on a "squadron reconnaissance" project began in France back in 1909. The ship was ordered but not laid down due to the outbreak of World War I. During the war, the project was revised several times. In the final version, the main battery was represented by eight 138.6 mm guns arranged in four twin-gun turrets. However, by that time, French engineers were researching captured German cruisers, as well as the information they had received about the characteristics of American Omaha-class cruisers. As a result of their findings, the project was considered obsolete.
- Credits
- 247,000
At a glance
The numbers that shape the ship
- Hit points
- 18,900
- Maximum speed
- 30.0 knots
- Surface detection
- 11.0 km
- Main battery range
- 11.7 km
- Main battery reload
- 9.0 s
Damage comparison
Published maximum per hit
Bars are normalized only against this ship's highest listed hit. They are not salvo damage, expected damage or DPM.
Handling, concealment and protectionOverview
Handling
- Maximum speed
- 30.0 knots
- Turning circle radius
- 560 m
- Rudder shift time
- 8.4 s
Concealment
- Surface detection
- 11.0 km
- Air detection
- 5.1 km
- Submarine detection
- 5.1 km
Survivability
- Hit points
- 18,900
- Torpedo damage reduction
- 4 %
Published armour thickness
Only positive values supplied by the API are shown.
- Overall published range
- 6–30 mm
Weapons and payloadsArmament
Surface armament
Main battery
- Maximum range
- 11.7 km
- Reload time
- 9.0 s
- Rate of fire
- 6.3 rounds/min
- 180° turn time
- 15.0 s
- Maximum dispersion
- 113 m
Shells
Damage is the API's published maximum for one shell hit.
139 mm HE OEA Mle 1923
HE- Maximum damage per hit
- 1,600
- Fire chance
- 8.0 %
- Muzzle velocity
- 840 m/s
- Shell mass
- 40 kg
139 mm AP OPFA Mle 1923
AP- Maximum damage per hit
- 2,150
- Muzzle velocity
- 790 m/s
- Shell mass
- 40 kg
Gun layout
- Mount
- 139 mm/55 Mle 1923 in a turret
- Mounts
- 4
- Barrels each
- 2
Automatic armament
Secondary battery
Underwater armament
Torpedoes
550 mm 19D
- Maximum range
- 6.0 km
- Maximum damage per hit
- 12,233
- Reload time
- 84 s
- Speed
- 57 knots
- Detectability
- 1.2 km
- 180° turn time
- 7.2 s
Torpedo-tube layout
- Mount
- 550 mm tube lance-torpilles
- Mounts
- 4
- Tubes each
- 3
Anti-aircraft defence
- Aura
- 8 mm Hotchkiss Mle 1914 on a single mount
- Calibre
- 8 mm
- Mounts
- 2
- Aura
- 75 mm/50 Mle 1922 on an Mle 1922 mount
- Calibre
- 75 mm
- Mounts
- 4
Modules, hull and progressionTechnical data
Default hull
- Hull hit points
- 18,900
- Main-battery barrels
- 4
- Torpedo tubes
- 4
- AA mounts
- 6
Engine
- Published maximum speed
- 30.0 knots
Fire control
Module research tree
Names, research prices and defaults are reported directly by the API.
550 mm 19D
Default- Type
- Torpedoes
- Purchase
- 22,000 credits
Friant (A)
Default- Type
- Hull
- Purchase
- 40,000 credits
- Next modules
- 1
Friant (B)
- Type
- Hull
- Research
- 800 XP
- Purchase
- 98,000 credits
- Next ships
- 1
PCA n° 3 Mle 1
Default- Type
- Suo
- Purchase
- 21,000 credits
- Next modules
- 1
PCA n° 3 Mle 2
- Type
- Suo
- Research
- 400 XP
- Purchase
- 53,000 credits
139 mm/55 Mle 1923 in a turret
Default- Type
- Artillery
- Purchase
- 28,000 credits
- Next ships
- 1
Propulsion: 54,000 hp
Default- Type
- Engine
- Purchase
- 18,000 credits
Compatible upgrades
Official modernization descriptions and listed purchase prices. Effects still depend on the slot and configuration used in game.
Main Armaments Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 125,000
Damage Control System Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 250,000
Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 125,000
Next ships
Research costs published in this ship's official progression data.
- Ship
- Turenne
- Research cost
- 2,850 XP
- Ship
- Duguay-Trouin
- Research cost
- 5,600 XP
- Available module groups
- 10
- Compatible upgrades
- 3
- Researchable next ships
- 2
- Upgrade slots
- 2
- Published battle levels
- 3–4
Cross-nation comparison
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