Marceau: Tier X French Destroyer 1940

A variant of the 3,000-ton reconnaissance project developed between 1939 and 1940, armed with post-World War II weapons, including a multi-purpose main battery.

X Marceau Flag “All I ask is to let me command the vanguard when things get really hot” these were the words François Séverin Marceau said to his friend General Kléber shortly before the Battle of Le Mans.

 

Ship Info
Ship Name:    X Marceau
WG Introduction:   Aug 15th 2019
Tier:   X (10)
Class:   Destroyer
Type:   Special Ship
Ship Release:   Update ~0.9.3
Resource Purchase:    Coal: 236,000
Nation:   France
Current Status:   (Released)

hull
Hit Points:   21900 hp
Overall:   10~20 mm
Hull Aft/Fore:   19 mm
Hull Mid:   19 mm
Deck Fore:   19 mm
Deck Aft:   19 mm
Deck Mid:   19 mm
Superstructure:   13 mm
Turrets:   10 mm
Tonnage:   4,108 tn

main battery
Calibre/Model:   4 x 2 127 mm/54 Mle 1948
Max Range:   11.5 km
Reload:   3.5 s
180° Turn Time:   6 s
Dispersion:   101 m
Sigma:   2.0σ

shell types

 

HE SHELLS

127 mm HE Mark 42

Alpha Damage:   1850

Chance of Fire:   7%

HE Armour Penetration:   20 mm

Shell Velocity:   808 m/s

Air Drag:   0.308

Shell Krupp:   475

Shell Mass:   31.5 kg

 

AP SHELLS

127 mm AP Mark 41

Alpha Damage:   2450

Detonator Threshold:   21 mm

Shell Speed:   808 m/s

Air drag:   0.308

Shell Krupp:   2 200

Shell Mass:   32.5 kg

torpedo armament
Tubes x Torpedoes:   *4 x 3 550 mm tube lance-torpilles/23DT
Reload:   150 142 s
180° Turn Time:   7.2 s
Range:   9 km
Damage:   14833 hp
Speed:   60 kts
Visibility Distance:   1.3 km
Chance of Flood:   ~246%
* Same Torpedoes used on Charles Martel, Saint-Louis, Henri IV.

aa defence
LONG RANGE 
4 x 2 127 mm/54 Mle 1948
Action Zone:   ~6.0 km
Hit Probability:   100 %
Damage Within an Explosion:   1680
Continuous Damage Per Second:   84
Number of Explosions Per Salvo:   4
MID RANGE
2 x 2 40 mm/56 Bofors Mk1
3 x 4 40 mm/56 Bofors Mk2
Action Zone:   ~3.5 km
Hit Probability:   100 %
Continuous Damage Per Second:   137
SHORT RANGE
4 x 2 20 mm/70 Mk20
Action Zone:   ~2.0 km
Hit Probability:   95 %
Continuous Damage Per Second:   56

MANOEUVRABILITY
Maximum Speed:   44 kts
Turning Circle Radius:   740 m
Rudder Shift Time:   4.8 s
Propulsion:   96,842 hp

CONCEALMENT
Surface Detectability:   8.88 km
Air Detectability:   4.84 km
Detectability after Firing Main Guns in Smoke:   3.42 km

CONsumables

Slot 1:  Damage Control Party:
Work Time:   5 s
Reload Time:   60 s

Slot 2:  Defensive AA.
Charges:   4
Action time:   40 s
Reload Time:   80 s
Continuous Damage:   +50%
Damage from Shell Explosions:   +300%

Slot 3:  Engine Boost.
Charges:   3
Action time:   180 s
Reload Time:   90 s
Speed Boost:   +8%