Prinz Heinrich - German Tier VII Battlecruiser 1916

In 1915, it became clear that the war was far from over, and it was necessary to speed up the construction of new ships. Kaiser Wilhelm insisted that the new ships be equipped with 380 mm guns and combine the speed of a battlecruiser with the armor of a battleship. The lead ship was laid down as Ersatz Yorck in 1916, but the end of the war shifted strategic priorities, and all forces were thrown into the construction and repair of submarines. The ship was dismantled on the stocks after the end of the war.

 

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Key Features:

• 8 main calibre guns with low range by class standards and better accuracy than most battleships.
• The availability of torpedoes with a high range.
• A large number of secondary guns with high accuracy.
• Low visibility.
• Availability of the "Hydroacoustic Search" consumable similar to that of German cruisers.
• Availability of the "Fast Damage Control Team" consumable with an accelerated reload time, relative to the standard "Damage Control Party".

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Ship Info:

Ship Name:    VII Prinz Heinrich

Level: 7

Paper ship: Yes

Class: Battlecruiser (BC)

WG introduction: July 7th, 2021

Status:   Researchable Ship

Ship release: 0.10.9

Research Purchase:  80 000   6 500 000

Nation:   Germany

Current development status: Released

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Armor:

Hit Points: 56,300 hp

Armour: 16-350 mm

Fore Athwartships: 150-225 mm

Aft Athwartships: 150-225 mm

Citadel Fore Athwartships: 26-250 mm

Citadel Aft Athwartships: 26-250 mm

Superstructure: 16 mm

Armor Belt: 150-270 mm

Citadel Torpedo Bulkhead: 50-60 mm

Citadel Deck: 30-60 mm

Turret Plating: 100-350 mm

Citadel Bottom: 40 mm

Tonnage: 38,650

Torpedo Protection, Damage Reduction: 21%

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Main Battery Armament:

4 x 2 380 mm/45 Drh LC/1913 on a Drh LC/1913 mount:

Max Range:  17.4 km

Reload:  30.0 s

180° Turn Time:  30.0 s

Dispersion at Max Range:  194 m

Sigma:  1.50σ

HE Shells:

8 x 380 mm Spr.Gr. L/4.1:

Alpha Damage: 4,500

Alpha Piercing HE: 95.0 mm

Ammo Type: HE

Shell Air Drag: 0.413

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalisation: 8.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.001

Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0

Shell Diameter: 380 mm

Shell Krupp: 1.0

Shell Mass: 750.0

Shell Ricochet At: 91.0°

Shell Speed: 800.0 m/s

Burn Probability: 35%

 

AP Shells:

8 x 380 mm P.Spr.Gr. L/3.5:

Alpha Damage: 10,900

Ammo Type: AP

Shell Air Drag: 0.4092

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalisation: 6.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.033

Shell Detonator Threshold: 63.0 mm

Shell Diameter: 380 mm

Shell Krupp: 2454.0

Shell Mass: 750.0

Shell Ricochet At: 45.0°

Shell Speed: 800.0 m/s

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Secondaries:

12x1 150 mm:

Maximum HE shell damage: 1,800

Range: 6.3 km

Reload: 8.6 s

Alpha Piercing HE: 38 mm

HE initial velocity: 835 m/s

Chance of causing fire: 10%

Air Drag: 0.33

 

6×2 105 mm:

Maximum HE shell damage: 1,200

Range: 6.3 km

Reload: 3.4 s

Alpha Piercing HE: 26 mm

HE initial velocity: 900 m/s

Chance of causing fire: 5%

Air Drag: 0.33

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Depth Charge Airstrike:

Max bomb damage:   3,400

Available flights:  2

Attacking flight aircraft:  1

Bombs in payload:   1x 

Range:  8.0 km

Reload:   30 s

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Torpedoes:

2 x 4 533 mm:

Reload:  110 s

180° Turn Time:  7.2 s

Range:  10.0 km

Damage:  13,700 hp

Speed:  50 kts

Visibility Distance:  1.2 km

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AA Defense:

Long Range

6 x 2 105 mm:

Action Zone:  3.5-5.2 km

Hit Probability:  75 %

Damage Within an Explosion:  1330

Continuous Damage Per Second:  130

Number of Explosions Per Salvo:  5

Continuous Damage: 182

Medium Range

12 × 1 37 mm:

Action Zone: 0.1-3.5 km

Hit Probability: 75 %

Damage by Zone Area AA: 168

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Mobility:

Maximum Speed:  28.0 kts

Turning Circle Radius:  810 m

Rudder Shift Time:  14.5 s

Propulsion:  110,000 hp

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Visibility:

Surface Detectability:  14.6 km

Air Detectability:  9.7 km

Detectability after Firing Main Guns in Smoke:  13.7 km

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Available Consumables:

Slot 1:  Fast Damage Control Team:

Charges:  4

Work Time:  10 s

Reload Time:  40 s

Slot 2:  Repair Party:

Charges 3

Action Time:  28 s

Reload Time:  80 s

HP per Second: +281 hp/s

Slot 3: Hydroacoustic Search:

Charges: 3

Action time: 110 s

Reload time: 120 s

Torpedo detection range 3.5 km

Ship detection range 5.0 km

 

All stats are listed without crew and upgrade modifiers but with best available modules. The stats are subject to change at any time.