Le Havre: Tier IX French Premium Heavy Cruiser 1944

A super heavy cruiser armed with 330 mm main battery guns all concentrated on the ship's 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.

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Ship Info

Ship Name:   IX Le Havre

Level: 9

Rarity Level: Uncommon Ship. Requires moderate effort, typically available through recurring events and steady in-game progress.

WG Introduction: March 27, 2025

Status During Tests  Special Ship

Estimated Released: 14.11

Resource cost during 14.11: 25,000 Steel

Base Value: 18,000

Nation:  France

Current development status of Le Havre: Released

Armor

Hit points: 55,300

Overall Plating: 16-335 mm

Fires duration: 60 s

Hull Plating (fore/mid/aft): 25/27-190/25 mm

Deck Plating (fore/mid/aft): 25/32/25 mm

Citadel Fore Athwartships: 27-180 mm

Citadel Aft Athwartships: 27-180 mm

Turret plating: 150-335 mm

Superstructure: 16 mm

Armor Belt: 32-190 mm

Fore Athwartships: 27-180 mm

Aft Athwartships: 27-180 mm

Citadel Deck Slopes: 25 mm

Citadel Torpedo Bulkhead: 40 mm

Citadel Deck: 30 mm

Citadel Bottom: 40 mm

Torpedo Protection: 19%

Tonnage: 30,390

Main Battery Armament:

2x4 330 mm/50 Mle 1931 on a St.Chamond Mle 1932 mount:

Max Range: 18.1 km

Reload: 30.0 s

Minimum Shell Type Switching Time: 30.0 s

180° Turn Time: 36.0 s

Dispersion at Max Range: 200 m

Sigma: 2.0σ

Shell Types

HE Shells

8x 330 mm HE OEA Mle 1935:

Alpha Damage: 4,800

Alpha Piercing HE: 55.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Air Drag: 0.2926

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 8.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.001

Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0

Shell Diameter: 330 mm

Shell Krupp: 385.0

Shell Mass: 552.0 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 91.0°

Shell Speed: 885.0 m/s

Burn Probability: 35%

AP Shells

8x 330 mm AP OPfK Mle 1935:

Alpha Damage: 10,750

Ammo Type: Armor Piercing

Shell Air Drag: 0.2801

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 6.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.033

Shell Detonator Threshold: 55.0

Shell Diameter: 330 mm

Shell Krupp: 2428.0

Shell Mass: 560.0 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 45.0°

Shell Speed: 870.0 m/s

Combat Instructions: High Explosive Barrage

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Activation Effect

Secondary battery reload time: -70%

Max Secondary battery shell dispersion: -60.0%

Secondary battery HE shell armor penetration capability: +40.0%

Action time: 50 s

Activation conditions

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Hit an enemy ship with a main battery shell: 10.0%

Effect when conditionsare not met

Time before you start losing progress: 50.0 s

Progress loss per second: 5.0%.

Depth Charge Airstrike:

Aircraft: LeO H-470

Aircraft HP: 2000

Max Range: 7 km

Reload: 30 s

Available Flights: 2

No of Aircraft in Attacking Flight: 1

Bombs in Payload: 2x 350 lb Bomb Mk 54

Max Bomb Damage: 4200

Burn Probability: 24%

Secondaries:

8x2 139 mm/50 Mle 1938 in a turret/HE OEA Mle 1927:

Range: 8.0 km

Reload: 6.8 s

Alpha Damage: 2,000

Alpha Piercing HE: 23.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Air Drag: 0.3514

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 68.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.001

Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0

Shell Diameter: 139 mm

Shell Krupp: 360.0

Shell Mass: 40.2 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 91.0°

Shell Speed: 840.0 m/s

Burn Probability: 10%

AA Defence:

Long Range:

8x2 139 mm/50 Mle 1938 in a turret:

Firing range: 6.0 km

Hit Probability: 90 %

Damage by Zone Area AA: 147

Damage Caused by Shell Explosions: 1680

Number of Explosions Per Salvo: 6

Action Zone: 3.5 - 6.0 km

Continuous Damage: soon

Mid Range:

4x4 40 mm Bofors on a Mk.2 mount
4x2 40 mm Bofors on a Mk.1 mount:

Firing range: 3.5 km

Hit Probability: 90 %

Damage by Zone Area AA: 189

Short Range:

18x2 20 mm Oerlikon on a Mk.24 mount:

Firing range: 2.0 km

Hit Probability: 85 %

Damage by Zone Area AA: 228

Mobility:

Maximum speed: 31.5 knots

Turning circle radius: 720 m

Rudder shift time: 13.2 s

Propulsion: 100,000 hp

Visibility:

Surface Detectability: 14.7 km

Air Detectability: 10.5 km

Detectability by enemy subs: 0-10.5 km

Detectability whilst firing in smoke: 12.4 km

Consumables:

Slot 1: Damage Control Party:

Charges: infinite

Action Time: 5 s

Reload Time: 60 s

Slot 2: Hydroacoustic Search:

Charges: 3

Action Time: 100 s

Reload Time: 120 s

Torpedo Detection Range: 3.5 km

Ship Detection Range: 5.0 km

Slot 2: Defensive AA Fire:

Charges: 3

Action time: 40 s

Reload time: 80 s

Average AA damage: +50%;

Damage within the explosion radius of shells fired from medium- and long- range AA defences: 300%

Slot 3: Fighter:

Charges: 3

Action time: 60 s

Reload time: 90 s

Radius: 3 km

Slot 3: Engine Boost:

Charges: 3

Action Time: 180 s

Reload Time: 90 s

Boost: +20%

Slot 4: Repair Party:

Charges: 3

Action Time: 28 s

Reload Time: 60 s

Regeneration: +332 hp/s

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