Prinz Adalbert: Tier X German Heavy Cruiser 1945

Super-heavy cruiser, representing a hypothetical further development of the idea of a powerful ocean raider armed with "battleship" guns. The ship's main armament, nine 350 mm guns, is complemented by dual-purpose and anti-aircraft artillery systems that were under development in Germany in the early 1940s.

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Secondaries Instruction

Along with the release of this branch, WG Devs are introducing an often-requested mechanic - manual control of your Secondary Battery. This feature will launch with the new German cruisers—starting from  VIII Knesebeck,  IX Manteuffel and  IX Manteuffel —but that does not mean it will be solely a feature of this line, as other ships in the future may also benefit from this new ability.

Important elements to note when controlling secondary batteries:

• You will be able to swap between main and secondary battery controls, like you do with other types of armament, for example, between main battery guns and torpedoes.
• When they are not being manually controlled, they act the same as other secondary batteries.
• Your main guns will track the crosshair while you are operating the secondary battery.
• When switching to manual control of your secondaries, their characteristics may change compared to automatic mode.
• For these cruisers, this results in a small buff to the range of secondary guns.
• While manual control is active, the secondary mounts that don't have an angle of fire on the crosshair will not automatically target or fire upon enemy ships.

All signals and skills that impact secondaries will continue to function as they currently do.

Ship Info

Ship name:   X Prinz Adalbert

Level:  10

WG introduction:  June 5th, 2025

Estimated release: 14.8

Status during testing and Early Access:  Prinz Adalbert

Nation:  Germany

Current development status: Work in Progress

Armor

Hit Points: 63,900 hp

Overall Armour: 16-320 mm

Fires Duration: 60 s

Hull Plating (fore/mid/aft): 27/30-200/27 mm

Deck Plating (fore/mid/aft): 27/30/27 mm

Turret Plating: 110-320 mm

Superstructure: 16 mm

Fore Athwartships: 30 mm

Aft Athwartships: 30 mm

Citadel Fore Athwartships: 100 mm

Citadel Aft Athwartships: 100 mm

Armor Belt: 100-200 mm

Citadel Torpedo Bulkhead: 60 mm

Citadel Deck: 60 mm

Armored Deck Slopes: 100 mm

Citadel Bottom: 40 mm

Tonnage: 36,207

Torpedo Protection, Damage Reduction: 37%

Main Battery Armament

3x3 350 mm/45 SK C/14 on a Drh LC/1919 mount:

Range: 18.2 km

Reload: 27.0 s

180° Turn Time: 30.0 s

Dispersion at Max Range: 201 m

Sigma: 2.10σ

Shell Types

HE Shells

9x 350 mm Spr.Gr. L/4.4 Bdz:

Alpha Damage: 4,000

Alpha Piercing HE: 88.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Air Drag: 0.253

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 8.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.001

Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0

Shell Diameter: 350 mm

Shell Krupp: 385.0

Shell Mass: 600.0 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 91.0°

Shell Speed: 815.0 m/s

Burn Probability: 27%

AP Shells

9x 350 mm P.Spr.Gr. L/3.8350 mm P.Spr.Gr. L/3.8:

Alpha Damage: 10,500

Ammo Type: Armor Piercing

Shell Air Drag: 0.253

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 6.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.033

Shell Detonator Threshold: 59.0

Shell Diameter: 350 mm

Shell Krupp: 2550.0

Shell Mass: 600.0 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 45.0°

Shell Speed: 815.0 m/s

Secondaries Instruction

Secondary Battery High-Explosive (HE) Shells - Press in battle

Effective against lightly armored targets. These shells can cause fires and have high chances of incapacitating modules.

Secondary battery operates in two modes: automatic and manual. Manual mode provides better performance.

Maximum Range in Manual Mode: 9.0 km

Maximum Range in Automatic Mode: 8.3 km

Secondaries

4x3 150 mm:

Max HE Shell Damage: 1700

Range: 8.3 km

Reload: 6.3 s

Alpha Piercing HE: 38.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Speed: 960.0 m/s

Burn Probability: 8%

9x2 128 mm:

Max HE Shell Damage: 1500

Range: 8.3 km

Reload: 3.6 s

Alpha Piercing HE: 32.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Speed: 900.0 m/s

Burn Probability: 5%

Depth Charge Airstrike

Plane: Fw.200 Condor

Plane HP: 2000 hp

Range: 8.0 km

Reload: 30.0 s

Number of Bombs in Payload: 2x SC-300

Maximum bomb damage: 4900

Available flights: 2

Number of Aircraft in Attacking Flight: 1

Chance of causing fire: 28.0%

Torpedoes

2×5 533 mm Fünfling/G7a T2:

Range: 9.5 km

Reload: 110.0 s

Max Damage: 14,400

Speed: 65 kts

180 degree turn time: 7.2 s

Torpedo detectability: 1.3 km

AA Defence

Long Range:

9x2 128.0 mm:

Firing range:  6.0 km

Hit Probability:  90%

Damage Within an Explosion:  1610

Damage by long-range AA guns:  130

Number of Explosions Per Salvo:  6

Continuous Damage: soon

Action Zone:  3.5 - 6.0 km

Mid Range:

6x2 55.0 mm:

Firing range:  4.0 km

Damage by mid-range AA guns:  242

Hit Probability:  90%

Short Range:

14x2 30.0 mm:

Firing range:  3.0 km

Damage by mid-range AA guns:  280

Hit Probability:  85%

Mobility

Maximum speed: 33.0 knots

Turning circle radius: 900 m

Rudder shift time: 14.1 s

Propulsion: 160,000 hp

Detection

Surface Detectability: 14.7 km

Air Detectability: 9.6 km

Detectability by enemy subs: 0-9.6 km

Detectability whilst firing in smoke: 13.0 km

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: 319.5 p/s

Slot 3: Hydroacoustic Search:

Charges: 3

Action time: 120 s

Reload Time: 120 s

Sub spotting range at max depth: 2.0 km

Detection Range Torpedoes: 4.0 km

Detection Range Ships: 6.0 km

Slot 3: Defensive AA:

Charges: 3

Action time: 40 s

Reload Time: 80 s

Average AA Damage: +50%

Damage from medium- and long range Shell Explosions: +300%

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

Important: All information in this post is 'Work in Progress', the announced adjustments and features may undergo multiple changes during testing, all changes will be added to this post immediately after they become available, the final details will be officially published and labelled in the ship info as 'Released' on this post.