Châteaurenault: Tier X French Premium Destroyer
Châteaurenault began life as the Capitani Romani class cruiser Attillio Regolo, which entered Italian Navy service in May 1942. In November 1942, she was torpedoed by the submarine HMS Unruffled, which forced her into dock for several months. Following the Italian armistice, she was interned in Spain. After the war, she was transferred along with her sister Scipione Africano to the Marine Nationale and renamed to Châteaurenault.
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Key Features
Châteaurenault, rebuilt between 1951-1954, is an anti-aircraft escort destroyer. Her main battery consists of three twin 105mm mounts, similar to those on the X Z-42, with improved AP alpha damage and HE shell penetration. She is armed with 12 torpedoes in four triple launchers, featuring excellent forward-firing arcs due to their placement well forward. As a relatively large destroyer, she has a good HP pool for her tier and benefits from French destroyer saturation mechanics. She is equipped with a strong AA armament and access to the Defensive AA Fire consumable.
Battle Tips
Use her good top speed and improved Engine Boost consumable to quickly reposition and surprise enemies. Her agility is key to effectively using her torpedoes, which have a 9km range but suffer a damage drop-off past 6km; committing to closer attacks will yield full damage. The arrangement of her main battery, with two of the three twin mounts mounted aft, makes aggressive gun attacks difficult to execute. Without a Smoke Generator, rely on her survivability and AA defense to fend off Aircraft Carriers when needed. Overall, play her as an aggressive, large torpedo destroyer, using her speed and armament to press attacks, while falling back on her reasonable main battery when necessary.
Ship Info:
Ship Name: 
X Châteaurenault
Level: 10
WG Introduction: October 27, 2025
Rarity Level: Soon
Base Value: 
soon
Estimated Release: 15.0
Nation: France
Current Development Status: Work in Progress
Note: Basic WG devs stats, I will update the stats when they become available ~November 6th.
Armor:
Hit Points: 26,800 hp
Overall: 19 mm
Main Battery Armament:
3 x 2 105 mm
Firing range: 12.4 km
Reload time: 3.3 s
180-degree turn time: 10.0 s
Maximum dispersion: 108 m
Sigma: 2.0σ
Shell Types:
HE Shells:
6x 105 mm
Alpha Damage: 1,200
Alpha Piercing HE: 26.0 mm
Ammo Type: High Explosive
Shell Speed: 900.0 m/s
Burn Probability: 5%
AP Shells:
6x 105 mm
Alpha Damage: 2,300
Ammo Type: Armor Piercing
Shell Speed: 900.0 m/s
Depth Charges:
Maximum damage: 3,400
Charges: 2
Bombs per charge: 12
Reload time: 40 s
Torpedo Armament:
4 x 1 550 mm
Maximum damage: 19,500
Range: 9.0 km
Reload time: 110 s
Speed: 75 kt
Launcher 180-degree turn time: 7.2 s
Torpedo detectability: 1.8 km
AA Defense:
Long-Range:
3 x 2 105 mm
Continuous damage per second: 67
Hit probability: 100 %
Action zone: 5.2 km
Number of explosions in a salvo: 4
Damage within an explosion: 1540
Continuous damage: soon
Action zone 3.5 - 5.2 km
Mid-Range:
5 x 2 57 mm
Continuous damage per second: 238
Hit probability: 100 %
Action zone: 3.8 km
Mobility:
Maximum speed: 41.0 kt
Turning circle radius: 770 m
Rudder shift time: 4.3 s
Propulsion: soon hp
Detection:
Surface detectability: 7.8 km
Air detectability: 3.7 km
Detectability after firing main guns in smoke : 2.7 km
Available Consumables:
Slot 1: Damage Control Party
Charges: Unlimited
Work time: 5s
Reload time: 40
Slot 2: Engine Boost
Charges: 3
Action time: 180 s
Reload time: 90
Speed boost: +20%
Slot 3: Torpedo Reload Booster
Charges: 2
Action time: 1 s
Torpedo reload time: 8 s
Reload time: 240 s
Slot 4: Defensive AA Fire
Charges: 4
Action time: 40 s
Average AA damage +50%
Damage within the explosion radius of shells fired from medium- and long-range AA defenses: 300%
Reload time: 80 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.
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.
