Paris
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Description
Battleship Paris was the third of the Courbet class, a third dreadnought launched for the French Navy in September 1912. She spent World War One assisting the army of the Montenegro with shore bombardments and blockading the Strait of Otranto. Following the end of the war she assisted Spanish forces in Morocco during the French intervention in the Rif War. In 1931, she became a training ship and underwent two modernisations before the beginning of the Second World War. With the outbreak of the war she was transferred to the Atlantic, and, following the German invasion, she assisted the French forces at the Somme river front. She then moved to defend the port of Le Havre in Normandy from Luftwaffe attacks until she was hit by a bomb on 11 June 1940. She moved under her own power to Brest, but as the French surrender neared, she sailed to Plymouth in the UK with 2,800 men onboard. Until the end of the war she served as a depot ship for the British navy and as a barracks ship for the Polish navy. In August 1945 she was towed into Brest where she continued her service as a depot ship until her scrapping in 1956.
The Paris was introduced in Update "La Royale". Compared to the direct counterparts, she has a better damage output in exchange for a somewhat worse armour protection. Her biggest highlight is the damage output of the AP shells, if those shells manage to penetrate the target. She's best used in a typical role for a World War One-origin battleships: pushing the capture points and fighting with her direct counterparts.
General info
Survivability and armour
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Mobility
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| Upgraded | 47 | 29 | |
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| Upgraded | 40 | 25 | |
Modifications and economy
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Armament
Primary armament
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Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm) | |||||
| 1,000 m | 2,500 m | 5,000 m | 7,500 m | 10,000 m | 15,000 m | ||
| OEA Mle 1927 HE | HE | 66 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 66 |
| OPF Mle 1910 APC | APC | 460 | 410 | 341 | 286 | 243 | 190 |
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Fuse sensitivity (mm) |
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| OEA Mle 1927 HE | HE | 905 | 308 | 0 | 0.1 | 27.72 | 79° | 80° | 81° | |||
| OPF Mle 1910 APC | APC | 798 | 428.35 | 0.03 | 17 | 18.11 | 48° | 63° | 71° | |||
Secondary armament
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| Ammunition | Type of warhead |
Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm) | |||||
| 1,000 m | 2,500 m | 5,000 m | 7,500 m | 10,000 m | 15,000 m | ||
| OEA Mle 1919 HE | HE | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 |
| OPF Mle 1910 SAP | Common | 67 | 49 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 |
| OPF Mle 1921 SAPBC | SAPBC | 73 | 62 | 47 | 35 | 34 | 34 |
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Velocity (m/s) |
Projectile mass (kg) |
Fuse delay (s) |
Fuse sensitivity (mm) |
Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (kg) |
Ricochet | |||||
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| OEA Mle 1919 HE | HE | 840 | 31.5 | 0 | 0.1 | 3.41 | 79° | 80° | 81° | |||
| OPF Mle 1910 SAP | Common | 830 | 36.5 | 0.05 | 6 | 2.93 | 47° | 60° | 65° | |||
| OPF Mle 1921 SAPBC | SAPBC | 790 | 39.5 | 0.05 | 6 | 2.93 | 48° | 63° | 71° | |||
Anti-aircraft armament
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Usage in battles
Paris is best used much in the same way other BR 6.3 battleships are - to push the capture points and eliminate counterparts or heavy cruisers. Due to the inadequate penetration of the AP shells it will struggle against the battleships in the higher BRs, thus they are best avoided. A decent number of the anti-air guns can provide a great protection against torpedo boats, while the SAP-equipped casemate guns are relatively good at countering enemy destroyers. Still, the vessel at its core is still a World War One-era battleship, making it vulnerable to enemy airplanes and concentrated enemy fire.
Pros and cons
Pros:
- Exceptional damage per minute with the AP shells, though they lack penetration to deal with some of the more heavily armoured targets
- Above average damage per minute with the HE shells
- Above average anti-air armament for a World War One-era battleship
- High crew count
- Bow magazines are deep below the waterline protected by two layers of armour
Cons:
- Overall average or below average armour compared to the contemporaries
- A very narrow angle (only 5°) in which both wing turrets can be used to shoot at the enemy directly ahead or behind the ship
- Aft and central magazines are right below the water line, making them more likely to explode
History
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Media
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See also
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- reference to the series of the ship;
- links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.
External links
- [Wikipedia] French battleship Paris
- [uboat.net] FR Paris
- [NAVYPEDIA] COURBET battleships (1913 - 1914)
| Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée (FCM) | |
|---|---|
| Ships | |
| Destroyers | |
| Aigle-class | Vautour |
| Le Fantasque-class | Le Malin |
| Battleships | |
| Courbet-class | Paris |
| Tanks | |
| Light tank | FCM.36 |
| Heavy tank | 2C · 2C bis |
| France battleships | |
|---|---|
| Courbet-class | Courbet · Paris |
| Bretagne-class | Bretagne · Lorraine |
| Dunkerque-class | Dunkerque |
