This design was armed with ten 305 mm guns in two triple and one quadruple turret. No shipyard in France was able to build such massive ships and so the idea was abandoned.Ī follow-on design, much smaller, was then proposed called “Croiseur protégé de 23 690 tonnes”. In essence, these designs were pretty much an enlarged version of the Suffren-class. The new “Croiseur de Bataille de 37 000 tonnes” was a massive battlecruiser armed with twelve 305 mm guns in three quadruple turrets for the A design and six 406 mm guns in three twin turrets for the B1 design. With the potential future threat of the German Deutschland-class Panzerschiffe, the 17 500 tons design was abandoned in favor of a much larger one. The initial design was calling for a 17 500 tons battlecruiser armed with a main battery consisting of two quadruple turrets with 305 mm guns and with both turrets at the front. In 1926, in an effort to counter the Italian Trento-class heavy cruisers, the Chief of the Naval General Staff, Admiral Henri Salaun requested a new series of capital ships. The Carnot is based on two preliminary designs for the Dunkerque-class battleships of the French Marine Nationale. Is she worth it? Is it a tier IX Henri IV? Is the 25 seconds reload time compensated by the rest of her characteristics? Here is my opinion on it.
You will find Carnot in the Armory for 228 000 Coal or 19 300 doubloons as well as in the Premium Shop. Camarades, Compagnons! The day has come! The first French high-tier battlecruiser is now available to purchase.
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