Dupleix
Tier VI · Cruiser · France · Premium
Rating B (Average within its tier and class · overall score 52) · Gunnery cruiser
Gunnery cruiser, suited to tanking. 28,813 effective HP and good protection keep it alive, but big guns overmatch its ends, so be careful tanking bow-in. Its AP broadside of 6,808 is 25% above average, so every salvo hits hard. Key skills: Engine Accelerator II ×2 (top speed +12%, 25 s); Rapid Reload II ×2 (main battery reload +43%, 20 s); Air Defense Alert I ×2. Its 10.0 km range is short, so use islands and fight inside 9 km.
Key stats
- HP: 26,220
- Top speed: 31.69 kn
- Surface detectability: 8.34 km
- Main battery: 203 mm 4X2 · reload 11 s · range 10.02 km
Suffren-class heavy cruiser. An order was given to reinforce the armor to protect her from 155 mm shells at distances of up to 18,000 m. After joining the ranks, Dupleix was assigned to the 1st Light Division of the 1st Squadron in Toulon, and she was later transferred to the 1st Cruiser Division. With the outbreak of hostilities, the cruiser participated in patrol and escort missions, as well as in raids on Genoa. After the capitulation of France, Dupleix made almost no trips out to sea.