Karl XIV Johan
Tier IX · Battleship · Europe · Premium
Rating S+ (Top of the class within its tier and class · overall score 90) · High-firepower battleship
High-firepower battleship. Its AP main battery DPM of 60,111 is 17% above the same-tier battleship average. Effective HP of 69,114 is 9% above average, and evasive handling help it last. Key skills: Sonar II ×2 (4.5 km, 25 s); Secondary Overload I ×3 (secondary reload +25%, secondary range +20%, 15 s). Dispersion at 12 km is about 364 m, 9% wider than average, so shoot from closer or wait for broadsides.
Key stats
- HP: 58,056
- Top speed: 29.61 kn
- Surface detectability: 10.8 km
- Main battery: 305 mm 4X3 · reload 19.5 s · range 13.68 km
Under the Treaty of Versailles, the German Navy was limited to ships with a displacement of no more than 10,000 tons; however, these restrictions did not extend to the construction of ships intended for other nations. After World War I, Germany was left with several hundred unfinished ships. Some were completed and sold abroad. Sweden, driven to bolster its naval forces, could have explored the possibility of acquiring and completing a German battleship.