History Characters / WorldOfWarshipsFrance

* OneSteveLimit: A bizarre example. She was called ''France'' during tests, but was renamed to avoid confusion with the ''fraction'' France as a whole.

* NamesTheSame: Shares her name with the far more famous ''SS Normandie'', a passenger liner often considered to be unsurpassed to this day in terms of raw luxury. She would even be given a "camouflage" scheme in reference to the famous liner.

Tier IV French Battleship. The first series of French dreadnoughts, built in 1910-1914.

Tier V French Battleship

Tier IX French Battleship

Tier X French Battleship

Tier III French Battleship

Tier IV French Battleship

Tier I French Cruiser

Tier II French Cruiser

Tier III French Cruiser

Tier IV French Cruiser

Tier V French Cruiser

Tier VI French Cruiser

Tier VII French Cruiser

Tier VIII French Cruiser of the Heavy Cruiser line. Project [=C5A3=] was a 1938 preliminary design of a new-generation heavy cruiser.

Tier IX French Cruiser of the Heavy Cruiser line. Further evolution of C5 design, authorised in 1940. However, the Fall of France stopped the study, and it was never revisited.

Tier II French Destroyer

Tier III French Destroyer

Tier IV French Destroyer

Tier V French Destroyer

Tier VI French Destroyer

Tier VII French Destroyer

Tier VIII French Destroyer

Tier IX French Destroyer
* MoreDakka: She gets 8 guns, while retaining Main Battery Reload Booster.

Tier X French Destroyer

''Gascogne'' is a premium tier eight battleship. ''Gascogne'' was going to be a the fourth ''Richelieu'' class battleship. Unlike her sisters, she had one turret placed in the rear giving her a more conventional layout. She was canceled due to the fall of France, though talks were already underway of cancelling the two final ''Richelieu'' class ships in favor of building the more powerful ''Alsace'' class.

* FragileSpeedster: Can reach 39 knots ''without'' having the speed boost the later ships in the line get. Even for a French cruiser her survivability is bad for her tier; she has less armor than the same-tier American ''destroyer'' USS ''Nicholas''. Though ironically her armor is ''so'' bad that it's actually a bit of an advantage: citadel penetrations are rare because most AP shells will go through one side and out the other for an overpenetration before triggering the shell's fuse.

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: Though players who originally bought ''Dunkerque'' will be familiar with her layout, as no other ship in the French line has all its guns mounted on the bow.

France was announced as the eighth faction in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarships'', with the first ship being the tier 6 premium battleship ''Dunkerque''. The French cruiser line was realeased in April 2017. The French battleship line was released in February 2018. The French destroyer line was released in August of 2019.

The French tree as a whole can be described as combining MoreDakka and LudicrousSpeed at the expense of almost everything else. Their high-tier cruisers and destroyers feature Main Battery Reload Booster, while battleships mount four-guns turrets. Most of their ships has their already-high base speed enhanced by an Engine Boost, allowing them to flank an enemy or help struggling allies. They pay for it with high visibility, relative fragility and a lack of team-utility consumables, that mostly leaves them the role of long-range fire support.

[[folder:French Cruisers]]

Tier VIII French Cruiser. Project [=C5A3=] was a 1938 preliminary design of a new-generation heavy cruiser.

Tier IX French Cruiser. Further evolution of C5 design, authorised in 1940. However, the Fall of France stopped the study, and it was never revisited.

Tier X French Cruiser. A 'logical continuation' of C5 designs, this ship was made up by developers. While keeping overall structure of previous Tiers, she packs bigger guns and has higher speed.

* GlassCannon: Almost no armor for a tier 10 ship, with only the fore and aft citadel + the turrets being armored.

Warships attributed to the [[UsefulNotes/GaulsWithGrenades Marine Nationale / Free French Navy]] (Forces navales françaises libres) in ''[[VideoGame/WorldOfWarships World of Warships]]''.

* Acrofatic: They feature both high speeds and large size, being designed to fight cruisers. Their engine boost consumable also has a larger top speed increase than other nation's destroyers.
* BFG: They have the second-largest weapons for destroyers at thier tier, capping out at 139mm guns, just short of alternate German Destroyers' 150mm guns.

[[folder:French Premium Ships]]

The second ''Richelieu'' class battleship built, ''Jean Bart'' was the last battleship to be used by a European navy. In game ''Jean Bart'' boasts a version of the main battery reload booster, making her exceedingly effective at destroying unarmored targets.

Tier VIII French Cruiser. Project C5A3 was a 1938 preliminary design of a new-generation heavy cruiser.

Tier VIII French Cruiser

!Saint Louis
Tier IX French Cruiser

Tier X French Cruiser
* {{BFG}} Has the largest guns fitted to a cruiser, save the Graf Spee and the supercruisers.

The [[UsefulNotes/GaulsWithGrenades Marine Nationale / Free French Navy]] (Forces navales françaises libres) was announced as the eighth faction in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarships'', with the first ship being the tier 6 premium battleship ''Dunkerque''. The French cruiser line was realeased in summer 2017. The French battleship line was released in March 2018. The French destroyer line was released in September of 2019

In general:

* BFG: They typically have the largest weapons for destroyers at thier tier, capping out at 139mm guns. These are the largest destroyer weapons that aren't light cruiser guns.

!Cyclone
* SmokeOut: She's one of only two French destroyers that has a smokescreen consumable. ''Le Terrible'' and the French tech tree destroyers do not have this consumable.

French Tier II destroyer.

French Tier III destroyer.

French Tier IV destroyer.

French Tier V destroyer.

!Siroco
French promo premium Tier V destroyer.
* MoreDakka: The lowest tier Ship with access to the Main Battery Reload Booster.

French Tier VI destroyer.

!Aigle
* SmokeOut: As with ''Cyclone'', she gets a smokescreen consumable. However, ''Cyclone'' was a limited-time scenario ship for the ''Operation Dynamo'' event, while ''Aigle'' is a premium ship that can also be used in [=PvP=] matches.

French Tier VII destroyer.

French Tier VIII destroyer.

!Le Terrible
A French ''contre-torpilleur'' (large destroyer) belonging to the ''Le Fantasque'' class, large and very fast destroyers more akin to light cruisers (which is what ''Le Terrible'' was classified as when serving with the Allies after 1942). ''Le Terrible'' in particular reached a speed of 45 knots, becoming the fastest destroyer ever built.
In-game, Le Terrible takes the form of an enormous destroyer with breath-taking speed and massive guns, but no smoke generator.
* {{Irony}}: Le Terrible's name is often a source of jokes from people who think the ship is awful, even after a huge buffing that was desperately needed to change it from something that was completely useless to something that at least had some competitive parity.
* KillItWithFire: One her redeeming features is a base fire chance of ''ten percent.'' That's the same as ''Daring'' and you don't need to use IFHE (which reduces fire chance) on Le Terrible.
* LightningBruiser: La Terrible is the fastest ship in the game with its engine boost running. Its also has a fairly stout hp pool for A t8 DD and can temporarily boost its DPM as high a Hargumo.

!Mogador
French Tier IX destroyer.

French Tier X destroyer.

!Marceau
French Tier X destroyer.

! De Grasse
* BribingYourWayToVictory: Downplayed example. While not an overpowered ship, De Grasse '''is''' an improvement La Galissonnière in terms of firepower (both gun and torpedo) and speed without really sacrificing anything in return, despite them both being at the same tier.
* LightningBruiser: Again by cruiser standards.
* JackOfAllStats: her strength is in her versatility. She boasts neither the best DPM, raw survivability, or AA but she is adequate in all of these aspects.

!In General

!Dunkerque
* FragileSpeedster: As usual for French ships. ''Dunkerque'' was more of a battlecruiser than a battleship, with lighter guns and lighter armor than many ships of her tier. Against broadside fire she melts quickly, though she can reject a staggering amount of fire outright when bows-on.

!Strasbourg
French promo premium Tier VII battleship
* MoreDakka: She's essentially the Dunkerque a tier higher and slightly improved armor. In exchange, she gets the Main Battery Reload Boost consumable.

!Gascogne
''Gascogne'' is a premium tier eight battleship. ''Gascogne'' was going to be a the fourth ''Richelieu'' class battleship. Unlike her sisters, she had one turret placed in the rear giving her a more conventional layout. She was canceled due to the fall of France, though talks were already underway of cancelling the two final ''Richelieu'' class ships in favor of building the more powerful ''Alsace'' class.
* BlingBlingBang: Shares ''Richelieu'''s gilded "Maid of Orleans" camo pattern.
* MasterOfNone: She not better than other ships in anything but speed (where she is tied by ''Richelieu'') and has some faults of her own like her AA and armor. Shes not a particularly glaring example though and falls just short of being a JackOfAllStats.
* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: She also shares ''Richelieu'''s patriotic "Republican" camo.

!Jean Bart
The second ''Richelieu'' class battleship built, ''Jean Bart'' was the last battleship to be used by a European navy. In game ''Jean Bart'' boasts a version of the main battery reload booster, making her exceedingly effective at destroying unarmored targets.
* AntiAir: She has a post war AA suit featuring all large caliber AA guns not unlike Worcester. This means she carries all her AA DPM on her farthest damage circle.
* GlassCannon: The least durable BB at her tier but can devastate anything that gives her a broadside.
* PointDefenseless: Interesting variant, Jean Bart has some of the most devastating long and range medium AA in the game but has no short range at all. To compensate for this her medium can fire much closer than other vessels of her type but she still won't hurt dive bombers that have started an attack run.

* MasterOfNone: Aside from for being (temporarily via NitroBoost) faster and having the best standard AA[[note]]In practice, the Montana will still beat her in AA since American battleships don't have to sacrifice accuracy for AA.[[/note]] she is pretty mediocre. Despite a significantly faster reload than her peers, her low number of guns mean she has a lower DPM than any other tier X BB. She also combines this with pathetic armor vulnerable to HE pens and long range citadel hits.

* UnfortunateNames: While its intended mean "The terrible one" (in a threatening sense, not in the sense that it's garbage), jokes by people who think the ship under-performs write themselves.

! MoreDakka: Seh'es essentally the Dunkerque a tier higher and slightly improved armor. In exchange, she gets the Main Battery Reload Boost consumable.

* NitroBoost: The mid-high tier French Cruisers get access to the Engine Boost consumable, normally only found on destroyers. This gives them some pretty impressive straight line speed. Thier version gets 15% more speed compared to the normal 10%.

* LightningBruiser: Quite unusually for the French. She is the only tier seven cruiser with anything close to proper armor and is the fastest of them with her speed boost going. Don't expect to fight [=BBs=] solo tough.

[[folder:France Destroyers]]

[[folder:France Cruisers]]

[[folder:France Battleships]]

* {{BFG}} Has the largest guns fitted to a cruiser, save the Graf Spee and the cruisers-in-name-only Kronshtadt and Stalingrad.

''Gascogne'' is a premium tier eight battleship in world of warships. ''Gascogne'' was going to be a the fourth ''Richelieu'' class battleship. Unlike her sisters, she had one turret placed in the rear giving her a more conventional layout. She was canceled due to the fall of France, though talks were already underway of cancelling the two final ''Richelieu'' class ships in favor of building the more powerful ''Alsace'' class.
* BlingBlingBang: Shares ''Richelieu'''s "Made of Orleans" gilded Maid of Orleans" camo pattern.

The second ''Richelieu'' class battleship built, ''Jean Bart'' was the last battleship to be used by European navy. In game ''Jean Bart'' boasts a version of the main battery reload booster, making her exceedingly effective at destroying unarmored targets.

* PointDefenseless: Interesting variant, Jean Bart has some of the most devastating long and range medium AA in the game but has no short range at all. To compensate for this her medium can fire much closer than other vessels of her type but she still won't hurt dive bombers that have started and attack run.

The [[UsefulNotes/GaulsWithGrenades Marine Nationale / Free French Navy]] (Forces navales françaises libres) was announced as the eighth faction in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarships'', with the first ship being the tier 6 premium battleship ''Dunkerque''. The French cruiser line is scheduled for summer 2017. The French battleship line was released in March 2018.

* UnfortunateNames: While its intended mean "The terrible one" (in a threatening sense, not in the sense that it's garbage), jokes by people who think the ship under-performans write themselves.

* UnfortunateNames: While its intended mean "The terrible one" (in a threatening sense, not in the sense that it's garbage), jokes about the ship's under-performance write themselves.
* WeaksauceWeakness: '''''No smokescreen'''''. Le Terrible is unique in this regard, being the only destroyer released so far without smokescreen. You better not be spotted at close range to a fast-firing light cruiser, or Le Terrible is already dead.