H-43 Battleship (Ultimate H-Class Study - 111,000 Tons!)
ULTIMATE FANTASY - 1943 Study! - 111,000 tons standard, 125,000 tons full load (ULTIMATE!). Pure fantasy (complete disconnect!). 8× 50.8cm (20") guns in 4× twin turrets (LARGER than any gun ever fitted!). 2,200 kg shells (ULTIMATE!). 30 kts, 11,000+ nm range. Ultimate armor (380mm belt, 480mm turrets, 200mm deck!). 1,042.7 ft long (318m - LONGER than 3 football fields!). Studied 1943 (WHILE Third Reich collapsed!). During Battle of Kursk (Germany's last offensive FAILED!). Hamburg destroyed (July 1943). U-boats withdrawn (May 1943 "Black May"). Italy surrendered (Sept 1943). Fuel/manpower crises! Would need ~400m slipway (NONE!). 6+ years construction (Germany surrendered in 2!). Steel = ~200+ U-boats OR ~2,000 Panther tanks OR ~10,000 Bf 109s! Fuel = Germany's ENTIRE monthly production! NO port could handle it! Too large for Baltic (trapped!). RAF/USAAF would sink in hours (Tallboy bombs!). ABSOLUTE INSANITY - national collapse delusion!
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 53400 t
- Displacement (full)
- 125000 t
- Length
- 872.7 ft
- Beam
- 121.4 ft
- Crew
- 3500+ (estimated)
- Ships built
- 0 (pure fantasy study, never planned)
- Commissioned
- Never (fantasy project only)
- Decommissioned
- Never built
Performance
- Top speed
- 30 kn
- Range
- 15000 nm at 19 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- "8× 50.8cm SK C/34 guns" (4× twin turrets - 20-INCH!)
- Secondary guns
- "12× 15cm SK C/28 guns" (6× twin turrets fantasy)
- Torpedoes
- None
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 380mm (15 inches - ULTIMATE!)
- Deck
- 200mm (7.9 inches - ULTIMATE!)
In-Game
- Tier
- T4
- Game power
- 92.22
- Research cost
- 32,461
- Credit cost
- 64,554
Notable
- **ULTIMATE H-CLASS FANTASY!** (111,000 tons!)
- 111,000 tons standard, 125,000 tons full load (ULTIMATE!)
- Pure fantasy study (complete disconnect from reality!)
- 8× 50.8cm (20") guns in 4× twin turrets (LARGER than any gun ever fitted!)
- 2,200 kg armor-piercing shells (ULTIMATE firepower!)
- 30 knots maximum speed (230,000+ shp turbines - fantasy!)
- 11,000+ nm range at 19 knots (estimated)
- Ultimate armor: 380mm belt, 480mm turrets, 200mm deck!
- 1,042.7 ft length (318m - LONGER than 3 football fields!)
- Studied **1943** (WHILE Third Reich collapsed!)
- During/after Battle of Kursk (July 1943) - Germany's last offensive FAILED!
- Hamburg destroyed by firestorm (July 1943)
- U-boats withdrawn from Atlantic (May 1943 "Black May")
- Italy surrendered (September 1943)
- Studied while Germany had catastrophic fuel/manpower crises!
- Would need ~400m slipway (NONE EXISTED!)
- Construction would take 6+ years (Germany surrendered in 2!)
- Steel = ~200+ Type VII U-boats OR ~2,000 Panther tanks OR ~10,000 Bf 109s!
- Fuel requirements = Germany's ENTIRE monthly fuel production!
- NO port in Germany could handle it!
- Too large for Baltic exits (permanently trapped!)
- RAF/USAAF would sink it in hours (Tallboy bombs available!)
- **ABSOLUTE INSANITY** - studied during national collapse!
- Ultimate example of disconnect from reality!
- Even Kriegsmarine officers considered it insane!