Béarn

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Type	Aircraft Carrier
Class	Béarn
Nation	France
Voice	None
Level 1 HP	22146
Level 1 Weight Cap	1929
Vestures to Rescue	63 (57)
Traits	Boastful Fun-Loving

The only completed ship of the Normandie class; her four sisters were broken up and used to finish her. Sabotaged in the French Antilles to keep her out of Vichy hands. Used as a barracks ship postwar until 1966 and scrapped a year later. She never once launched her planes in anger.

— In-game description

Béarn is a French Belle available at the start of the game, September '39

Vestures

Vesture Type	Vesture Name	XP	Stat 1	Stat 2
Accoutrement	Musketeer's Powder Flask	400	Quarterdeck Depth	None
Good Luck Charm	Tambourin de Béarn Case	400	Crit Defense: Turret LB2	None
Honor	Key to the City of Pau	400	Gun AA Damage: MB1	None
Library	Tales of the Heptaméron	1100	Scout Structure	None
Music	Albert Roussel, "Bacchus et Ariane"	1100	Fighter Structure	None
Recreation	Armagnac Brandy	1100	Fighter Weight	None

Where Vestures Drop

Campaign Maps are permanent. Event Maps may no longer be available, see their active dates. An Event Map with no dates lacks start/end data.

HQ Level	Map Name	Map Type	Start	End
60	Delusion in the Bay of Biscay	Campaign Map	N/A	N/A
65	Montevideo	Campaign Map	N/A	N/A
75	The Raiders of Iceland	Campaign Map	N/A	N/A
110	Sea Wolves at the Gate	Campaign Map	N/A	N/A
140	Por la neutralidad!	Campaign Map	N/A	N/A
40	The Norwegian Mission	Event Map	2023-05-24	2023-06-24
45	The Fishing Trips	Event Map	2023-04-08	2023-04-24
50	After the Fall of Benghazi	Event Map	2023-04-08	2023-04-24
60	Snow on the Canarias	Event Map	2023-03-09	2023-03-24
75	The East Hudson Hunt	Event Map	2023-05-09	2023-05-24
120	The Treasure of Svalbard	Event Map	N/A	N/A

Stock Stats

Level 1 Hull Points	22146
Speed	21.5
Refit Capacity	43
Weight capacity	1929
Reserves	6
Waterline Length	559.711
Mean Beam	71.129
Mean Height	78.5
Sortie Cost	11
Compartments	5
Horizontal Armor: Citadel	0.935
Horizontal Armor: Conn	0.475
Horizontal Armor: Fore & Aft	0.475
Horizontal Armor: Superstructure	0.475
Vertical Armor: Barbette	0.415
Vertical Armor: Citadel	2.614
Vertical Armor: Conn	0.415
Vertical Armor: Fore & Aft	0.415
Vertical Armor: Superstructure	0.415

Starting Equipment

Main Battery 1

Item Type	Item Name
Director	Château Central Normandie
Rangekeeper	Mle 1923B
RDF	Not Equipped

Position	Barrels	Naval Gun
Casemate	1	8x 155mm/50 Mle 1920

Main Battery 2

Item Type	Item Name
Director	Not Equipped
Rangekeeper	Not Equipped
RDF	Not Equipped

Position	Barrels	Naval Gun
N/A	N/A	--

Main Battery 3

Item Type	Item Name
Director	Not Equipped
Rangekeeper	Not Equipped
RDF	Not Equipped

Position	Barrels	Naval Gun
N/A	N/A	--

Light Battery I-III

Group	Position	Light Gun
I	Wing	6x 75mm/50 Mle 1924
II	Wing	8x 37mm/50 Mle 25
III	N/A	Not Equipped

Torpedoes

ASDIC	N/A
Quarterdeck	N/A
Torpedo #1	4x 55cm 23DT Single Wing
Torpedo #2	N/A
Torpedo #3	N/A

Aircraft

Hangar Limit	Unknown
Hangar 1	18x Dewoitine D.373
Hangar 2	9x Levasseur PL 7 16m50
Hangar 3	9x Loire-Nieuport LN.401
Hangar 4	9x Dewoitine D.373
Deck Limit	Unknown
Deck	N/A
Deck	N/A
Deck	N/A
Deck	N/A
Air Warning RDF	N/A

Character Information

Personality and traits

Her story hasn't been documented, yet...

Tombstone quotes

Heroic	She left the world a little bit more beautiful.
Tragic	Don't think she died for nothing. She'll haunt you.

Character Trivia

No trivia noted yet!

Voice Lines

See Béarn/VoiceLines.

In-Game Historical Information

Commissioned	1927
Service	5.27.1927 - 5.31.1967
Namesake	Béarn
Sisters	None
Notable Sisters	None
Builder	La Seyne-sur-Mer Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Fate	Scrapped

History Trivia

• She was the only aircraft carried produced by France until after World War II, and the only ship of her class built.