Carrier

Carrier and its 15 variants — real stats and unlock techs for HOI4 v1.19, mined from the game files.

Carrier variant comparison (15 variants)
Stat	Carrier I carrier_1	Converted Battleship ship_hull_carrier_conversion_bb	Converted Cruiser ship_hull_carrier_conversion_ca	Carrier II carrier_2	Escort Carrier escort_carrier	Basic Carrier ship_hull_carrier_1	Escort Carrier ship_hull_escort_carrier	Carrier III carrier_3	Improved Carrier ship_hull_carrier_2	Carrier IV carrier_4	$ship_hull_mega_carrier$ mega_carrier	Advanced Carrier ship_hull_carrier_3	Ice Carrier ship_hull_mega_carrier	Modern Carrier ship_hull_carrier_modern	$ship_hull_carrier_modern$ modern_carrier
Year	1922	1922	1922	1936	1936	1936	1936	1940	1940	1944	1944	1944	1944	1948	1954
Unlocked by	Early Carrier (Carrier I)	Deck Conversions	Deck Conversions	Basic Carrier (Carrier II)	—	1936 Carrier Hull	—	Carrier III	Improved Carrier	Carrier IV	—	Advanced Carrier	—	—	—
Can Be Produced	If [object Object], Else [object Object]	If [object Object], Else [object Object]	If [object Object], Else [object Object]	If [object Object], Else [object Object]	If [object Object], Else [object Object]	If [object Object], Else [object Object]	If [object Object], Else [object Object]	If [object Object], Else [object Object]	If [object Object], Else [object Object]	If [object Object], Else [object Object]	If [object Object], Else [object Object]	If [object Object], Else [object Object]	If [object Object], Else [object Object]	If [object Object], Else [object Object]	If [object Object], Else [object Object]
Lg Armor Piercing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lg Attack	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hg Armor Piercing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hg Attack	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Torpedo Attack	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sub Attack	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anti Air Attack	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	0	10	0	0	0	0	10
Armor Value	7	0	0	9	0	0	0	11	0	13	0	0	0	0	13
Surface Detection	10	20	20	10	26	20	20	20	20	30	20	20	20	20	30
Sub Detection	5	1	1	5	5	1	1	5	1	5	1	1	1	1	5
Surface Visibility	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	40	30	40	30	30
Naval Speed	25.5	25	22.5	26	22	26	22	27	26	28.5	18	26	18	30	32
Reliability	0.7	0.65	0.65	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.85	0.75	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.85	0.9
Naval Range	3000	3000	3000	4000	3000	3500	3000	5000	4250	6000	7000	5000	7000	7500	8000
Max Strength	250§	325	125	325	175	250	175	350	325	400	350	350	350	400	475
Fuel Consumption	87	70	60	70	87	70	50	70	70	70	95	70	90	72	94
Offensive Weapons	false	false	false	false	false	false	false	false	false	false	false	false	false	false	false
Build Cost Ic	3750	2700	2700	4500	1500	2094	1250	5250	2600	6000	4500	3250	4500	4250	6500
Resources	Steel 3, Chromium 1	Steel 4, Chromium 1	Steel 3, Chromium 1	Steel 4, Chromium 1	Steel 2, Chromium 1	Chromium 1	Steel 3	Steel 4, Chromium 2	Steel 5, Chromium 2	Steel 5, Chromium 2	Steel 5, Chromium 2	Steel 6, Chromium 2	Steel 8, Chromium 2	Steel 6, Chromium 3	Steel 5, Chromium 2
Manpower	4500	3500	1000	5000	2500	4000	1500	5500	4500	6000	6000	5000	6000	6000	7000
Naval Dominance Factor	300	250	200	300	2.4	300	175	300	325	300	300	350	350	400	300
Naval Weather Penalty Factor	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Carrier Size	4	undefined	undefined	6	3	undefined	undefined	8	undefined	10	undefined	undefined	undefined	undefined	10
Abbreviation	undefined	had	hae	undefined	undefined	haa	hacve	undefined	hab	undefined	had	hac	hamc	hacm	undefined
Can Convert From	undefined	0 ship_hull_heavy_1, 1 ship_hull_heavy_2, 2 ship_hull_heavy_3, 3 ship_hull_heavy_4, 4 ship_hull_super_heavy_1	0 ship_hull_cruiser_1, 1 ship_hull_cruiser_2, 2 ship_hull_cruiser_3, 3 ship_hull_cruiser_4, 4 ship_hull_cruiser_panzerschiff	undefined	undefined	undefined	undefined	undefined	undefined	undefined	undefined	undefined	undefined	undefined	undefined
Visual Tech Level Addition	undefined	undefined	undefined	undefined	undefined	2	undefined	undefined	undefined	undefined	undefined	undefined	undefined	undefined	undefined
Model	undefined	undefined	undefined	undefined	undefined	undefined	undefined	undefined	undefined	undefined	ship_hull_ice_carrier	undefined	ship_hull_ice_carrier	ship_hull_super_carrier	ship_hull_super_carrier

Country-specific names

Carrier I: ENG Courageous Class, FRA Béarn Class, GER Flugzeugdampfer I, ITA Giuseppe Miraglia Class, JAP Kaga Class, SOV Ismail Class, USA Lexington Class, AST Courageous Class, CAN Courageous Class, NZL Courageous Class, RAJ Courageous Class, SAF Courageous Class, VIC Béarn Class, POL Jan Sobieski Class
Carrier II: ENG Ark Royal Class, FRA Joffre Class, GER Seydlitz Class, ITA Falco Class, JAP Soryu Class, SOV Krasnyi Vozdukh, USA Ranger Class, AST Ark Royal Class, CAN Ark Royal Class, NZL Ark Royal Class, RAJ Ark Royal Class, SAF Ark Royal Class, VIC Joffre Class, POL Zygmunt Waza Class
Carrier III: ENG Illustrious Class, FRA Jean Bart Class, GER Graf Zeppelin Class, ITA Aquila Class, JAP Shokaku Class, SOV Project 71B, USA Essex Class, AST Illustrious Class, CAN Illustrious Class, NZL Illustrious Class, RAJ Illustrious Class, SAF Illustrious Class, VIC Jean Bart Class, POL Stanisław August Class
Carrier IV: ENG Implacable Class, FRA Clemenceau Class, GER Europa Class, ITA Sparviero Class, JAP Taiho Class, SOV Project 72, USA Midway Class, AST Implacable Class, CAN Implacable Class, NZL Implacable Class, RAJ Implacable Class, SAF Implacable Class, VIC Clemenceau Class, POL Fryderyk August Class