Gdańsk

13.3

Destroyer | Europe | Tier X

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20,000,000

Gdańsk — European Tier X destroyer.

Based on the notion of Polish ships achieving superiority over their enemy counterparts through quality rather than quantity, Poland designed the "crusader" ship class—large destroyers that would be capable of taking on even light cruisers. In the late 1930s, several projects for such ships were being considered in Gdynia. The Mogador-class destroyers were suitable for the purpose as they were comparable to light cruisers in certain parameters and outmatched them in others (for example, in speed). Had ships of this class been built in France, the destroyers that survived the war would have been reequipped in the 1950s and 1960s with Soviet air defense systems, radars, and torpedoes.

Gdańsk was first released for sale on DD MMM YYYY.

Modules

	Rate of Fire (shots/min)	180° Turn Time (sec)	Maximum Dispersion (m)	Maximum HE Shell Damage (HP)	Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell (%)	Maximum AP Shell Damage (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
139 mm/50 Mle 1934/1929 on an Mle 1935/1929 mount	16.2	18	105	2,000	10			0	2,000,000

	Hit Points (HP)	Armor (mm)	Armor (mm)	Main Turrets (pcs.)	Secondary Gun Turrets (pcs.)	AA Mounts (pcs.)	Torpedo Tubes (pcs.)	Hangar Capacity (pcs.)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Gdańsk	24,400	10	20	1/3		2/5	2			0	3,000,000

	Rate of Fire (shots/min)	Torpedo Tubes Reload Time (sec)	180° Turn Time (sec)	Maximum Damage (HP)	Torpedo Speed (knot)	Torpedo Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
53-51	0.6	106	7.2	11,200	86	10		0	2,000,000

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
SUO Mk 10 Mod. 1		0		0	2,000,000

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 92,000 hp	41.2		0	2,000,000

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4
Slot 5
Slot 6

Player Opinion

Performance

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Sailing into the top spot in the second European destroyer line, Gdańsk is the pinnacle of the longer range gunboat/occasional destroyer hunter play style developed through Split and Lambros Katsonis. Representing a fictional what-if where Poland ordered a destroyer from France based on Mogador, Gdańsk has more in common with her French high-tier cousins than her European counterparts.

As with the preceding destroyers, she only has access to HE shells.

Armament

Gdańsk carries seven guns in three twin and one single turret, with her third turret able to rotate 360°. Her 12 km main battery range is average for a Tier X destroyer but low for a gunboat, with the same excellent ballistics found on Mogador and Kléber. While her French tech-tree cousins focus on burst damage with their longer reload and Main Battery Reload Booster, Gdańsk’s faster reload focuses on continuous damage. She also shares Kléber’s terrible 18-second turret traverse, one of the worst at Tier X and faster only than Shimakaze’s glacial traverse. Gdańsk also has terrible firing angles to both the front and rear, requiring a lot of broadside to get all guns on target.

Gdańsk’s HE shells are effectively identical to Kléber’s, with high damage and decent fire chance for her tier. Combined with her fast 3.7-second base reload, she has some of the highest sustained DPM of all Tier X destroyers with the second highest fires set per minute behind Vampire II. With her flat ballistics, she can comfortably engage targets out to her maximum range.

In addition to her main battery, Gdańsk also carries ten torpedoes in two centerline quintuple mounts. Like Halland’s, they are fast at 86 knots, with a quick reload and low damage. They have a much shorter range at just 10 km, but she can still torpedo from stealth. Between the shorter range and her impressive main battery performance, Gdańsk’s torpedoes are more of a secondary armament compared to Halland’s, but they are still very useful for crippling or killing destroyers when they hit.

Gdańsk’s ASW armament is rather underwhelming. She carries two sets of depth charges, which reload in 40 seconds each. Each set drops 12 depth charges, which deal up to 2400 damage per charge with a low flooding and fire chance. Her ASW defenses are identical to Grozovoi’s.

Like the preceding destroyers, Gdańsk only has access to HE shells. In most situations her HE is enough to fight destroyers and farm cruiser and battleship superstructure, but AP is still useful for extra damage against larger broadside targets, especially close and mid range cruisers. Without AP, she will struggle to kill a broadside cruiser quickly if she can’t land some torpedoes.

Consumables

For the most part, Gdańsk’s consumable suite is fairly normal for a destroyer, with a standard Damage Control Party, Smoke Generator, and Engine Boost. But as with her predecessors, her unique Surveillance Radar sets her apart.

Her Smoke Generator has a 20 second action time, 97 second dispersion time (slightly longer than Lambros Katsonis), and normal 160 second cooldown. Her Engine Boost has a shorter action and cooldown time than most destroyers at 90 seconds each, and has an extra charge than most destroyers.

Surveillance Radar is uncommon on a destroyer, and Gdańsk’s is even more unique. It has a 9 km range, which matches even her base surface concealment range and means enemy destroyers that spot her will risk getting detected in return. Its 60 second cooldown is very short for any radar consumable, but it’s only active for 10 seconds. Gdańsk has four charges by default, one more than other radar-carrying destroyers.

Maneuverability

Gdańsk is fast in a straight line, but sluggish when turning. She has a top speed of 41.2 knots, which can be increased to 46.7 knots with the Sierra Mike signal and her Engine Boost consumable. She is one of the fastest destroyers at Tier X, although the French destroyers, Khabarovsk and Delny, and Attilio Regolo (when using her Emergency Engine Power consumable) will outpace her.

Although she has a high top speed, her 5.3 second rudder shift is slow, and her 810 m turning circle is one of the worst in her tier. She can reach a cap or run away quickly, but can’t dodge well.

Survivability

Gdańsk is a large ship, with a large health pool to match. Her 24,400 base HP (27,900 with Survivability Expert) is one of the largest at Tier X. She can outlast many of her destroyer opponents, and still have enough health left for the next fight. But as a large destroyer, she presents a large (and easy to hit) target. She is much larger than Mogador, and lacks the special saturation mechanic of her French cousin. Like most destroyers, she’s coated in 19 mm armor everywhere, so any shell that hits will deal damage. Compared to Halland, her smokescreen can help her avoid damage, but she lacks Halland’s heal to recover any damage she does take.

As expected for a ship her size, she also has poor concealment. Even with the concealment module and Concealment Expert, her surface concealment is still 7.35 km, one of the worst in her tier. Her aerial (and periscope) detection is also poor at 3.82 km. Almost every enemy destroyer will outspot her, and if her radar isn’t available, she will struggle to spot them in return.

Combined with her poor maneuverability, Gdańsk’s large size means torpedoes are a bigger threat compared to other destroyers. Players must be careful when entering a cap or sitting in smoke, as she may not be able to dodge torpedoes coming in from the side.

Anti-aircraft

Like her French cousins, Gdańsk is one of the few high tier destroyers with no long-range defenses. She has a slightly above average reach on her mid-range mounts at 4 km, with decent continuous damage. She has an extended 3.1 km short-range aura like the Russian destroyers, but her short-range damage is terrible. As she has no long-range mounts, she produces no flak.

Unlike Mogador and Kléber, her AA range exceeds her aerial detection range, but just barely. She has decent mid-range defenses, but doesn’t come anywhere near Halland’s plane-killing potential. She will shoot down a few planes, but can’t deter attacks by herself. Allied air cover is essential if she attracts an enemy carrier’s attention.

Battle performance

Although sailing under the European flag, Gdańsk plays more like a French destroyer than her counterparts in the other European line. Her Surveillance Radar and high DPM allow her to get in close and fight enemy destroyers, and her large health pool means she can likely outlast her opponent. But like Mogador and Kléber, she will spend more of her time gunboating from long range rather than knife fighting her opponents, where her ability to dodge incoming fire is essential to staying alive.

The combination of smoke and stealth radar seems like a major threat to enemy destroyers, but the short radar duration limits its effectiveness. If she triggers her radar before slowing down, it will be on cooldown by the time she’s concealed by her smokescreen. And slowing down before deploying smoke or activating her radar can give the enemy destroyer enough warning to start running away.

Players should focus on killing enemy destroyers when spotted, but otherwise use her comfortable ballistics and speed or smoke to farm cruisers and battleships. She can easily reposition around the map as needed, but should avoid being too aggressive with her poor maneuverability. Her HE is good enough for farming superstructures of anything larger than a destroyer, but without AP she lacks the punch to quickly kill a broadsiding cruiser.

Pros:

Large health pool
Good ballistics
Fast main battery reload
Fast torpedoes
Fast
Smoke Generator and Surveillance Radar consumables in separate slots
Surveillance Radar range exceeds concealment range

Cons:

Large target
Slow turret traverse
Only has HE shells
No long range AA defenses
Poor agility
Poor concealment
Very short Surveillance Radar duration

Research

As a top-tier ship, Gdańsk has no module upgrades to research.

Optimal Configuration

Like other long-range gunboats, Gdańsk should prioritize upgrades and skills that increase her survivability and main battery performance. Although she flies the European flag in game, she shares more in common with Mogador and Kléber than her European tech tree counterparts. As such, her ideal build is closer to that of her French cousins or other European gunboats like Småland or Ragnar rather than her tech tree counterparts in the Halland line.

Upgrades

The recommended upgrades are:

Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1
Slot 2: Engine Room Protection or Surveillance Radar Modification 1 or Engine Boost Modification 1
Slot 3: Aiming Systems Modification 1
Slot 4: Propulsion Modification 1 or Steering Gears Modification 1
Slot 5: Concealment System Modification 1 
Slot 6: Main Battery Modification 3 or Gun Fire Control System Modification 2

In Slot 2, the coal Surveillance Radar Modification 1 upgrade can be particularly useful if available. Although it only extends her Surveillance Radar duration by 2 seconds, that extra time allows her to get an extra shot off before or as the enemy destroyer goes dark.

In Slot 6, players can opt for the Gun Fire Control System Modification 2 upgrade if they want even more main battery range (or to use in place of the four-point Main Battery and AA Expert skill), but Main Battery Modification 3 is still the recommended option to further increase her already impressive DPM.

Commander Skills

Recommended Commander Skills
Cost (points)	Attack				Defense
1	Grease the Gears +15% main battery traverse speed. ★★	Liquidator +30% chance (multiplicative) of causing flooding.	Consumables Specialist −7.5% cooldown time of all Consumables except: Damage Control Party , Repair Party .	Gun Feeder -40% time to switch shell type.	Incoming Fire Alert Receive a warning about a salvo fired at your ship from more than 4.5 km. ★	Preventive Maintenance −30% chance of main armament, engines, steering becoming incapacitated +15% to HP of secondary and AA guns. ★★★
2	Demolition Expert +1% chance of main and secondary HE shells causing a fire. +15% to the damage-inflicting area of HE shells fired at submarines. ★	Swift Fish +5% torpedo speed.	Consumables Enhancements +10% action time of: Hydroacoustic Search , Surveillance Radar , Smoke Generator , & Engine Boost . ★	Extra-Heavy Ammunition +7.5% main battery AP shell damage. +10% damage from depth charges.	Priority Target The detection indicator will show the number of enemies aiming at you with main battery. ★	Last Stand The ship remains able to move and maneuver - slowly - while the engine or steering gears are incapacitated. ★★★
3	Main Battery & AA Specialist -5% main battery reload time. +10% continuous AA damage. ★	Fill the Tubes -10% torpedo tubes reload time.	Adrenaline Rush -0.2% reload time of all armaments per 1% HP lost +0.2% AA continuous damage per 1% HP lost. ★★★	Inertial Fuse for HE Shells +25% armor penetration of HE shells Base fire chance reduced by half.	Superintendent +1 charge to all consumables. ★★	Survivability Expert +350 HP per ship tier. ★★★
4	Main Battery & AA Expert +20% main battery range. +15% flak damage. ★★	Swift in Silence So long as the ship remains undetected: +8% ship speed +5% main battery reload time.	Radio Location Shows the direction to the nearest enemy ship. The enemy is alerted that a bearing has been taken.. ★	Fearless Brawler +1 flak burst per salvo. -10% main battery reload when ship is spotted. ★★	Concealment Expert -10% detectability range of the ship. ★★★	Dazzle For 15 seconds after you are detected: * +20% dispersion of enemy shells fired at you. * +8% ship speed.
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful ★★ - Frequently Useful ★ - Occasionally Useful No stars - Not Useful

Consumables

Gdańsk equips the following consumables:

Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
Slot 2: Smoke Generator  – 3 charges
Slot 3: Engine Boost  – 4 charges
Slot 3: Surveillance Radar  – 4 charges

Note that Gdańsk’s Surveillance Radar has a very short action time, but also features a fast cooldown.

Signals

Recommended Signal Flags
Combat
Juliet Charlie -100% to the risk of magazine detonation. ★★★	Juliet Yankee Bissotwo -20% to flooding duration.	India Yankee -20% to fire duration.	Hotel Yankee -20% to damage received when ramming the enemy. +50% to damage dealt when ramming the enemy.	Victor Lima +1% chance for HE bombs and shells with a caliber above 160mm causing a fire. +0.5% chance for bombs and smaller shells causing a fire. +4% chance of torpedoes causing flooding. ★★	India X-Ray +1% chance for HE bombs and shells with a caliber above 160mm causing a fire. +0.5% chance for bombs and smaller shells causing a fire. +5% to the risk of your ship's magazine detonating. ★★
Juliet Whiskey Unaone +15% chance of causing flooding. +5% to the risk of your ship's magazine detonating. ★	Mike Yankee Soxisix +5% to secondary battery maximum firing range. -5% to maximum dispersion of secondary battery shells. -5% to secondary battery loading time.	November Echo Setteseven +5% continuous AA damage at all ranges. +5% damage from flak bursts. ★	Sierra Mike +5% to the ship's maximum speed. ★★★	November Foxtrot -5% reload time on all consumables. ★★	India Delta +20% to the amount of HP recovered when Repair Party  is used.
X-Ray Papa Unaone +10% action time of a Smoke Generator . ★★	Sierra Bravo +10% action time of Hydroacoustic Search  -10% reload time of Defensive AA Fire .

Note: Use of the Juliet Charlie signal makes detonation impossible.

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References

Ships of Europe

Destroyers	II Tátra • III Romulus • IV Klas Horn • V Visby • V Muavenet • VI Västerås • VI Stord • VII Skåne • VII Grom • VII Błyskawica • VII Stord '43 • VIII Öland • VIII Split • VIII Orkan • IX Östergötland • IX Lambros Katsonis • IX Velos • IX Friesland • IX Jäger • X Halland • X Gdańsk • X Småland • X Ragnar • ★ Dalarna
Cruisers	I Gryf • VI Elli
Battleships	V Viribus Unitis • IX Karl XIV Johan
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Spain	X Álvaro de Bazán
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