Cossack

Cossack

 Cossack — British • Premium • Tier VI • Destroyer.

One of the renowned Tribal-class destroyers with an emphasis on gunnery over torpedo warfare. During World War II, the ship's AA defenses were reinforced at the cost of one main gun mount.

Cossack was released in the store on April 13th, 2020.

 Navy: UK
 Ship: British
 Nation: United Kingdom
 Categoy: Premium

 Tier: VI
 Class: Destroyer
 Cost: (Doubloons) 12 500

 Entered Service: 1938
 Ships in Series: 27
 Variants: Cossack '38

Ship Traits

Hidden: Good concealment means the ship can get closer to enemies before being detected.

Guns Aplenty: A high number of guns allows for a lot of damage from a single salvo.

Sequential: Torpedoes can be launched one by one.

Money Maker: Grants a significant bonus to XP and credit earnings.

Survivability Stats

SURVIVBILITY	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Hitpoints	14 800	-
• Armor (mm)	6 - 20	-
• Torpedo Damage Reduction (%)	0	-

Maneuverability

MANEUVERABILITY	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Maximum Speed (kn)	36	-
• Turning Circle Radius (m)	610	-
• Rudder Shift Time (sec)	3.6	-

Concealment

CONCEALMENT	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Detectability by Sea (km)	6.5	-
• Detectability by Air (km)	3.4	-
• Detectability while firing in smoke (km)	2.4	-

Torpedos

TORPEDOS	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	533mm QR Mk II	-
• Arrangement	1x4	-
• Reload Time (sec)	96	-
• 180° Turn Time (sec)	7.2	-
• Maximum Damage	16 767	-
• Detectability by Sea (km)	1.3	-
• Range (km)	10	-
• Speed (kn)	62	-

Main Artillery Stats

MAIN BATTERY	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Main Artillery Name	120mm/45 CPXIX	-
• Main Artillery Arrangement	3x2	-
• Firing Range (km)	10.6	-
• Reload Time (sec)	5	-
• 180° Turn Time (sec)	18	-
• HE Maximum Damage	1700	-
• HE Fire Chance (%)	8	-
• HE Penetration (mm)	20	-
• AP Maximum Damage	2100	-
• Sigma	2.0	-

Secondary Artillery Stats

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	102mm/45 QF Mk XIX	-
• Arrangement	1x2	-
• Firing Range (km)	4.5	-
• Reload Time (sec)	3	-
• HE Maximum Damage	1500	-
• HE Fire Chance (%)	6	-
• HE Penetration (mm)	17	-

Anti-Aircraft Artillery Stats

AA ARMAMENT 1	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	12.7mm Mk III	-
• Arrangement	2x4	-
• DPS	4	-
• Range (km)	1.2	-
AA ARMAMENT 2	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	40mm Vickers 2-PDR. QF Mk II	-
• Arrangement	2x1	-
• DPS	11	-
• Range (km)	2	-
AA ARMAMENT 3	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	40mm/39 QF Mark VII	-
• Arrangement	1x4	-
• DPS	13	-
• Range (km)	2.5	-
AA ARMAMENT 4	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	102mm/45 QF Mk XIX	-
• Arrangement	1x2	-
• DPS	9	-
• Range (km)	5	-

Modules, Modifications & Consumables

Modules

Destroyer - Cossack

	Hit Points	Min Armor (mm)	Max Armor (mm)	Torpedo Damage Reduction (%)	Main Battery Turrets	Torpedo Launchers	Rudder Shift (s)
Stock	14 800	6	20	0	3x2	1	3.6

	Turret Arrangement	Reload Time (s)	180° Turn Time (s)	Max HE Damage	HE Fire Chance (%)	Max AP Damage
120mm/45 CPXIX	3x2	5	18	1700	8	2100

	Main Battery Firing Range
Stock	10.6 km

	Launcher Arrangement	Reload Time (s)	180° Turn Time (s)	Max Damage	Range	Speed	Detection
533mm QR Mk II	1x4	96s	7.2s	16 767	10	62	1.3

	Maximum Speed
Stock	36 kn

Modifications

Destroyer - Cossack

SLOT 1	Main Battery Mod 2 Main Battery traverse speed +20%	Aiming Systems Mod 1 Dispersion of Main Battery -7% Torpedo tubes traverse speed +20% Secondary Battery firing range +5% Dispersion of secondary battery -5%	AA Guns Mod 2 AA guns firing range +20%
SLOT 2	Damage Control System Mod 2 Fire duration -15% Flood duration -15%	Steering Gears Mod 2 Rudder shift time -20%
SLOT 3	Concealment System Mod 1 Detectability range -10% Incoming fire dispersion +5%	Steering Gears Mod 3 Rudder shift time -40% Steering gear repair time -80%

Consumables

Destroyer - Cossack

Damage Control Party

Accelerates repairs to damage modules, firefighting efforts and recovery from flooding.

Duration: 5s Reload time: 40s The number of consumables is unlimited

Smoke Generator

Generates a smoke screen behind the ship that reduces the risk of being detected by the enemy.

Duration: 20s Dispersion time: 85s Reload time: 240s Number of consumables: 2

Engine Boost

Temporarily increases the maximum ship speed.

Maximum speed: +8% Duration: 120s Reload time: 180s Number of consumables: 2

Sonar

Increases the range of guaranteed acquisition of enemy ships and torpedoes, including those within smoke screens.

Detection of torpedoes: 2.7km Detection of ships: 3.2km Duration: 180s Reload time: 180s Number of consumables: 2

Community Contributions

Player Opinion

Destroyer - Cossack

Pros:

• Six main battery guns in three twin turrets with good rate of fire, range and fire chance
• Good torpedo damage, range and reload time
• Good concealment
• Decent HP pool
• Access to the Engine Boostconsumable, unlike most British destroyers

Cons:

• Rear turret has extremely bad firing angles
• Only a single quadruple torpedo launcher with bad firing angles
• Virtually useless AA suite, very vulnerable to planes
• Poor Smoke Generatorconsumable characteristics
• The Sonarconsumable has a low detection range

Performance

Changes

Destroyer - Cossack

February 2021

• Main battery reload time reduced from 5 to 4.5 seconds.
• Torpedo reload time reduced from 96 to 72 seconds.

History

Destroyer - Cossack

Cossack was a British Tribal-class destroyer built to compete with the up-and-coming destroyer leaders of other nations. She had a heavy emphasis on firepower, and was originally equipped with four twin 4.7-inch gun turrets and one quadruple torpedo launcher. However, wartime experience with the rise of air-power eventually led to the third turret (or X turret) being replaced with a 4-inch dual-purpose gun for additional anti-air firepower.

In her first action, under the command of Philip Vian in 1940, Cossack rescued British prisoners from the German supply ship Altmark. These prisoners had been captured by the Graf Spee during her raid in the southern Atlantic and were being taken back to Germany—it was a lucky interception.

Later in April 1941, Cossack participated in the Second Naval Battle of Narvik where the British fleet summarily destroyed nearly half of the German navy’s destroyers. A month later, she joined the hunt for Bismarck and made a torpedo attack on the battleship, but missed. (Although, 3 unconfirmed hits were claimed by the Tribal-class destroyer group with her.) In October 1941, Cossack was torpedoed near Gibraltar by a submarine, she sank a few days later in a storm.

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