Gallant

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Gallant

Destroyer | U.K. | Tier VI

Tech Tree Position

General

Purchase priceSpecial

Hit Points12,000

Main Battery

120 mm/45 QF Mk.IX on a CPXIV/XVII/XVIII mount4 х 1 pcs.

Rate of Fire12 shots/min.

Reload Time5 sec.

Rotation Speed10 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time18 sec.

Firing Range10.18 km.

Maximum Dispersion91 m.

HE Shell120 mm HE

Maximum HE Shell Damage1,700

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell8 %

Initial HE Shell Velocity808 m./s.

HE Shell Weight22.68 kg.

AP Shell120 mm AP

Maximum AP Shell Damage2,100

Initial AP Shell Velocity808 m./s.

AP Shell Weight22.68 kg.

Torpedo Tubes

533 mm QR Mk II2 х 4 pcs.

Rate of Fire0.63 shots/min.

Reload Time96 sec.

Rotation Speed25 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time7.2 sec.

Torpedo533 mm Mk IX

Maximum Damage15,433

Torpedo Speed61 knot

Torpedo Range8.01 km.

AA Defense

12.7 mm Mk.III2 х 4 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second4.2

. . . Firing Range1.2 km.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed36 knot

Turning Circle Radius540 m.

Rudder Shift Time3 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range6.63 km.

Air Detectability Range2.69 km.

Battle Levels

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Gallant

Destroyer | U.K. | Tier VI

Tech Tree Position

General

Purchase priceSpecial

Hit Points12,000

Main Battery

120 mm/45 QF Mk.IX on a CPXIV/XVII/XVIII mount4 х 1 pcs.

Rate of Fire12 shots/min.

Reload Time5 sec.

Rotation Speed10 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time18 sec.

Firing Range10.18 km.

Maximum Dispersion91 m.

HE Shell120 mm HE

Maximum HE Shell Damage1,700

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell8 %

Initial HE Shell Velocity808 m./s.

HE Shell Weight22.68 kg.

AP Shell120 mm AP

Maximum AP Shell Damage2,100

Initial AP Shell Velocity808 m./s.

AP Shell Weight22.68 kg.

Torpedo Tubes

533 mm QR Mk II2 х 4 pcs.

Rate of Fire0.63 shots/min.

Reload Time96 sec.

Rotation Speed25 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time7.2 sec.

Torpedo533 mm Mk IX

Maximum Damage15,433

Torpedo Speed61 knot

Torpedo Range8.01 km.

AA Defense

12.7 mm Mk.III2 х 4 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second4.2

. . . Firing Range1.2 km.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed36 knot

Turning Circle Radius540 m.

Rudder Shift Time3 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range6.63 km.

Air Detectability Range2.69 km.

Battle Levels

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VI

Special

Gallant — British special premium Tier VI destroyer.

One of the U.K. G-class destroyers of the inter-war period. The ship participated in the Dunkirk evacuation when she rescued Allied troops from the beaches and harbor of Dunkirk. In total, she evacuated around 1,500 soldiers. On 29 May 1940, she was damaged during a raid from German dive bombers, but still made it back to England under her own power.

Gallant first went on sale on 19-20 July 2017.

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 ()
120 mm/45 QF Mk.IX on a CPXIV/XVII/XVIII mount	12	18	91	1,700	8	2,100		0	0

	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 ()
Gallant	12,000	6	16	4		2	2			0	0

	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 ()
533 mm Mk IX	0.6	96	7.2	15,433	61	8		0	0

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Mk VI mod. 1		0		0	0

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 34,000 hp	36		0	0

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4

Player Opinion

Performance

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HMS Gallant marks the second entry of Royal Navy destroyers into World of Warships. Gallant is something of a mix of existing destroyer styles, packing torpedoes that will remind players of those found on Japanese destroyers married with main battery guns that are analogous to those of the American destroyer line.

Gallant’s torpedoes are identical to those deployed aboard Tier VI British cruiser Leander and pack a nasty punch for the tier, topping out at over 15,000 alpha damage. She carries them in a pair of quadruple-tube, centerline-mounted launchers — just like American counterpart Farragut — with a speed and range similar to the fish found deployed aboard Shinonome and Ernst Gaede. What makes Gallant unique is that she retains the ability of British cruisers to launch her torpedoes singly. This greatly increases her tactical flexibility, allowing her to spread her torpedo salvos around in a variety of different directions and angles and wreak havoc on enemy formations. The trade-off for this flexibility is the longest torpedo reload of all Tier VI destroyers and some of the worst torpedo firing angles of any destroyer in the game; the farthest forward that Gallant can rotate her torpedo launchers is nearly 60 degrees off the bow, for example.

Her guns will feel vaguely familiar to players accustomed to Farragut. While her firing range is significantly shorter than that of her US Navy counterpart, Gallant’s reload time, turret traverse time, and shell arcs are comparable. Gallant acquits herself well in close-range combat — especially if captains equip Main Battery Modification 2 — or as an extreme nuisance to enemy capital ships with the higher-than-average (for Tier VI, anyway) fire chance on her high explosive rounds. She's more than capable of defeating any of the Tier VI Japanese destroyers or Farragut in a straight up gunfight, but her low health pool will work against her when up against Ernst Gaede or Gnevny. Unless they're badly wounded, courting a gun duel with either of the latter is inadvisable.

Packing the same standard consumables available to most other Tier VI destroyers — Engine Boost  and Smoke Generator  — Gallant is a well-rounded destroyer whose primary play style is likely to be focused around her torpedo armament, but who is capable of flexing her main battery guns in the mid- and late-game to finish off opposing destroyers that have survived to that point.

Pros:

• Best turning radius of Tier VI destroyers (540 meters).
• Second best detection range, only being worse than Hatsuharu.
• Torpedoes are hard hitting, while being relatively fast and having good concealment.
• Can single fire said torpedoes, just like British cruisers.
• High fire chance with HE shells.

Cons:

• Torpedoes reload slowly, at 96 seconds.
• HE shells lose much of their velocity at range.
• Low amount of health — only 12,000 hit points — puts her near the bottom of Tier VI destroyers.
• Poor torpedo firing arcs.
• Short main battery range.
• Anti-aircraft armament does a pathetic 4.2 damage per second, at a paltry 1.2 km range.

Research

As a premium ship, Gallant has no modules to research.

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

The recommended upgrades for Gallant are as follows:

• Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1
• Slot 2: Engine Room Protection  *
• Slot 3: Aiming Systems Modification 1  *
• Slot 4: Propulsion Modification 1

Upgrade Slot 2 provides access to Engine Boost Modification 1 , a special upgrade that increases the duration of the Engine Boost  consumable by 50%. This upgrade is a viable alternative to Engine Room Protection because the additional speed provides Gallant with more ability to reposition and maneuver around enemy ships while maintaining enough distance to remain undetected.

Upgrade Slot 3 provides access to Smoke Generator Modification 1 , a special upgrade that increases the duration of the Smoke Generator  consumable by 30%. The increase is only 6 seconds but some captains might find it useful.

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

Gallant equips the following consumables:

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
• Slot 2: Smoke Generator  – 3 charges
• Slot 3: Engine Boost  – 3 charges

Unlike tech-tree Royal Navy destroyers, this is the standard RN smoke generator with a 20 second action time and a 160 second cooldown. Stock dispersion is 81 seconds.

Camouflage

As a premium ship, Gallant comes with Default permanent camouflage and a set of permanent combat bonuses.

Signals

Recommended Signal Flags
Combat
Charlie Kilo +5% ship HP; +2.5% squadron HP.	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. ★★
Juliet Whiskey Unaone +15% chance of causing flooding.	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 .

Gallery

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  Gallant’s single-fire torpedo spread surprises two enemy Cleveland class cruisers.

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  Flag of HMS Gallant. Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Gallant.

Historical Info

HMS Gallant, 1935

Construction

Builder: A. Stephens and Sons; Glasgow, Scotland

Laid Down: 15 April 1935

Launched: 29 September 1935

Commissioned: 25 February 1936

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Specifications

1,350 tons displacement, standard

98.5m length

10m beam

3.8m draft (mean)

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Machinery

3 boilers, 2 turbines

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Performance

36 knots at 34,000 shaft horsepower

5,530nm range at 15 knots

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Armament

Main

Four (4x1) 120mm rifles

Anti-Aircraft

Eight (4x2) 12.7mm machine guns

Torpedoes

Eight (2x4) 533mm torpedo tubes

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Complement

145 officers and men

HMS Gallant underway in April 1938.

History

Design

With development of the new group of destroyers starting in the spring of 1933, the Naval Staff envisioned the new G-class destroyers to be built as an improvement upon the preceding F-class destroyers.

Initially, the new class was to be the primary test bed for larger 5.1-inch guns to give destroyers a heavier punch. The existing mounts for the 5.1-inch guns could only elevate up to 30˚, however, 10˚ below the required maximum. Thus, new gun mounts were under development and were to be fitted onto the G-class destroyers. Unfortunately, designs of the mounts were delayed, and in order to keep to schedule, designers opted to reuse the armament of the F-class: 4.7-inch Mark IX guns in four single mounts; two forward, two aft. Like their predecessors, a gun pit was built around each mount to allow the breech to depress low enough to elevate the barrel to 40˚; furthermore, the anti-aircraft armament and the torpedo armament were also re-purposed off the F-class.

One modification that did see implementation was the incorporation of new Admiralty propulsion machinery that was smaller than that deployed aboard the F-class. This allowed for the overall machinery rooms and spaces to me more compact, resulting in a reduction of tonnage for no loss of performance. The arrangement itself was identical: three boilers that fed to two turbines, each driving a single screw. Another design change was the removal of “cruiser-turbines”: turbines ideal for low speeds, which allowed for greater fuel economy. A gradual change in the opinion of the Naval Staff was that actions during wartime would definitely exceed 15 knots, making a low-speed turbine useless.

Before the design was finalized, a few more changes were implemented to the class. Depth charge racks and launchers were installed to provide the ships a capability to combat submarines, in conjunction with the installation of ASDIC equipment. Smoke-laying apparatus was installed into the funnel systems to generate smoke screens for fleet operations. Greater fuel stores increased the endurance by another 1,500 nautical miles to a total of 5,500 nautical miles.

In accordance to the requirements set by the Naval Staff in 1928, all pre-war Royal Navy destroyers were to adhere to a tonnage limit of 1,320 tons. The G-class destroyers clocked in just shy of 1,350 tons. Post-war critique speculates that such a limitation prevented improvements to greater personnel accommodations and resource stores.

Certain ships of the G-class were subject to interesting experiments. HMS Glowworm was installed with 2 quintuple torpedo-tube launchers. HMS Gipsy was installed with Johnson boilers; they were proved to be lighter, smaller, and more robust than their Admiralty equivalents. HMS Grenville – designated the flotilla leader – was larger and heavier than her sister ships as she had a fifth 4.7-in gun installed in between the funnels.

With the tenders for ship construction finalized by 1934, construction of the destroyers began. HMS Gallant (H59) was laid down on 15 September 1934 at the Alexander Stephen and Sons Ltd. Shipyard. Launched 26 September 1935, she was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 25 February 1936.

HMS Gallant went through a few wartime armament modifications. In May 1940, her rear torpedo-tube launcher was removed to make space for the installation of a single 3-inch Mark V anti-aircraft gun. Furthermore, throughout the wartime years, 20mm Oerlikon cannons gradually replaced the 50-caliber Vickers machine guns.

Service History

HMS Gallant was commissioned on 25 February 1936, joining the 1st Destroyer Flotilla of the Mediterranean Fleet. During the late 1930’s she patrolled Spanish waters during the Spanish Civil War, coming under attack by Spanish Nationalist aircraft in April 1937 but emerging undamaged. She was still in the Mediterranean when World War II broke out, but she — along with her entire flotilla — was transferred to the Western Approaches Command by the beginning of October 1939, before being moved (again) to Nore Command at the end of October. She spent the rest of 1939 and early 1940 escorting convoys and performing patrols in the North Sea until late May, when she moved to the English Channel in preparation for Operation Dynamo: the evacuation of British Expeditionary Force troops surrounded at Dunkirk.

Gallant spent 26 May 1940 guarding the first convoys to reach Dunkirk, and on the night of the 27th she — alongside HMS Vega — scouted a smaller harbor in Dunkirk to see if it could be useful in the Allied evacuation (it was). She first embarked troops herself on the 28th, ferrying them back to Dover. On the 29th she embarked her second load of troops, when she came under attack by German dive bombers and a near-miss knocked out her steering. Nevertheless, Gallant made it back to Dover under her own steam before docking for repairs in the Hull shipyard, having lifted 1,466 soldiers back to Britain. She returned to duty on 5 June, a day after the final Dunkirk evacuations were completed. She resumed her escort and patrol duty, later joining battle cruisers HMS Renown and HMS Repulse in the ultimately unsuccessful search for the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.

In late July 1940 Gallant was assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet, sailing for Gibraltar on 24 July to join Force H, responsible for screening aircraft carrier HMS Argus. She served in this role through the end of August, when she was moved to the screen of aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious and battleship HMS Valiant to reinforce the British Fleet in the Eastern Mediterranean. Gallant returned Gibraltar via Malta in mid-September and remained on station around Gibraltar, where, on 20 October, she and destroyers HMS Griffin and HMS Hotspur were credited for the sinking of Italian submarine Lafolé. On 31 October she joined the screen of battle cruiser HMS Renown and battleship HMS Barham to monitor Vichy French naval movements off Morocco. In November she was transferred back to the Eastern Mediterranean Fleet, joining Barham again to sail for the Eastern Mediterranean. On 24 November she screened battleship HMS Ramillies and accompanying ships being transferred out of the Mediterranean via Gibraltar. She was involved in the inconclusive Battle of Cape Spartivento on 27 November, finally arriving at Alexandria on the 29th. She spent the rest of the year on screening duties, most notably screening Illustrious and battleships HMS Warspite and Valiant in mid-December.

As 1941 began, Gallant remained with Illustrious, Warspite and Valiant as a part of Force H in the eastern Mediterranean. She was escorting an Allied convoy on 10 January when she struck a mine that blew off her bow, killing 16 and wounding 15. Her sister-ship HMS Griffin rescued the survivors, while destroyer HMS Mohawk towed her stern-first to Malta. She spent rest of 1941 under slow repair, not expected to be complete until June 1942. However, her hulk was heavily damaged in an air raid on Malta in April 1942, and she had to be beached to prevent sinking. She was judged a total loss shortly after; all usable equipment was stripped off, and her hulk later expended as a blockship at St Paul’s Island in September 1943. She was stricken from the list on 5 April 1942.

Historical Inaccuracies

• Gallant uses the historical camouflage of sister ship Grenade that Grenade wore in 1940.

Historical Gallery

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  HMS Gallant, date unknown.

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  HMS Glowworm, G class destroyer.

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  HMS Grafton, G class destroyer.

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  HMS Grenade, G class destroyer.

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  HMS Greyhound, G class destroyer.

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  HMS Griffin, another G class destroyer.

Video

References

• HMS Gallant (H59) - Wikipedia
• G and H-class destroyer - Wikipedia
• Armada: Gallant - News - World of Warships
• Community Scoop: "Bare Knuckle Smokebrawlers" - News - World of Warships
• Armada: Gallant - World of Warships Official Channel - YouTube

Ship Change Log

See here for links to Update notes.

• Available to supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.6.6.
• First appeared on sale in July 2017.
• Update 0.6.9:
  • Improved ship geometry.
• Available for purchase for doubloons in the client starting from Update 0.6.11.
• Update 0.6.12:
  • Detectability when firing main guns in smoke changed to 2.43 km.
• Update 0.6.13:
  • Fire extinguishing time now 30 s instead of 60 s.
  • Improved display of thin elements.
• Update 0.6.15:
  • A bonus was added to the "Type 10" permanent camouflage - a 10% discount to the cost of post-battle maintenance.
• Update 0.7.9:
  • Available for purchase in the Armory for 48,000 Coal.
  • The Royal Navy permanent camouflage was added for the ship.
• Update 0.10.0:
  • Minor fixes to ship geometry and textures.

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