Stord '43

13.3

Stord '43

Destroyer | Europe | Tier VII

Tech Tree Position

General

Purchase priceSpecial

Hit Points11,900

Main Battery

120 mm/45 QF Mk.IX on a CPXXII mount4 х 1 pcs.

Rate of Fire16.22 shots/min.

Reload Time3.7 sec.

Rotation Speed10 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time18 sec.

Firing Range11.8 km.

Maximum Dispersion103 m.

HE Shell120 mm HE 62 lb

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 SAP 62 lb

Maximum AP Shell Damage2,100

Initial AP Shell Velocity808 m./s.

AP Shell Weight22.68 kg.

Torpedo Tubes

533 mm QR Mk IV2 х 4 pcs.

Rate of Fire0.67 shots/min.

Reload Time90 sec.

Rotation Speed25 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time7.2 sec.

TorpedoTorped M1943 mod 2

Maximum Damage7,533

Torpedo Speed76 knot

Torpedo Range9.99 km.

AA Defense

20 mm Oerlikon Mk.II on a Mk.V mount4 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second24.4

. . . Firing Range2.01 km.

40 mm/56 OQF Mk.XI on a Mk.V mount1 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second12.3

. . . Firing Range3.51 km.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed36.8 knot

Turning Circle Radius590 m.

Rudder Shift Time3 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range7.5 km.

Air Detectability Range3.39 km.

Battle Levels

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13.3

Stord '43

Destroyer | Europe | Tier VII

Tech Tree Position

General

Purchase priceSpecial

Hit Points11,900

Main Battery

120 mm/45 QF Mk.IX on a CPXXII mount4 х 1 pcs.

Rate of Fire16.22 shots/min.

Reload Time3.7 sec.

Rotation Speed10 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time18 sec.

Firing Range11.8 km.

Maximum Dispersion103 m.

HE Shell120 mm HE 62 lb

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 SAP 62 lb

Maximum AP Shell Damage2,100

Initial AP Shell Velocity808 m./s.

AP Shell Weight22.68 kg.

Torpedo Tubes

533 mm QR Mk IV2 х 4 pcs.

Rate of Fire0.67 shots/min.

Reload Time90 sec.

Rotation Speed25 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time7.2 sec.

TorpedoTorped M1943 mod 2

Maximum Damage7,533

Torpedo Speed76 knot

Torpedo Range9.99 km.

AA Defense

20 mm Oerlikon Mk.II on a Mk.V mount4 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second24.4

. . . Firing Range2.01 km.

40 mm/56 OQF Mk.XI on a Mk.V mount1 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second12.3

. . . Firing Range3.51 km.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed36.8 knot

Turning Circle Radius590 m.

Rudder Shift Time3 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range7.5 km.

Air Detectability Range3.39 km.

Battle Levels

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VII

Special

Stord '43 — European special premium Tier VII destroyer.

Eight S-class destroyers, ordered by the British Admiralty under the War Emergency Program, entered service in 1943 and 1944. Two ships of the series were transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy and named Stord and Svenner. Destroyer Stord etched her name in history during the Battle of the North Cape. Norwegian torpedoes played an important role in sinking German battleship Scharnhorst. In June 1944, Stord supported the landing of troops in Normandy, after which she remained in active service for another 15 years.

Stord '43 was first released on 6 December 2023, as the reward for the 20th stage of the Holidays in Santa City event's paid progression line.

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 CPXXII mount	16.2	18	103	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 ()
Stord '43	11,900	6	16	4		4/1	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 VII	0.7	90	7.2	7,533	76	10		0	0

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
SUO Mk 6 Mod. 2		0		0	0

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 40,000 hp	36.8		0	0

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4

Player Opinion

Performance

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The Ship

Tier VII Stord ‘43 shares many similarities with her Tier VI iteration, but she also has many subtle changes. She is a destroyer with a high rate of fire and a maneuverable hull, but she also has a small health pool, weak torpedoes, and she is not particularly stealthy.

A top speed of 36.8 knots lags behind the fastest destroyers at Tier VII. Although she is not the slowest destroyer at her tier, she does not hold a serious speed advantage over her rivals. She retains the maneuverability of Stord, her rudder shift time of 3 seconds and a tight turning circle of 590 meters combine to make a nimble target. Stord ‘43 has a base surface concealment of 7.5 km, that can be reduced to 6.8 km with the Concealment Expert skill. Players can easily find themselves out spotted by almost all of their same tier rivals.

Unfortunately, her health pool is the lowest of all Tier VII destroyers as she shares the same hull with Tier VI Stord. With only 11,900 hit points, she only has the same health as Muavenet’s upgraded hull at Tier V. Survivability Expert is necessary to bring her health to a useful level.

Stord ‘43 trades the Engine Boost consumable of Stord for a Repair Party . This has 2 uses as standard which can each heal up to 20% of her health. A Repair Party is an unusual consumable on a destroyer, and Stord ‘43 carries a version with improved performance which can help to make up for her lack of health. She also mounts a Smoke Generator , with a 20 second action time, 61 second dispersion time and two charges as standard, with a 160 second cooldown between uses. Players will find that the Superintendent skill provides a much needed boost to her survivability.

Armament

Stord ‘43 shares the same main gun battery as many mid-tier British destroyers, although she gains an improved reload of 3.5 seconds. Unfortunately, the advantages of her rapid reload are diminished by the low number and small caliber of her guns. Her guns also struggle to deal damage to even destroyers so the Stord '43 should not be played as a gunboat. Despite having one of the fastest reloads at her tier, her DPM totals are some of the lowest among her counterparts.

Her gunnery emphasizes short range duels, as her shells have a rather low initial velocity and quickly lose speed. This causes them to “float” as the range increases, which can make long range firing difficult against nimble targets.

Although they are small caliber, her HE rounds have enough penetration to defeat the bow and stern plating of most cruisers. When engaging battleships, players will need to aim for the superstructure to cause direct damage.

Unlike her tech tree sister, Stord ‘43 can use AP rounds. Against lightly armored targets these can provide some extra punch at short ranges, below 5km the shells can penetrate 100mm of armor but this drops off rapidly as the range increases.

Stord ‘43 has the same torpedo armament as Tier VI Stord, with two quad torpedo launchers. The torpedoes have a longer range of 10 km, meaning players can remain at a relatively safe range to harass larger ships. Unfortunately, she pays for this longer range with a slower reload, at 90 seconds her reload sits in the middle of the pack. Additionally, her individual torpedoes have some of the lowest damage per torpedo and the lowest flood chances at her tier. Before captain skills and torpedo protection is taken into account, she is half as likely to cause a flood as other destroyers. This means that even compared to her Tier VI sister, her torpedo DPM is woeful. Amongst Tier VII destroyers, she ranks amongst the worst torpedo DPM ships, even Haida and Huron, with only a single quad launcher each can manage higher DPM scores. This is partially made up for by their high speed which can make them difficult to avoid at short ranges, although a high detection range of 1.6 seconds means that targets will have almost 8 seconds to take avoiding action.

Anti-Aircraft

Like many destroyers, Stord ‘43 has fairly weak AA defenses. She may shoot down one or two aircraft when facing same tier carriers, but her anti-air defenses cannot keep her safe from a determined attack. Most of her AA damage comes from her short range batteries, requiring enemy aircraft to be within 2km before they can be engaged.

Anti-Submarine

Stord ‘43 drops a pattern of eight depth charges from her stern, similar to that of British destroyers. However, her depth charges deal less than half the damage of American or British ones, just 2400 damage for a direct hit. Multiple depth charges will be needed to sink a submarine, even with direct hits. To add to this challenge, STORD ‘43 does not have a Hydroacoustic Search, so tracking submarines can be difficult.

Battle Performance

Stord ‘43 presents a potentially challenging gameplay style. Although she has a better than average reload, her small gun caliber and low number of guns mean she cannot match dedicated gunboat destroyers. Her torpedoes have long range, but hit like soggy noodles. This, combined with a long reload for their damage makes her an unreliable torpedo platform. Her concealment does not easily allow her to ambush other destroyers and her small health pool means she can quickly melt away under sustained fire.

Initially, players should focus on combating any isolated enemy destroyers, using her Smoke Screen or island cover to disengage from unfavorable fights. Stord ‘43 can successfully combat torpedo boat destroyers, but gun focused destroyers present a potentially serious threat. If friendly support is not available, players are often best served by breaking contact and waiting for support before attempting to engage.

If players need to fight larger ships, then Stord 43’s best option is usually to use her rapid reload to try and set fires on her targets from the relative safety of a smoke screen. Her torpedoes can provide a deterrent despite their low damage, but they will not pose a serious threat to any healthy ships.

Effective use of her Repair Party and Smoke Screen are needed to remain effective for an extended period and compensate for her DPM problems, breaking away from enemy fire to heal and return again with her health restored. Building on her fire starting potential can help alleviate some of her low DPM woes.

Pros:

• Good fire-starting potential
• Good agility
• Smoke Screen Consumable
• Improved Repair Party Consumable

Cons:

Research

As a premium ship, Stord '43 has no module upgrades to research.

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

The recommended upgrades are:

• Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1
• Slot 2: Engine Room Protection -or- Engine Boost Modification 1
• Slot 3: Aiming Systems Modification 1
• Slot 4: Propulsion Modification 1 -or- Steering Gears Modification 1

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

Stord '43 equips the following consumables:

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
• Slot 2: Smoke Generator  – 2 charges
• Slot 3: Specialized Repair Teams  – 2 charges

Camouflage

As a premium ship, Stord '43 comes with Default permanent camouflage and a set of permanent combat bonuses.

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.

Gallery

Historical Info

Stord '43, 1943

Construction

Builder: J Samuel White

Laid down: 25 February 1942

Launched: 3 March 1943

Commissioned: 26 August 1943

Fate: Sold for scrap 1959

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Specifications

1,710 tons displacement, standard

110.6m length

10.9m beam

4.4m draft (mean)

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Machinery

2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 × Parsons geared steam turbines

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Performance

36 knots at 40,000 shaft horsepower

4,675 nm range at 20 knots

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Armament

Main

4 (4x1) 120mm rifles

Anti-Aircraft

2 (1x2) 40mm guns

8 (4x2) 20mm guns

Torpedoes

8 (2x4) 533mm torpedo tubes

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HNoMS Stord was a Royal Norwegian Navy S-Class destroyer during the Second World War and early Cold War. She was ordered for the Royal Navy as HMS Success, but was transferred to the Norwegian Forces in Exile before completion along with her sister ship, Svenner.

HNoMS Stord.

Construction & Career

She was ordered on 9 January 1941 from J Samuel White as part of the 5th Emergency Flotilla. She was laid down as HMS Success on 25 February 1942 and launched on 3 April 1943. In August 1943, she was transferred on loan to the Royal Norwegian Navy ahead of her commissioning on 6 September 1943. Many of her crew had previously served on the Hunt-class escort destroyer HNoMS Eskdale, which had been sunk off Cornwall in 1943.

Lt Cdr S Stonhiel (left), DSC and Bar, Commanding Officer of the STORD, with his First Lieutenant, Lieut T Holthe after the Battle of the North Cape.

After completion, Stord joined the 23rd Destroyer Flotilla with the Royal Navy Home Fleet. Her first assignments involved escort duties on the gruelling Arctic convoy routes. On 26 December 1943, Stord took part in the Battle of the North Cape, where the German battleship Scharnhorst was sunk. As the battle progressed, Scharnhorst had been damaged but was edging away from HMS Duke of York. A shell hit temporarily slowed Scharnhorst to 10 knots, which allowed Stord and three British destroyers to mount a torpedo attack on Scharnhorst. Stord launched her torpedoes from 400 meters. The destroyers scored 5 hits on Scharnhorst, which finally slowed her enough to allow the British forces to catch up and sink her.

After the battle, Admiral Fraser sent the following message to the Admiralty: "... Please convey to the C-in-C Norwegian Navy. Stord played a very daring role in the fight and I am very proud of her...". In an interview in The Evening News on 5 January 1944, the commanding officer of HMS Duke of York said: "... the Norwegian destroyer Stord carried out the most daring attack of the whole action..."

Norwegian and British sailors of Stord pose under the Norwegian Ensign after her part in sinking Scharnhorst. It was common practice for foreign vessels serving with the RN to include a British signals staff, hence the British sailors serving on a Norwegian ship.

Stord spent the first part of 1944 with further Arctic Convoy duties until her flotilla was nominated to take part in Operation Neptune, the naval component of the Normandy Landings. Assigned to Bombardment Group D, she saw action in support of the British landings on Sword Beach.

Following D-Day, Stord returned to the Arctic Convoy routes until the end of the war. After VE-Day, she escorted the British cruiser Norfolk to Oslo as the Norwegian Royal Family returned home after five years in exile in the UK.

Stord was formally purchased by Norway in 1946 and served until 1959, after which she was taken to Belgium and scrapped.

On 28 September 2014, Håkon Nilsen (1913-1976), the torpedo commander aboard Stord during the Scharnhorst attack, was the first Norwegian war veteran posthumously awarded the Arctic Star by the United Kingdom in recognition of his heroic service.

In 2015, another Arctic Star was awarded to Chief Petty Officer Arne Olsen (1917-1990), who saw active service for the Norwegian Navy.

During her construction in 1942, still as HMS Success, she was adopted by the community of Downham Market in Norfolk.

Historical Gallery

References

Ship Change Log

See here for links to Update notes.

• Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 12.9.

Testing Changes

• DevBlog 476:
  • Preliminary characteristics.
• DevBlog 489:
  • Accuracy of main battery guns was reduced from that of Elbing to that of a standard destroyer.
  • Parameters of the Specialized Repair Teams consumable were changed:
    • Action time reduced from 15 to 10 s.
    • Number of charges increased from 1 to 2.
  • Torpedo parameters were changed:
    • Range increased from 6 to 7.5 km.
    • Torpedo tube reload time reduced from 85 to 75 s.
    • Maximum damage reduced from 10,700 to 7,533.
• DevBlog 495:
  • Main battery reload time increased from 3.5 to 3.7 s.
  • Torpedo parameters were changed:
    • Reload time increased from 75 to 90 s
    • Range increased from 7.5 to 10 km.

• Update 12.11:
  • Added as the reward for completing the 20th stage for the paid progression line of the Holidays in Santa City event.
• Update 13.3:
  • The number of bombs per Depth Charge drop increased from 8 to 10.
  • Depth Charge damage increased from 2,400 to 2,500.

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