Stord

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Stord

Destroyer | Europe | Tier VI

Tech Tree Position

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General

Research price35000 exp

Purchase price3,000,000

Hit Points11,600

Main Battery

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

Rate of Fire15 shots/min.

Reload Time4 sec.

Rotation Speed10 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time18 sec.

Firing Range10 km.

Maximum Dispersion97 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.

Torpedo Tubes

533 mm QR Mk IV2 х 4 pcs.

Rate of Fire0.8 shots/min.

Reload Time75 sec.

Rotation Speed25 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time7.2 sec.

TorpedoTorped M1924 mod 2

Maximum Damage7,533

Torpedo Speed72 knot

Torpedo Range7.5 km.

AA Defense

20 mm Oerlikon Mk.I on a Mk.IIA mount4 х 1 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second14.4

. . . 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 Time4.2 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range7 km.

Air Detectability Range3.16 km.

Battle Levels

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13.11

Stord

Destroyer | Europe | Tier VI

Tech Tree Position

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General

Research price35000 exp

Purchase price3,000,000

Hit Points11,900

Main Battery

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

Rate of Fire15 shots/min.

Reload Time4 sec.

Rotation Speed10 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time18 sec.

Firing Range11 km.

Maximum Dispersion97 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.

Torpedo Tubes

533 mm QR Mk IV2 х 4 pcs.

Rate of Fire0.8 shots/min.

Reload Time75 sec.

Rotation Speed25 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time7.2 sec.

TorpedoTorped M1924 mod 2

Maximum Damage7,533

Torpedo Speed72 knot

Torpedo Range7.5 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 km.

Air Detectability Range3.16 km.

Battle Levels

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VI

3,000,000

Stord — European Tier VI destroyer.

With the outbreak of World War II, Great Britain started the mass construction of destroyers in batches of eight. As a rule, all of them had four single-gun mounts with 102–120 mm guns and one or two quadruple-tube torpedo launchers. Two of them were transferred to the Norwegian Navy and received the names "Stord" and "Svenner." Stord entered service in September 1943. In 1943 and 1944, she participated in operations in the North Atlantic and escorted polar convoys. During the Battle of the North Cape, Stord was involved in sinking German battleship Scharnhorst. In 1944, the destroyer participated in covering the landings in Normandy, then returned to escorting convoys heading for the U.S.S.R. After the war, Stord became the flagship of the Norwegian Navy.

Stord was first released during patch 12.4.

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	15	18	97	1,700	8			0	300,000

	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 ()
Stord (A)	11,600	6	16	4		4/1	2			0	450,000
Stord (B)	11,900	6	16	4		4/1	2			12,000	810,000

	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 ()
533 mm Mk VII	0.8	75	7.2	7,533	72	7.5		0	300,000

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
SUO Mk 6 Mod. 1		0		0	300,000
SUO Mk 6 Mod. 2		0		8,000	540,000

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 40,000 hp	36.8		0	300,000

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4

Player Opinion

Performance

Warning: The data presented in the AA Defense sidebar section may be incorrect.
Refer to the in-game Port screens for more useful data.

The Ship

Tier VI Stord 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 cannot fire AP ammunition.

With a top speed of 36.8 knots, Stord is able to keep up with most of her peers, but she lags behind the fastest destroyers at her tier. Her rudder shift time of 3 seconds and a tight turning circle of 590 meters combine to make her one of the most nimble ships at Tier VI. Stord has a base surface concealment of 7 km, that can be reduced to 6.3 km with the Concealment Expert skill. This is not the worst at her tier, but many other destroyers will still outspot her.

Unfortunately, her health pool is one of the lowest of all Tier VI destroyers. Her upgraded hull has 11,900 hit points, the same as Muavenet’s upgraded hull. Survivability Expert is necessary to bring her health to a useful level.

Stord retains her predecessor’s consumables — a Smoke Generator  and Engine Boost . The smokescreen is standard for a Tier VI destroyer, with a 20 second action time, 81 second dispersion time and three charges as standard, with a 160 second cooldown between uses. The Engine Boost provides an 8% boost to her top speed for 90 seconds, taking her up to 39.7 knots. This has four charges as standard, with a 90 second cooldown between uses.

Armament

Stord shares the same main gun battery as many mid-tier British destroyers, although she gains an improved reload but loses AP rounds. She boasts one of the highest HE DPM totals of the Tier VI destroyers, although her salvo weight is one of the lowest due to her small gun caliber. Her lack of AP rounds may not seem like a large drawback, but it does limit STORD’S tactical options when fighting lightly armored cruisers.

Her gunnery emphasizes short range duels, as her shells have a 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 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.

Stord has an improved torpedo armament compared to Muavenet, with two quad launchers. An increased range of 7.5 km means they can be launched from stealth. However, despite these improvements she retains a relatively weak torpedo armament. They have the lowest flood chance and damage per torpedo among Tier VI destroyers; even with a faster than average reload of 75 seconds, STORD has one of the lowest torpedo DPM totals in her tier.

Anti-Aircraft

Like most Tier VI destroyers, Stord 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.

Anti-Submarine

Stord 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 does not have a Hydroacoustic Search, so tracking submarines can be difficult.

Battle Performance

Stord’s gameplay centers around short range duels with enemy destroyers. Although she has good DPM from her main guns, her small health pool means players can find themselves outmuscled by dedicated gunboats. French and Russian destroyers in particular are capable of matching her damage output and have larger health pools, making them difficult targets to take down. 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’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.

Pros:

• High HE DPM
• Good fire-starting potential
• High speed
• Good agility
• Smoke Screen Consumable

Cons:

• Small health pool
• No AP rounds
• Weak torpedoes with short range
• No Hydroacoustic search

Research

Researchable upgrades for Stord:

1. Hull: Upgrade to Hull (B) for improved survivability, maneuverability and AA. Research of this module unlocks progression to Grom.
2. Gun Fire Control System: Upgrade to SUO Mk 6 Mod. 2 for an extra 10% range on the main battery.

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 equips the following consumables:

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

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

Historical Info

Stord, 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 12.2.

Testing Changes

• DevBlog 417:
  • Preliminary characteristics.
• DevBlog 422:
  • Fixed incorrect progression of ASW armament parameters:
    • Depth charge damage reduced from 5,000 to 2,400.
    • Number of depth charges per drop reduced from 16 to 8.
• DevBlog 429:
  • AP shells have been removed.
• DevBlog 441:
  • Detectability range by air increased from 3 to 3.2 km.
• DevBlog 446:
  • Torpedo range increased from 6 to 7.5 km.

• Update 12.4:
  • Available from sequential bundle #2 of the European Destroyers event (for European Tokens).
• Introduced into the game as a researchable ship in Update 12.6.

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