Haida

13.3

Haida

Destroyer | Commonwealth | Tier VII

Tech Tree Position

General

Purchase price5,600

Hit Points15,700

Main Battery

120 mm/45 Mk.IX on a CPXIX mount3 х 2 pcs.

Rate of Fire12 shots/min.

Reload Time5 sec.

Rotation Speed10 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time18 sec.

Firing Range12.32 km.

Maximum Dispersion107 m.

HE Shell120 mm HE

Maximum HE Shell Damage1,900

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell5 %

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.

Secondary Armament #1

102 mm/45 QF Mk.XVI on a Mk.XIX mount1 х 2 pcs.

Firing Range4 km.

Rate of Fire20 shots/min.

Reload Time3 sec.

HE Shell102 mm HE 35 lb

Maximum HE Shell Damage1,500

Initial HE Shell Velocity811 m./s.

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell6 %

Torpedo Tubes

533 mm QR Mk II1 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 IXM

Maximum Damage16,767

Torpedo Speed62 knot

Torpedo Range8.01 km.

AA Defense

102 mm/45 QF Mk.XVI on a Mk.XIX mount1 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second9.4

. . . Firing Range5.01 km.

40 mm/39 Vickers QF Mk.VIII on a Mk.VII mount1 х 4 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second12.9

. . . Firing Range2.49 km.

20 mm Oerlikon Mk.II on a Mk.V mount6 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second36.6

. . . Firing Range2.01 km.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed36.5 knot

Turning Circle Radius630 m.

Rudder Shift Time3.8 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range6.3 km.

Air Detectability Range3.12 km.

Battle Levels

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13.3

Haida

Destroyer | Commonwealth | Tier VII

Tech Tree Position

General

Purchase price5,600

Hit Points15,700

Main Battery

120 mm/45 Mk.IX on a CPXIX mount3 х 2 pcs.

Rate of Fire12 shots/min.

Reload Time5 sec.

Rotation Speed10 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time18 sec.

Firing Range12.32 km.

Maximum Dispersion107 m.

HE Shell120 mm HE

Maximum HE Shell Damage1,900

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell5 %

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.

Secondary Armament #1

102 mm/45 QF Mk.XVI on a Mk.XIX mount1 х 2 pcs.

Firing Range4 km.

Rate of Fire20 shots/min.

Reload Time3 sec.

HE Shell102 mm HE 35 lb

Maximum HE Shell Damage1,500

Initial HE Shell Velocity811 m./s.

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell6 %

Torpedo Tubes

533 mm QR Mk II1 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 IXM

Maximum Damage16,767

Torpedo Speed62 knot

Torpedo Range8.01 km.

AA Defense

102 mm/45 QF Mk.XVI on a Mk.XIX mount1 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second9.4

. . . Firing Range5.01 km.

40 mm/39 Vickers QF Mk.VIII on a Mk.VII mount1 х 4 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second12.9

. . . Firing Range2.49 km.

20 mm Oerlikon Mk.II on a Mk.V mount6 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second36.6

. . . Firing Range2.01 km.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed36.5 knot

Turning Circle Radius630 m.

Rudder Shift Time3.8 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range6.3 km.

Air Detectability Range3.12 km.

Battle Levels

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VII

5,600

Haida — Commonwealth premium Tier VII destroyer.

A Tribal-class destroyer built for the Royal Canadian Navy. In contrast to British ships of the series that were commissioned before the beginning of World War II, she had stronger AA defenses installed in place of one of the main battery mounts.

HMCS Haida is now preserved as a military museum ship in Hamilton, Ontario.

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 Mk.IX on a CPXIX mount	12	18	107	1,900	5	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 ()
Haida	15,700	6	19	3	1	6/1/1	1			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 IXM	0.6	96	7.2	16,766	62	8		0	0

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

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 44,000 hp	36.5		0	0

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4

Player Opinion

Performance

Haida is a ship that belongs on the front lines. Her play style is that of a forward scout and destroyer-hunter. She is adept at applying pressure to capture points early on, providing forward vision for her team and foiling enemy ships from doing the same. Unique among Tier VII destroyers, she is incredibly stealthy while still having a sizable hit point pool and decent agility.

Her greatest asset is her ability to control vision. Her surface detection is one of the lowest found within her matchmaking spread with just a handful of ships being more stealthy. Of these, most are Japanese destroyers and present little in the way of a threat to this gunship. Haida can out-fight anything that out-spots her and she can out-spot anything that she cannot out-fight. But she has two more tricks to play.

Haida’s Smoke Generator  allows her to remain mobile while hidden. This has the obvious benefits of making it more difficult to attack Haida with blind-fire drops of torpedoes, bombs and shells, but it may also be used offensively. Other ships must risk leaving their smoke cover if a battle progresses away from where they initially laid it. Haida doesn't suffer this problem. She can quickly redeploy and then slow down to once again take advantage of her Smoke Generator's concealment and resume attacking. Her flexibility allows her to keep up with the pace of battle either on the attack or the retreat.

Similarly, her Hydroacoustic Search  has offensive and defensive uses. Though very short ranged, the increased warning time provided is more than sufficient to trivialize the dangers of enemy torpedoes. The long run time also facilitates this, ensuring that Haida will have ample warning throughout all stages of an encounter. Finally, it may also be used offensively to dig out enemy ships hiding in smoke. For this role, it's less than ideal. Her Hydroacoustic Search lacks the range of the ones found on German destroyers or the vaunted reach of Loyang. However, Haida’s guns have a very small detection bloom when firing through smoke, allowing her to deliver several salvos before her target can respond.

Haida’s advantages in stealth largely mitigate her biggest weakness: a lack of striking power. While she does boast some of the best damage-per-minute values with her high explosive shells, the effective range of Haida’s weapon systems is very short. Her fire angles are less than ideal and the shell flight times of her guns become very punitive at ranges greater than 7.0 km (even worse than American 127mm/38s). In addition, her penetration values are lackluster and she's not good at starting fires, making it difficult to engage larger targets with her guns. Finally there are Haida’s torpedoes. These are individually hard hitting and may be single-launched, but she is limited to a single quadruple launcher with a long, 96-second reload.

Haida is a destroyer that needs to get in close to ensure she lands as many hits as possible, whether that be with her guns in a knife fight or single-firing her torpedoes into an enemy cruiser or battleship. Thankfully, her stealth and consumables give her all the tools needed to ensure she can deliver these attacks on target and to devastating effect.

LittleWhiteMouse's Premium Ship Review: Haida from the NA forums.

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Optimal Configuration

Consumables

Haida can equip the following consumables:

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
• Slot 2: Smoke Generator 
• Slot 3: Engine Boost 
• Slot 4: Hydroacoustic Search 

Haida has no alternative consumables in any of her slots. Although she has Hydroacoustic Search as a consumable, the version she equips is less potent than those equipped by equal tier German destroyers. Nonetheless, it is a powerful tool; both for offense and defense.

Premium variants of the consumables can be mounted for increased performance in battle.

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

HMCS Haida, YEAR

Construction

Builder: Yard; City, Country

Laid down: DD MONTH YEAR

Launched: DD MONTH YEAR

Commissioned: DD MONTH YEAR

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Specifications

XX tons displacement, standard

XXm length

XXm beam

XXm draft

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Machinery

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Performance

XX knots at XX shaft horsepower

XX nm at XX knots

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Armor

Main belt:

Upper belt:

Torpedo bulkhead:

Decks:

Bulkheads:

Barbettes and Turrets:

Conning tower:

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Armament

Main

Secondary

Anti-aircraft

Torpedoes

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Aircraft

Total

Fighters

Bombers

History

Design

First thoughts of a new destroyer class percolated within the Royal Navy as early as 1934, when became clear that a versatile and powerful destroyer leader design was needed which would displace not more than 1,850 tons to not break the 1930 London Naval Treaty. The intended tasks of such a vessel would range from patrol and guard duties over to escorting convoys, to supporting destroyer flotillas, up to defending fleets, convoys, and ports against air attacks. To fulfill these tasks, it was concluded that a heavy artillery component would be required, so early designs proposed ten (10) 120mm guns in five turrets, several machine guns for air defense, and also torpedo tubes in case of night battles. The idea of installing the 40mm 2-pdr “PomPoms” was quickly discarded, as such installations would only increase the displacement, and they could always be installed later on in case of hostilities, as in those cases the restrictions of any treaty would no longer be a factor.

As the design progressed through 1935, it was decided to abandon the idea of five turrets and incorporate the “PomPoms” into the design. This happened in part as a result of the American Somers-class, which also featured four twin turrets, and the British designers did not want to cause a naval arms race by building even stronger ships.

The initial configuration displaced 1,854 tons, and had machinery which allowed up to 44,000 shaft horsepower for a maximum speed of 36 knots. However, when fully loaded up to 2,519 tons displacement, this speed would drop to 32.5 knots. Like most destroyers of the British Navy, they had a very impressive cruising range of 5,700 statute miles, exceeding the operating range of many foreign destroyers. The armament consisted of four twin-mounted 120mm guns with a maximum elevation 40°, which were directed by a fire control system that could track both sea and air targets, giving the main armament a theoretical ability to engage low flying aircraft. One quadruple 40mm 2-pdr and two .50-caliber machine guns would ensure close range AA defense, while one quadruple 533mm torpedo launcher provided additional striking power against surface units. The anti-submarine armament consisted of 20 depth charges.

In 1936, seven ships were ordered; these began to enter service in 1938. Due to political reasons, and the increasing threat of foreign navies — particularly Germany, which had begun to build very large and combat capable destroyers — nine more were ordered only a few months after the first seven. In 1939, three further vessels were built for the Royal Australian Navy, and four more for the Royal Canadian Navy followed in 1940. Canada also built four more ships in their own shipyards, bringing the final tally to twenty-seven (27) vessels of the class constructed. Christened the Tribal class, all twenty-seven ships were named after indigenous tribes of native peoples found throughout the British Empire (such as Sikh, Iroquois, and Warramunga).

After the onset of World War II, aircraft proved to be a very effective counter to destroyers, and two Tribal-class ships were sunk by air attacks (HMS Afridi and HMS Gurkha). In the interest of increasing their anti-aircraft defenses, the X-turret was removed and replaced by a twin high-angle 102mm dual purpose gun. The light and medium AA was similarly revised and modernized by adding 20mm Oerlikons and the famous 40mm Bofors, which eventually replaced the 2-pdr quadruple and the .50-caliber machine guns. Additionally, the number of depth charges was increased to up to 46 as the ships saw increasing service performing convoy duties during the Battle of the Atlantic. As it became available, members of the class also received radar equipment; however, this only happened from 1944 onwards.

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Historical Gallery

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  Haida as she was during World War II.

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  Haida as a museum ship in Hamilton, Ontario.

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  A closer view of Haida's superstructure.

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  Haida's forward 120mm guns.

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  One of the ship's 76mm anti-aircraft gun mounts.

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