Ernst Gaede

Ernst Gaede — German Tier VI destroyer.

One of the designs for the Zerstörer 1934 destroyer. The ship was designed to be relatively large for her type and featured a very powerful artillery armament of 150 mm cruiser caliber guns. This caliber was unusual for destroyers.

Ship Stats

Survivability

Health: 15,295

Citadel Protection: 5%

Fire and Flooding Resistance: 10%

Damage Reduction: 4.50%

Torpedo Damage Reduction: 3%


Armour

Bow: 15 mm

Stern: 15 mm

Deck: 15 mm

Belt: 16 mm


Maneuverability

Top Speed: 35.57 Knots 

Time to Full Speed: 10.66 s

Max Traverse Speed: 8.10 deg/s

Turn Time: 3.90 s


Main Guns (128 mm L/45 LC/34 4x1)

Reload Time: 4.50 s

Range: 8.39 km

Dispersion Min/Max/Vertical: 54 m / 138 m / 57.60 m

Sigma: 1 σ

HE Damage: 334

Fire Chance: 4%

AP Damage: 518

Citadel Chance: 3%

Citadel Damage Rate: 150%

Turret Traverse: 15 deg/s


Torpedo Tubes (533 mm Vierling 2x4)

Reload Time: 48 s

Range: 7.20 km

Min/Max Torpedo Spread: 2.25 deg / 4.50 deg

Torpedo Damage: 3,105

Flood Chance: 12%

Torpedo Concealment: 1.68 km

Torpedo Traverse Speed: 20 deg/s


Anti-Aircraft Armament

Small Caliber AA Damage: 39

Small Caliber AA Range: 1.50 km

Total AA Damage: 39


Concealment

Surface Detection: 6.24 km

After Firing Guns: 9.24 km

Ship Skills and Elite Bonus

Engine Accelerator I x2

Max Speed: 8% for 25 seconds

Before: 35.57 Knots

After: 38.42 Knots


Sonar I x2

Detects hostile ships and torpedoes:

3.75 km for 25 s

Cooldown: 90 s


Destroyer Modernization

Ship Hit Points +2%

Max Speed: +3%

Torpedo Tube Traverse Speed: +7%

Before: 15,295 / 35.57 Knots / 15 deg/s

After: 15,601 / 36.64 Knots / 16.05 deg/s


Elite Torpedo Operator

Torpedo Tube Reload Time: -3%

Torpedo Tube Traverse Speed: +7%

Before: 48 s / 20 deg/s

After: 46.56s / 21.40 deg/s

Ship Play-style

Historical Info