Grom
Tier VII · Destroyer · Europe
Rating S (Elite within its tier and class · overall score 88) · Gunboat destroyer
Gunboat destroyer, suited to DD hunting, fire pressure. It is especially strong against destroyers and cruisers (HE deals a same-tier destroyer's HP in about 93 s on paper). Its HE main battery DPM of 34,176 is 32% above the same-tier destroyer average. HE-only, it grinds targets down with fires. Key skills: Engine Accelerator I ×2 (top speed +8%, 25 s); Smoke Generator I ×2 (9 s deploy, 24 s linger); Radar I ×1 (7.2 km, 10 s). With only 2 smoke charges, save it for emergencies.
Key stats
- HP: 14,720
- Top speed: 38.09 kn
- Surface detectability: 6.36 km
- Main battery: 120 mm 4X2 · reload 5 s · range 8.28 km
Grom and Błyskawica entered service in 1937, becoming the strongest European destroyers of their time after the latest French ones. With the outbreak of World War II, the destroyers broke through the Baltic to Britain to help escort wartime supply convoys to Poland; however, the convoys were never organized due to the rapid fall of the nation. After Poland's capture, Grom came under the command of the British Royal Navy, and she took part in the Norwegian campaign as part of the British fleet. On May 4, 1940, one of Grom's torpedo tubes was hit by a bomb, causing the torpedoes to detonate. It took less than three minutes for the ship to sink.