Hoche
Tier VIII · Destroyer · France · Premium
Rating A- (Above average+ within its tier and class · overall score 65) · Gunboat destroyer
Gunboat destroyer, suited to DD hunting, fire pressure. It is especially strong against destroyers and cruisers (AP deals a same-tier destroyer's HP in about 87 s on paper · destroyer-calibre AP rarely overpens destroyers). Its AP main battery DPM of 47,787 is 56% above the same-tier destroyer average. High HE fire potential (3.7 fires/min before hit rate and resistance). Detectability of 6.78 km is 0.49 km above average, so it gets spotted early; move behind islands. Its weak detectability (6.78 km) drops to 5.97 km with a stealth/mobility equipment build (at −5% HP).
Key stats
- HP: 17,936
- Top speed: 40.03 kn
- Surface detectability: 6.78 km
- Main battery: 128 mm 4X2 · reload 4.5 s · range 8.64 km
Z25 was completed in 1940, built as one of 15 Type 1936A destroyers. She spent much of her service during World War II escorting German ships. However, in early 1946, following the war, she was allocated to France as part of reparations and renamed Hoche. After a series of reconstructions, she was later converted into a fast destroyer escort before eventually being decommissioned in 1956.