Huron
Tier VII · Destroyer · Commonwealth · Premium
Rating A+ (Strong within its tier and class · overall score 77) · Gunboat destroyer
Gunboat destroyer, suited to long-range fire support, DD hunting. Each Repair Kit restores 16.7% of max HP, up to 67% over a battle (standard 50%). Tanking damage and healing it back is this ship's biggest weapon. Its AP main battery DPM of 31,991 is 23% above the same-tier destroyer average. Main battery range is 9.0 km (0.8 km longer than average), and dispersion at 6 km is about 104 m, 12% tighter than average. Detectability of 6.6 km is 0.35 km above average, so it gets spotted early; move behind islands.
Key stats
- HP: 15,755
- Top speed: 35.86 kn
- Surface detectability: 6.6 km
- Main battery: 120 mm 3X2 · reload 4.4 s · range 9 km
Named after an Indian tribe in North America, HMCS Huron was the third out of eight Canadian Tribal-class destroyers. She was laid down at a shipyard in Newcastle in 1941. The ship served within the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla and, as part of it, participated in escorting six northern convoys in 1943 and 1944. In the spring of 1944, she was engaged in operations against French coastal positions, and in 1945, she escorted convoys to Murmansk again.