Split
Tier VIII · Destroyer · Europe
Rating A (Strong within its tier and class · overall score 69) · Gunboat destroyer
Gunboat destroyer, suited to fire pressure, DD hunting. It is especially strong against battleships (HE deals a same-tier battleship's HP in about 4 min on paper). 3 charges of Smoke Generator let it break vision and escape whenever it gets caught. Its HE main battery DPM of 34,500 is 13% above the same-tier destroyer average. HE-only, it grinds targets down with fires. Detectability of 7.02 km is 0.73 km above average, so it gets spotted early; move behind islands.
Key stats
- HP: 17,464
- Top speed: 37.25 kn
- Surface detectability: 7.02 km
- Main battery: 140 mm 5X1 · reload 4 s · range 8.76 km
In the 1930s, French specialists designed a large destroyer based on Le Fantasque by order of the Yugoslav Navy. The boiler-and-turbine plant and gun fire-control system were purchased in the U.K. and France, respectively. Split, a ship named after the city where she was built, was laid down in 1939 and was to be armed with five Czechoslovak-produced 140 mm guns. In 1941, the city of Split was captured by the Italians, who decided to complete the construction of the ship. In 1943, the destroyer was renamed Spalato and launched. After the capitulation of Italy, the ship was grounded in the port. In 1948, Yugoslavia resumed work on her, but receiving weapons from Czechoslovakia was no longer possible, and Split was eventually completed with British-American weapons instead. The ship entered service in 1959, immediately becoming the Navy's flagship.