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| − | {{Specs-Card|code=ussr_destroyer_kerch}} | + | {{About |
| + | | about = premium Russian destroyer '''Kerch''' | ||
| + | | usage = the Soviet light cruiser | ||
| + | | link = Kerch (cruiser) | ||
| + | }} | ||
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| + | |code=ussr_destroyer_kerch | ||
| + | |images={{Specs-Card-Image|GarageImage_{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|ArtImage_{{PAGENAME}}.png}} | ||
| + | }} | ||
== Description == | == Description == | ||
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| − | + | The '''{{Specs|name}}''' was a Fidonisy-class destroyer built for Imperial Russian Navy. The Fidonisy-class was improvement of previous Derzky-class destroyers. Kerch was laid down on 29th October 1915 and comissioned on 27<sup>th</sup> June 1917. After the Russian revolution, she joined the Bolsheviks and conducted several shore bombardments along the Crimea. On 29<sup>th</sup> April 1918, she sailed to Novorossiysk to avoid capture by advancing German forces. On 18<sup>th</sup> June, she scuttled Imperatritsa Mariya-class battleship Svobodnaya Rossiya and Kerch´s sister, Fidonisy to avoid being handed over to Germans as a result of Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Kerch herself was then scuttled for same reason off the harbour entrance at Tuapse. In 1929 the Soviets tried to refloat her, but the wreck broke apart. In 1932 they raised her engine room and used them as source of energy in the Tuapse power plant. | |
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| − | The '''{{Specs|name}}''' | + | Kerch was introduced in [[Update "New Power"]] as a GE premium. As a destroyer from the Imperial era, Kerch is very similar to the reserve [[Frunze]], mainly differing in its secondary weapons, where it has a somewhat more usable secondary battery but far worse torpedoes. |
== General info == | == General info == | ||
=== Survivability and armour === | === Survivability and armour === | ||
| + | {{Specs-Fleet-Armour}} | ||
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| − | + | As with other destroyers, Kerch is barely armoured. It mainly relies on its relatively small size and crew count to survive. | |
=== Mobility === | === Mobility === | ||
| + | {{Specs-Fleet-Mobility}} | ||
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| + | The mobility of the destroyer Kerch is not that good compared to its contemporaries, but it's quite manoeuvrable. | ||
{{NavalMobility}} | {{NavalMobility}} | ||
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| + | === Modifications and economy === | ||
| + | {{Specs-Economy}} | ||
== Armament == | == Armament == | ||
| + | {{Specs-Fleet-Armaments}} | ||
=== Primary armament === | === Primary armament === | ||
| + | {{Specs-Fleet-Primary}} | ||
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{{main|Pattern 1911 (102 mm)}} | {{main|Pattern 1911 (102 mm)}} | ||
| − | + | Kerch has 4 x 102 mm cannons as the main weapon. These guns have decent firepower and fire rate but are far from the best brawling weapons. The greatest advantage of these guns is the high accuracy which they have. As such, Kerch should be played as a sniper destroyer more so than a close-range brawler. The accuracy of these guns at long range far surpasses the other equivalent destroyers of other nations and can be used to shell enemies from far range with impunity from more inaccurate enemy fire. | |
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| + | Kerch also has the option of loading a unique shrapnel shell. While it is quite effective against any destroyer it might face due to increased fragmentation damage, it cannot set the enemy on fire (thus near useless against any destroyers that utilise anti-fragmentation armour), as well as cannot hull break any lightly-armoured PT boats (its greatest threats) it hits due to the shell over-penetrating and dealing little to no damage at all. | ||
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| + | Another point worth mentioning is the fact that the arrangement of the guns is not exactly the best, with a single gun at the front and the 3 others all at the back. This means that you can only use a single gun against a target directly in front of you. | ||
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| + | {{:Pattern 1911 (102 mm)/Ammunition|102 mm HE, 102 mm shrapnel}} | ||
=== Secondary armament === | === Secondary armament === | ||
| + | {{Specs-Fleet-Secondary}} | ||
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{{main|2pdr QF Mk.IIc (40 mm)}} | {{main|2pdr QF Mk.IIc (40 mm)}} | ||
| − | ' | + | The biggest difference between Kerch and the Frunze is that it's using two 40 mm Pom-Pom autocannons instead of a manually loaded 76 mm and 45 mm as secondary armaments. Despite only featured two single mounts at the aft and stern, these guns are quite reliable for AA defence due to wide coverage, and it's able to fend off PT boats at close distance. |
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| + | * '''Universal:''' {{Annotation|HEF|High-explosive fragmentation}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEF|High-explosive fragmentation}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}} | ||
| + | * '''40 mm HE:''' {{Annotation|HEF|High-explosive fragmentation}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEF|High-explosive fragmentation}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEF|High-explosive fragmentation}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}} | ||
| + | * '''40 mm AP:''' {{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEF|High-explosive fragmentation}} | ||
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| + | {{:2pdr QF Mk.IIc (40 mm)/Ammunition|HEF, AP-T}} | ||
=== Anti-aircraft armament === | === Anti-aircraft armament === | ||
| + | {{Specs-Fleet-AA}} | ||
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| − | {{main| | + | {{main|Maxim (7.62 mm)}} |
| − | + | Anti-air armaments of Kerch consisted of two severely outdated 7.62 mm Maxim machine guns that are pretty much useless except for spooking inbound aircraft to dodge relatively harmless shots. | |
| − | === | + | === Additional armament === |
| − | <!-- '' | + | {{Specs-Fleet-Additional}} |
| − | {{main|Pattern 1910 ( | + | <!-- ''Describe the available additional armaments of the ship: depth charges, mines, torpedoes. Talk about their positions, available ammunition and launch features such as dead zones of torpedoes. If there is no additional armament, remove this section.'' --> |
| + | {{main|Pattern 1910 (450 mm)}} | ||
| − | ' | + | Although Kerch has three more torpedo tubes than the Frunze, it utilizes incredibly weak torpedoes with only 100 kg of explosive (less than half of Frunze's). This means it often requires more than one hit to destroy enemy ships. Other than that, its range is also awfully short at only 3 km, so it cannot attack enemy ships other than at near point blank range. Interestingly it also has two spare torpedoes, a rarity in Russian vessels. |
== Usage in battles == | == Usage in battles == | ||
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=== Pros and cons === | === Pros and cons === | ||
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'''Pros:''' | '''Pros:''' | ||
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| + | * Main cannons are very accurate | ||
| + | * Good crew count for reserve ship, can soak up a little more damage than some other reserves | ||
| + | * Easy to control and manoeuvrable | ||
| + | * Small superstructure makes it harder to hit | ||
| + | * Pom-Pom autocannons are useful for fending off aircraft and boats | ||
'''Cons:''' | '''Cons:''' | ||
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| + | * Cannons are mostly unprotected, even small-calibre machine guns can easily take them out | ||
| + | * No access to contact-fuse HE shells, instead has a shrapnel shell that cannot set ships on fire | ||
| + | * Horrible torpedoes with tiny warhead and short range | ||
| + | * AA machine guns are mostly useless | ||
| + | * Slow reserve destroyer | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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| + | Kerch was a Fidonisy-class destroyer laid down in 1915 for the Imperial Russian Navy. The class was the third series of the Novik-type ships. Kerch was only completed in 1917 and commissioned in the Black Sea Fleet, but took little part in the First World War, as only months later the Russian Civil War broke out. Kerch joined the Bolsheviks, and supported them in their attempt to control Crimea by bombarding White Russian forces. As the invading Germans advanced into Ukraine, Kerch retreated to Novorossiysk and was later scuttled to prevent it from being turned to the Germans after the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. In 1929, the Soviet Navy attempted to raise the ship, but it broke apart and only the midship was salvaged, with its engines used in a power station at Tuapse. | ||
== Media == | == Media == | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
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| + | {{ShipManufacturer Black Sea Shipyard}} | ||
{{USSR destroyers}} | {{USSR destroyers}} | ||
{{USSR premium ships}} | {{USSR premium ships}} | ||
Latest revision as of 17:57, 4 November 2024
| This page is about the premium Russian destroyer Kerch. For the Soviet light cruiser, see Kerch (cruiser). |
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Description
The Fidonisy-class, Kerch, 1917 was a Fidonisy-class destroyer built for Imperial Russian Navy. The Fidonisy-class was improvement of previous Derzky-class destroyers. Kerch was laid down on 29th October 1915 and comissioned on 27th June 1917. After the Russian revolution, she joined the Bolsheviks and conducted several shore bombardments along the Crimea. On 29th April 1918, she sailed to Novorossiysk to avoid capture by advancing German forces. On 18th June, she scuttled Imperatritsa Mariya-class battleship Svobodnaya Rossiya and Kerch´s sister, Fidonisy to avoid being handed over to Germans as a result of Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Kerch herself was then scuttled for same reason off the harbour entrance at Tuapse. In 1929 the Soviets tried to refloat her, but the wreck broke apart. In 1932 they raised her engine room and used them as source of energy in the Tuapse power plant.
Kerch was introduced in Update "New Power" as a GE premium. As a destroyer from the Imperial era, Kerch is very similar to the reserve Frunze, mainly differing in its secondary weapons, where it has a somewhat more usable secondary battery but far worse torpedoes.
General info
Survivability and armour
Armourfront / side / back
Main fire tower38 / 0 / 0 mm
Hull16 mm (steel)
Superstructure4 mm (steel)
Number of section7
Displacement1 700 t
Crew168 people
As with other destroyers, Kerch is barely armoured. It mainly relies on its relatively small size and crew count to survive.
Mobility
Speedforward / back
AB72 / 26 km/h
RB59 / 22 km/h
The mobility of the destroyer Kerch is not that good compared to its contemporaries, but it's quite manoeuvrable.
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| Game Mode | Upgrade Status | Maximum Speed (km/h) | |
| Forward | Reverse | ||
| AB | |||
| Upgraded | 72 | 26 | |
| RB/SB | |||
| Upgraded | 59 | 22 | |
Modifications and economy
Repair cost
AB309 
RB358
Total cost of modifications5 160 
520
Crew training150
Experts1 000
Aces20 
Research Aces145 000
Reward for battleAB / RB / SB
2 × 40 / 60 / 50 % 2 × 75 / 75 / 75 % | Seakeeping | Unsinkability | Firepower | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Armament
Primary armament
4 х Turret102 mm/60 Pattern 1911 naval gun
Ammunition160 rounds
Vertical guidance-10° / 30°
Kerch has 4 x 102 mm cannons as the main weapon. These guns have decent firepower and fire rate but are far from the best brawling weapons. The greatest advantage of these guns is the high accuracy which they have. As such, Kerch should be played as a sniper destroyer more so than a close-range brawler. The accuracy of these guns at long range far surpasses the other equivalent destroyers of other nations and can be used to shell enemies from far range with impunity from more inaccurate enemy fire.
Kerch also has the option of loading a unique shrapnel shell. While it is quite effective against any destroyer it might face due to increased fragmentation damage, it cannot set the enemy on fire (thus near useless against any destroyers that utilise anti-fragmentation armour), as well as cannot hull break any lightly-armoured PT boats (its greatest threats) it hits due to the shell over-penetrating and dealing little to no damage at all.
Another point worth mentioning is the fact that the arrangement of the guns is not exactly the best, with a single gun at the front and the 3 others all at the back. This means that you can only use a single gun against a target directly in front of you.
| Penetration statistics | |||||||
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| Ammunition | Type of warhead |
Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm) | |||||
| 1,000 m | 2,500 m | 5,000 m | 7,500 m | 10,000 m | 15,000 m | ||
| 102 mm HE | HE | 51 | 42 | 29 | 26 | 26 | 26 |
| 102 mm shrapnel | Shrapnel | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
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| Ammunition | Type of warhead |
Velocity (m/s) |
Projectile mass (kg) |
Fuse delay (s) |
Fuse sensitivity (mm) |
Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g) |
Ricochet | |||||
| 0% | 50% | 100% | ||||||||||
| 102 mm HE | HE | 823 | 17.5 | 0.035 | 5 | 2,100 | 79° | 80° | 81° | |||
| 102 mm shrapnel | Shrapnel | 768 | 17.7 | 0 | 0.1 | 218 | 62° | 69° | 73° | |||
Secondary armament
2 х Turret40 mm 2pdr QF Mk.IIc automatic cannon
Ammunition2240 rounds
Belt capacity56 rounds
Fire rate200 shots/min
The biggest difference between Kerch and the Frunze is that it's using two 40 mm Pom-Pom autocannons instead of a manually loaded 76 mm and 45 mm as secondary armaments. Despite only featured two single mounts at the aft and stern, these guns are quite reliable for AA defence due to wide coverage, and it's able to fend off PT boats at close distance.
- Universal: HEF · AP-T · HEF · AP-T
- 40 mm HE: HEF · HEF · HEF · AP-T
- 40 mm AP: AP-T · AP-T · AP-T · HEF
| Penetration statistics | |||||||
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| Ammunition | Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm) | ||||||
| 10 m | 100 m | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 2,000 m | ||
| HEF | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| AP-T | 60 | 57 | 48 | 39 | 32 | 26 | |
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| Ammunition | Velocity (m/s) |
Projectile mass (kg) |
Fuse delay (m) |
Fuse sensitivity (mm) |
Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g) |
Ricochet | ||||||
| 0% | 50% | 100% | ||||||||||
| HEF | 701 | 0.82 | 0 | 0.1 | 71 | 79° | 80° | 81° | ||||
| AP-T | 701 | 0.91 | - | - | - | 47° | 60° | 65° | ||||
Anti-aircraft armament
2 х Turret7.62 mm Maxim machine gun
Ammunition1500 rounds
Belt capacity1000 rounds
Fire rate600 shots/min
Anti-air armaments of Kerch consisted of two severely outdated 7.62 mm Maxim machine guns that are pretty much useless except for spooking inbound aircraft to dodge relatively harmless shots.
Additional armament
Setup 114 x 450 mm wet-heater torpedo pattern 1910
Although Kerch has three more torpedo tubes than the Frunze, it utilizes incredibly weak torpedoes with only 100 kg of explosive (less than half of Frunze's). This means it often requires more than one hit to destroy enemy ships. Other than that, its range is also awfully short at only 3 km, so it cannot attack enemy ships other than at near point blank range. Interestingly it also has two spare torpedoes, a rarity in Russian vessels.
Usage in battles
Describe the technique of using this ship, the characteristics of her use in a team and tips on strategy. Abstain from writing an entire guide – don't try to provide a single point of view, but give the reader food for thought. Talk about the most dangerous opponents for this vehicle and provide recommendations on fighting them. If necessary, note the specifics of playing with this vehicle in various modes (AB, RB, SB).
Pros and cons
Pros:
- Main cannons are very accurate
- Good crew count for reserve ship, can soak up a little more damage than some other reserves
- Easy to control and manoeuvrable
- Small superstructure makes it harder to hit
- Pom-Pom autocannons are useful for fending off aircraft and boats
Cons:
- Cannons are mostly unprotected, even small-calibre machine guns can easily take them out
- No access to contact-fuse HE shells, instead has a shrapnel shell that cannot set ships on fire
- Horrible torpedoes with tiny warhead and short range
- AA machine guns are mostly useless
- Slow reserve destroyer
History
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Kerch was a Fidonisy-class destroyer laid down in 1915 for the Imperial Russian Navy. The class was the third series of the Novik-type ships. Kerch was only completed in 1917 and commissioned in the Black Sea Fleet, but took little part in the First World War, as only months later the Russian Civil War broke out. Kerch joined the Bolsheviks, and supported them in their attempt to control Crimea by bombarding White Russian forces. As the invading Germans advanced into Ukraine, Kerch retreated to Novorossiysk and was later scuttled to prevent it from being turned to the Germans after the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. In 1929, the Soviet Navy attempted to raise the ship, but it broke apart and only the midship was salvaged, with its engines used in a power station at Tuapse.
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| Black Sea Shipyard (Черноморский судостроительный завод) | |
|---|---|
| Destroyers | |
| Derzkiy-class | Frunze |
| Fidonisy-class | Kerch |
| Project 1 | Moskva |
| Light Cruisers | |
| Project 26 | Voroshilov |
| Project 68A | Mikhail Kutuzov |
| USSR destroyers | |
|---|---|
| Imperial Russia | |
| Derzky-class | Frunze |
| Fidonisy-class | Kerch |
| Soviet Union | |
| Pr. 1 | Leningrad · Moskva |
| Pr. 45 | Opytny |
| Pr. 7 | Besposhchadny · Ryany |
| Pr. 7U | Soobrazitelny · Stroyny |
| Pr. 20 | Tashkent |
| Pr. 30 | Ognevoy |
| Pr. 30-bis | Smelyi · Bezuprechny |
| Pr. 41 | Neustrashimy |
| Pr. 56 | Spokoinyy · Blagorodnyy · Bravy |
| Trophies | Romania |
| Regele Ferdinand-class | Letuchiy |
| USSR premium ships | |
|---|---|
| Motor torpedo boats | G-5 (ShVAK) · Pr.123K (A-10bis) |
| Motor gun boats | TKA-412 · Pr.183 BM-21 · Ya-5M |
| Motor torpedo gun boats | MPK Pr.12412P |
| Armoured gun boats | MBK-161 early · MBK pr.186 (MK 85) · Pr.1124 MLRS · Pr.1204 |
| Sub-chasers | MPK Pr.122bis |
| Frigates | Rosomacha |
| Destroyers | Kerch · Ryany · Leningrad · Stroyny · Smelyi · Neustrashimy · Blagorodnyy |
| Light cruisers | Murmansk · Kerch · Zheleznyakov |
| Battleships | Marat |
