Black Swan sloop

[Jammybee]

Anyone have the stats for this ship? Also I have a few questions about the flower class:

Is 3/1 damage correct? Its as tough as a DD with half displacement.
Is the Hedgehog ASW only? I assumed so but i don't think most subs need a super AP weapon used on them with an armour of 2+.

 

[DM]

I have the Black Swan stats somewhere. I'll dig out ASAP.

Flowers ended up with 3 points because, IIRC, thats the lowest that any surface warship gets. Hedgehog is indeed an ASW weapon. It should really an "automatic kill" weapon since the depth charge warheads (of which there were 24) used a contact fuse and thus a "hit" practically guaranteed a kill.

 

[Jammybee]

Thanks

 

[DM]

“Black Swan” Class sloop


Speed: 4”
Turning: 2
Target: 6+
Armour: 2+
Damage: 3/1
Crew: 8/2
Special Traits: Agile, Sub Hunter, Radar
In Service: 1939

Weapon Range AD DD Special
Hedgehog 4” 4 4 Slow Loading, Super AP
Secondary Armament 8” 1 1 Weak
AAA 5” 3 -
Depth Charges 3” 4 2 Slow-Loading

Length: 299 ft.
Displacement: 1,350 tons
Speed: 20 kts.
Crew: 192

The "Black Swan" and "Modified Black Swan" classes are identical in VAS terms. The stats are for a late war ship. For an early war ship delete the Hedgehog and reduce the AAA AD to 2.

 

[DM]

and just for completeness........

“Egret” Class sloop

Speed: 4”
Turning: 2
Target: 6+
Armour: 2+
Damage: 3/1
Crew: 8/2
Special Traits: Agile, Sub Hunter, Radar
In Service: 1938

Weapon Range AD DD Special
Secondary Armament 8” 1 1 Weak
AAA 5” 2 -
Depth Charges 3” 4 2 Slow-Loading

Length: 292 ft.
Displacement: 1,790 tons
Speed: 19 kts.
Crew: 188