World of Warships Supertest: Tier V British Destroyer Acasta
2 min readHMS Acasta, the third ship to bear that name, launched in 1929, was an A-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy. She served in the Second World War and was sunk on 8 June 1940 in action against the German warships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, while escorting the aircraft carrier Glorious. Glorious and her other escort, Ardent, were also sunk.
Acasta proved to be a tough opponent for the larger German ships, laying smoke to hide Glorious and making repeated torpedo and gun attacks. She scored several gun hits and one torpedo hit on Scharnhorst, causing moderate damage to the much larger German vessel. Acasta was finally sunk after roughly two hours of fighting; the battle flag of the Gneisenau was lowered to half mast and her crew brought to attention to honour the brave fight of Acasta and her crew. The damage to the German vessels inflicted by Ardent and Acasta caused them to retire to Trondheim, allowing the safe passage of convoys carrying Allied troops from Norway.
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Characteristics
| Tier | 5 |
| Hit Points | 11 200 HP |
| Main battery | |
| Maximum firing range | 11 110 m |
| 120 mm/45 CPXVIII | ?4 x 1 120 mm |
| Torpedo tubes | |
| 533 mm QR Mk IV | ?2 x 4 533 mm |
| Air defense | |
| 40 mm/39 QF Mark II | ?2 x 1 40 mm |
| 12.7 mm Mk III | ?2 x 4 12.7 mm |
| Maximum speed | 35.0 kt |
| Turning radius | 540 m |
| Rudder shift time | 3.78 s |
| Surface detectability range | 6.84 km |
| Air detectability range | 3.21 km |
| Detectability after firing in smoke | 2.4 km |
| Propulsion | 34 000 hp |
 120 mm/45 CPXVIII | |
| Guns | ?1 x 120 mm |
| Reloading time | 5 |
| Accuracy | |
| Sigma | 2.00? |
| Horizontal Dispersion | 50 |
| Vertical Spread | 110 |
| Traverse Speed | 10 |
| Vertical traverse rate | 10 |
| Type of projectile | HE |
| Alpha damage | 1 700 |
| Damage | 470 |
| Alpha piercing HE | 20 |
| Explosion size | 0.4 |
| Burn prob | 0.08 |
| Projectile speed | 808 |
| Air drag | 0.3927 |
| Projectile mass | 22.68 |
| Projectile krupp | 1 |
| Type of projectile | AP |
| Alpha damage | 2 100 |
| Damage | 0 |
| Alpha piercing HE | 0 |
| Explosion size | 0 |
| Burn prob | -0.5 |
| Projectile speed | 808 |
| Air drag | 0.3927 |
| Projectile mass | 22.68 |
| Projectile krupp | 2 396 |
 533 mm QR Mk IV | |
| Torpedoes | ?4 x 533 mm |
| Reloading time | 95 |
| Traverse Speed | 25 |
| Vertical traverse rate | 25 |
| Torpedo angles | 4.8 – 16 |
| Max HP | 1 200 |
| Arming time | 1 |
| Alpha damage | 33 200 |
| Maximum Damage | 11 967 |
| Alpha piercing HE | 1 000 |
| Speed | 59 kt |
| Max distance | 6.0 km |
| Surface detectability range | 1.2 |
| Alert distance | 100 |
| Explosion size | 1 |
| UW Critical | 1.96 |
| Running depth | 2.10 m |
Instead of choosing between wide and narrow spreads, captains can choose to fire off individual torpedoes or expend the entire launcher at once.
| 40 mm/39 QF Mark II (?2?x?1 40?mm?) | |
| Antiair aura | 0.11 |
| Maximum firing range | 2.5?km |
| Reloading time | 0.5 |
| 12.7 mm Mk III (?2?x?4 12.7?mm?) | |
| Antiair aura | 0.04 |
| Maximum firing range | 1.2?km |
| Reloading time | 0.1 |
 ?Damage Control Party I |  ?Smoke Generator I |  ?Engine Boost I |
 ?Damage Control Party II |  ?Smoke Generator II |  ?Engine Boost II |
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OMG Acasta against Scharnhorst and Gneisenau? She got a terrible MM.