Kijkduin

13.3

Kijkduin

Cruiser | Netherlands | Tier VI

Tech Tree Position

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General

Research price36000 exp

Purchase price3,000,000

Hit Points28,000

Main Battery

152 mm/53 Model 1942 in a turret4 х 2 pcs.

Rate of Fire7.06 shots/min.

Reload Time8.5 sec.

Rotation Speed8 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time22.5 sec.

Firing Range13.24 km.

Maximum Dispersion133 m.

HE Shell152 mm HE Brisantgranaat

Maximum HE Shell Damage2,200

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell11 %

Initial HE Shell Velocity900 m./s.

HE Shell Weight46 kg.

AP Shell152 mm AP Pantsergranaat

Maximum AP Shell Damage3,000

Initial AP Shell Velocity900 m./s.

AP Shell Weight46.7 kg.

AA Defense

40 mm/56 Bofors on a Mk.3 mount6 х 1 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second45.6

. . . Firing Range3.51 km.

40 mm/56 Bofors Model 1936 on a Mk.IV* Hazemeyer mount6 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second136.2

. . . Firing Range3.51 km.

40 mm/56 Bofors on an RP Mk.I mount2 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second24.6

. . . Firing Range3.51 km.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed33 knot

Turning Circle Radius720 m.

Rudder Shift Time12.5 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range11.52 km.

Air Detectability Range5.97 km.

Battle Levels

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13.3

Kijkduin

Cruiser | Netherlands | Tier VI

Tech Tree Position

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General

Research price36000 exp

Purchase price3,000,000

Hit Points32,000

Main Battery

152 mm/53 Model 1942 in a turret4 х 2 pcs.

Rate of Fire7.06 shots/min.

Reload Time8.5 sec.

Rotation Speed8 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time22.5 sec.

Firing Range14.56 km.

Maximum Dispersion133 m.

HE Shell152 mm HE Brisantgranaat

Maximum HE Shell Damage2,200

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell11 %

Initial HE Shell Velocity900 m./s.

HE Shell Weight46 kg.

AP Shell152 mm AP Pantsergranaat

Maximum AP Shell Damage3,000

Initial AP Shell Velocity900 m./s.

AP Shell Weight46.7 kg.

AA Defense

40 mm/56 Bofors on an RP Mk.I mount8 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second98.4

. . . Firing Range3.51 km.

40 mm/56 Bofors Model 1936 on a Mk.IV* Hazemeyer mount6 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second136.2

. . . Firing Range3.51 km.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed33 knot

Turning Circle Radius720 m.

Rudder Shift Time9 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range11.52 km.

Air Detectability Range5.97 km.

Battle Levels

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VI

3,000,000

Kijkduin — Dutch Tier VI cruiser.

In 1935, the government of the Netherlands approved the decision to build "superlight" cruisers. De Ruyter was used as a prototype for them. The first ship of the two was named Kijkduin and was laid down in 1939. It was initially planned to arm the cruisers with eight guns distributed among four turrets, but the composition of the armament was later reconsidered. World War II and the occupation of the Netherlands slowed down the construction—it meant that the new cruisers were completed under an extensively modified project and didn't enter service until the 1950s.

Modules

	Rate of Fire (shots/min)	180° Turn Time (sec)	Maximum Dispersion (m)	Maximum HE Shell Damage (HP)	Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell (%)	Maximum AP Shell Damage (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
152 mm/53 Model 1942 in a turret	7.1	22.5	133	2,200	11	3,000		0	300,000

	Hit Points (HP)	Armor (mm)	Armor (mm)	Main Turrets (pcs.)	Secondary Gun Turrets (pcs.)	AA Mounts (pcs.)	Torpedo Tubes (pcs.)	Hangar Capacity (pcs.)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Kijkduin (A)	28,000	10	100	4		6/6/2				0	450,000
Kijkduin (B)	32,000	10	100	4		8				13,500	810,000

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
SUO Mk 6 Mod. 1		0		0	300,000
SUO Mk 6 Mod. 2		0		9,000	540,000

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 85,000 hp	33		0	300,000

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4

Player Opinion

Performance

Warning. The data presented in the AA Defense sidebar section may be incorrect.
Refer to the in-game Port screens for more useful data.

Kijkduin is a Tier VI Royal Netherlands Navy light cruiser.

Pros:

• Airstrikes
• Rather large fire chance on her HE shells (11% base)
• High shell velocity
• Medium range AA DPS is high
• Fantastic fire-setting capabilities due to both her combined airstrike and high HE shell fire chances
• Has a Spotting Aircraft, a rarity among tier VI cruisers, allowing her to boost her range up

Cons:

• Low HE penetration
• Long reload for her 152mm guns, at 8.5 seconds base (compared to other 152mm guns of other nations)
• No torpedoes
• Rather average (and almost weak) armor for her tier
• No long range AA (no flak bursts)
• Rather low range for her tier, however this can be fixed slightly by the use of her Spotting Aircraft

Research

Researchable module upgrades for Kijkduin:

• Hull: Upgrade to Hull (B) for more health and improved AA and maneuverability. Research of this module unlocks progression to VII Eendracht.
• Gun Fire Control System: Upgrade to SUO Mk 6 Mod. 2 for an extra 10% range on the main battery.

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

The recommended upgrades for Kijkduin are:

• Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1
• Slot 2: Engine Room Protection or Hydroacoustic Search Modification 1
• Slot 3: Aiming Systems Modification 1
• Slot 4: Propulsion Modification 1

Commander Skills

Recommended Commander Skills
Cost (points)	Attack				Defense
1	Grease the Gears +15% main battery traverse speed. ★★	Swift Fish +5% torpedo speed.	Consumables Specialist −7.5% cooldown time of all Consumables except:  Damage Control Party   Repair Party .	Gun Feeder -40% time to switch shell type.	Incoming Fire Alert Receive a warning of a salvo fired at your ship from more than 4.5km.	Last Stand The ship remains able to move and maneuver - slowly - while the engine or steering gears are incapacitated. ★★
2	Demolition Expert +1% chance of main and secondary HE shells causing a fire. +15% to the fragmentation damage area of HE ordnance fired at submarines.	Fill the Tubes -10% torpedo tubes reload time.	Consumables Enhancements +10% action time of Hydroacoustic Search, Surveillance Radar, Smoke Generator, & Engine Boost.	Eye in the Sky Spotting Aircraft: • +2 charges • -50% cooldown time.	Priority Target The detection indicator will show the number of enemies targeting you with main battery. ★★	Focus Fire Training In an active priority AA sector: •  +1.5% (to 5%) immediate damage. •  +25% continuous damage. •  +1 flak burst per salvo. −10% aircraft preparation time. −15% reload time of Airstrike armament..
3	Heavy HE and SAP Shells +10% HE and SAP shell damage. +15% ship detectability guns 149mm and up.	Pack a Punch +15% torpedo damage. +20% secondary battery range..	Adrenaline Rush -0.2% reload time of all armaments per 1% HP lost +0.2% AA continuous damage per 1% HP lost. ★★	Heavy AP Shells +5% damage for AP shells 190mm and larger.	Superintendent +1 charge to all consumables. ★★	Survivability Expert +450 HP per ship tier. ★★
4	Top Grade Gunner -10% reload time of secondary batteries If enemy ship is spotted within detectability range, -8% reload time of main battery. ★★	Outnumbered If there are fewer allies than visible enemies within the ship's base main caliber firing range: +8% ship speed -10% main battery dispersion.	Radio Location Shows the direction to the nearest enemy ship. The enemy is alerted that a bearing has been taken..	Inertial Fuse for HE Shells +25% armor penetration of HE shells Base fire chance reduced by half.	Concealment Expert -10% detectability range of the ship. ★★	AAA & ASW Expert +25% continuous AA and flak damage. +15% damage inflicted by depth charges. While AAA is active: −50% ship consumables reload time..
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful      ★★ - Frequently Useful      ★ - Occasionally Useful     No stars - Not Useful

Consumables

Kijkduin can equip the following:

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
• Slot 2: Hydroacoustic Search 
• Slot 3: Spotting Aircraft  or Catapult Fighter 

Signals

Recommended Signal Flags
Combat
Juliet Charlie -100% to the risk of magazine detonation.	Juliet Yankee Bissotwo -20% to flooding duration.	India Yankee -20% to fire duration.	Hotel Yankee -20% to damage received when ramming the enemy. +50% to damage dealt when ramming the enemy.	Victor Lima +1% chance for HE bombs and shells with a caliber above 160mm causing a fire. +0.5% chance for bombs and smaller shells causing a fire. +4% chance of torpedoes causing flooding.	India X-Ray +1% chance for HE bombs and shells with a caliber above 160mm causing a fire. +0.5% chance for bombs and smaller shells causing a fire. +5% to the risk of your ship's magazine detonating.
Juliet Whiskey Unaone +15% chance of causing flooding. +5% to the risk of your ship's magazine detonating.	Mike Yankee Soxisix +5% to secondary battery maximum firing range. -5% to maximum dispersion of secondary battery shells. -5% to secondary battery loading time.	November Echo Setteseven +5% continuous AA damage at all ranges. +5% damage from flak bursts.	Sierra Mike +5% to the ship's maximum speed.	November Foxtrot -5% reload time on all consumables.	India Delta +20% to the amount of HP recovered when Repair Party  is used.
X-Ray Papa Unaone +10% action time of a Smoke Generator .	Sierra Bravo +10% action time of Hydroacoustic Search  -10% reload time of Defensive AA Fire .

Note: Use of the Juliet Charlie signal makes detonation impossible.

Gallery

Historical Info

Kijkduin, 1938

Construction

Rotterdamse Droogdok Maatschappij; Rotterdam, Netherlands

Laid down: 19th of May, 1939

Launched: 22nd of August, 1950

Commissioned: 17th of December, 1953

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Specifications

8 350 tons displacement, standard

10 795 tons displacement, full

185,7m length

17,25m beam

5,4m draught

11,65m depth

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Machinery

6 boilers, 3 turbines

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Performance

32 knots at 78 000 shaft horsepower

4 500 nautical miles at 20 knots

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Armor

Main belt: 75mm

Torpedo bulkhead: 30mm

Decks: 30mm main, 20mm upper armored deck

Bulkheads: 50mm

Barbettes and Turrets: 100mm barbette, 125mm face,
   30mm side, 65mm rear (twins), 75mm (triples), 50mm roof

Conning tower: 30mm side, 20mm top

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Armament

Main

Ten (2 x 3) and (2 x 2) 150mm

Secondary

None

Anti-Aircraft

Twelve (6 x 2) 40mm

Eight (4 x 2) 12,7mm

Torpedoes

Six (2 x 3) 533mm

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Aircraft

Float Planes

2 Fokker C-XV W. sea planes, 1 Catapult

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Complement

475

History

Design

The Kijkduin-Class was meant to replace the aging Java-Class cruisers. Talks started in 1936. The design was made by the same Engineer as De Ruyter, Ir. G. 't Hooft. At first the design incorperated only eight guns in twin mounts, but in mid to late 1937 the underfiring turrets were replaced with triples. Around 1939 she was renamed to Eendracht. In 1947 her name was changed to De Ruyter and in 1950 the names of she and her sistership De Zeven Provinciën were swapped.

Modifications

In 1946 the Eendracht was redesigned in Bath to incorperate lessons learned during the war. BL MK. XXIII were considered but the hull was not designed to incorperate the heavier turrets. A layout of four Bofors twin turrets was eventually agreed upon. The AA would have consisted of 40mm Bofors guns in STAAG mounts. These were eventually replaced with modern radar controlled single mounts and 57mm twin mounts. The lighter armaments of 12,7mm were to be increased to 20mms, but were eventually dropped entirely to redistribute funds. Furthermore, a new electornics suite was added as well as a 10,3cm Bofors Light-Rocket Launcher. These new additions caused her crew requirements to increase into the 900s. She was later refit to incorperate a Terrier-type missile launcher, replacing her aft turrets.

Service

She was laid down before the war and captured by the Germans whilst in-progress. But she was never completed nor launched during the war. After the war the ships were to be completed following a new design and she was commissioned in 1953 as De Zeven Provinciën. In 1962 - 1964 she was rearmed with a Terrier system in place of her aft turrets. In 1975 she was decommissioned and sold to Peru.

Historical Inaccuracies

• Kijkduin had triple turrets before Wargaming's given design date of 1938.
• Her primary guns were designed to be of 149,1mm calibre, not 152mm
• She was designed with torpedoes, but in game these are covered up.
• The American Radars are a Wargaming addition. The Dutch used mostly native and English systems.
• The B-Hull's additional 40mms are a Wargaming addition.
• The Bofors M42 AP shells were designed to be 46 kg, not 47 kg.
• The Bofors M42 shells had a designed MV of 880 m/s, not 900 m/s.
• Her engines performed at 78 000 SHP, the 85 000 SHP value is what she had post refit.

Historical Gallery

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  Design of the Kijkduin and later Eendracht

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  The design in-game Kijkduin is based of.

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  The cruiser of the Kijkduin-class under construction shortly before work was halted because of WWII.

References

Ship Change Log

See here for links to Update notes.

• Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.10.4.

Testing Changes

• DevBlog 137:
  • Preliminary characteristics.
• DevBlog 150:
  • Airstrike parameters changed:
    • Maximum range of operation increased from 9 to 10 km.
    • Bomb drop time decreased from 10 to 8 s.
• DevBlog 164:
  • Main battery reload time increased from 7 to 8.5 s.
  • Airstrike parameters changed:
    • Reload time increased from 60 to 80 s.
    • Maximum bomb damage decreased from 5,800 to 5,100.
    • Chance of bombs causing fire decreased from 33 to 29%.
    • Bomb fall time decreased from 8 to 6 s.
• DevBlog 168:
  • Bomb fall time decreased from 6 to 5 s.

• Update 0.10.6:
  • Available in early access for Netherlands tokens in sequential bundles in the Armory.
• Update 0.10.8:
  • Introduced into the game as a researchable ship in Update 0.10.8.
• Update 0.10.8:
  • Fixed issues with the ship model and textures.
• Update 0.10.11:
  • Added the Snow and Stars permanent camouflage.
• Update 0.11.1:
  • Minor corrections to geometry and textures of the ship.
• Update 0.11.4:
  • Fixed the main battery gun designation displayed in the ship's tech specs and Modules tab, from "150mm/53 Model 1942 in a turret" to "152mm/53 Model 1942 in a turret".
  • Fixed an issue with a missing horn sound when using the Snow and Stars permanent camouflage.

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