De Zeven Provinciën

0.11.5

De Zeven Provinciën

Cruiser | Netherlands | Tier VIII

Tech Tree Position

General

Purchase pricepromo

Hit Points33,800

Main Battery

152 mm/53 Bofors M424 х 2 pcs.

Rate of Fire9.23 shots/min.

Reload Time6.5 sec.

Rotation Speed8 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time22.5 sec.

Firing Range16.06 km.

Maximum Dispersion143 m.

HE Shell152 mm HE Brisantgranaat

Maximum HE Shell Damage2,150

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

152 mm/53 Bofors M424 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second66.8

. . . Firing Range6 km.

40 mm/70 SAK-40/L70-350 on a SAK-40/L70-350 mount8 х 1 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second218.4

. . . Firing Range3.51 km.

57 mm/60 SAK Model 1950 on a Model 1950 mount4 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second200.8

. . . Firing Range3.99 km.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed32 knot

Turning Circle Radius730 m.

Rudder Shift Time9.1 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range11.88 km.

Air Detectability Range8.52 km.

Battle Levels

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0.11.5

De Zeven Provinciën

Cruiser | Netherlands | Tier VIII

Tech Tree Position

General

Purchase pricepromo

Hit Points33,800

Main Battery

152 mm/53 Bofors M424 х 2 pcs.

Rate of Fire9.23 shots/min.

Reload Time6.5 sec.

Rotation Speed8 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time22.5 sec.

Firing Range16.06 km.

Maximum Dispersion143 m.

HE Shell152 mm HE Brisantgranaat

Maximum HE Shell Damage2,150

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

152 mm/53 Bofors M424 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second66.8

. . . Firing Range6 km.

40 mm/70 SAK-40/L70-350 on a SAK-40/L70-350 mount8 х 1 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second218.4

. . . Firing Range3.51 km.

57 mm/60 SAK Model 1950 on a Model 1950 mount4 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second200.8

. . . Firing Range3.99 km.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed32 knot

Turning Circle Radius730 m.

Rudder Shift Time9.1 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range11.88 km.

Air Detectability Range8.52 km.

Battle Levels

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VIII

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De Zeven Provinciën — Dutch promo premium Tier VIII cruiser.

A light cruiser laid down before the outbreak of World War II. The ship was completed in the 1950s utilizing a changed design. Carried powerful AA defenses centered on the use of 152 mm dual-purpose guns.

De Zeven Provinciën first went on sale on 12 August 2021.

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 Bofors M42	9.2	22.5	143	2,150	11	3,000		0	0

	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 ()
De Zeven Provinciën	33,800	13	100	4		4/4/8				0	0

	Firing Range Increase (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
SUO Mk 8 Mod. 1	0	16.1		0	0

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 85,000 hp	32		0	0

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4
Slot 5

Player Opinion

Performance

Warning. The data presented in the AA Defense sidebar section may be incorrect.
For a graphic summary of ships Tiers VIII thru XI see LittleWhiteMouse's "Actual AA DPS".

Pros:

• Decent main battery rate of fire and fire chance
• All main turrets can turn a full 360 degrees
• Extremely powerful mid-range AA defenses
• Airstrike armament can stack up to three charges and has the shortest cooldown of all Dutch cruisers
• Improved Repair Party  consumable with a short cooldown
• Access to the Engine Boost  consumable
• Fairly small ship with excellent concealment

Cons:

• Very small hitpoint pool and weak armor protection
• Undergunned for its tier, with only eight rifles in four twin turrets
• Worse than average AP and HE alpha damage for its gun caliber
• Despite the listed shell velocity, ballistics at range are rather poor
• Long-range AA defenses are fairly lacking
• Lacks Defensive AA Fire  or any utility consumables
• Poor rudder shift for a light cruiser

Research

As a premium ship, De Zeven Provinciën has no module upgrades to research.

Optimal Configuration

The recommended upgrades for De Zeven Provinciën are as follows:

• Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1
• Slot 2: Engine Boost Modification 1 or Engine Room Protection
• Slot 3: Aiming Systems Modification 1
• Slot 4: Airstrike Modification 1 or Propulsion Modification 1
• Slot 5: Concealment System Modification 1 

Recommended Commander Skills
Cost (points)	Attack				Defense
1	Grease the Gears +15% main battery traverse speed.	Swift Fish +5% torpedo speed.	Consumables Specialist -10% cooldown time of Main Battery Reload Booster, Torpedo Reload Booster, Spotting Aircraft, Catapult Fighter, and Defensive AA Fire.	Gun Feeder -50% time to switch loaded 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 • -50% action time.	Priority Target The detection indicator will show the number of enemies targeting you with main battery. ★★★	Focus Fire Training In the priority AA sector:   +25% continuous damage.   +1 flak burst per salvo –10% reload time of Air strike armament. ★★
3	Heavy HE and SAP Shells +10% HE and SAP shell damage. +15% ship detectability guns 149mm and up.	Enhanced Torpedo Explosive Charge +15% torpedo damage.	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. ★★★	AA Defense and ASW Expert +20% continuous AA damage. +20% flak damage. +15% damage from depth charges.
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful      ★★ - Frequently Useful      ★ - Occasionally Useful     No stars - Not Useful

Consumables

De Zeven Provinciën can equip the following consumables:

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
• Slot 2: Engine Boost 
• Slot 3: Repair Party 

Camouflage

As a premium ship, De Zeven Provinciën comes with Default permanent camouflage and a set of permanent combat bonuses.

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 +15% 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

De Zeven Provinciën, 1953

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

9 664 tons displacement, standard

11 926 tons displacement, full

187,32m length

17,25m beam

6,7m draught

11,65m depth

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Machinery

4 boilers, 2 turbines

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Performance

32 knots at 85 000 shaft horsepower

7 000 nautical miles at 12 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

Conning tower: 10mm side, 10mm top

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Armament

Main

Eight (4 x 2) 152mm

Secondary

None

Anti-Aircraft

Eight (4 x 2) 57mm

Eight (8 x 1) 40mm

Torpedoes

None

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Aircraft

Float Planes

None

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Complement

973

History

Design

De Zeven Provinciën-class started as the Kijkduin-Class, which 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 incorporated only eight guns in twin mounts, but in mid to late 1937 the underfiring turrets were replaced with triples. Around 1939 she was renamed too Eendracht. In 1947 her name was changed to De Ruyter and in 1950 the names of her and her sistership De Zeven Provinciën were swapped.

Modifications

In 1946 the Eendracht was redesigned in Bath to incorporate lessons learned during the war. BL MK. XXIII was considered but the hull was not designed to incorporate 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 electronics 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 refitted to incorporate 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

• Her guns do not use Dutch designations.
• Her shell mass and MV should be 51kg and 825m/s.
• Turret IV angle should be 28 degrees instead of 30 degrees from the centerline
• Turret III angle should be 40 degrees instead of 30 degrees from the centerline
• Her historical game-relevant reload rate was 15 RPM. Instead, she has 8,57 RPM.

Trivia

• Her original name was Kijkduin, which was renamed to Eendracht by the queen and postwar renamed De Ruyter. In 1950 the names of De Ruyter and De Zeven Provinciën swapped.
• Her sistership, De Ruyter (C801), was launched during World War Two.
• Her sistership, De Ruyter (C801) later Almirante Grau (CLM-81), was the last gun cruiser. Currently scheduled to be a museum ship.
• She's the 7th vessel to carry the name "De Zeven Provinciën"
• At her patch of introduction, she was the highest tier Dutch-designed cruiser, because the other cruisers were Wargaming designs loosely inspired by Project 1047.

Historical Gallery

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  De Zeven Provinciën while being under construction in Rotterdam.

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  De Zeven Provinciën entering port.

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  De Zeven Provinciën while docked in the Netherlands.

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  De Zeven Provinciën operating with the US aircraft carrier USS Essex in 1967.

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  Sister ship of De Zeven Provinciën in-service of the Peruvian navy as Almirante Grau

Video

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:
  • Maximum range of the Airstrike armament increased from 10 to 12 km.
• DevBlog 164:
  • Main battery reload time increased from 6 to 7.5 s.
  • Airstrike parameters changed:
    • Reload time increased from 60 to 80 s.
    • Number of planes in the Airstrike squadron decreased from 12 to 6.
    • Decreased the number of bombs dropped by each plane from 8 to 4.
    • Number of charges increased from 1 to 3.
    • Decreased bombs' fall time.
    • Decreased the size of the drop area.
    • Bomb penetration increased from 32 to 34 mm.
• DevBlog 178:
  • Specialized Repair Teams consumable replaced with the Repair Party consumable, similar to the one on high-tier Dutch cruisers.
  • Main battery reload time decreased from 7.5 to 7 s.
  • Airstrike parameters changed:
    • Maximum range increased from 12 to 13 km.
    • Reload time decreased from 80 to 65 s.
• DevBlog 179:
  • Main battery reload time decreased from 7 to 6.5 s.
  • Hitpoints of the Airstrike aircraft increased from 1,460 to 1,860.

• Available via completing the Dockyard in Update 0.10.7.
• Update 0.10.8:
  • Fixed issues with the ship model and textures.
• Update 0.10.10:
  • Minor fixes to geometry and textures of the ship.

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