Dmitri Donskoi

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Dmitri Donskoi

Cruiser | U.S.S.R. | Tier IX

Tech Tree Position

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General

Research price167000 exp

Purchase price13,750,000

Hit Points40,200

Main Battery

IDS_PRGM069_180MM_CM_34 х 3 pcs.

Rate of Fire4.8 shots/min.

Reload Time12.5 sec.

Rotation Speed8 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time22.5 sec.

Firing Range16.16 km.

Maximum Dispersion155 m.

HE ShellHE-32

Maximum HE Shell Damage2,500

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell13 %

Initial HE Shell Velocity920 m./s.

HE Shell Weight97.5 kg.

AP ShellAP-32

Maximum AP Shell Damage4,400

Initial AP Shell Velocity920 m./s.

AP Shell Weight97.5 kg.

Secondary Armament #1

100 mm/56 on a B-54 mount6 х 2 pcs.

Firing Range6.95 km.

Rate of Fire16 shots/min.

Reload Time3.75 sec.

HE ShellHE-56

Maximum HE Shell Damage1,400

Initial HE Shell Velocity895 m./s.

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell6 %

Torpedo Tubes

533 mm PTA-53-302 х 5 pcs.

Rate of Fire0.51 shots/min.

Reload Time117 sec.

Rotation Speed25 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time7.2 sec.

Torpedo53-36 mod. 2

Maximum Damage14,400

Torpedo Speed55 knot

Torpedo Range8.01 km.

AA Defense

100 mm/56 on a B-54 mount6 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second59.4

. . . Firing Range5.01 km.

25 mm 110-PM on a 2M-3 mount10 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second59

. . . Firing Range2.49 km.

45 mm SM-20-ZIF mount6 х 4 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second123.6

. . . Firing Range3.51 km.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed36 knot

Turning Circle Radius970 m.

Rudder Shift Time14.8 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range15.54 km.

Air Detectability Range7.61 km.

Battle Levels

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13.9

Dmitri Donskoi

Cruiser | U.S.S.R. | Tier IX

Tech Tree Position

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General

Research price167000 exp

Purchase price13,750,000

Hit Points43,400

Main Battery

IDS_PRGM069_180MM_CM_34 х 3 pcs.

Rate of Fire4.8 shots/min.

Reload Time12.5 sec.

Rotation Speed8 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time22.5 sec.

Firing Range17.78 km.

Maximum Dispersion155 m.

HE ShellHE-32

Maximum HE Shell Damage2,500

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell13 %

Initial HE Shell Velocity920 m./s.

HE Shell Weight97.5 kg.

AP ShellAP-32

Maximum AP Shell Damage4,400

Initial AP Shell Velocity920 m./s.

AP Shell Weight97.5 kg.

Secondary Armament #1

100 mm/70 on an SM-5-1s mount6 х 2 pcs.

Firing Range6.95 km.

Rate of Fire15 shots/min.

Reload Time4 sec.

HE ShellHE-55

Maximum HE Shell Damage1,400

Initial HE Shell Velocity1000 m./s.

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell6 %

Torpedo Tubes

533 mm PTA-53-302 х 5 pcs.

Rate of Fire0.51 shots/min.

Reload Time117 sec.

Rotation Speed25 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time7.2 sec.

Torpedo53-36 mod. 2

Maximum Damage14,400

Torpedo Speed55 knot

Torpedo Range8.01 km.

AA Defense

100 mm/70 on an SM-5-1s mount6 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second117

. . . Firing Range5.01 km.

25 mm 110-PM on a 4M-120 mount10 х 4 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second84

. . . Firing Range3.09 km.

45 mm SM-20-ZIF mount6 х 4 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second123.6

. . . Firing Range3.51 km.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed36 knot

Turning Circle Radius970 m.

Rudder Shift Time10.6 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range15.54 km.

Air Detectability Range7.61 km.

Battle Levels

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IX

13,750,000

Dmitri Donskoi — Soviet Tier IX cruiser.

The ship was developed from the Chapayev class. She received stronger armament and a more powerful propulsion (Project 65). Dmitri Donskoi surpassed her prototype in all major characteristics: dimensions, speed, artillery power, AA capabilities, and torpedo armament.

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 ()
180 mm/57 Model 1932 on an MK-3-180M mount	4.8	22.5	155	2,500	13	4,400		0	1,105,000

	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 ()
Dmitri Donskoi (A)	40,200	13	210	4	6	10/6/6	2			0	995,000
Dmitri Donskoi (B)	43,400	13	210	4	6	10/6/6	2			40,000	3,400,000

	Rate of Fire (shots/min)	Torpedo Tubes Reload Time (sec)	180° Turn Time (sec)	Maximum Damage (HP)	Torpedo Speed (knot)	Torpedo Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
53-36 mod. 2	0.5	117	7.2	14,400	55	8		0	1,300,000

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
GFCS IX mod. 1		0		0	980,000
GFCS IX mod. 2		0		29,000	2,400,000

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 144,000 hp	36		0	850,000

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4
Slot 5
Slot 6

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.

A reliable cruiser in skilled hands, Dmitri Donskoi — named after hero Dmitri Donskoi (translation: Dmitri of the Don) — can be said as the analogous counterpart for the US cruiser of the same tier, Buffalo, albeit having different values than her USN counterpart. If anything, the cruiser has a surprising AA suite aboard, as well as trading gun caliber from the standard 8 inch guns normally seen on heavy cruisers, to the 7.1 inch guns first seen on Kirov.

As an "escort cruiser", she is ideal for screening the carriers and battleships from aerial assaults as well as providing a second line of fire within the battle line as her range can permit her to do so. However despite her potency and effectiveness, be constantly vigilant and mobile as the ship absolutely cannot survive a beating nor can she hide easily if focused. Work as a support cruiser and escort cruiser and you will see surprising results.

Alternatively, the ship's high speed, good citadel protection, and a full suite of consumables allow her to charge down a weakly defended flank without needing much help. Her great AP shells make her especially dangerous if allowed to get access to enemies' broadsides. However as noted, this ship cannot endure focused fire, so always plan a route to disengage with speed in case the enemy decides to focus you.

Pros:

• Twelve 7.1-inch (180 mm) guns with excellent shell speed, penetration, and range.
• Good firing angles when kiting with great turret traverse speed.
• Very fast despite her appearance, which often tricks enemies to take insufficient lead, causing their shells to miss.
• Powerful AA suite.
• Good turning circle with decent rudder shift.
• Best citadel protection among all Russian cruisers with 3 layers of armor, adding up to 190mm, but still vulnerable to citadel hits when angled.
• Heavy-punching torpedoes for use in close quarters with good firing angles.
• Long range Russian radar that nearly matches its concealment range.

Cons:

• High detection range for a cruiser; it is equivalent to a battleship.
• Relatively low fire chance for the gun caliber, especially after taking the Inertia Fuse for High Explosive skill.
• Poor firing angles when pushing towards a target.
• Ship is quite large for its tier and class, which means she is likely to take more shell hits and more likely to eat torpedoes.
• The citadel rises above water, so this ship will take citadel hits, even when angled.
• The ship, despite having great sustainability, cannot take concentrated fire.

Research

Availability of researchable upgrades for Dmitri Donskoi is as follows:

• Hull: Upgrade to Hull (B) for more hit points, better AA and faster rudder shift time. Research of this module unlocks progression to Alexander Nevsky.
• Gun Fire Control System: Upgrade to GFCS IX mod. 2 for an extra 10% range on the main battery.

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

The recommended upgrades for Dmitri Donskoi are as follows:

• Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1
• Slot 2: Damage Control System Modification 1  *
• Slot 3: Aiming Systems Modification 1
• Slot 4: Steering Gears Modification 1 *
• Slot 5: Concealment System Modification 1 
• Slot 6: Gun Fire Control System Modification 2 *

Captains with access to Surveillance Radar Modification 1 are encouraged to equip it in Slot 2. This will increase the radar duration from 20 seconds to 24 seconds, which may allow an extra salvo during the duration of the radar.

Given the ship's great speed, using acceleration and deceleration to dodge incoming shells is a viable option. Therefore some captains may prefer to equip Propulsion Modification 1 in Slot 4 to facilitate this style. Even with the Steering modification, the turning circle of Donskoi is not very good, but slowing down at all can lead to an abrupt death, so maintaining speed and distance and maneuvering is typically preferred.

It is the individual players preference whether to use GFCS2 for the increased range or Main Battery Modification 3 for increased DPM. While MAM3 does increase potential damage output against a target, GFCS2 increases damage potential by increasing the range to available targets and increases survivability by increasing distance, which in turn increases reaction time to avoid enemy shells and reduces enemy dispersion, while imposing no penalty on turret traverse speed.

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

Dmitri Donskoi can equip the following consumables:

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
• Slot 2: Defensive AA Fire  or Hydroacoustic Search 
• Slot 3: Surveillance Radar 
• Slot 4: Repair Party 

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

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  A Donskoi falls to the enemy in the Succession League tournament.

Historical Info

Dmitri Donskoi (Дмитрий Донской) is based off of the Project 65 light cruiser which was an attempt by the Russians to create a successor to the Chapayev-class. Work began on Project 65 in 1945 by design bureau CDB-17 and was headed by A. Savitchev. Over the six years of her development, the Project 65 alternated in gun caliber, armor, anti-air defense and displacement, resulting in over 40 different variants. In 1947, because she wasn't living up to his expectations, Stalin ordered that all work on the Project 65 be halted in favor of increasing the order of Sverdlov-class light cruisers to 25. Despite this, work continued on Project 65 for three more years until she was finally abandoned in 1951.

The ship we have ingame is an amalgamation of the over 40 different designs. She was given the name "Dmitri Donskoi" by Wargaming in accordance with the Soviet post war tradition to name light cruisers after Russian heroes.

Historical Inaccuracies

• No ship in the Soviet Navy was ever named Dmitri Donskoi.
• Dmitri Donskoi is actually the name of an armored cruiser of the Imperial Russian Navy that was scuttled in the Battle of Tsushima. No other ship received the name until a Typhoon-class submarine was renamed in 2000.

Historical Gallery

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  Blueprints of the first draft of Project 65 that was armed with 152mm guns.

References

• https://bastion-karpenko.ru/65-2/
• https://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNRussian_71-57_m1932.php

Ship Change Log

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• Available for testing by supertesters in the game from Update 0.5.3.2.
• Introduced into the game as a researchable ship in Update 0.5.4.
• Update 0.5.4.1:
  • The Repair Party consumable was added in a separate slot.
• Update 0.5.6:
  • The Type 19 permanent camouflage was added.
• Update 0.5.7:
  • Added the Machta-11-14 and Coral antennas to the ship's model.
  • The erroneous texture of the ship's bottom was fixed.
• Update 0.5.10:
  • Visualization errors and missing objects were fixed.
• Update 0.5.12:
  • The bug of the shipborne antenna on Hull (A) passing through other structures on the ship was fixed.
• Update 0.6.3:
  • Sigma was increased from 2.0 to 2.05.
• Update 0.6.5:
  • The appearance of the ship was improved using a special technology for improved rendering of thin elements.
• Update 0.6.11:
  • Fixed a bug that caused the main guns to pass through elements of the ship when in restricted firing angles.
• Update 0.6.12:
  • Detectability when firing main guns in smoke was changed to 9.69 km.
• Update 0.6.13:
  • Fire extinguishing time now 30 s instead of 60 s.
• Update 0.6.15:
  • Chance of fire on Hull (B) was slightly reduced, becoming equivalent to Hull (C).
• Update 0.7.6:
  • The turning circle radius displayed in port was changed from 760 to 870 m.
• Update 0.7.7:
  • Minor fixes to the ship's geometry and camouflage were made.
• Update 0.7.10:
  • The ranges of the Hydroacoustic Search consumable were unified - 5 km for detecting ships, 3.5 km for detecting torpedoes.
• Update 0.7.11:
  • The turret angles for the main battery turrets were increased.
• Update 0.8.5:
  • Credit earnings increased by 5%.
• Update 0.9.2:
  • Hull (B) was made unavailable to research and mount, and was replaced by Hull (C), which was renamed Hull (B).
  • HE shell penetration was increased from 29 to 30mm.
  • Geometry and visual components of the base hull, as well as the composition of the air defense and secondary armament, were updated, without affecting gameplay.
  • The central deck armor's thickness was increased from 25 to 27mm.
• Update 0.9.6:
  • The value of the in-game turning circle radius was changed to 970 m to correct prior discrepancy.
• Update 0.10.0:
  • Secondary battery firing range was increased to 6.95 km.
• Update 13.4:
  • Fixed textures on the ship.

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