Kijkduin
Tier VI · Cruiser · Netherlands
Rating D (Bottom tier within its tier and class · overall score 8) · Balanced cruiser
Balanced cruiser, suited to air scouting. Launching aircraft every 48 s lights up enemies behind islands and near smoke, a big scouting asset for the team, and its bomber strikes (36 bombs at 690 each, scattered so only some land) reach targets beyond gun range. Key skills: Sonar I ×2 (3.75 km, 25 s); Air Defense Alert I ×2. Its firepower trails other cruisers, so pick favorable angles and ranges over straight DPM races. A firepower equipment build improves reload 8→7.6 s, dispersion 219→199 m.
Key stats
- HP: 23,460
- Top speed: 32.8 kn
- Surface detectability: 7.8 km
- Main battery: 152 mm 4X2 · reload 8 s · range 10.2 km
A variant of a new-generation light cruiser project developed in the late 1930s. She had eight 152 mm guns as her main battery.