Ship:Willem de Eerste

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31,000 doubloons

Willem de Eerste — Netherlands Special Tier X Battleship.

A battlecruiser—a further development of the G3 design—that could hypothetically have been built in Britain in the 1920s and later modernized in the late 1930s. The ship could have been transferred to the allied Netherlands during World War II to strengthen the nation's navy.

Pros

• Airstrike armament available
• Low detectability

Cons

• Low level of protection against HE shells
• Small HP pool

Ship Stats

Hull Information

SURVIVABILITY
• Hit Points	75300
• Torpedo protection damage reduction (%)	23

ARMOR DETAIL
• Belt (mm)	32
• Deck (mm)	32
• Superstructure (mm)	19
• Extremities (mm)	32

MANEUVERABILITY
• Maximum speed (kt)	32.0
• Turning circle radius (m)	910
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	16.6

CONCEALMENT
• Detectability by sea (km)	15.03
• Detectability by air (km)	10.0
• Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km)	15.34
• Detectability by depths (km)	10.0

Main Battery

MAIN BATTERY
• Arrangement	3×3 419mm
• Firing range (km)	22.2
• Reload time (sec)	28.0
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	2.1
• 180° turn time (sec)	30.0

DISPERSION
• Dispersion type	Standard BB dispersion
• Dispersion formula	Dispersion (m) = 10 × range(km) + 60
• Sigma	2.1
• Maximum dispersion (m)	282
• Dispersion at 5 km	110
• Dispersion at 10 km	160
• Dispersion at 15 km	210
• Dispersion at 20 km	260
• Dispersion at 22.2 km	282

HE SHELL
• Name	419 mm HE Mk Ia
• Maximum damage	6150
• Fire chance (%)	47.0%
• Shell velocity (m/s)	792
• Shell weight (kg)	995
• Penetration (mm)	70

AP SHELL
• Name	419 mm AP Mk V
• Maximum damage	13700
• Shell velocity (m/s)	747
• Shell weight (kg)	1287
• Fuse time (sec)	0.033
• Ricochet start (°)	45
• Always ricochet (°)	60
• Normalisation (°)	6
• Arming threshold (mm)	70

Secondary Battery

SECONDARY BATTERY
• Secondary battery range (km)	7.3

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1
• Shell type	HE
• Name	133 mm HE Mk IC
• Arrangement	6x2 133mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	9.0
• Maximum damage	1900
• Shell velocity (m/s)	792
• Penetration (mm)	22
• Fire chance (%)	8.0%

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 2
• Shell type	HE
• Name	113 mm HE 5crh
• Arrangement	8x2 113mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	12.0
• Maximum damage	1700
• Shell velocity (m/s)	746
• Penetration (mm)	19
• Fire chance (%)	8.0%

Airstrike

AIRSTRIKE (HE BOMBS)
• Range (km)	15
• Minimum range (km)	1.5
• Reload time (sec)	120.0
• Number of aircraft	12
• Bombs in payload	6
• Damage	8500
• Fire chance (%)	48.0%

ASW AIRSTRIKE (DEPTH CHARGES)
• Range (km)	15
• Minimum range (km)	1.5
• Reload time (sec)	120.0
• Number of aircraft	1
• Depth charges in payload	3
• Damage	3000
• Deployment	Manual

AA Defense

AA ARMAMENT	MOUNTS × BARRELS
133 mm	6 × 2
113 mm	8 × 2
40 mm	16 × 1

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Mid-range	700	75%	3.5
Long-range	136.5	75%	6.0

Damage by shell explosions

EXPLOSIONS / SALVO	DAMAGE	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
4	1540	75%	3.5–6.0

Compatible Upgrades

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

Consumables

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party  (15.0s action, 80.0s cooldown)
• Slot 2: Repair Party  (4 charges, 28.0s action, 80.0s cooldown, 376.5 hp/s)
• Slot 3: Engine Boost  (3 charges, 120.0s action, 120.0s cooldown)

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