Combat envelope
Range and detection
Every bar uses the same 15 km scale. Surface detection is a visibility threshold, not a weapon range.
Ship Database
Tier II
Cruiser
The Netherlands
Gelderland
This Holland-class protected cruiser was laid down in Schiedam in November 1897. After her commissioning, Gelderland was sent to the East Indies, where she stayed until 1905. In 1920, she was converted into a training ship. At the outbreak of World War II, the cruiser was partially disarmed and was not part of the navy. In 1940, Gelderland was captured...
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This Holland-class protected cruiser was laid down in Schiedam in November 1897. After her commissioning, Gelderland was sent to the East Indies, where she stayed until 1905. In 1920, she was converted into a training ship. At the outbreak of World War II, the cruiser was partially disarmed and was not part of the navy. In 1940, Gelderland was captured by the Germans and refitted as floating AA battery Niobe. The ship was sunk in the port of Kotka, Finland, in 1944.
- Credits
- 75,000
At a glance
The numbers that shape the ship
- Hit points
- 16,600
- Maximum speed
- 20.0 knots
- Surface detection
- 8.0 km
- Main battery range
- 11.3 km
- Main battery reload
- 7.0 s
Damage comparison
Published maximum per hit
Bars are normalized only against this ship's highest listed hit. They are not salvo damage, expected damage or DPM.
Handling, concealment and protectionOverview
Handling
- Maximum speed
- 20.0 knots
- Turning circle radius
- 330 m
- Rudder shift time
- 4.8 s
Concealment
- Surface detection
- 8.0 km
- Air detection
- 3.3 km
- Submarine detection
- 3.3 km
Survivability
- Hit points
- 16,600
- Torpedo damage reduction
- 4 %
Published armour thickness
Only positive values supplied by the API are shown.
- Overall published range
- 6–125 mm
Weapons and payloadsArmament
Surface armament
Main battery
- Maximum range
- 11.3 km
- Reload time
- 7.0 s
- Rate of fire
- 8.3 rounds/min
- 180° turn time
- 18.0 s
- Maximum dispersion
- 111 m
Shells
Damage is the API's published maximum for one shell hit.
120 mm HE Brisantgranaat
HE- Maximum damage per hit
- 1,500
- Fire chance
- 7.0 %
- Muzzle velocity
- 820 m/s
- Shell mass
- 21 kg
Gun layout
- Mount
- 120 mm/40 Krupp №3 on a shielded mount
- Mounts
- 8
- Barrels each
- 1
Automatic armament
Secondary battery
Anti-aircraft defence
- Aura
- 7.92 mm Schwarzlose machine gun
- Calibre
- 7 mm
- Mounts
- 3
- Aura
- 12.7 mm Browning M1921
- Calibre
- 12 mm
- Mounts
- 8
Modules, hull and progressionTechnical data
Default hull
- Hull hit points
- 16,600
- Main-battery barrels
- 8
- AA mounts
- 11
Engine
- Published maximum speed
- 20.0 knots
Fire control
Module research tree
Names, research prices and defaults are reported directly by the API.
Gelderland
Default- Type
- Hull
- Purchase
- 10,500 credits
- Next ships
- 1
Vuurleiding Mk 2 Mod. 1
Default- Type
- Suo
- Purchase
- 7,000 credits
- Next modules
- 1
Vuurleiding Mk 2 Mod. 2
- Type
- Suo
- Research
- 200 XP
- Purchase
- 20,000 credits
120 mm/40 Krupp №3 on a shielded mount
Default- Type
- Artillery
- Purchase
- 7,000 credits
Propulsion: 10,000 hp
Default- Type
- Engine
- Purchase
- 7,000 credits
Compatible upgrades
Official modernization descriptions and listed purchase prices. Effects still depend on the slot and configuration used in game.
Main Armaments Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 125,000
Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 125,000
Next ships
Research costs published in this ship's official progression data.
- Ship
- Java
- Research cost
- 2,200 XP
- Available module groups
- 10
- Compatible upgrades
- 2
- Researchable next ships
- 1
- Upgrade slots
- 1
- Published battle levels
- 2–3
Cross-nation comparison
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