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Tachibana Lima

A "small" destroyer designed on the basis of the Umikaze class and equipped with vertical expansion engines. It was the first class of destroyers to be entirely designed in Japan, and these ships were the country's most modern destroyers at the outbreak of World War I. In the Western world, the Tachibana class was acclaimed as a triumph of Japanese...

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A "small" destroyer designed on the basis of the Umikaze class and equipped with vertical expansion engines. It was the first class of destroyers to be entirely designed in Japan, and these ships were the country's most modern destroyers at the outbreak of World War I. In the Western world, the Tachibana class was acclaimed as a triumph of Japanese shipbuilding, prompting the French to commission Japan to build a dozen same-class destroyers.

Doubloons
2,000
Official profile image of Tachibana Lima

At a glance

The numbers that shape the ship

Hit points
7,000
Maximum speed
30.0 knots
Surface detection
5.2 km
Main battery range
8.0 km
Main battery reload
5.0 s

Combat envelope

Range and detection

Scale: 10 km

Every bar uses the same 10 km scale. Surface detection is a visibility threshold, not a weapon range.

  • Surface detection5.2 km
  • Main battery8 km
  • Torpedoes5 km

Damage comparison

Published maximum per hit

Ship-relative

Bars are normalized only against this ship's highest listed hit. They are not salvo damage, expected damage or DPM.

  • HE · 76 mm HE Mk2 1,300
  • AP · 76 mm AP Type0 1,000
  • Torpedo · Type42 mod. 1 6,133
Handling, concealment and protectionOverview

Handling

Maximum speed
30.0 knots
Turning circle radius
450 m
Rudder shift time
1.9 s
Maneuverability API rating 56

Concealment

Surface detection
5.2 km
Air detection
1.9 km
Submarine detection
1.9 km
Concealment API rating 99

Survivability

Hit points
7,000
Torpedo damage reduction
0 %
Survivability API rating 8

Published armour thickness

Only positive values supplied by the API are shown.

Overall published range
6 mm
Weapons and payloadsArmament

Surface armament

Main battery

Artillery API rating 31
Maximum range
8.0 km
Reload time
5.0 s
Rate of fire
12.0 rounds/min
180° turn time
16.4 s
Maximum dispersion
75 m

Shells

Damage is the API's published maximum for one shell hit.

76 mm HE Mk2
HE
Maximum damage per hit
1,300
Fire chance
6.0 %
Muzzle velocity
680 m/s
Shell mass
6 kg
76 mm AP Type0
AP
Maximum damage per hit
1,000
Muzzle velocity
690 m/s
Shell mass
6 kg
Gun layout
Mount
76 mm/40 41st Year Type on a single mount
Mounts
5
Barrels each
1

Automatic armament

Secondary battery

Underwater armament

Torpedoes

Torpedoes API rating 4

Type42 mod. 1

Maximum range
5.0 km
Maximum damage per hit
6,133
Reload time
22 s
Speed
44 knots
Detectability
0.7 km
180° turn time
7.2 s
Torpedo-tube layout
Mount
457 mm Twin
Mounts
2
Tubes each
2
Modules, hull and progressionTechnical data

Default hull

Hull hit points
7,000
Main-battery barrels
5
Torpedo tubes
2

Engine

Published maximum speed
30.0 knots

Fire control

Module research tree

Names, research prices and defaults are reported directly by the API.

Ho Type42

Default
Type
Torpedoes

Tachibana

Default
Type
Hull

Propulsion: 9,500 hp

Default
Type
Engine

Type2 mod. 1

Default
Type
Suo

76 mm/40 41st Year Type on a single mount

Default
Type
Artillery

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
Available module groups
10
Compatible upgrades
1
Upgrade slots
1
Published battle levels
2–3

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