It isn't actually the first Netherlands ship, freisland is from the Netherlands

HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën (C802), was the first of the De Zeven Provinciën-class light cruisers for the Royal Netherlands Navy. The name De Zeven Provinciën refers to the Seven Provinces which formed the Dutch Republic in 1581. In the 1930's, the Netherlands was in a mire of its own, the increased presence of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Dutch East Indies has made the Netherlands aware of the ensuing threat against the Imperial Japanese military forces. To counter this threat, the Koninklijke Marine forwarded a major naval expansion program to upgrade its fleet, which included two new light cruisers to replace the aging Java-class cruisers. The design of these new cruisers was a major improvement over the older cruiser, HNLMS De Ruyter, and both ships were laid down in 1939. The first of these new cruisers was originally named Kijkduin, later changed to Eendracht, and the second one received the name De Zeven Provinciën, hence the name of the class. Unfortunately, Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands on May 10, 1940, leading to the construction of the two ships halted. The Germans continued to work on the ships and was renamed KH2, by fitting an Atlantik Bow. Work progressed very slowly as the dockyards' capacity was used for other purposes and sabotage by the Dutch resistance affected progress. On December 24, 1944, KH2 was launched for use as a blockship in the Nieuwe Waterweg of Rotterdam but this action was never carried out. After the end of World War II, construction resumed on both ships to a modified design which incorporated the lessons of the war. Armament was modified from 3 triple and 2 twin Bofors 152/53 mm guns, 6 twin 40 mm AA and 2 triple 533 mm torpedo tubes to 4 twin Bofors 152/53 mm guns, 4 twin Bofors 57/60 mm guns and 8 single Bofors 40/70 mm guns. An improved propulsion plant was fitted as well as a second funnel and advanced electronics. Names were also changed with Eendracht becoming De Zeven Provinciën and the former De Zeven Provinciën being renamed De Ruyter. Both ships were finally commissioned by the Royal Netherlands Navy in 1953. Royal Netherlands Navy In Dutch service both ships participated in several NATO exercises and were frequently used as flagships for different naval task forces. Between 1962 and 1964, the De Zeven Provinciën underwent a refit by RDM which included the removal of the two aft turrets and the installation of a RIM-2 Terrier SAM system. Lack of funds precluded the same modifications from being carried out in the De Ruyter, which was decommissioned in 1973. Her sistership followed suit in 1976 after the entry to service of the two Tromp class frigates. Peruvian Navy De Ruyter was acquired by the Peruvian Navy and recommissioned in 1973 as Almirante Grau. The De Zeven Provinciën was also bought in 1976, its RIM-2 Terrier SAM was removed and replaced by a hangar and a flight deck for ASH-3D Sea King helicopters. From 1985 until 1988 the Almirante Grau underwent a major modernization by Amsterdam Naval Services (ANS), which has allowed the ship to remain in service, whereas the Aguirre was decommissioned in 1999.

I'm from The Netherlands i actually have been on this ship, there was a ship show thing and De Zeven Provinciën was there too.

best thing about this update is that catapult fighters don't spot anymore..no more island humping cruisers spamming you with a plane up..They actually have to play now.

The DE 7 on PC is maybe meh but its f-cking hilarious and fun to play. Fast turrets, good fire chance and you rarely get a cita hit. The ship is a underdog on PC but so rewarding and they did her even more dirty on legends

The provincien looks remarkably like a British dido class cruiser. Good game, 8.3 concealment is crazy good. I played four games today in Saipan, and I just put on my headset and when I spotted a destroyer, I would highlight the grid so that people could at least know that there was a destroyer there. They can’t shoot it, but they know it’s there which is better than our battleships, walking into a torpedoes and not knowing.

thats the most fun, laughing I've had in a while! Thanks for being so entertaining and you are 100% correct about this ship!!

I’m actually enjoying it. It isn’t meta, but it’s fun swatting planes and landing the bombs

plane spotting only gives you their location,not the visual.somewhat fair

Sorry, I LOVE how the spotting now works. DD now are the spotters (as it should be). It was absurd playing DD and running away from planes during all the match. Now the roles for each ship is better

If there were still AP secondary’s, they could very much citadel this thing

Good video with the air strike, I find catching ships is when they are turn trying to strigten out after a turn or just after one were they can not make fast evasive maneuvers to either side you can hit them pretty good. Another good way I found I use 1 bomb drop to force them to turn, watch the way they start to turn hit the spot they should be in soon. Here is thing I miss with no plane spotting now trop spotting is gone to that was great for Japan Nijna DDs, I also miss the fact that the CV of good kept dds away, but now with fuel thats over. Why stay on the DD if it waste fuel, if is not spotted for the reast until it fires its gun or is sighted by sea normal.

I guess the trade off of having a long traverse time is that they’re 360 but other dual purpose main guns are 360 and they are also fast so idk what they were thinking for this one

Great review Spartan

The rudder shift of 7.3 is surprising. One would think a more "modern" cruiser would have a 4.5-5.5 second rudder response. Seems like yet another campaign ship that isn't causing a ton of enthusiasm which is what I'd like to see in 2024. We need a really good ship for a change. I'm hoping for the July 4th event that the campaign ship will be the USS Illinois. It's different, but I'll bet it would be better than anything we've had this year so far, but that's just me.

I called it as soon as i heard about the change to plan spotting that it would kill carrier play in general. No more spotting points and now having a carrier on your team just makes you wish you had literally anything else instead

Hey Spartan - I was wondering if you think this ship has a mean combo where you can sneak up to ships remain invisible and bomb them then finish cruiser and destroyer with the guns

So this campaign is not worth to grind for you get if you get it? And or should I skip and get the Haida?

What commander do you use? Can’t assign one for mine.

Spartan, what should we do to get a good buff to the vermont? (Id buff the reload to 33s, the shell trajectory should be flatter and shell velocity faster)

Bro you all ready got it lol and I listened more i see your not happy with it thank you for that just saved me some debloons

i'm ging for this ship. ima just get as far as possible with the campaign and at the end i buy it. means discount. I'm a deputy commander of my fleet and i play in divisions quite often so this ship is ideal for playing with the boys. also the irony of a dutch based fleet with a dutch commander and deputy commander who have a dutch ship lol

I won't need to salt my burgers later - got the daily value in the first 5 mins! Haha

I'm pretty sure, and I am guessing here, that the introduction of this ship is a precursor to releasing submarines into the game.

I was going to buy this one... Was... Now the Karl from April's campaign is phenomenal. Holy crap. I didn't want Lushun cause it's the same ship as the Russian one... But yeah, I was going to get this one solely for the strike aircraft... 😆

I called it! This update did little more than add an extra easy mode for CV's, while making life more of a living hell for cruisers and battleships. And I only boo about this game, because i wanted to cheer.

Love this boat so much

Hei Spartan! Appreciate your warning not to expect much from this ship! Thanks to you I am not going to bother buying this project.

Second Dutch ship Spartan ... First one is Friesland ... First Dutch captain though

I got it through the Admiralty Backing. This ship may stay in port if you are having g problems with it. I won't last long in it.

Noice. Already! 🎉

Talking about your game here, I think you could have jumped into B cap and stopped the enemy's points towards the end, just a thought. Ship looks okay... It's a gimmick tbh

so that ship is good or bad?

I mean, this ship is okay. The airstrikes are very cool to be honest.

I feel like there update messed up the despersion on the al sov.rossiya lands one shell every salvo,not to mention the bots just sitting in a spot bowtanking a jokelol

I love your Stuff, Bro

How did you get that top down view for your Airstrike?

spartan i gor a crazy game in Montana that is no longer possible cause fighter planes can no longer spot do you want it ?

Fleets of Friesland and Rochester maxed out for AA on ship,and commander😂

Can you just imagine shooting down aircraft with your main guns. because I know there's a few ships during world war II that shot down aircraft with their main guns and plus it would take off every player that plays an aircraft carrier cuz all the players will aim for those airplanes

Man love the dutch cruisers over on pc. Airstrikes are a nice touch! However the dutch commander voice isn't so great 🥶

Yeah i think this update is going to cause a lot of people to quit playing, the change to air spotting and catapult fighters. Yeah i think this going to be the breaking point for a lot of people.

Your pronunciation is quite good btw for the most part 👍🏻

I would like to see that cruiser with main battery reloading build

I just finished the campaign today and only had enough promotions to get lev 9 on the capt. but did have four promotion orders so gold is 2. I shot a Baltimore a million times with he, switched to AP and double citadel’d him for 90% of his health. I wonder if the stacking effect per hits on same target carries over to an ap switch? I think the extra bomb load combined with previous shots building the multiplier could be the one and only way to make it do something. Also, stop shooting me in that ship team mates please and the thumbs up when I sink cuts deep. You ain’t right.

The aircraft carrier buffs are ridiculous. I took an AA focused Kansas out earlier, I shot down 64 planes and the carrier still focused and killed me. My AA, including a catapult fighter, was entirely ineffective at defending me or my teammates. It’s fucking bullshit! 😒 …also, wtf is going on with spotting?! There’s a 15-20sec delay between a ship appearing on the minimap and then appearing ‘in game’ so I can engage it 🤷🏻‍♂️

Just another quick 2500 double ship

Shot down 73 planes in it

I’m glad I didn’t pick up the campaign this time around. There hasn’t been a ship that’s tickled my fancy in a minute. That said. I AM enjoying playing nice BB support with my Monti and Clevebro. Those ladies have been doing WORK

Play the Oland, it seems like this is now a ship that can fend itsself against cv players. The AA is good the toros move 81kms, and the guns shoot quick

I'm still waiting for the Karl,to get a better commander...like you said it spartan. Because that ship has pontential,just need a better commander for it.

Not a bad time for xdefiant to come out for me then. Ill give wowsl a break for this season.

Holland, Netherland and Dutch are all the same country as far as I know 🙂

This Cruiser is just a Cruiser.. but the hole Update with those Carrier "Meta" is pure crap. I hope they repatch this soon.

This ship is good if you hide behind the island and use airplanes the whole game……

freedom to move forward in destroyer

I will take that offer my friend am not playing this update that much

Yeahhh finally 😍😍

This makes me happy as i am Dutch myself and i finished this campaign on my account Jesse442007. Fijne avond verder van Nederland. And it doesn't matter if it isn't good for me im having fun with it

I guarantee you there will be 2 cc.s that say this is good ship 🚢 and im not gonna drop names but you watch.. 2

Lmfao bro.. Chill. Good lord 😂

Do the airstrike planes spot for you? Because if yes, their are not that useless

Hooow do you know Spartan??? *Said with HEAVY sarcasm*

As a Dutchie im proud they added my nation to the game, but my god is it a awful ship😂

It’s not a super strong ship, it’s anti-air ship, I love it 😍GOOD SHIP! 🤩👍

I sold it for the maine....was it worth it?

Im interested in Mikasa ‘23 and Haida!

The ik val aan, volg mij means: I attack, follow me

I'll say this congratulations war gaming you played yourself this update is the worst idea since greedo shot first they could've changed everything about the carriers except for spotting it would've been fine and yes i spent 2500 for the ship i wanna try the new mechanic

Heyyy spartan, feels illegal being this early tbh

Is it worth getting or not

I was never a fan of the spotting mechanics as they were previously implemented. Start of a CV game, they throw up a squad of planes and just circle around showing everyone where everyone is. Put up your own catapult fighter and light up a bunch of enemy ships for everyone to shoot. Now, if you've got a CV, you can get mini map spotting, but until you, yourself get into a position where either you or a teammate can spot those ships, you don't get to fire on them from across the map. What I don't like is that they completely neutered the catapult fighter. It should still spot - even if it's only mini map spotting for the ship that launched it. At least that would give you the opportunity to better position yourself to either engage or escape. As of now the only thing it can do is shoot down a SINGLE plane from a squadron. Or, if you've got Arthas, then you can still use it for the damage boost. The D7P airstrike is certainly interesting. Find the typical straight-line / constant speed BB captains and you can wreak some serious havoc. Even if you don't find those kinds of BB captains, throw a couple behind an island where a cruiser is lurking and give them a nasty surprise.

Already got 3 clear skies today. AA=happiness

Generally, good idea, but needs more polish. Before, if you were somewhat aggressive, you often being left by your team. Now, you are 100% screwed. God forbid if you play Italians, utilizing smoke consumable. You’ll be alone with crickets more often than not. Maybe to leave the old mechanic and new one to be applicable only on DDs…

Love this ship...well in terms of sinking them is dead easy

This might be the first campaign ship that I just buy the full campaign from the beginning

Thanks for saving my iowa

Now I get to know how the Germans feel when others are unable to pronounce their ship names lol

Karel Doorman - Kah-ril Door (like Lure) -mun

0:31 wargaming trying to not put any random Egyptian words in an ability Pt.7

I just get the campaign for the rewards, not the ship. Only way to get faster upgrades to captains for new players.

I would have preferred Haida as the campaign ship.

I think the new plane spotting needs to be removed and turned back into the original spotting mechanic it was added to promote teamwork, but it does the opposite there's no point in spotting destroyers if your team can't do anything about them I've also noted battleships and cruisers being more passive due to the carrier rework leaving only destroyers to spot and if you lose them then your team is most likely screwed.

Sold that PoS after 2 days

Spartan you are not getting just upset , you were getting angry and you were whining

Indy vid plz spartan

How are you getting these campaign ships/Bureau ships as soon as they are introduced? Either your paying hard cash, or.... someone gives you a token for a freebie. Great for your content and review, however poor tactics to the struggling folks who help monetize your platform. Ships that most will never be able to play. Ever! Immmediate launch for a Canadian player to purchase COMPLETE CAMPAIGN is just over 26,250 douloons at 5 perks. That equates to $147.46. Thank you for the reviews as they are insightful. Just keep in mind that MOST of us "Captians" have real world financial commitments that otherwise keep us far away from attaining the splendor.

Bro chill it just game

Hi

It aint the first dutch ship in the game we got Friesland dude this is the second one we dutch have

The game sadly became worse after the update. If one hated carriers before, you will try to throw the controller at them when you see the, now.

This ships feels like "What if America made a terrible Atlanta and then sold it?"

This cruiser is only good with the airstrike and that’s really it it has no armor the guns are mid and the range is bad

Seemed pretty obvious from the stats it was hot garbage. And I wasn't sure how many ppl got that detail of clear skies doubling.......leave it to you spartan.

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That's a hard pass from me

They ruined the game with over powered cvs . I barely played it and now cvs have unlimited planes it killed the little bit of fun I had left in this game.

The gameplay is as awful as the ship is, they absolutely destroyed world of warships Legends with this latest update every single battle is a carrier battle and even in AA based cruisers / battleships with full AA builds you still get bullied example running a azer lane Cheshire full AA build with enhanced AA consumable and get Dev struck by a carrier and the fact that you can shoot down 37 aircraft and not get a clear skies medal is absolutely mental

WG 🍅.

First 😅