HNLMS Van Kinsbergen (1939)

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History

'Van Kinsbergen' (named after a Dutch naval officer) was sloop of the Royal Netherlands Navy (Koninklijke Marine) launched in 1939 and entered service in the same year. She was the only ship of her class. Throughout WW2 she participated in many convoy escort and patrol missions, during which she captured multiple enemy ships with a total tonnage of 49.486 t, achieving this mostly in the early years of the war. During her time in WW2, she received the nickname "Flying Dutchman". After the war, her armament was converted to that of a frigate and she continued to be active for a few more years, until 1959 when she was sold for scrap.

Gunnery exercise at high speed

Now about my build!

This build features:
- Accurate size and (close to) accurate speed (with functional propellers and rudder)
- Usable Primary cannons
- Full Bridge interior with usable equipment
- A walker model to walk around on the bridge
- Centralized aiming system with a detailed rangefinder HUD inside the walker's binoculars (so you don't have to switch cameras anymore
- Highly detailed exterior

Controls:

Activation Groups:

AG1 - Activate guns + raise binoculars to the walker's eyes
AG2 - Disable guns and reset them to default position
AG3 - Enable/Disable AA guns
AG5 - Walker activate/deactivate (deactivation will make him stay at where he is and won't move)
AG6 - Searchlights ON/OFF
AG7 - Window lights

Ship Controls:

VTOL - Propulsion
Trim - Steering

Cameras:

CAM1 "Gert" - Walker first person view
CAM2 "Gert orbit" - Walker third person view (note: you can't turn him in this view)

A note for launch: The ship has a fine tuned buoyancy system to dampen waves on the Ocean mod and make her sail over them more smoothly. However, due to this, the ship has a bit rough start: upon launch it'll keep bouncing on the water and will take a lot of time to settle. To solve this, please temporarily switch the ocean off and wait for the ship to settle, then you can switch it on again and it will work fine.

Info for the Gunnery HUD:

Colors:
- RED - Gun is not capable of reaching the set bearing
- ORANGE - Gun is capable of reaching the set bearing but is still doing so (they turn a bit a slow)
- GREEN - Gun is aiming at the set bearing
- BLUE - Guns are reset to default position (won't train to set bearing)

The guns can hit your own ship, especially if you are aiming down (setting the ranging to a negative %) so be careful with that.

Other info:

You can use the bridge equipment (Steering wheel, Engine Order Telegraph) both in VR and with your mouse on screen, just click and hold the handles on them
The text on the Engine Order Telegraph is in Dutch for the sake of authenticity, but here is a rough translation:

The doors on the bridge can by opened and closed by clicking on the door handle

Credits:

• ShiroNeko for testing and feedback
• EternalDarkness for testing and feedback
• WoodBananaBoy for background info and reference photos

Gallery:

sailing into sunrise

the propellers

enemy warship spotted

target in sight

guns on target

opening fire

enemy ship sinking

the captain observing the situation

shooting enemy aircraft

enemy fighter going down

sailing at sunset. Awesome screenshot courtesy of ShiroNeko

As always, I hope you like this build and have fun with it!