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ROYAL DUTCH NAVY (NETHERLANDS)

SUBMARINES

K II submarine (1922)

nearly sister-ship K VII 1937

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
K II     Fijenoord, Schiedam 11.1915 27.2.1919 3.1922 stricken 8.1937

  

Displacement standard, t

507

Displacement normal, t

569 / 649

Length, m

54.0 pp 57.3 oa

Breadth, m

5.29

Draught, m

3.82

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MAN 8-cyl diesels / 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

1800 / 500

Max speed, kts

15.5 / 8.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

3500(11) / 25.5(8.5)

Armament

1 x 1 - 75/52 SA No.2, 6 - 450 TT (2 bow, 2 stern , 1 x 2, 12)

Complement

29

Diving depth operational, m 40

Project history: Hay-Denny type, very similar to later K V class. MAN could not complete work on the engines owing to war, and engines were completed by De Schelde.

Modernizations: late 1920s: + 1 x 1 - 12.7/90

Naval service: No significant events.

K II

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