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ROYAL DUTCH NAVY (NETHERLANDS)

SUBMARINES

K XI submarines (1925-1926)

K XIII 1939

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
K XI   294 Fijenoord, Schiedam 12.1922 24.4.1924 3.1925 stricken 4.1945
K XII   295 Fijenoord, Schiedam 1.1923 15.7.1924 5.1925 stricken 9.1944
K XIII   296 Fijenoord, Schiedam 10.1923 23.12.1924 3.1926 scuttled 2.3.1942

  

Displacement standard, t

612

Displacement normal, t

688 / 828

Length, m

66.7

Breadth, m

6.15

Draught, m

3.78

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MAN 6-cyl diesels / 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

2400 / 654

Max speed, kts

17 / 8

Fuel, t

diesel oil 40

Endurance, nm(kts)

3500(8) / 25(8)

Armament

1 x 1 - 88/42 Bofors No.2, 2 - 533 TT (bow, 4), 4 - 450 TT (2 bow, 2 stern , 8)

Complement

31

Diving depth operational, m 60

Project history: Built under original design off Van der Stroojf, order was given out 3.9.1921. First Dutch submarines with 533mm torpedoes (also they had 450mm TTs). Double-hulled. All ballast tank valves had an pneumatic drive and were controlled from a central station.

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

Naval service: K XIII was scuttled at Surabaya 2.3.1942.

K XII

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

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