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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