K XVIII 1937
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| K XIV | 167 | Rotterdamse Droogdok Mij, Rotterdam | 5.1930 | 11.7.1931 | 7.1933 | stricken 4.1946 | |
| K XV | 168 | Rotterdamse Droogdok Mij, Rotterdam | 5.1930 | 10.12.1932 | 12.1933 | stricken 4.1946 | |
| K XVI | 169 | Rotterdamse Droogdok Mij, Rotterdam | 5.1930 | 8.4.1933 | 1.1934 | sunk 25.12.1941 | |
| K XVII | 322 | Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam | 6.1931 | 26.7.1932 | 12.1933 | sunk 21.12.1941 | |
| K XVIII | 323 | Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam | 6.1931 | 27.9.1932 | 3.1934 | scuttled 2.3.1942 |
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Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement normal, t |
865 / 1045 |
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Length, m |
73.6 |
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Breadth, m |
6.51 |
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Draught, m |
3.93 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 MAN 8-cyl diesels / 2 Smit Slikkerveer electric motors |
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Power, h. p. |
3200 / 960 |
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Max speed, kts |
17 / 9 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
10000(12) / 26(8.5) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 88/42 Bofors No.2, 2 x 1 - 40/36 Bofors, 8 - 533 TT (4 bow, 2 stern, 1 x 2, 14) |
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Complement |
38 |
| Diving depth operational, m | 80 |
Project history: Ordered 30.5.1930, development of O12 class with increased dimensions and additional twin turnable TT in a superstructure fwd from a conning tower. Also one stern TT was added. Double-hulled. At building welding was widely applied to weight reduction. Besides two usual periscopes, submarines were equipped with periscopic antenna for possibility to use the radio in submerged position. On trials they reached up to 19kts surfaced. Both 40mm MGs took places in disappearing installations.
Modernizations: 1942-1943, K XIV, XV: - 2 x 1 - 40/36, 1 x 2 - 533 TT; + 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, type 291W radar, WDA, JP (presumably) sonars
Naval service: K XVI was torpedoed 25.12.1941 by Japanese submarine I66 NW off Kuching (Borneo). K XVII was lost 21.12.1941 on a mine in gulf of Siam. K XVIII was scuttled at Surabaya 2.3.1942; she was salvaged by Japanese in 1944, used as radar-picket hulk and sunk 16.6.1945 by British submarine Taciturn off Surabaya.
K XIV
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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