HNLMS K III

For other ships with the same name, see HNLMS K 3.

K III
History
Netherlands
Name	K III
Builder	De Schelde, Flushing
Laid down	15 July 1915
Launched	12 August 1919
Commissioned	9 July 1920
Decommissioned	1934
Fate	Decommissioned 1934
General characteristics [1]
Class & type	K III-class submarine
Displacement	583 tons surfaced 721 tons submerged
Length	64.41 m (211 ft 4 in)
Beam	5.6 m (18 ft 4 in)
Draught	3.56 m (11 ft 8 in)
Propulsion	2 × 900 bhp (671 kW) diesel engines 2 × 210 bhp (157 kW) electric motors
Speed	16.5  kn (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) surfaced 8.5 kn (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) submerged
Range	3,500  nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) on the surface 25  nmi (46 km; 29 mi) at 8.5 kn (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) submerged
Complement	29
Armament	2 × 18 inch bow torpedo tubes 2 × 18 inch external-traversing torpedo tubes forward of the conning tower 1 x 75 mm gun 1 x 12.7 mm machine gun

K III was a K III-class patrol submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was built by De Schelde shipyard in Flushing.

Service history

The submarine was ordered in 1915 and 15 July that year K III was laid down in Flushing at the shipyard of De Schelde. The launch took place on 12 August 1919. On 9 July 1920 the ship is commissioned in the Dutch navy. ^[2]

On 4 September 1920 K III began her journey to the Dutch East Indies, her theater of operations. She was the first submarine of the navy to make the journey without an escort. ^[3] The route she took paused in Ferrol, Algiers, Malta, the Suez Canal, Aden and Colombo arriving at Tanjung Priok on 18 December 1920. ^[2]

In 1934 K III was decommissioned. ^[2]

References

1. "Dutch Submarines: The K III submarine class". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
2. "Dutch Submarines: The submarine K III". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
3. "Historie" (PDF). Klaar Voor Onderwater (in Dutch). No. 10. Den Helder: Onderzeedienst Reünistenvereniging. February 1985.

External links

• Description of ship