HNLMS K V

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Flag of the Netherlands.svgNetherlands
NameK V
BuilderFijenoord, Rotterdam
Laid down4 April 1916
Launched20 November 1919
Commissioned15 September 1920
DecommissionedAugust 1937
FateDecommissioned 1937
General characteristics [1]
Type K V-classsubmarine
Displacement
  • 569 tons surfaced
  • 649 tons submerged
Length57.31 m (188 ft 0 in)
Beam5.6 m (18 ft 4 in)
Draught3.82 m (12 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 13.5  kn (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) surfaced
  • 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 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 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged
Complement31
Armament
  • 2 × 17.7 inch bow torpedo tubes
  • 2 × 17.7 inch stern torpedo tubes
  • 2 × 17.7 inch external-traversing torpedo tubes forward of the conning tower
  • 1 x 75 mm gun
  • 1 x 12.7 mm machine gun

K V was a K V-class patrol submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was built by Fijenoord shipyard in Rotterdam.

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Service history

The submarine was laid down in Rotterdam at the shipyard of Fijenoord on 4 April 1916. The launch took place on 20 November 1919. On 15 September 1920 the ship was commissioned in the Dutch navy. [2]

18 October 1920 K V left the port of Den Helder for the Dutch East Indies her theater of operations. She made the journey without an escort. The route she took made stops at Tunis, the Suez Canal, Aden and Colombo to Surabaya, where she arrived on 26 January 1921. [2]

In August 1937 the K V was decommissioned. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Dutch Submarines: The K V submarine class". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Dutch Submarines: The submarine K V". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
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