HNLMS O 10

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O 10
History
Flag of the Netherlands.svgNetherlands
NameO 10
Builder Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij , [1] Amsterdam
Yard number169 [2]
Laid down24 December 1923
Launched30 July 1925
Commissioned1 September 1926
Decommissioned11 October 1944
FateSold for scrap October 1946
General characteristics [3]
Class and type O 9-class submarine
Displacement
  • 526 tons surfaced
  • 656 tons submerged
Length54.66 m (179 ft 4 in)
Beam5.7 m (18 ft 8 in)
Draught3.53 m (11 ft 7 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 12  kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced
  • 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged
Range
  • 3,500  nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) on the surface
  • 25  nmi (46 km; 29 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged
Complement29
Armament

O 10 was a O 9-class patrol submarines of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was built by Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij shipyard in Amsterdam.

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Service history

The submarine was ordered on 9 August 1921 and laid down in Amsterdam at the shipyard of Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij on 24 December 1923. [2] The launch took place on 30 July 1925. On 1 September 1926 the ship was commissioned in the Dutch navy. [4]

In 1927 O 10, O 11, Hertog Hendrik, Z 5, Z 6, Z 7 and Z 8 made a visit to Norway. [4]

In 1928 O 10, Hertog Hendrik, Z 5, Z 6 and Z 7 made a trip to the North Sea and visited Edinburgh. In 1929 O 10, O 9, Jacob van Heemskerck, Z 5, Z 6, made a trip to the Baltic Sea for exercises. The next year on 30 July 1930 O 9, O 10, Jacob van Heemskerck and Witte de With visited Antwerp. [4]

In 1931 O 10, O 9, O 8, Jacob van Heemskerck, Z 7, Z 8, made again a trip to the Baltic Sea for exercises. She sailed for the Baltics again in 1936 with her sisters O 9, O 11, Hertog Hendrik and Z 5. In 1939 O 10 together with her sisters O 9, O 11 where attached to the coastal division. They acted as the offensive part of Dutch coastal defense. [4] That same year, in 1939, the O 10 collided with the Sumatra and was severely damaged. [5]

From 9 to 11 May 1940 she and O 9 were on patrol off the coast of the Netherlands. During the patrol O 9 was attacked by German military airplanes. On 12 May 1940 she, O 9 and a tugboat fled to the United Kingdom where they arrived on 15 May 1940. [4]

During the war she patrolled the English Channel, Atlantic Ocean and the Bay of Biscay. From July to August 1940 O 10 was attached to the 7th Training Flotilla in Rothesay and used as an ASDIC piggy boat. She was transferred to the 9th Flotilla in Dundee where she served from 30 August 1940 to July 1944. [4]

On 11 October 1944 O 10 was decommissioned and in September 1946, stricken. October 1946 she was sold for scrapping. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ von Münching (1978), p. 33.
  2. 1 2 Jalhay (1982), p. 113.
  3. ↑ "Dutch Submarines: The O 9 submarine class". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Dutch Submarines: The submarine O 10". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Nog een ongeval opgehelderd" (PDF). Klaar Voor Onderwater (in Dutch). No. 9. Den Helder: Onderzeedienst Reünistenvereniging. October 1984.

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