HNLMS O 23

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O 23
History
Flag of the Netherlands.svgNetherlands
NameO 23
Builder Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij , Rotterdam
Laid down12 October 1937
Launched5 December 1939
Commissioned13 May 1940
Decommissioned1 December 1948
FateSold for scrapping, April 1949
General characteristics [1]
Class and type O 21-class submarine
Displacement
  • 990 tons surfaced
  • 1205 tons submerged
Length77.7 m (254 ft 11 in)
Beam6.8 m (22 ft 4 in)
Draught3.95 m (13 ft 0 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 19.5  kn (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph) surfaced
  • 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged
Range
  • 10,000  nmi (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced
  • 28  nmi (52 km; 32 mi) at 8.5 kn (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) submerged
Complement39
Armament
  • 4 × 21 in (533 mm) bow torpedo tubes
  • 2 × 21 in stern torpedo tubes
  • 2 × 21 in (1×2) external-traversing TT amidships

O 23, laid down as K XXIII, was an O 21-class submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy that saw service during World War II. During the war she sank and damaged several ships.

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Ship history

O 23 in the Bay of Gibraltar in 1941. Onderzeeboot Hr.Ms. O 23 (1940-1949) in baai van Gibraltar (2158 015511).jpg
O 23 in the Bay of Gibraltar in 1941.

The submarine was ordered on 9 June 1937 and laid down on 12 October 1937 as K XXIII at the Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij , Rotterdam. During construction she was renamed O 23, and was finally launched on 5 December 1939. Following the German invasion of 10 May 1940, O 23 was hastily commissioned, still incomplete, and sailed for England on 13 May to be completed at the Thornycroft shipyard at Southampton. [2]

During the war she operated in the North Sea, the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean. O 23 made twenty patrols during the war in the course of which she sank or damaged five ships. She survived the war and was decommissioned on 1 December 1948, being sold for scrap in April of the following year. [2] [3]

Summary of raiding history

Ships sunk and damaged by O 23. [3]

DateShip nameNationality/TypeTonnage (GRT)Fate
30 June 1941CapacitasItalian tanker5371Sunk
27 July 1942Shofuku Maru No.2Japanese merchant ship729Damaged
2 August 1942Zenyo MaruJapanese army cargo ship6440Damaged (burned out and later declared a total loss)
2 August 1942Ohio MaruJapanese transport ship5872Sunk [2]
25 October 1942Shinyu MaruJapanese merchant ship4622Damaged

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References

  1. ↑ "Dutch Submarines: The O 21 submarine class". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Dutch Submarines: The submarine O 23". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  3. 1 2 Helgason, Guðmundur (2013). "HNMS O 23". uboat.net. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
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