K XIV-class submarine
HNLMS K XVIII | |
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Name: | K XIV class |
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Operators: | Royal Netherlands Navy |
Preceded by: | K XI class |
Succeeded by: | O 19 class |
Built: | 1930–1934 |
Completed: | 5 |
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Type: | Submarine |
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Length: | 73.64 m (241 ft 7 in) |
Beam: | 6.51 m (21 ft 4 in) |
Draught: | 3.93 m (12 ft 11 in) |
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Complement: | 38 |
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The K XIV-class submarine was a class of five submarines, built for the Royal Netherlands Navy. Used for patrols in the Dutch colonial waters. The class comprised K XIV, K XV, K XVI, K XVII and K XVIII. The submarines diving depth was 80 metres (260 ft). Three of the five ships were lost in World War II
Construction
The ships were built by two different shipyards. K XIV, K XV and K XVI were built by R.D.M, Rotterdam and K XVII and K XVIII at Fijenoord shipyard also in Rotterdam.
Name | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned |
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K XIV | 31 May 1930 | 11 July 1931 | 6 July 1933 | 23 April 1946 |
K XV | 31 May 1930 | 10 December 1932 | 30 December 1933 | 23 April 1946 |
K XVI | 31 May 1930 | 8 April 1933 | 30 Januari 1934 | 25 December 1941 (sunk by I 66) |
K XVII | 1 June 1931 | 26 July 1932 | 19 December 1933 | 21 December 1941 (struck by a mine) |
K XVIII | 10 June 1931 | 27 September 1932 | 23 March 1934 | 2 March 1942 (scuttled later raised by the Japanese to be converted into an air warning picket hulk) 16 June 1945 (sunk by HMS Taciturn) |
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