O 19 |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | June 15, 1936 |
| Launched: | September 22, 1938 |
| Commissioned: | July 3, 1939 |
| Fate: | Scuttled on July 10, 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | Standard: 982 tons Surf: 1109 tons Submerged: 1491 tons |
| Length: | 264 ft 9 in (80.70 m) |
| Beam: | 24 ft 4 in (7.42 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft 8 in (3.86 m) |
| Propulsion: | Two 7-cylinder Sulzer diesel engines, 2-stroke & two 2650 hp motors driving two shafts |
| Speed: | Surf: 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h) Submerged: 9 knots (17 km/h) |
| Range: | Surf: 10,000 nmi (20,000 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) Submerged: 27 nm at 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h) |
| Complement: | 39-40 |
| Armament: | 14 torpedoes, incl. 6 reloads, and 40 mines, 40 mm machine gun |
The O 19 was an O 19-class submarine in the Royal Netherlands Navy that saw service during World War II. The O 19, along with her sister ship HNLMS O 20 were the first submarines in the world to be equipped with a submarine snorkel that allowed the submarine to run its diesel engines while submerged.
The submarine was laid down at the Wilton-Fijenoord shipyard in Rotterdam on June 15, 1936 as the KXIX but was renamed the O 19 at some point. The submarine was launched on September 22, 1938. From July 25th or September 13, 1939, the O 19 sailed to the Dutch East Indies via the Suez Canal.
The submarine performed multiple patrols and missions in the Pacific theater of World War II, sinking multiple Japanese vessels, attacking shipping convoys and laying mines.
On July 8, 1945, the O 19 was en route to Subic Bay in the Philippines at a speed of 16 knots when it struck Ladd Reef in the South China Sea. Unable to pull free of the reef, the crew of the O 19 were rescued by the USS Cod (SS-224). To prevent enemy capture, the O 19 was scuttled by her crew using explosives, torpedoes and gunfire.
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