HNLMS K XVIII |
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | K XIV |
| Builders: | R.D.M, Rotterdam (3) Fijenoord, Rotterdam (2) |
| Operators: | Royal Netherlands Navy |
| Preceded by: | K XI class |
| Succeeded by: | O 19 class |
| Built: | 1930–1934 |
| Completed: | 5 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Submarine |
| Displacement: | 865 tons surfaced 1045 tons submerged |
| Length: | 73.64 m (241 ft 7 in) |
| Beam: | 6.51 m (21 ft 4 in) |
| Draught: | 3.93 m (12 ft 11 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × 1,600 hp (1,193 kW) diesel engines 2 × 430 hp (321 kW) electric motors |
| Speed: | 17 kn (31 km/h; 20 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) on the surface 26 nmi (48 km; 30 mi) at 8.5 kn (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) submerged |
| Complement: | 38 |
| Armament: | 4 × 21 inch bow torpedo tubes 2 × 21 inch stern torpedo tubes 2 x 21 inch (1x2) external-traversing forward of conning tower |
The K XIV class 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 meters. Three of the five ships were lost in World War II
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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| HNLMS K XIV | 31 May 1930 | 11 July 1931 | 6 July 1933 | 23 April 1946 |
| HNLMS K XV | 31 May 1930 | 10 December 1932 | 30 December 1933 | 23 April 1946 |
| HNLMS K XVI | 31 May 1930 | 8 April 1933 | 30 Januari 1934 | 25 December 1941 (sunk by I 66) |
| HNLMS K XVII | 1 June 1931 | 26 July 1932 | 19 December 1933 | 21 December 1941 (struck by a mine) |
| HNLMS 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 Taciturn) |
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