HNLMS O 6
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | O 6 |
| Builder: | De Schelde, Flushing |
| Laid down: | 2 or 21 May 1914 |
| Launched: | 10 June 1915 or 15 July 1916 |
| Commissioned: | 5 December 1916 |
| Decommissioned: | November 1936 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class & type: | Unique submarine |
| Displacement: |
192 tons 233 tons |
| Length: | 35.69 m (117 ft 1 in) |
| Beam: | 4.13 m (13 ft 7 in) |
| Draught: | 3.05 m (10 ft 0 in) |
| Propulsion: |
1 × 375 bhp (280 kW) diesel engine 1 × 210 bhp (157 kW) electric motor |
| Speed: |
12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced 8.5 kn (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) submerged |
| Range: |
750 nmi (1,390 km; 860 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) on the surface 42 nmi (78 km; 48 mi) at 7 kn (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) submerged |
| Complement: | 15 |
| Armament: |
2 × 18 inch bow torpedo tubes 1 × 18 inch stern torpedo tube |
O 6 was a unique patrol submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy for European home waters. The ship was built by De Schelde shipyard in Flushing. The submarines diving depth was 40 metres. O 7 was very similar to the O 6 and they are sometimes regarded as one class.[2]
Service history
The submarine was ordered on 8 May 1913 and in May 1914 the O 6 was laid down in Flushing at the shipyard of De Schelde. The launch took place on 10 June 1915 or 15 July 1916.[2]
On 5 December 1916 the ship was commissioned in the navy. During World War I the ship was based in Den Helder.[2]
On 7 Jul 1920 the ship left the port of Flushing for a trip to Norway the ports of Odda, Bergen, Gudvangen among others are visited. The ship returned to Flushing in June 1920.[2]
In June 1923 the O 6 was used by Professor F.A. Vening Meinesz for gravity measurements in the North Sea.[2] In November 1936 O 6 was decommissioned.[2]
External links
References
- ↑ "Dutch Submarines: The O 6 submarine class". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Dutch Submarines: The submarine O 6". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
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