HNLMS K V
| Career (Netherlands) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | K V |
| Builder: | Fijenoord, Rotterdam |
| Laid down: | 4 April 1916 |
| Launched: | 20 November 1919 |
| Commissioned: | 15 September 1920 |
| Decommissioned: | August 1937 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type: | K V-class submarine |
| Displacement: | 569 tons surfaced 649 tons submerged |
| Length: | 57.31 m (188 ft 0 in) |
| Beam: | 5.6 m (18 ft 4 in) |
| Draught: | 3.82 m (12 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × 600 bhp (447 kW) diesel engines 2 × 200 bhp (149 kW) electric motors |
| Speed: | 13.5 kn (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) surfaced 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged |
| Range: | 3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) on the surface 25 nmi (46 km; 29 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged |
| Complement: | 31 |
| Armament: | 2 × 17.7 inch bow torpedo tubes 2 × 17.7 inch stern torpedo tubes 2 × 17.7 inch external-traversing in front of conning tower (1x2) |
K V was a K V-class patrol submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was built by Fijenoord shipyard in Rotterdam.
Service history
The submarine was laid down in Rotterdam at the shipyard of Fijenoord on 4 April 1916. The launch took place on 20 November 1919. On 15 September 1920 the ship was commissioned in the Dutch navy.[2]
18 October 1920 K V left the port of Den Helder for the Dutch East Indies her theater of operations. She made the journey without an escort. The route she took made stops at Tunis, the Suez Canal, Aden and Colombo to Surabaya, where she arrived on 26 January 1921.[2]
In August 1937 the K V was decommissioned.[2]
References
- ↑ "Dutch Submarines: The K V submarine class". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Dutch Submarines: The submarine K V". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
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