HNLMS K XIV
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Name: | K XIV |
Builder: | Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij |
Laid down: | 31 May 1930 |
Launched: | 11 July 1931 |
Commissioned: | 6 July 1933 |
Decommissioned: | 23 April 1946 |
Fate: | ? |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type: | K XIV class 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 bhp (1,193 kW) diesel engines 2 × 430 bhp (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 |
K XIV was one of five K XIV class submarines built for the Royal Netherlands Navy. She served during World War II.
Service history
The submarine was laid down in Rotterdam at the shipyard of Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij on 31 May 1930. The launch took place on 11 July 1931. On 6 July 1933 the boat was commissioned in the Dutch navy.[2]
On 7 February 1934 K XIV and K XV left the Netherlands for the Dutch East Indies. The route they took led through the Suez Canal.[2] On 6 September 1938 she participates in a fleet show at Surabaya. The show was held in honor of the Dutch Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands who was than 40 years the head of state. More than twenty navy ships participate in the show.[2]
In the war K XIV sank several Japanese ships. She survived the war and was decommissioned on 23 April 1946. 1 June 1946 she was stricken.[2]
Summary of raiding history
Ships sunk and damaged by K XIV.[3]
Date | Ship name | Nationality/Type | Tonnage (GRT) | Fate |
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23 December 1941 | Katori Maru | Japanese troopship | 9848 | Sunk[2] |
23 December 1941 | Hie/Hiyoshi Maru | Japanese troopship | 4943 | Sunk[2] |
23 December 1941 | Hokkai Maru | Japanese troopship | 8416 | Damaged[2] |
23 December 1941 | Nichiran Maru or Ninchinan Maru | Japanese tanker/troopship | ?/6503 | Damaged[2] |
20 June 1944 | Tsugaru | Japanese minelayer | 4400 | Damaged |
23 June 1944 | Dornia Baru | Japanese landing craft | 10 | Sunk[2] |
10 May 1945 | ? | Sampan | 10 | Sunk[2] |
9 June 1945 | ? | Sampan | 10 | Sunk[2] |
9 June 1945 | ? | Sampan | 10 | Sunk[2] |
References
- ↑ "Dutch Submarines: The K XIV submarine class". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 "Dutch Submarines: The submarine K XIV". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur (2013). "HNMS K XIV". uboat.net. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
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