HNLMS O 23
| Career (Netherlands) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | O 23 |
| Builder: | Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij, Rotterdam |
| Laid down: | 12 October 1937 |
| Launched: | 5 December 1939 |
| Commissioned: | 13 May 1940 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 December 1948 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, April 1949 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | O 21-class submarine |
| Displacement: | 990 tons surfaced 1205 tons submerged |
| Length: | 77.7 m (254 ft 11 in) |
| Beam: | 6.8 m (22 ft 4 in) |
| Draught: | 3.95 m (13 ft 0 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × 2,500 bhp (1,864 kW) diesel engines 2 × 500 bhp (373 kW) electric motors |
| Speed: | 19.5 kn (36.1 km/h; 22.4 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) surfaced 28 nmi (52 km; 32 mi) at 8.5 kn (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) submerged |
| Complement: | 39 |
| Armament: | 4 × 21 in (533 mm) bow torpedo tubes 2 × 21 in stern torpedo tubes 2 × 21 in (1×2) external-traversing TT amidships |
O 23, laid down as K XXIII, was an O 21-class submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy that saw service during World War II. During the war she sank and damaged several ships.
Ship history
The submarine was ordered on 9 June 1937 and laid down on 12 October 1937 as K XXIII at the Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij, Rotterdam. During construction she was renamed O 23, and was finally launched on 5 December 1939. Following the German invasion of 10 May 1940, O 23 was hastily commissioned, still incomplete, and sailed for England on 13 May to be completed at the Thornycroft shipyard at Southampton.[2]
During the war she operated in the North Sea, the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean. O 23 made twenty patrols during the war in the course of which she sank and damaged five ships. She survived the war and was decommissioned on 1 December 1948, being sold for scrap in April of the following year.[2][3]
Summary of raiding history
Ships sunk and damaged by O 23.[3]
| Date | Ship name | Nationality/Type | Tonnage (GRT) | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 1941 | Capacitas | Italian tanker | 5371 | Sunk |
| 27 July 1942 | Shofuku Maru No.2 | Japanese merchant ship | 729 | Damaged |
| 2 August 1942 | Zenyo Maru | Japanese army cargo ship | 6440 | Damaged (burnend out later declared a total loss) |
| 2 August 1942 | Ohio Maru | Japanese transport ship | 5872 | Sunk[2] |
| 25 October 1942 | Shinyu Maru | Japanese merchant ship | 4622 | Damaged |
References
- ↑ "Dutch Submarines: The O 21 submarine class". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Dutch Submarines: The submarine O 23". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Helgason, Guðmundur (2013). "HNMS O 23". uboat.net. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
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