HNLMS K VI

K VI was a K V-class patrol submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was built by Fijenoord shipyard in Rotterdam.

History
Netherlands
Name: K VI
Builder: Fijenoord, Rotterdam
Laid down: 4 April 1916
Launched: 23 December 1920
Commissioned: 11 October 1921
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:
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 torpedo tubes forward of the conning tower
  • 1 x 75 mm gun
  • 1 x 12.7 mm machine gun

Service history

The submarine was laid down in Rotterdam at the shipyard of Fijenoord on 4 April 1916. The launch took place on 23 December 1920. On 11 October 1921 the ship was commissioned in the Dutch navy.[2]

27 October 1921 K VI 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 Port Said, the Suez Canal, Sabang to Surabaya, where she arrived on 31 January 1922.[2]

In 1935 K VI was removed from active service and in August 1937 decommissioned.[2]

References
  1. "Dutch Submarines: The K V submarine class". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  2. "Dutch Submarines: The submarine K VI". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2013.


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