HNLMS K V
| History | |
|---|---|
 Netherlands | |
| Name | K V |
| Builder | Fijenoord, Rotterdam |
| Laid down | 4 April 1916 |
| Launched | 20 November 1919 |
| Commissioned | 15 September 1920 |
| Decommissioned | August 1937 |
| Fate | Decommissioned 1937 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type | K V-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| 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 |
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| Speed |
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| Range | |
| Complement | 31 |
| Armament |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Dutch Submarines: The K V submarine class". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ^ a b c "Dutch Submarines: The submarine K V". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2013.