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K II submarine

nearly sister-ship K VII 1937

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
K II   Fijenoord, Schiedam 11/1915 27/2/1919 3/1922 stricken 8/1937

  

Displacement standard, t

507

Displacement normal, t

569 / 649

Length, m

54.0 pp 57.3 oa

Breadth, m

5.29

Draught, m

3.82

No of shafts

2

Machinery

MAN 8-cyl diesels / electric motors

Power, h. p.

1800 / 500

Max speed, kts

15.5 / 8.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

3500(11) / 25.5(8.5)

Armament

1 x 1 - 75/55 Krupp No.2, 6 - 450 TT (2 bow, 2 stern , 1 x 2, 12)

Complement

29

Diving depth operational, m 40

Ship project history: Hay-Denny type, very similar to later K V class. MAN could not complete work on the engines owing to war, and engines were completed by De Schelde.

Modernizations: late 1920s: + 1 x 1 - 12.7/90

Naval service: No significant events.

K II

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