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K XII Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
K XI		294	Fijenoord, Schiedam	12.1922	24.4.1924	3.1925	stricken 4.1945
K XII		295	Fijenoord, Schiedam	1.1923	15.7.1924	5.1925	stricken 9.1944
K XIII		296	Fijenoord, Schiedam	10.1923	23.12.1924	3.1926	scuttled 2.3.1942

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	612
Displacement normal, t	688 / 828
Length, m	66.7
Breadth, m	6.15
Draught, m	3.78
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 MAN 6-cyl diesels / 2 electric motors
Power, h. p.	2400 / 654
Max speed, kts	17 / 8
Fuel, t	diesel oil 40
Endurance, nm(kts)	3500(8) / 25(8)
Armament	1 x 1 - 88/42 Bofors No.2, 2 - 533 TT (bow, 4), 4 - 450 TT (2 bow, 2 stern, 8)
Complement	31
Diving depth operational, m	60

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Project history

Built under original design off Van der Stroojf, order was given out 3.9.1921. First Dutch submarines with 533mm torpedoes (also they had 450mm TTs). Double-hulled. All ballast tank valves had an pneumatic drive and were controlled from a central station.

Modernizations

late 1920s, all: + 1 x 1 - 12.7/90

Naval service

K XIII was scuttled at Surabaya 2.3.1942.



Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.