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K VIII submarines (1922-1923)


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

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
K VIII   167 De Schelde, Vlissingen 10.1917 28.3.1922 9.1922 stricken 7.1942
K IX   168 De Schelde, Vlissingen 3.1919 23.12.1922 6.1923 to Australia 6.1943 (K9)
K X   169 De Schelde, Vlissingen 11.1919 2.5.1923 9.1923 scuttled 2.3.1942


Technical data


Displacement standard, t520
Displacement normal, t583 / 810
Length, m

64.4

Breadth, m

5.60

Draught, m

3.55

No of shafts

2

Machinery

K VIII: 2 MAN 8-cyl diesels / 2 electric motors

K IX, X: 2 Sulzer 6-cyl diesels / 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

K VIII: 1800 / 400

K IX, X: 1550 / 400

Max speed, kts

K VIII: 16 / 8

K IX, X: 15 / 8

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)3500(11) / 25(8)
Armament

1 x 1 - 88/42 Bofors No.2, 4 - 450 TT (2 bow, 2 stern, 10)

Complement

31

Diving depth operational, m50


Standard scale images


<i>K VIII</i> 1939
K VIII 1939


Graphics


<i>K IX</i> <i>Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.</i>
K IX Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.


Project history

Holland design submarines, built under 1916 programme under drawings of ELCO. Double-hulled. Under original design they should have 75mm gun. As the building has been delayed, it was possible to consider First World War experience. So, they have refused turnable TT provided by design, and by 4m periscopes were lengthened.

Modernizations

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

Naval service

K VIII was hard damaged 21.12.1941 as a result of battery explosion at Singapore; 15.7.1942 she was stricken and 27.8.1942 sold for BU. K IX was transferred to RAN 22.6.1943, returned 31.5.1944 and later used as a fuel oil barge; 9.6.1945 she was lost as a result of beaching. K Х was scuttled at Surabaya 2.3.1942.



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