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HNLMS K III

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K III
History
Netherlands
NameK III
BuilderDe Schelde, Flushing
Laid down15 July 1915
Launched12 August 1919
Commissioned9 July 1920
Decommissioned1934
FateDecommissioned 1934
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeK III-class submarine
Displacement
  • 583 tons surfaced
  • 721 tons submerged
Length64.41 m (211 ft 4 in)
Beam5.6 m (18 ft 4 in)
Draught3.56 m (11 ft 8 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 16.5 kn (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) surfaced
  • 8.5 kn (15.7 km/h; 9.8 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 8.5 kn (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) submerged
Complement29
Armament
  • 2 × 18 inch bow torpedo tubes
  • 2 × 18 inch external-traversing torpedo tubes forward of the conning tower
  • 1 x 75 mm gun
  • 1 x 12.7 mm machine gun

K III was a K III-class patrol submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was built by De Schelde shipyard in Flushing.

Service history

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The submarine was ordered in 1915 and 15 July that year K III was laid down in Flushing at the shipyard of De Schelde. The launch took place on 12 August 1919. On 9 July 1920 the ship is commissioned in the Dutch navy.[2]

On 4 September 1920 K III began her journey to the Dutch East Indies, her theater of operations. She was the first submarine of the navy to make the journey without an escort. The route she took paused in Ferrol, Algiers, Malta, the Suez Canal, Aden and Colombo arriving at Tanjung Priok on 18 December 1920.[2]

In 1934 K III was decommissioned.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Dutch Submarines: The K III submarine class". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Dutch Submarines: The submarine K III". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
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