HNLMS K III
.jpg) K III
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| History | |
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| Name | K III |
| Builder | De Schelde, Flushing |
| Laid down | 15 July 1915 |
| Launched | 12 August 1919 |
| Commissioned | 9 July 1920 |
| Decommissioned | 1934 |
| Fate | Decommissioned 1934 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | K III-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 64.41 m (211 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 5.6 m (18 ft 4 in) |
| Draught | 3.56 m (11 ft 8 in) |
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| Range | |
| Complement | 29 |
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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
[edit]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.[3] 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
[edit]- ^ "Dutch Submarines: The K III submarine class". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- ^ a b c "Dutch Submarines: The submarine K III". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- ^ "Historie" (PDF). Klaar Voor Onderwater (in Dutch). No. 10. Den Helder: Onderzeedienst Reünistenvereniging. February 1985.