K VI was a K V-class patrol submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was built by Fijenoord shipyard in Rotterdam.
| History | |
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| Name | K VI |
| Builder | Fijenoord, Rotterdam |
| Laid down | 4 April 1916 |
| Launched | 23 December 1920 |
| Commissioned | 11 October 1921 |
| Decommissioned | August 1937 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type | K V-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 57.31 m (188 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 5.6 m (18 ft 4 in) |
| Draught | 3.82 m (12 ft 6 in) |
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| Range | |
| Complement | 31 |
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Service history edit
The submarine was laid down in Rotterdam at the shipyard of Fijenoord on 4 April 1916. The launch took place on 23 December 1920. On 11 October 1921 the ship was commissioned in the Dutch navy.[2]
27 October 1921 K VI left the port of Den Helder for the Dutch East Indies her theater of operations. She made the journey without an escort. The route she took made stops at Port Said, the Suez Canal, Sabang to Surabaya, where she arrived on 31 January 1922.[2]
In 1935 K VI was removed from active service and in August 1937 decommissioned.[2]
References edit
- ^ "Dutch Submarines: The K V submarine class". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ^ a b c "Dutch Submarines: The submarine K VI". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2013.