HNLMS K III

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

For other ships with the same name, see HNLMS K 3.
K III
History
Netherlands
Name: K III
Builder: De Schelde, Flushing
Laid down: 15 July 1915
Launched: 12 August 1919
Commissioned: 9 July 1920
Decommissioned: 1934
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: K III-class submarine
Displacement:
  • 583 tons surfaced
  • 721 tons submerged
Length: 64.41 m (211 ft 4 in)
Beam: 5.6 m (18 ft 4 in)
Draught: 3.56 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
Complement: 29
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

Service history

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