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Tonnage |
560 tons standard displacement |
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Dimensions |
188' by 18'5" by 12'7" 57.3m by 5.6m by 38.4m |
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Maximum speed |
13.5 knots surfaced 8 knots submerged |
| Dive |
to 130 feet to 40 m |
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Complement |
31 |
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Armament |
6 17.7" (45cm) torpedo tubes (12 torpedoes) 1 3"/50 AA gun 1 0.50 machine gun |
| Machinery |
2-shaft Sulzer diesel (1200 apk)
or electric (400 apk) |
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Range |
3500 nautical miles (6500km) at 11 knots surfaced 25 nautical miles (46 km) at 8 knots submerged |
The K-VIIs were
built before 1922, and only one was
still in service at the beginning of the war (the K-VII
at Surabaya.)
These ships featured four
internal tubes and two traversing external tubes for obsolete
17.7" torpedoes.
However, they pointed to a future of successful Dutch submarine designs.
K-VII was
sunk on 18 February 1942 by aircraft at Surabaya.
References
DutchSubmarines.com (accessed 2009-12-18)
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