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K-XIV Class, Dutch Submarines

Photograph of K-XIV class

DutchSubmarines.com. Fair use may apply.

Tonnage	1020 tons standard displacement
Dimensions	241'7" by 21'4" by 12'11" 73.63m by 6.50m by 3.94m
Maximum speed	18 knots surfaced 9 knots submerged
Dive	To 260 feet To 80 m
Complement	38
Armament	8 21" (53cm) torpedo tubes (14 torpedoes) 1 3.5"/45 gun 2 40mm Bofors AA guns
Machinery	2-shaft M.A.N. diesel (3200 hp) or electric (860 hp)
Range	10,000 nautical miles (19,000km) at 12 knots surfaced 26 nautical miles (50 km) at 8.5 knots submerged
Modifications	1943; Added Type 291 radar

The K-XIVs were built in 1933 and were quite capable boats, with adequate speed, range, and firepower. They used welded construction to save weight. There were originally two external traversing torpedo tubes, but these were removed by the time war broke out in the Pacific.

Units in the Pacific:

K-XVII	Gulf of Siam	Mined 1941-12-21 in Gulf of Siam
K-XVIII	Under repair at Surabaya	Scuttled 1942-3-2 at Surabaya
K-XIV	Tarakan	Withdrawn 1942-7 Arrives 1944-2-19 at Colombo
K-XV	Tarakan	Withdrawn 1942-8-1 Arrives 1943-12-25 at Colombo
K-XVI	Patrolling off Tarakan	Torpedoed 1941-12-25 60 miles northwest of Kuching by I-66

References

DutchSubmarines.com (accessed 2008-4-11)

Worth (2001)

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