- HNLMS K XVI
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Career (Netherlands) Ordered: 30 May 1929 Awarded: 31 May 1930 Builder: Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij Laid down: 8 April 1933 Commissioned: 31 January 1934 Fate: Sunk on 25 December 1941 General characteristics Class and type: K XIV class submarine HNLMS K XVI was one of five K XIV class submarines built for the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN).[1] She was ordered from Rotterdam-based shipbuilder Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij on 30 May 1929, and was laid down on 31 May 1930.[1] The submarine was launched on 8 April 1933, and commissioned into the RNN on 31 January 1934.[1]
In January 1935, the boat was deployed to the Netherlands East Indies.[1] She remained in this area after the start of World War II.[1]
On 24 December 1941, the submarine torpedoed and sank the Japanese destroyer Sagiri.[2] K XVI was torpedoed by Ministry of Defence announced that the wreck of K XVI had been found by Australian and Singaporean recreational divers off the northern coast of Borneo.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "The submarine K XVI". DutchSubmarines.com. http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/boats/boat_kxvi.htm. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ^ a b c d Agence France-Presse (25 October 2011). "Missing Dutch WWII sub found off Borneo". The Australian. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/missing-dutch-wwii-sub-found-off-borneo/story-e6frg6so-1226175959926. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
Categories:- Submarines of the Royal Netherlands Navy
- 1933 ships
- World War II shipwrecks in the South China Sea
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