Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Netherlands Navy — Submarine

HMAS K9

HMAS K9
photographer not identified — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate Port bow view of Australian submarine HMAS K9 at sea. Servicemen can be seen on deck and in the conning tower. This patrol submarine was one of three 'K' Class (Koloniën) submarines built at the yard of K M de Shelde of Flushing, Holland, and was commissioned into the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN) on 21 June 1923 as K-IX. RNN K-IX was stationed at the Surabaya Submarine Base in 1942 and with the im

Service

  1. Royal Netherlands Navy as K IX21 June 1923 — 25 July 19421,058 days of the war
  2. Royal Australian Navy as K922 June 1943 — 31 March 1944280 days of the war
HMAS K9 Particulars
Name
HMAS K9
Ordered
27 June 1917
Launched
23 December 1922
Commissioned
21 June 1923
Decommissioned
25 July 1942
Fate
Stranded on Fiona Beach, NSW 8 June 1945 (1945)
Status
Unknown

Specifications

Length
64.01 m (210 ft)
Beam
5.49 m (18 ft)
Draught
3.66 m (12 ft)
Speed
15 knots (27.8 km/h, 17.3 mph)
Range
3,500 nmi (6,482 km)
Complement
31
Main gun
88 mm (3.5 in)

HMAS K9 was a submarine in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy. Launched on 23 December 1922, she entered service on 21 June 1923.

She measured 64.0 m (210 ft) long with a beam of 5.5 m (18 ft). Her designed speed was 15 knots, and she carried a complement of 31.

Her main battery was one 88 mm (3.5 in) guns.

She served with the Royal Netherlands Navy as K IX until 25 July 1942. She then passed to the Royal Australian Navy, serving as K9 from 22 June 1943. She was in commission for 1,338 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 25 July 1942.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 shaft diesel electric
  • Sulzer diesels 1500 hp
  • electric motor 630 hp
Armament
  • 4 × 450 mm torpedo tubes (2 bow, 2 stern)
  • 1 × 88 mm gun
  • 1 × 12.7 mmmachine gun

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMAS K9 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: photographer not identified — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons