Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Netherlands Navy — Submarine N39

HNLMS K IX (N39)

K VIII-class submarine

HNLMS K IX (N39)
photographer not identified — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — N39 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
K VIII-class submarine Particulars
Name
HNLMS K IX
Pennant / hull number
N39
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)

HNLMS K IX was a K VIII-class submarine in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy. She carried the pennant number N39. She entered service on 21 June 1923, having been launched on 23 December 1922.

She was one of three ships of her class. The class followed the K V-class submarine and was succeeded by the K XI-class submarine.

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

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HNLMS K IX (N39) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: photographer not identified — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons