HNLMS K XI
- Displacement
- 688 long tons (699 t)
- Length
- 66.7 m (218.8 ft)
- Beam
- 6.15 m (20.2 ft)
- Speed
- 17 knots (31.5 km/h, 19.6 mph)
- Complement
- 31
- Main gun
- 88 mm (3.5 in)
Service
- as HNLMS K XI24 March 1925 — 11 April 19452,049 days of the war
- Name
- HNLMS K XI
- Builder
- Maatschappij Fijenoord, Rotterdam
- Ordered
- 3 September 1921
- Laid down
- 9 December 1922
- Launched
- 24 April 1924
- Commissioned
- 24 March 1925
- Decommissioned
- 11 April 1945
- Fate
- Stripped and scuttled, 1945/46 (1945)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 688 long tons (699 t)
- Length
- 66.7 m (218.8 ft)
- Beam
- 6.15 m (20.2 ft)
- Draught
- 3.78 m (12.4 ft)
- Speed
- 17 knots (31.5 km/h, 19.6 mph)
- Range
- 3,500 nmi (6,482 km)
- Complement
- 31
- Main gun
- 88 mm (3.5 in)
HNLMS K XI was a K XI-class submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Maatschappij Fijenoord, Rotterdam laid her keel on 9 December 1922. Launched on 24 April 1924, she entered service on 24 March 1925.
Two ships of the class were built. The class followed the K VIII class and was succeeded by the K XIV class.
Displacement was 688 long tons. She measured 66.7 m (219 ft) long with a beam of 6.2 m (20 ft). Her designed speed was 17 knots, and she carried a complement of 31.
Her main battery was one 88 mm (3.5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 2,049 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 11 April 1945.
She was scuttled in 1945. The wreck survives.
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 × 6-cylinder 1200 hp MAN diesel engines
- 2 × 327 hp electric motors
- 2 shafts
- Armament
- 2 × 21 inch bow torpedo tubes
- 2 × 17.7 inch bow torpedo tubes
- 2 × 17.7 inch stern torpedo tubes
- 1 x 88 mm Bofors gun
- 1 x 12.7 mm machine gun
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HNLMS K XI on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.