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

HNLMS O 10

O 9-class submarine

HNLMS O 10
The original uploader was DirkV at Dutch Wikipedia . — [1] — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate Hr. Ms. O 10

Service

  1. Royal Netherlands Navy as O 101 September 1926 — 11 October 19441,867 days of the war
O 9-class submarine Particulars
Name
HNLMS O 10
Builder
Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij, Amsterdam
Laid down
24 December 1923
Launched
30 July 1925
Commissioned
1 September 1926
Decommissioned
11 October 1944
Fate
Sold for scrap October 1946 (1946)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
526 long tons (534 t)
Displacement, submerged
656 long tons (667 t)
Length
54.66 m (179.3 ft)
Beam
5.7 m (18.7 ft)
Draught
3.53 m (11.6 ft)
Speed
12 knots (22.2 km/h, 13.8 mph)
Range
3,500 nmi (6,482 km)
Complement
29
Main gun
88 mm (3.5 in)

HNLMS O 10 was a O 9-class submarine in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy. Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij, Amsterdam laid her keel on 24 December 1923. Launched on 30 July 1925, she entered service on 1 September 1926.

She was one of three ships of her class. The class followed the HNLMS O 8 and was succeeded by the O 12-class submarine.

The boat displaced 526 long tons surfaced and 656 long tons submerged. She measured 54.7 m (179 ft) long with a beam of 5.7 m (19 ft). Her designed speed was 12 knots, and she carried a complement of 29.

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

She was in commission for 1,867 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 11 October 1944.

She was broken up for scrap in October 1946.

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 × 450 bhp diesel engines
  • 2 × 250 bhp electric motors
Armament
  • 2 × 21 inch bow torpedo tubes
  • 2 × 17.7 inch bow torpedo tubes
  • 1 × 17.7 inch stern torpedo tube
  • 1 x 88 mm gun
  • 1 x 12.7 mm machine gun

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HNLMS O 10 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: The original uploader was DirkV at Dutch Wikipedia . — [1] — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons