HNLMS O 24
Service
- as HNLMS O 2413 May 1940 — June 19551,938 days of the war
- Name
- HNLMS O 24
- Builder
- Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij, Rotterdam
- Laid down
- 12 November 1937
- Launched
- 18 March 1940
- Commissioned
- 13 May 1940
- Decommissioned
- June 1955
- Struck
- 1962
- Fate
- Sold for scrapping, 1963 (1963)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 990 long tons (1,006 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 1,205 long tons (1,224 t)
- Length
- 77.7 m (254.9 ft)
- Beam
- 6.8 m (22.3 ft)
- Draught
- 3.95 m (13 ft)
- Speed
- 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h, 22.4 mph)
- Range
- 10,000 nmi (18,520 km)
- Complement
- 39
- Main gun
- 40 mm (1.6 in)
HNLMS O 24 was a O 21-class submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Her keel was laid at Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij, Rotterdam on 12 November 1937. Launched on 18 March 1940, she entered service on 13 May 1940.
Seven ships of the class were built. The class followed the O 19-class submarine and was succeeded by the Dolfijn-class submarine.
The boat displaced 990 long tons surfaced and 1,205 long tons submerged. She measured 77.7 m (255 ft) long with a beam of 6.8 m (22 ft). Her designed speed was 19.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 39. Her main battery was of 40 mm (1.6 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 1,938 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in June 1955. She was struck from the register in 1962.
She was broken up for scrap in 1963.
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 × 2500 bhp diesel engines
- 2 × 500 bhp electric motors
- Armament
- 4 × 21 in bow torpedo tubes
- 2 × 21 in stern torpedo tubes
- 2 × 21 in (1×2) external-traversing TT amidships (removed post-war)
- 40 mm Vickers gun, replaced in early 1942 by 20 mm Oerlikon
- British Mk IV and Mk VIII torpedoes
- German G7a torpedoes
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HNLMS O 24 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Centrum voor Audiovisuele Dienstverlening Koninklijke Marine (CAVDKM) — https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/foto-s/detail/72868676-a9bd-6b7e-9b8b-c55318e5d256/media/5cb6ceac-1c0f-0e87-370e-d35e79ca7f06 — CC BY-SA 4.0 — Wikimedia Commons