HNLMS K XII
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| Name: | K XII |
| Builder: | Fijenoord, Rotterdam |
| Laid down: | 9 January 1923 |
| Launched: | 15 July 1924 |
| Commissioned: | 19 May 1925 |
| Fate: | Sold in 1946 and Scrapped in 1951 |
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| Class & type: | K XI-class submarine |
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| Length: | 66.7 m (218 ft 10 in) |
| Beam: | 6.15 m (20 ft 2 in) |
| Draught: | 3.78 m (12 ft 5 in) |
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| Complement: | 31 |
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K XII was a K XI class patrol submarines of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was built by Fijenoord shipyard in Rotterdam.
Service history
The submarine was ordered on 3 September 1921 and laid down in Rotterdam at the shipyard of Fijenoord on 9 January 1923. The launch took place on 15 July 1924. On 19 May 1925 the boat was commissioned in the Dutch navy.[2]
In September 1926 K XII left Den Helder for the Dutch East Indies. The route she took led through the Suez Canal.[2] On 6 September 1938 she participated in a fleet review at Surabaya. The show was held in honor of the Dutch Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands on the 40th anniversary of her inauguration. More than twenty navy ships participated in the review.[2]
World War II
During the war she made several patrols in the South China Sea and waters around the Dutch East Indies and Australia. Only the patrol K XII made from 7 to 16 December 1941 in the South China Sea was successful. According to American sources K XII sank or damaged the Japanese freighter Toro Maru (1,939t) on 12 December. Japanese sources name the troopship Awajisan Maru (9,794t) as the target. Dutch sources report an approximately 8,000t ship as the target but give no name. A day later on 13 December she sank the Japanese tanker Taizan Maru (3,525t).[2]
On 6 March 1942 K XII fled Surabaya ahead of the invading Japanese forces taking with them the naval commander of Surabaya and his staff. The ship arrived in Australia on 20 March.[2] On 5 May 1944 the boat was paid off and sold in 1946 before finally being scrapped in 1951.[2]
References
- ↑ "Dutch Submarines: The K XI submarine class". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Dutch Submarines: The submarine K XII". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
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