K XIV-class submarine

Class overview
HNLMS K XVIII
Name:	K XIV class
Builders:	R.D.M, Rotterdam (3) Fijenoord, Rotterdam (2)
Operators:	Royal Netherlands Navy
Preceded by:	K XI class
Succeeded by:	O 19 class
Built:	1930–1934
Completed:	5
General characteristics
Type:	Submarine
Displacement:	865 tons surfaced 1045 tons submerged
Length:	73.64 m (241 ft 7 in)
Beam:	6.51 m (21 ft 4 in)
Draught:	3.93 m (12 ft 11 in)
Propulsion:	2 × 1,600 bhp (1,193 kW) diesel engines 2 × 430 bhp (321 kW) electric motors
Speed:	17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph) surfaced 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged
Range:	10,000 nmi (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) on the surface 26 nmi (48 km; 30 mi) at 8.5 kn (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) submerged
Complement:	38
Armament:	4 × 21 inch bow torpedo tubes 2 × 21 inch stern torpedo tubes 2 × 21 inch (1x2) external-traversing forward of conning tower

The K XIV-class submarine was a class of five submarines, built for the Royal Netherlands Navy. Used for patrols in the Dutch colonial waters. The class comprised K XIV, K XV, K XVI, K XVII and K XVIII. The submarines diving depth was 80 metres (260 ft). Three of the five ships were lost in World War II

Construction

The ships were built by two different shipyards. K XIV, K XV and K XVI were built by R.D.M, Rotterdam and K XVII and K XVIII at Fijenoord shipyard also in Rotterdam.

Name	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned
K XIV	31 May 1930	11 July 1931	6 July 1933	23 April 1946
K XV	31 May 1930	10 December 1932	30 December 1933	23 April 1946
K XVI	31 May 1930	8 April 1933	30 Januari 1934	25 December 1941 (sunk by I 66)
K XVII	1 June 1931	26 July 1932	19 December 1933	21 December 1941 (struck by a mine)
K XVIII	10 June 1931	27 September 1932	23 March 1934	2 March 1942 (scuttled later raised by the Japanese to be converted into an air warning picket hulk) 16 June 1945 (sunk by HMS Taciturn)

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Description of class

K XIV-class submarines

K XIV K XV K XVI K XVII K XVIII

Preceded by: K XI class Followed by: O 19 class List of submarines of the Netherlands

Dutch naval ship classes of World War II

Battlecruisers

Design 1047^X

Cruisers

Destroyers

Frigates

Johan Maurits van Nassau^B^S

Gunboats and sloops

Submarines

O-series	O 9 O 12 O 16^S O 19 O 21

K-series	K V K VIII K XI K XIV

Other	Dolfijn^B^S Zeehond^B^S Zwaardvisch^B

Mine warfare vessel

Minelayers	Hydra Douwe Aukes Prins van Oranje Willem van der Zaan^S

Minesweepers	M A Jan van Amstel ABC

B: ex-British
C: Completed after the war
S: Single ship of class
X: Cancelled

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