Name K II Commissioned 28 March 1922 Class and type none Construction started 20 November 1915 Length 57 m Builder Rotterdam | Laid down 20 November 1915 Decommissioned August 1937 Type Unique submarine Launched 27 February 1919 Draft 3.82 m | |
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K II was a unique patrol submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was built by Fijenoord shipyard in Rotterdam. The boat had a diving dept of 40 metres (130 ft).
Service history
The submarine was laid down in Rotterdam at the shipyard of Fijenoord on 20 November 1915. The launch took place on 27 February 1919. On 28 March 1922 K II was commissioned in the Dutch navy.
On 18 September 1923 K II together with K VII, K VIII and the submarine tender Pelikaan began their journey to the Dutch East Indies, the ships' theater of operations. On board K II was professor F.A. Vening Meinesz who conducted gravity measurements. He left the ship in Colombo. The ships where delayed when Pelikaan ran aground at Tunis.
On 11 December 1923 the ships arrived at Sabang where they stayed until 7 December. On 7 December they set sail for Tanjung Priok where they arrived at 24 December 1923.
The boat was decommissioned in August 1937.