Name K XV Commissioned 30 December 1933 Class and type K XIV class submarine Launched 10 December 1932 Draft 3.93 m | Laid down 31 May 1930 Decommissioned 23 April 1946 Construction started 31 May 1930 Length 74 m | |
Fate Sold for scrap December 1950 Builder Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij | ||
K XV was one of five K XIV class submarines built for the Royal Netherlands Navy. She served during World War II.
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Service history
The submarine was laid down in Rotterdam at the shipyard of Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij on 31 May 1930. The launch took place on 10 December 1932. On 30 December 1933 the boat was commissioned in the Dutch navy.
On 7 February 1934 K XV and K XIV left the Netherlands for the Dutch East Indies. The route they took led through the Suez Canal. On 6 September 1938 she participates in a fleet show at Surabaya. The show was held in honor of the Dutch Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands who was than 40 years the head of state. More than twenty navy ships participate in the show.
In the war K XV sank several Japanese ships. She survived the war and was decommissioned on 23 April 1946. 1 June 1946 she was stricken and sold for scrap in December 1950.
Summary of raiding history
Ships sunk and damaged by K XV.