Name O 12 Preceded by O 9 class Built 1928–1932 | Operators Royal Netherlands Navy Succeeded by O 16 | |
 | ||
Builders Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde (3)
Fijenoord (1) | ||
The O 12 class was a class of four submarines, built for the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ships, with a diving depth of 60 metres (200 ft), were used for patrols in the Dutch home waters. The class comprised O 12, O 13, O 14 and O 15. O 12 entered German service in 1943 as U-D2.
Construction
The ships were built by two different shipyards. O 12, O 13 and O 14 were built by Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde in Vlissingen and O 15 in Rotterdam at Fijenoord shipyard.
References
O 12-class submarine Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA