HNLMS K I

	K I
History
Netherlands
Name	K I
Builder	De Schelde
Laid down	16 September 1911
Launched	20 May 1913
Commissioned	12 July 1914
Decommissioned	1928
Fate	Decommissioned 1928
General characteristics
Class and type	K I
Type	Unique patrol submarine
Displacement	333 tons surfaced; 358 tons submerged;
Length	46.2 m (151 ft 7 in)
Beam	4.69 m (15 ft 5 in)
Draught	3.02 m (9 ft 11 in)
Propulsion	2 × 850 bhp (634 kW) diesel engines; 2 × 157 bhp (117 kW) electric motors;
Speed	17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph) surfaced; 10.5 kn (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) submerged;
Range	3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) on the surface; 30 nmi (56 km; 35 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged;
Complement	17
Armament	2 × 18 inch bow torpedo tubes; 1 × 18 inch stern torpedo tube;

K I was a unique patrol submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was built by De Schelde shipyard in Flushing. The boat had a diving depth of 40 metres (130 ft).^[3]

Service history

The submarine was ordered on 19 October 1910 by the Ministry of Colonies. The next year on 16 September K I was laid down in Flushing at the shipyard of De Schelde. The launch took place on 20 May 1913. On 12 July 1914 K I was commissioned in the Dutch navy.^[1]

12 September 1916 K I began her journey to the Dutch East Indies her theater of operations. For most of the journey she was towed by the tugboat Witte Zee.^[4] The route they took paused at The Downs, Vigo, Malta, the Suez Canal, Aden and Colombo arriving at Sabang on 6 November 1916. From Sabang to Batavia K I was escorted by the coastal defence ship Koningin Regentes.^[3]

The boat was decommissioned in 1928.^[3]

Design

The HNLMS K I was specially designed for the service in the Dutch East Indies, and then especially for doing service in the tropic weather. In order to parry the tropical heat for the vulnerable batteries, she had a large cooling system on board. Later on, an ingenious crew member connected the cooling installation to the ventilation system, which meant that the K I had an air conditioning system, even before it was officially invented.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "40 Jaar Onderzeedienst: Ontwikkeling als geen ander wapen ter zee - Voortreffelijk werk in oorlogstijd" (PDF). Klaar Voor Onderwater (in Dutch). Vol. 27, no. 89. Den Helder: Onderzeedienst Reünistenvereniging. September 2004. pp. 11–13.
^ "Dutch Submarines: The K I submarine class". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Dutch Submarines: The submarine K I". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
^ "De Onderzeedienst in Nederlands-Oost-Indïe (1)" (PDF). Klaar Voor Onderwater (in Dutch). No. 45. Den Helder: Onderzeedienst Reünistenvereniging. December 1993. pp. 5–10.
^ "100 jaar onderzeeboten" (PDF). www.rdm-archief.nl. Royal Netherlands Navy. p. 8. Retrieved 7 May 2018.

External links

Description of ship

[KVO2789-1] "40 Jaar Onderzeedienst: Ontwikkeling als geen ander wapen ter zee - Voortreffelijk werk in oorlogstijd" (PDF). Klaar Voor Onderwater (in Dutch). Vol. 27, no. 89. Den Helder: Onderzeedienst Reünistenvereniging. September 2004. pp. 11–13.

[dutchsubmarines_ki-2] "Dutch Submarines: The K I submarine class". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.

[dutchsubmarines-3] "Dutch Submarines: The submarine K I". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2013.

[4] "De Onderzeedienst in Nederlands-Oost-Indïe (1)" (PDF). Klaar Voor Onderwater (in Dutch). No. 45. Den Helder: Onderzeedienst Reünistenvereniging. December 1993. pp. 5–10.

[100jaaronderzeeboten8-5] "100 jaar onderzeeboten" (PDF). www.rdm-archief.nl. Royal Netherlands Navy. p. 8. Retrieved 7 May 2018.

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