K XI-class submarine

Class overview
HNLMS K XIII
Name:	K XI class
Builders:	Fijenoord, Rotterdam
Operators:	Royal Netherlands Navy
Preceded by:	K VIII class
Succeeded by:	K XIV class
Built:	1922-1926
Completed:	3
General characteristics
Type:	Submarine
Displacement:	688 tons surfaced 828 tons submerged
Length:	66.7 m (218 ft 10 in)
Beam:	6.15 m (20 ft 2 in)
Draught:	3.78 m (12 ft 5 in)
Propulsion:	2 × 1,200 bhp (895 kW) diesel engines 2 × 327 bhp (244 kW) electric motors
Speed:	17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph) surfaced 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged
Range:	3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) on the surface 25 nmi (46 km; 29 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged
Complement:	31
Armament:	2 × 21 inch bow torpedo tubes 2 × 17.7 inch bow torpedo tubes 2 × 17.7 inch stern torpedo tubes

The K XI class was a class of three submarines, built by Fijenoord shipyard in Rotterdam for the Royal Netherlands Navy. Used for patrols in the Dutch colonial waters. The submarines diving depth was 60 metres (200 ft). All ships were still in service at the start of World War II. K XIII was scuttled while under repair at Soerabaja to prevent her being captured by the invading Japanese forces.

Construction

Name	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned
K XI	9 December 1922	24 April 1924	24 March 1925	11 April 1945
K XII	9 January 1923	15 July 1924	19 May 1925	5 May 1944
K XIII	15 October 1923	23 December 1924	29 March 1926	2 March 1942 (scuttled)

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Description of class

K XI-class submarines

K XI K XII K XIII

Preceded by: K VIII class Followed by: K XIV 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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