The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia: K-VII Class, Dutch
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DutchSubmarines.com. Fair use may apply.
| Tonnage | 560 tons standard displacement |
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| Dimensions | 188' by 18'5" by 12'7" 57.3m by 5.6m by 38.4m |
| Maximum speed | 13.5 knots surfaced 8 knots submerged |
| Dive | to 130 feetto 40 m |
| Complement | 31 |
| Armament | 6 17.7" (45cm) torpedo tubes (12 torpedoes) 1 3"/50 AA gun 1 0.50 machine gun |
| Machinery | 2-shaft Sulzer diesel (1200 apk) or electric (400 apk) |
| Range | 3500 nautical miles (6500km) at 11 knots surfaced 25 nautical miles (46 km) at 8 knots submerged |
The K-VIIs were built before 1922, and only one was still in service at the beginning of the war (the _K-VII_at Surabaya.) These ships featured four internal tubes and two traversing external tubes for obsolete 17.7" torpedoes. However, they pointed to a future of successful Dutch submarine designs.
K-VII was sunk on 18 February 1942 by aircraft at Surabaya.
References
DutchSubmarines.com (accessed 2009-12-18)
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