HNLMS K III

For other ships with the same name, see HNLMS K 3.

K III was a K III-class patrol submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was built by De Schelde shipyard in Flushing.

K III
History
Netherlands
Name	K III
Builder	De Schelde, Flushing
Laid down	15 July 1915
Launched	12 August 1919
Commissioned	9 July 1920
Decommissioned	1934
Fate	Decommissioned 1934
General characteristics [1]
Class & type	K III-class submarine
Displacement	583 tons surfaced 721 tons submerged
Length	64.41 m (211 ft 4 in)
Beam	5.6 m (18 ft 4 in)
Draught	3.56 m (11 ft 8 in)
Propulsion	2 × 900 bhp (671 kW) diesel engines 2 × 210 bhp (157 kW) electric motors
Speed	16.5 kn (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) surfaced 8.5 kn (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) submerged
Range	3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) on the surface 25 nmi (46 km; 29 mi) at 8.5 kn (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) submerged
Complement	29
Armament	2 × 18 inch bow torpedo tubes 2 × 18 inch external-traversing torpedo tubes forward of the conning tower 1 x 75 mm gun 1 x 12.7 mm machine gun

Service history

The submarine was ordered in 1915 and 15 July that year K III was laid down in Flushing at the shipyard of De Schelde. The launch took place on 12 August 1919. On 9 July 1920 the ship is commissioned in the Dutch navy.^[2]

On 4 September 1920 K III began her journey to the Dutch East Indies, her theater of operations. She was the first submarine of the navy to make the journey without an escort.^[3] The route she took paused in Ferrol, Algiers, Malta, the Suez Canal, Aden and Colombo arriving at Tanjung Priok on 18 December 1920.^[2]

In 1934 K III was decommissioned.^[2]