HNLMS K VI

K VI was a K V-class patrol submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was built by Fijenoord shipyard in Rotterdam.

History
Netherlands
Name	K VI
Builder	Fijenoord, Rotterdam
Laid down	4 April 1916
Launched	23 December 1920
Commissioned	11 October 1921
Decommissioned	August 1937
General characteristics [1]
Type	K V-class submarine
Displacement	569 tons surfaced 649 tons submerged
Length	57.31 m (188 ft 0 in)
Beam	5.6 m (18 ft 4 in)
Draught	3.82 m (12 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	2 × 600 bhp (447 kW) diesel engines 2 × 200 bhp (149 kW) electric motors
Speed	13.5 kn (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) surfaced 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 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 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged
Complement	31
Armament	2 × 17.7 inch bow torpedo tubes 2 × 17.7 inch stern torpedo tubes 2 × 17.7 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 laid down in Rotterdam at the shipyard of Fijenoord on 4 April 1916. The launch took place on 23 December 1920. On 11 October 1921 the ship was commissioned in the Dutch navy.^[2]

27 October 1921 K VI left the port of Den Helder for the Dutch East Indies her theater of operations. She made the journey without an escort. The route she took made stops at Port Said, the Suez Canal, Sabang to Surabaya, where she arrived on 31 January 1922.^[2]

In 1935 K VI was removed from active service and in August 1937 decommissioned.^[2]