HNLMS O 6

O 6 was a unique patrol submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy for European home waters. The ship was built by De Schelde shipyard in Flushing. The submarines diving depth was 40 metres. O 7 was very similar to the O 6 and they are sometimes regarded as one class.^[2]

O 6
History
Name	O 6
Builder	De Schelde, Flushing
Laid down	2 or 21 May 1914
Launched	10 June 1915
Commissioned	5 December 1916
Decommissioned	November 1936
Fate	Decommissioned 1936
General characteristics [1]
Class & type	Unique submarine
Displacement	192 tons 233 tons
Length	35.69 m (117 ft 1 in)
Beam	4.13 m (13 ft 7 in)
Draught	3.05 m (10 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	1 × 375 bhp (280 kW) diesel engine 1 × 210 bhp (157 kW) electric motor
Speed	12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced 8.5 kn (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) submerged
Range	750 nmi (1,390 km; 860 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) on the surface 42 nmi (78 km; 48 mi) at 7 kn (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) submerged
Complement	15
Armament	2 × 18 inch bow torpedo tubes 1 × 18 inch stern torpedo tube

Service history

The submarine was ordered on 8 May 1913 and in May 1914 the O 6 was laid down in Flushing at the shipyard of De Schelde. The launch took place on 10 June 1915.^[2]

On 5 December 1916 the ship was commissioned in the navy. During World War I the ship was based in Den Helder.^[2]

On 7 Jul 1920 the ship left the port of Flushing for a trip to Norway the ports of Odda, Bergen, Gudvangen among others are visited. The ship returned to Flushing in June 1920.^[2]

In June 1923 the O 6 was used by Professor F.A. Vening Meinesz for gravity measurements in the North Sea.^[2] In November 1936 O 6 was decommissioned.^[2]

External links

• Description of ship