HNLMS K III

	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
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;

NameK III

BuilderDe Schelde, Flushing

Laid down15 July 1915

Launched12 August 1919

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

v t e K III-class submarines
K III K IV
Preceded by: HNLMS K II Followed by: K V class
List of submarines of the Netherlands

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History

K III




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