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HNLMS O 1, the first submarine of the Dutch navy at sea . This is a list of submarines of the Netherlands navy. Submarines built before 1940
During this time docking and maintenance of the submarines took place at the shipyard of RDM. [6] For the OZD, this period just after World War II meant depending on Dutch pre-war submarines and second-hand British and American submarines. The commissioning of the Dolfijn-class submarines in the early 1960s was an important milestone.
O 19, laid down as K XIX, was an O 19-class submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy that saw service during World War II. O 19, along with her sister ship O 20, were the first submarines in the world to be equipped with a submarine snorkel that allowed the submarine to run its diesel engines while submerged.
Pages in category "World War II submarines of the Netherlands" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D.
The submarine was ordered on 9 June 1937 and laid down on 12 October 1937 as K XXIII at the Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij, Rotterdam. During construction she was renamed O 23 , and was finally launched on 5 December 1939.
HNLMS O 16 was a submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy that saw service during World War II. She was the first submarine of the RNN manufactured from high-quality Steel 52, with the ability to dive at a depth of 80 metres (260 ft). [1]
At the start of WW2 the Dutch had five cruisers, eight destroyers, 24 submarines, and smaller vessels, along with 50 aircraft. The Netherlands was conquered in 1940 by Nazi Germany in a matter of days, and two Dutch light cruisers and one destroyer leader and three destroyers that were under construction were captured in their shipyard.
The O 21 class submarines were designed by the Dutch engineer G. de Rooy, chief engineer of the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN) at the time. [5] [6] They were similar to the submarines of the O 19 class, except the boats had no minelaying capability. [7]