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HNLMS O 1, the first submarine of the Dutch navy at sea . ... List of submarines of the Second World War This page was last edited on 14 February 2024, at 16:55 ...
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.
O 24, laid down K XXIV was an O 21-class submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy that saw service during World War II.The most famous occupant of O-24 was Piet de Jong, who was the commanding officer from 1944 until 1946 and who later became Minister of Defence in 1963 and served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1967 until 1971.
During World War I and the interwar period, the Royal Netherlands Navy ordered and built many submarines. As a result, at the start of World War II, the OZD had more than 20 submarines at its disposal. [1] On 10 May 1940, the Royal Netherlands Navy had three operational submarines in the Netherlands, namely HNLMS O 9, O 10, and O 13. [2]
During the war she operated in the North Sea, the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean. O 23 made twenty patrols during the war in the course of which she sank or damaged five ships. She survived the war and was decommissioned on 1 December 1948, being sold for scrap in April of the following year.
World War II submarines of the Netherlands (1 C, 31 P) Pages in category "World War II naval ships of the Netherlands" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
[1] [2] The boat was one of seven Dutch submarines lost during World War II. [2] On 25 October 2011, the Dutch Ministry of Defence announced that the wreck of K XVI had been found by Australian and Singaporean recreational divers off the northern coast of Borneo. [2] In July 2024 it was reported that the wreck of K XVI had been illegally ...