The K XIV class was a class

Ship class

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 of five submarine

Submarine

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s, built for the Royal Netherlands Navy

Royal Netherlands Navy

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. Used for patrols in the Dutch colonial waters. The class comprised K XIV, K XV, K XVI, K XVII and K XVIII. The submarines diving depth was 80 meters. Three of the five ships were lost in World War II

World War II

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Construction

The ships were built by two different shipyards. K XIV, K XV and K XVI were built by R.D.M, Rotterdam and K XVII and K XVIII at Fijenoord shipyard also in Rotterdam.

Name	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned
HNLMS K XIV	31 May 1930	11 July 1931	6 July 1933	23 April 1946
HNLMS K XV	31 May 1930	10 December 1932	30 December 1933	23 April 1946
HNLMS K XVI HNLMS K XVI HNLMS K XVI was one of five K XIV class submarines built for the Royal Netherlands Navy . She was ordered from Rotterdam-based shipbuilder Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij on 30 May 1929, and was laid down on 31 May 1930...	31 May 1930	8 April 1933	30 Januari 1934	25 December 1941 (sunk by I 66)
HNLMS K XVII	1 June 1931	26 July 1932	19 December 1933	21 December 1941 (struck by a mine)
HNLMS K XVIII	10 June 1931	27 September 1932	23 March 1934	2 March 1942 (scuttled later raised by the Japanese to be converted into an air warning picket hulk) 16 June 1945 (sunk by Taciturn HMS Taciturn (P314) HMS Taciturn was a British submarine of the third group of the T class. She was built as P314 by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow and Bellis and Morcom Ltd., and launched on 7 June 1944... )

External links

• Description of class