HNLMS K XVI

Sunk

Type	Submarine
Class	K XIV
War	Second World War
Main guns	1 × 3.5″ gun

Torpedoed the destroyer Sagiri off Kuching on 24 December 1941, the first Japanese warship sunk by an Allied submarine. The next day she was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-66 off Borneo, with all 36 aboard; the wreck was found in 2011.

The Dutch submarine HNMS K-XVI on the surface in Netherlands East Indies (NEI) waters before the outbreak of the Second World War. This submarine was successful in sinking the Japanese destroyer Sagiri off the coast of Borneo, on 24 December 1941. However, the following day, K-XVI was itself torpedo Photo: AWM, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

4 × 21 inch bow torpedo tubes
2 × 21 inch stern torpedo tubes
2 × 21 inch external-traversing torpedo tubes forward of the conning tower
1 x 88 mm gun
2 x 40 mm guns

Builder	Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij
Laid down	8 April 1933
Commissioned	31 January 1934
Displacement	865 tons surfaced 1045 tons submerged
Length	73.64 m (241 ft 7 in)
Speed	17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph) surfaced 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged
Complement	38

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Commissioned

31 January 1934

Dutch submarines off Kuching

Survived

23–24 December 1941

Sank Sagiri; sunk by I-66 the next day

Fate

Sunk

Sunk on 25 December 1941