HNLMS K XVIII

Scuttled

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

Attacked the Japanese invasion convoy off Balikpapan on the night of 23–24 January 1942 and sank the transport Tsuruga Maru, drawing the escort away from the American destroyers. Badly damaged by depth charges, she was scuttled under repair at Surabaya on 2 March 1942. Raised by the Japanese as an air-warning hulk, she was sunk by HMS Taciturn in 1945.

Dutch submarine Hr. Ms. K XVIII arriving in Soerabaja (Netherlands East Indies) on 11 July 1935 Photo: unknown sailor of Royal Dutch Navy, 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	Fijenoord, Rotterdam
Laid down	10 June 1931
Launched	27 September 1932
Commissioned	23 March 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

Launched

27 September 1932

Battle of Balikpapan

Damaged

24 January 1942

Sank Tsuruga Maru; damaged by depth charges

Fate

Scuttled

Scuttled on 2 March 1942 - wreck was later refloated and used as a picket hulk

Sunk on 16 June 1945