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Monday 24 October 2011

Dutch submarine Hr.Ms. KVI 1921-1937


On stocks at the Maatschappij Fijenoord, Rotterdam, Netherlands 4 April 1916, building number 280 and launched 23 December 1920. Displacement 560 surface/640 under water tons, dimensions 54 x 5.10 x 3.80m. Horsepower 2x600 ahp surface/500 hp under water, speed 15 surface/8 under water knots. Armed with 6-45cm torpedo tubes. Her crew numbered 31 men. Commissioned 11 October 1921 and departed 27 October towards the Dutch East Indies and arrived 31 January 1922. Served most of her career in the Dutch East Indies. Stricken 1937.