The first Dutch submarine Hr. Ms. O1, commissioned in the Royal Netherlands Navy in 1906
In the meeting between the director and the commissaries on 16 June 1906 was reported that the Danish and Swedish cabinets tenders were sent for building submarines as result of the journey made by P. Koster on behalf of the shipyard.(1)
Note
1. Paul Koster was a former lieutenant of the Royal Netherlands Navy who succeeded in making the first Dutch submarine named Luctor et Emergo a success. For this submarine was a design of the Electric Boat Company in the USA used. She was delivered to the Royal Netherlands Navy and commissioned as the Hr.Ms. O 1. Later he became director of the submarine department of the Whitehead company at Fiume.
Source
Archive Kon.Mij. De Schelde 1875-1970 (Municipality Archive, Vlissingen, Netherlands) archive 214 inventory number 8.
