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Wednesday 7 September 2011

Dutch submarine Hr.Ms. KIII (1915-1934) at Algiers in 1920

In 1920 visited the Dutch submarine Hr.Ms. KIII Algiers and received the Dutch consul W.M. Ruys the decoration in order of knighthood in the order of Oranje Nassau. During this visit was the photo below published in the Dutch magazine De Prins dated 9 October 1920 page 172.


On stocks at the Kon. Mij. De Schelde at Flushing, Netherlands on 15 July 1915, launched on 12 August 1919, commissioned on 9 July 1920. Dimensions 64 x 5.60 x 3.60m, displacement 560/715 ton, 2 x 600 ahp/630 ahp, speed 15/8 knots, armed with 6-45cm torpedo tubes and with a crew of 29 men. Stricken at Soerabaya, Dutch East Indies and broken up 1934.