Tender was sent on 25 July 1913 to the department of navy , ordered between 14 July and August that same year, laid down between the two submarine whare houses on the North bank on 16 March 1914 with yard number 157, in the thrushes on 24 October, plating fitted end November 1914, launched on 1 April 1915, berthed trials on 9 November 1916, technical trial between 12 and 14 December 1916, delivered on 8 February 1917, between 1930-1932 refitted at the navy yard at Willemsoord for patrol duties in the Dutch West Indies including removal fore boiler, became in 1937 pick up boat for torpedoes in the Netherlands, torpedo guns removed, escaped towards England in May 1940, handed over to the Royal British Navy on 2 March 1942, renamed in May 1943 HMS Blade and used for towing targets on the submarine base Rosyth, returned to the Royal Netherlands Navy on 9 April 1945 and the same month sold to be broken up and broken up in October at Troon, Scotland. Contracted price 410.000 guilders, costs complete fitted out when for the first time commissioned ƒ 484.000.
Fitted out with triple expansion engines no. 307 and 308 supplying 5.500 ahp (contract at 375rpm)-5.800 hp( trial with a displacement of 312 tons achieving a speed of 27,04 knots). Three Yarrow boilers no.’s 135-137. Two 3-bladed screws. Range 2.300 miles with a speed of 10 knots, 425 miles with a speed of 20 knots of 10 hours full speed. 2 Masts. Two lifeboats. Displacement 117 (launching)- 263 (standard)-310 ton. Tonnage hull + panelling 118 ton, armament 15,3 ton and fitting out, stores & crew 19,7 ton. Dimensions 58,5 x 6 x 0,83 (fore and aft at launching)-1,66 and a hold of 3,45 metres or 192’0” x 19’8”x 5’6” and 11’4”. The armament consisted of 2-7,5cm guns, 2 machineguns, 4-4cm torpedo guns. Her crew numbered 39 men.
The Dutch newspaper Vlissingse Courant dated 30 March 1914 reported that since 31 March chief engineer W.M.G. Brouwer to supervise respectively the completing of the torpedo boats there built (Z5 and Z6) respectively officer engineer 2nd class E. Maas for the daily supervise of the manufacturing of the engines and boilers were transferred to the shipyard. The edition dated 20 April 1914 reported that engineer A.L. Bijl was transferred from the navy yard at Hellevoetsluis to Flushing to supervise the building of the torpedo boats called K 5 en K 6.The edition dated 24 March reported that her launching was planned for 1 April. The edition dated 1 April confirmed that she was launched the same afternoon an that she was much larger as earlier built torpedo boats. A sister ship [the Z 6] was to be launched on short notice.
Source
Order administration shipyard Kon.Mij. De Schelde 1877-1970 (Municipality Archive at Flushing)
