HNLMS K XI
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| Name: | HNLMS K XI |
| Ordered: | 3 September 1921 |
| Builder: | Maatschappij Fijenoord, Rotterdam |
| Yard number: | 294 |
| Laid down: | 9 December 1922 |
| Launched: | 24 April 1924 |
| Commissioned: | 24 March 1925 |
| Decommissioned: | 11 April 1945 |
| Fate: | Stripped and scuttled, 1945/46 |
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| Class and type: | K XI-class submarine |
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| Length: | 66.7 m (218 ft 10 in) |
| Beam: | 6.15 m (20 ft 2 in) |
| Draught: | 3.78 m (12 ft 5 in) |
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| Test depth: | 60 m (200 ft) |
| Complement: | 31 |
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HNLMS K XI was the first of three K XI-class submarines of the Royal Netherlands Navy, built to serve as a patrol vessel in the Dutch colonies.
K XI was built by the Fijenoord shipyard at Rotterdam. Before departing for the Dutch East Indies she sailed on an exhibition tour to the Baltic Sea along with the submarine O 8, the pantserschip Marten Harpertzoon Tromp and Jacob Van Heemskerck, and the torpedo boats Z3 and Z5. During the tour the ships visited ports in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland.
Finally, on 15 October 1925, K XI, under the command of First Lieutenant G.E.V.L. Beckman, departed for the Dutch East Indies. During the first part of the voyage to Tunis, Prof. Dr. F.A. Vening Meinesz was on board in order to conduct gravity measurements. On 28 December 1925 K XI arrived in Sabang.
From the German attack on the Netherlands in 1940 until the moment Japan declared war, K XI operated out of Surabaya. In early 1941 K XI was part of the 2nd Division of the Dutch East Indies Submarine Flotilla, with K X, K XII and K XIII. From 8 December 1941 to 23 January 1942, K XI fell under British operational command and conducted patrols east of Malaya.
From 23 January 1942 until the fall of Dutch East Indies in March 1942 K XI was in maintenance. During this time the ship conducted only one patrol west of Sumatra. Because of the fall of the Dutch East Indies, K XI fled to Colombo. During the voyage to Colombo, K XI picked up survivors from the sloop HMAS Yarra, depot ship Anking and Dutch ship Parigi, attacked and sunk by a Japanese fleet.
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