HNLMS O 13

O 13
History
Netherlands
Name:	O 13
Builder:	Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde, Vlissingen
Laid down:	1 December 1928
Launched:	18 April 1931
Commissioned:	1 October 1931
Fate:	lost 25 June 1940
General characteristics
Class and type:	O 12-class submarine
Displacement:	610 tons surfaced 754 tons submerged
Length:	60.4 m (198 ft 2 in)
Beam:	6.8 m (22 ft 4 in)
Draught:	3.6 m (11 ft 10 in)
Propulsion:	2 × 900 bhp (671 kW) diesel engines 2 × 310 bhp (231 kW) electric motors
Speed:	16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph) surfaced 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged
Range:	10,000 nmi (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) on the surface 28 nmi (52 km; 32 mi) at 8.5 kn (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) submerged
Complement:	29-31
Armament:	5 × 53 cm torpedo tubes 2 × 44 mm cannon 1 × 12,7 mm machine gun

O 13 was an O 12-class submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy that saw service during World War II. She was built by the Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde of Vlissingen. She was one of many Dutch ships doing convoy duty during the Spanish Civil War. At the time of the German invasion of the Netherlands, O 13 was on patrol off the Dutch coast and was attacked by German planes on multiple occasions. After fleeing to England, the sub was lost during a patrol on the North Sea.

O 13 ran into a fishing boat, HD 7, from Den Helder in the Schulpengat on 26 September 1933, sinking HD 7. With sister ship O 15, O 13 attended the Brussels International Exposition in 1935. Later that year O 13, with the Dutch vessels O 12, O 15, Hertog Hendrik, Van Ghent, Kortenaer and Z 5, sailed around the North Sea, stopping at Gothenburg and Oslo. In 1937 O 13 did convoy duty in the Strait of Gibraltar during the Spanish Civil War, along with Hertog Hendrik, Johan Maurits van Nassau, Nautilus, Java and O 15.

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