K XIV class submarine

HNLMS K XVIII
Class overview
Name:	K XIV class
Builders:	R.D.M, Rotterdam (3) Fijenoord, Rotterdam (2)
Operators:	Royal Netherlands Navy
Preceded by:	K XI class
Succeeded by:	O 19 class
Built:	1930–1934
Completed:	5
General characteristics
Type:	Submarine
Displacement:	865 tons surfaced 1045 tons submerged
Length:	73.64 m (241 ft 7 in)
Beam:	6.51 m (21 ft 4 in)
Draught:	3.93 m (12 ft 11 in)
Propulsion:	2 × 1,600 bhp (1,193 kW) diesel engines 2 × 430 bhp (321 kW) electric motors
Speed:	17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph) surfaced 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged
Range:	10,000 nmi (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) on the surface 26 nmi (48 km; 30 mi) at 8.5 kn (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) submerged
Complement:	38
Armament:	4 × 21 inch bow torpedo tubes 2 × 21 inch stern torpedo tubes 2 × 21 inch (1x2) external-traversing forward of conning tower

The K XIV-class submarine was a class of five submarines, built for the Royal Netherlands Navy. Used for patrols in the Dutch colonial waters. The class comprised K XIV, K XV, K XVI, K XVII and K XVIII. The submarines diving depth was 80 metres (260 ft). Three of the five ships were lost in World War II

The ships were built by two different shipyards. K XIV, K XV and K XVI were built by R.D.M, Rotterdam and K XVII and K XVIII at Fijenoord shipyard also in Rotterdam.

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