- O 21 class submarine
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HNLMS O 21Class overview Name: O 21 Builders: R.D.M, Rotterdam (4)
Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde, Flushing (2)
Fijenoord, Rotterdam (1)Operators: Royal Netherlands Navy
KriegsmarinePreceded by: O 19 class Built: 1937–1940 Completed: 7 General characteristics Type: Submarine Displacement: 990 tons surfaced
1205 tons submergedLength: 77.7 m (254 ft 11 in) Beam: 6.8 m (22 ft 4 in) Draught: 3.95 m (13 ft 0 in) Propulsion: 2 × 2,500 hp (1,864 kW) diesel engines
2 × 500 hp (373 kW) electric motorsSpeed: 19.5 kn (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph) surfaced
9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) submergedRange: 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) submergedComplement: 39 Armament: 4 × 21 inch bow torpedo tubes
2 × 21 inch stern torpedo tubes
2 x 21 inch (1x2) external-traversing amidshipsThe O 21 class was a class of seven submarines, built for the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ships were still incomplete at the start of the German invasion of the Netherlands O 21, O 22, O 23 and O 24 were hastily launched and escaped to the United Kingdom. O 25, O 26 and O 27 are not able to escape and were captured by the German forces. The Kriegsmarine ordered the completion of the ships and they entered German service as U-D3, U-D4 and U-D5. The submarines diving depth was 100 meters.
Construction
The ships were built by three different shipyards. O 21 and O 22 were built by the Koninklijke Maatschappij. O 23, O 24, O 26 and O 27 by R.D.M, Rotterdam and O 25 also in Rotterdam at Fijenoord shipyard.
Name Laid down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned HNLMS O 21 20 November 1937 21 October 1939 10 May 1940 (uncompleted) 2 November 1957 HNLMS O 22 20 November 1937 20 January 1940 10 May 1940 (uncompleted) 8 November 1940 HNLMS O 23 12 October 1937 5 December 1939 13 May 1940 (uncompleted) 1 December 1948 HNLMS O 24 12 November 1937 18 March 1940 13 May 1940 (uncompleted) 22 February 1954 HNLMS O 25 10 April 1939 1 May 1940 8 June 1941 13 October 1944
3 May 1945 (scuttled)HNLMS O 26 20 April 1939 23 November 1940 28 January 1941 3 May 1945 (scuttled) HNLMS O 27 3 August 1939 1941 30 January 1942
13 July 45 (Dutch navy)14 November 1959 External links
O 21-class submarineO 21 • O 22 • O 23 • O 24 • O 25 • O 26 • O 27Preceded by: O 19-class submarine • Followed by:
List of submarines of the NetherlandsDutch naval ship classes of World War IICoastal defence ships Koningin Regentes • Jacob Van Heemskerck • De Zeven Provinciën
Cruisers Holland • Java • De Ruyter • Tromp • De Zeven Provinciën (under construction)
Destroyers Gunboats and sloops Thor • Brinio • Flores • Van Kinsbergen • Johan Maurits van Nassau • K
Torpedoboats Christiaan Cornelis • G 13 • Z
Minelayers Minesweepers M • A • Jan van Amstel • ABC
Submarines Categories:- Submarines of the Netherlands
- 1940s ships
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