HNLMS K VII
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption=K VII }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Netherlands |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Netherlands}} |Ship name=K VII |Ship namesake= |Ship owner= |Ship operator= |Ship registry= |Ship route= |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder=Fijenoord, Rotterdam |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down=25 July 1916 |Ship launched=8 March 1921 |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=5 September 1922 |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned=18 February 1942 |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= |Ship identification= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= |Ship honors= |Ship captured= |Ship fate=Destroyed 18 February 1942 |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Ship class= |Ship type={{sclass|K V|submarine|1}} |Ship displacement=*569 tons surfaced
|Ship length= {{convert|57.31|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|5.6|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} |Ship draught={{convert|3.82|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} |Ship power= |Ship propulsion=*2 × {{convert|600|bhp|0|abbr=on}} diesel engines
|Ship speed=*{{convert|13.5|kn|abbr=on|lk=in}} surfaced
|Ship range=*{{convert|3500|nmi|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|11|kn|abbr=on}} on the surface
|Ship test depth= |Ship complement=31 |Ship armament=*2 × 17.7 inch bow torpedo tubes
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K VII was a {{sclass|K V|submarine|0}} patrol submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was built by Fijenoord shipyard in Rotterdam.
Service history
The submarine was laid down in Rotterdam at the shipyard of Fijenoord on 25 July 1916. The launch took place on 8 March 1921.
On 5 September 1922 the ship was commissioned in the Dutch navy.{{cite web |url= http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/boats/boat_kvii.htm |title=Dutch Submarines: The submarine K VII |first= |last= |work=dutchsubmarines.com |year=2012 |accessdate=20 July 2013}}
18 September 1923 K VII together with {{HNLMS|K II||2}}, {{HNLMS|K VIII||2}} and the submarine tender Pelikaan began their journey to the Dutch East Indies, the ships theater of operations. On board K II was professor F.A. Vening Meinesz who conducted gravity measurements. He left the ship in Colombo. The ships where delayed when Pelikaan ran aground at Tunis.
On 11 December 1923 the ships arrived at Sabang where they stayed until 7 December. On 7 December they set sail for Tanjung Priok where they arrived at 24 December 1923.{{cite web |url= http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/boats/boat_kii.htm |title=Dutch Submarines: The submarine K II |first= |last= |work=dutchsubmarines.com |year=2012 |accessdate=20 July 2013}}
=World War II=
In 1941 at the time of the declaration of war with Japan the boat was in Surabaya where it was kept in reserve. On 18 February 1942 the K VII was destroyed in a Japanese bombing of the Surabaya harbor. At the time of the bombing the boat was submerged in the harbor in an attempt to save the ship from destruction. The attempt failed and all 13 men manning the boat died in the attack.
References
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External links
- [http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/boats/boat_kvii.htm Description of ship]
{{K V class submarine}}
{{February 1942 shipwrecks}}
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Category:Ships built in Schiedam
Category:Maritime incidents in February 1942
Category:Lost submarines of the Netherlands