HNLMS O 11
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=Hr. Ms. O 11.jpg |Ship caption=O 11 }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Netherlands |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Netherlands}} |Ship name=O 11 |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=24 December 1922 |Ship launched=19 March 1925 |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=18 January 1926 |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |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=Sunk 6 March 1940 |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Ship class={{sclass|O 9|submarine|1}} |Ship type= |Ship displacement=*526 tons surfaced
|Ship length= {{convert|54.66|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|5.7|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} |Ship draught={{convert|3.53|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} |Ship power= |Ship propulsion=*2 × {{convert|450|bhp|0|abbr=on}} diesel engines
|Ship speed=*{{convert|12|kn|abbr=on|lk=in}} surfaced
|Ship range=*{{convert|3500|nmi|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|8|kn|abbr=on}} on the surface
|Ship test depth= |Ship complement=29 |Ship armament=*2 × 21 inch bow torpedo tubes
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O 11 was a {{sclass|O 9|submarine|0}} patrol submarines of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was built by Fijenoord shipyard in Rotterdam.
Service history
The submarine was ordered on 30 August 1921 and laid down in Rotterdam at the shipyard of Fijenoord on 24 December 1922. The launch took place on 19 March 1925.
On 18 January 1926 the ship was commissioned in the Dutch navy.{{cite web |url= http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/boats/boat_o11.htm |title=Dutch Submarines: The submarine O 11 |work=dutchsubmarines.com |year=2012 |access-date=8 August 2013}}
21 June 1926, O 11, together with {{HNLMS|O 9||2}}, {{HNLMS|Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp||2}}, {{HNLMS|Jacob van Heemskerck|1906|2}}, {{HNLMS|Z 7||2}} and {{HNLMS|Z 8||2}}, sailed from Den Helder to the Baltic Sea to visit the ports of Kiel, Gothenburg and Trondheim.
In 1927 O 11, {{HNLMS|O 10||2}}, {{HNLMS|Hertog Hendrik||2}}, {{HNLMS|Z 5||2}}, {{HNLMS|Z6||2}}, Z 7 and Z 8 made a visit to Norway.
She sailed for the Baltic Sea again in 1936 with her sisters O 9, O 10, the coastal defence ship Hertog Hendrik and Z 5. In 1939 O 11 together with her sisters O 9 and O 10 where attached to the coastal division. They acted as the offensive part of Dutch coastal defense.
On 6 March 1940 the ship was accidentally rammed by the tugboat BV 3 in Den Helder. In the collision three men of O 11 died.{{cite magazine |last=van Toor |first=C. |url=https://www.klaarvooronderwater.nl/kvo/Kvo-070.pdf|date=December 1999 |title=Herinneringen aan de O-11|magazine=Klaar Voor Onderwater |issue=70|location=Den Helder |publisher=Onderzeedienst Reünistenvereniging |pages=8-13 |language=Dutch}}{{cite magazine |last= |first= |date=February 1984 |title=Uit de historie van de onderzeedienst.|url=https://www.klaarvooronderwater.nl/kvo/Kvo-007.pdf|magazine=Klaar Voor Onderwater|location=Den Helder|publisher=Onderzeedienst Reünistenvereniging|issue=7|language=Dutch|pages=3-16}} The boat was raised and its repair was ordered. While under repair Germany invaded the Netherlands and the boat was scuttled to prevent her capture. The Germans raised the boat and ordered its repair. However it was not repaired in time to help the war effort.
While still under repair the boat was scuttled again in order to block the entrance of Den Helder harbor. On 10 December 1947 the wreck was raised and sold for scrapping.
References
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External links
- [http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/boats/boat_o11.htm Description of ship]
{{O 9 class submarine}}
{{March 1940 shipwrecks}}
{{May 1940 shipwrecks}}
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Category:Ships built in Schiedam
Category:World War II submarines of the Netherlands
Category:Submarines sunk in collisions
Category:Maritime incidents in March 1940
Category:Maritime incidents in May 1940
Category:Submarines built by Maatschappij voor Scheeps- en Werktuigbouw Fijenoord