HNLMS K XVIII

	K XVIII
History
Netherlands
Name	K XVIII
Builder	Fijenoord, Rotterdam
Laid down	10 June 1931
Launched	27 September 1932
Commissioned	23 March 1934
Fate	Sunk on 16 June 1945
General characteristics
Class and type	K XIV-class 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 external-traversing torpedo tubes forward of the conning tower; 1 x 88 mm gun; 2 x 40 mm guns;

K XVIII was one of five K XIV-class submarines built for the Royal Netherlands Navy. She served during World War II.

Service history

The submarine was laid down in Rotterdam at the shipyard of Fijenoord on 10 June 1931. The launch took place on 27 September 1932. On 23 March 1934 the boat was commissioned in the Dutch navy.^[2] From 20 June to 1 August 1934 K XVIII, K XVII, Hertog Hendrik, Evertsen and Z 5 made a trip to the Baltic Sea. The ports of Gdynia, Königsberg, Riga and Copenhagen were visited.^[2]

On 14 November 1934 the boat was sent to the Dutch East Indies, where she arrived on 11 July 1935 in Surabaya. During this journey Felix Andries Vening Meinesz conducted gravity measurements,^[2] as he had previously done aboard the USS S-21 in the Caribbean. On 6 September 1938 she participated in a fleet show at Surabaya. The show was held in honor of the Dutch Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands who celebrating her fortieth year as head of state. More than twenty navy ships participated in the show.^[2]

In the war K XVIII sank several Japanese ships.^[2] On 24 January 1942 the boat was severely damaged by Japanese depth charges and was forced to return to Surabaya to be repaired.^[2] While still under repair at Surabaya she was scuttled on 2 March 1942 in order to prevent the Japanese from capturing the boat.^[2] K XVIII was raised by the Japanese in 1944 and converted into an air warning picket hulk and deployed in the Madura Strait. On 16 June 1945 the hulk was sunk by the British submarine Taciturn.^[2]

Summary of raiding history

Ships sunk and damaged by K XVIII.^[2]

Date	Ship name	Nationality/Type	Tonnage (GRT)	Fate
23 January 1942	?	Japanese destroyer	1400	Sunk
23/24 January 1942	Tsuruga Maru	Japanese cargo ship	6988	Sunk
24 January 1942	P 37 or # 12	Japanese patrol boat or Submarine Chaser	935 or 291	Damaged

References

^ "Dutch Submarines: The K XIV submarine class". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
^ a b c d e f g h i "Dutch Submarines: The submarine K XVIII". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2013.

06°48′S 112°47′E / 6.800°S 112.783°E / -6.800; 112.783

[dutchsubmarines_kxiv-1] "Dutch Submarines: The K XIV submarine class". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2013.

[dutchsubmarines-2] ^ a b c d e f g h i "Dutch Submarines: The submarine K XVIII". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2013.

v t e K XIV-class submarines
K XIV K XV K XVI K XVII K XVIII
Preceded by: K XI class Followed by: O 19 class
List of submarines of the Netherlands

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in March 1942
Shipwrecks	1 Mar: USS Edsall, HMS Encounter, HNLMS Evertsen, HMS Exeter, USS Houston, USS Pecos, HMAS Perth, USS Pope, Rooseboom, U-656 2 Mar: HNLMS Banckert, USAT Don Esteban, Ha-13, HNLMS K X, HNLMS K XIII, HNLMS K XVIII, HNLMS Koning der Nederlanden, USS Pillsbury, USS Stewart, Toendjoek, Van Waerwijck, HNLMS Witte de With 3 Mar: USS Asheville, Koolama, SS Mary, USS Perch 4 Mar: HMAS Yarra 5 Mar: Auby 6 Mar: HNLMS Pieter de Bitter, Rononia 7 Mar: Arabutan, HNLMS Gouden Leeuw, Nyggjaberg, Uniwaleco 8 Mar: HNLMS Eland Dubois, HNLMS Jan van Amstel, Smyshlyony 10 Mar: Lady Nelson, Kongō Maru, Tenyo Maru, Yokohama Maru 11 Mar: HMS Naiad 12 Mar: Texan 13 Mar: Tama Maru No. 2, Tolten 14 Mar: U-133 15 Mar: U-503, HMS Vortigern 17 Mar: Île de Batz, San Demetrio 18 Mar: E.M. Clark 19 Mar: Papoose 20 Mar: HMS Heythrop 21 Mar: Vamar 23 Mar: British Prudence 24 Mar: HMS Southwold, U-655 26 Mar: HMS Jaguar, HMS Legion, HMS P39 27 Mar: USS Atik, U-587, Equipoise 28 Mar: HMS Campbeltown, Raceland 29 Mar: Hertford, Z26 30 Mar: U-585 Unknown: Emilia, Panay
Other incidents	2 Mar: Ruth Kellogg, HMS Walney 4 Mar: USS Sargo, HMAS Tambar 5 Mar: Takao Maru 10 Mar: China Maru, Tama Maru No. 2 11 Mar: Komintern 15 Mar: Olean 16 Mar: Irish Willow, U-753 22 Mar: Kingston 23 Mar: USS Gato 25 Mar: Imperial Transport Unknown date: USS Drum
1941 1942 1943 February 1942 April 1942

History
K XVIII
Netherlands
Name	K XVIII
Builder	Fijenoord, Rotterdam
Laid down	10 June 1931
Launched	27 September 1932
Commissioned	23 March 1934
Fate	Sunk on 16 June 1945
General characteristics ^[1]
Class and type	K XIV-class 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 external-traversing torpedo tubes forward of the conning tower 1 x 88 mm gun 2 x 40 mm guns