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HNLMS K XVI was one of five Шаблон:Sclasss built for the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN). Entering service in 1934, the submarine was deployed to the Netherlands East Indies. On 24 December 1941, K XVI torpedoed and sank the Шаблон:Ship; the first Allied submarine to sink a Japanese warship. A day later, the Dutch submarine was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-66 (later renumbered to be I-166) off Borneo, with all aboard killed. The wreck of K XVI was rediscovered in October 2011 by a group of recreational divers.

Construction

K XVI was ordered from Rotterdam-based shipbuilder Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij on 30 May 1929, and was laid down on 31 May 1930.[1] The submarine was launched on 8 April 1933, and commissioned into the RNN on 31 January 1934.[1]

Operational history

In January 1935, the boat was deployed to the Netherlands East Indies.[1] She remained in this area after the start of World War II.[1]

On 24 December 1941, approximately Шаблон:Convert off Kuching at Шаблон:Coord, the submarine torpedoed and sank the Шаблон:Ship.[2][3][4] The destroyer's aft magazine caught fire and exploded, sinking the ship with 121 of the 241 personnel aboard killed.[3][4] Later that evening, the submarine attempted to attack the destroyer Шаблон:Ship, but was fended off by depth charges.[1]

K XVI was torpedoed by the Шаблон:Ship a day later, and sank with all 36 aboard.[1][2] The boat was one of seven Dutch submarines lost during World War II.[2]

On 25 October 2011, the Dutch Ministry of Defence announced that the wreck of K XVI had been found by Australian and Singaporean recreational divers off the northern coast of Borneo.[2]

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  1. 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 Шаблон:Cite web
  2. 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 Agence France-Presse, Missing Dutch WWII sub found off Borneo
  3. 3,0 3,1 D'Albas, Death of a Navy, Шаблон:Page needed
  4. 4,0 4,1 Brown, Warship Losses of World War II, Шаблон:Page needed