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Friday 24 April 2015

Dutch naval establishment at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies preparing for maintenance submarines according to the Dutch newspaper Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië dated 19 April 1912


An item referred to the newspaper Java Bode which reported that within short time the first submarine would arrive in the Dutch East Indies. To be able to load her batteries was at the naval establishment at Surabaya a charging device under construction.(1)

Note
1. The K I of the Whitehad-Hay design was ordered on 18 March 1910, laid down with yard number 142 at the shipyard Kon.Mij. De Schelde at Vlissingen, Netherlands on 16 September 1911, plating fitted on 12 January 1913, launched on 20 May 1913, trial on 12 June 1910, dive test to a depth of 40 metres on 19 June and was towed towards the Dutch East Indies between 12 September-6 November 1916 and finally stricken on 1 October 1927. Built for account of the Department of Colonies by manned by the Royal Netherlands Navy.