K1 1941
| Laid down as Dutch Kanonerboten Design 1937 |
Contruction Data
| Laid down: |
P. Smit jr. Rotterdam, 1939 |
| Launched: |
23.11.1940 |
| Commissioned: |
02.10.1941 |
| Fate: |
sunk on 05.05.1945 |
| Costs: |
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Technical Data
| Size: |
1420 t (max) |
| Length: |
78,00 m |
| Beam: |
10,2 m |
| Draft: |
3,9 m |
| Armament: |
4 x 12 cm; 4 x 3,7 cm; 12 x 2 cm AA; 200 Mines |
| Performance: |
2770 shp,14,5 kn |
History
After the invasion of the Netherlands, a batch of three incomplete gunboats were captured and it was decided to complete all three ships.
K1
was launched on 23.11.1940 and put into service on 02.10.1941. It was sunk on 05.05.1945 after a bomb on the forward part of the ship hit near Aarhus.
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