Profile drawing of K2
1420 t (max)Displacement
78,00 mLength
14,5 knSpeed
14.11.1942Service status

Wartime history

Capture and service

After the invasion of the Netherlands, a batch of three incomplete gunboats were captured and it was decided to complete all three ships. K2 was launched on 28.06.1941 but badly damaged in an attack in July 1941. Therefore construction was delayed until 14.11.1942 when the ship finally went into service. After a hit by an aircraft launched torpedo on 09.10.1944, the badly damaged ship was towed to the Netherlands where it was scrapped in 1947.

Ship data

Technical profile

Dimensions, weapons and machinery.

Dimensions

Displacement
1420 t (max)
Length
78,00 m
Beam
10,2 m
Draft
3,9 m

Armament

Main battery
4 x 12 cm
Additional guns
4 x 3,7 cm
Additional guns
12 x 2 cm AA
Mines
200 Mines

Performance

Machinery and speed
2770 shp,14,5 kn

Service record

Construction record

Laid down
Gusto N.V. Schiedam, 1939
Launched
28.06.1941
Commissioned
14.11.1942
Fate
scrapped 1947