Profile drawing of K3
1420 t (max)Displacement
78,00 mLength
14,5 knSpeed
24.01.1942Service 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. K3 was launched on 22.03.1941 and commissioned on 24.01.1942. It survived the war and was given back to the Netherlands in May 1945. Renamed to Van Speyek, it was put into service again on 18.06.1946 and was in active duty until 1960 when it was scrapped.

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
P. Smit jr. Rotterdam, 1939
Launched
22.03.1941
Commissioned
24.01.1942
Fate
scrapped 1960