HMAS K9

HMAS K9 in 1943
History
Netherlands
NameK IX
Ordered27 June 1917
Launched23 December 1922
Commissioned21 June 1923
Decommissioned25 July 1942
Fatetransferred to RAN
History
Australia
NameK9
Commissioned22 June 1943
Decommissioned31 March 1944
Reclassified
  • Training vessel (1942)
  • Oil carrier (1944)
FateStranded on Fiona Beach, NSW
General characteristics
TypeSubmarine
Length210 ft (64 m)
Beam18 ft (5.5 m)
Draught12 ft (3.7 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 shaft diesel electric
  • Sulzer diesels 1500 hp
  • electric motor 630 hp
Speed
  • 15 knots (28 km/h) surfaced
  • 8 knots (15 km/h) submerged
Range
  • 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km) at 11 knots (20 km/h) surfaced
  • 25 nautical miles (46 km) at 8 knots (15 km/h) submerged
Complement31
Armament
  • 4 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes (2 bow, 2 stern)
  • 1 × 88 mm (3.5 in) gun
  • 1 × 12.7-millimetre (0.50 in)machine gun

HMAS K9 (formerly Dutch submarine K IX) was a submarine that served with the Royal Netherlands Navy and the Royal Australian Navy.

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