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O 21
History Netherlands Name O 21 Builder Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde Vlissingen Laid down 20 November 1937 Launched 21 October 1939 Commissioned 10 May 1940 Decommissioned 2 November 1957 Fate Sold for scrapping, 24 January 1958 General characteristics [1] Class and type O 21 -classsubmarine Displacement
990 tons surfaced
1205 tons submerged
Length 77.7 m (254 ft 11 in ) Beam 6.8 m (22 ft 4 in ) Draught 3.95 m (13 ft 0 in ) Propulsion
Speed
19.5 kn
9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged
Range
10,000 nmi (19,000 km; 12,000 mi ) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced
28 nmi (52 km; 32 mi ) at 8.5 kn (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) submerged
Complement 39 Armament
4 × 21 in (533 mm ) bow torpedo tubes
2 × 21 in stern torpedo tubes
2 × 21 in (1×2) external-traversing TT amidships
O 21 K XXI O 21 -classsubmarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy that saw service during World War II . During the war she sank several ships, among them the German submarine U-95 .
Ship history
[ edit ] O 21 being readied for sea trials, October 1939.
The submarine was laid down on 20 November 1937 as K XXI at the Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde , Vlissingen During construction she was renamed O 21 , and was finally launched on 21 October 1939. Following the German invasion of 10 May 1940, the O 21 was hastily commissioned, still incomplete, and sailed for England on 12 May together with her sister O 22 B.V. 37 , to be finally completed at the Navy yard in Rosyth .[2]
During the war she operated around England, the Mediterranean Sea , Colombo in the Indian Ocean and Fremantle off the west coast of Australia. She survived the war and was decommissioned on 2 November 1957 and sold for scrap the following year.[2]
Summary of raiding history
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Ships sunk and damaged by O 21 .[3]
Date
Ship name
Nationality/Type
Tonnage (GRT)
Fate
28 July 1941
Ernesto Italian merchant
? missed
3 August 1941
? Italian barquentine
? Damaged
5 September 1941
Isarco Italian merchant
5738
Sunk
3 October 1941
Oued Yquem Vichy-French merchant
1369
Sunk
22 November 1941
San Salvatore Italian schooner
92 Sunk
28 November 1941
U-95 German submarine
769 tonnes (757 long tons) ↑
Sunk 36°24′N 3°20′W / 36.400°N 3.333°W / 36.400; -3.333
13 March 1943
Kasuga Maru No.2 Japanese merchant cargo ship
3967
Sunk
22 April 1943
Yamazato Maru Japanese army cargo ship
6925
Sunk
29 July 1945
? Japanese coaster
? Damaged
29 July 1945
? Japanese coaster
? Damaged
References
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^ Helgason, Guðmundur (2013). "HNMS O 21" . uboat.net . Retrieved 23 July 2013 .
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HNLMS_O_21&oldid=1157307317 " C a t e g o r i e s : ● 1 9 3 9 s h i p s ● S h i p s b u i l t i n V l i s s i n g e n ● W o r l d W a r I I s u b m a r i n e s o f t h e N e t h e r l a n d s ● O 2 1 - c l a s s s u b m a r i n e s ● S u b m a r i n e s b u i l t b y K o n i n k l i j k e M a a t s c h a p p i j D e S c h e l d e H i d d e n c a t e g o r y : ● P a g e s u s i n g g a d g e t W i k i M i n i A t l a s
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a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
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