HNLMS O 14
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O 14 was a O 12-class submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy that saw service during World War II. It was built by the Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde of Vlissingen[1] and entered active duty on 4 March 1934.
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HNLMS O 12 and O 14 in the harbor of San Juan, Puerto Rico (1937) | |
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Name | O 14 |
Builder | Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde, Vlissingen |
Laid down | 29 December 1928 |
Launched | 3 October 1931 |
Commissioned | 4 March 1932 |
Decommissioned | 26 June 1943 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | O 12-class submarine |
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Length | 60.4 m (198 ft 2 in) |
Beam | 6.8 m (22 ft 4 in) |
Draught | 3.6 m (11 ft 10 in) |
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Complement | 29-31 |
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Just before the start of World War II O 14 was in Curaçao. Because there was no need on the Allied side for a Dutch submarine to be stationed there, O 14 returned to Europe. Based in England, it did patrol duty off the coast of Norway, with convoy Convoy HX 79, and was decommissioned in 1943 due to a lack of replacement engines.