| 词条 | HNLMS K XVI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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HNLMS K XVI was one of five {{Sclass-|K XIV|submarine}}s built for the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN). Entering service in 1934, the submarine was deployed to the Netherlands East Indies. On 24 December 1941, K XVI torpedoed and sank the {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Sagiri||2|up=yes}}; the first Allied submarine to sink a Japanese warship. A day later, the Dutch submarine was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-66 (later renumbered to be I-166) off Borneo, with all aboard killed. The wreck of K XVI was rediscovered in October 2011 by a group of recreational divers. ConstructionK XVI was ordered from Rotterdam-based shipbuilder Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij on 30 May 1929, and was laid down on 31 May 1930.[1] The submarine was launched on 8 April 1933, and commissioned into the RNN on 31 January 1934.[1]Operational historyIn January 1935, the boat was deployed to the Netherlands East Indies.[1] She remained in this area after the start of World War II.[1] On 24 December 1941, approximately {{convert|35|nmi|km}} off Kuching, the submarine torpedoed and sank the {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Sagiri||2|up=yes}}.[2][3][4] The destroyer's aft magazine caught fire and exploded, sinking the ship with 121 of the 241 personnel aboard killed.[3][4] Later that evening, the submarine attempted to attack the destroyer {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Murakumo|1928|2}}, but was fended off by depth charges.[1] K XVI was torpedoed by the {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-166||2|up=yes}} a day later, and sank with all 36 aboard.[1][2] The boat was one of seven Dutch submarines lost during World War II.[2]On 25 October 2011, the Dutch Ministry of Defence announced that the wreck of K XVI had been found by Australian and Singaporean recreational divers off the northern coast of Borneo.[2] Citations1. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web |url=http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/boats/boat_kxvi.htm |title=The submarine K XVI |work=DutchSubmarines.com |accessdate=28 October 2011}} 2. ^1 2 3 Agence France-Presse, Missing Dutch WWII sub found off Borneo 3. ^1 D'Albas, Death of a Navy, {{page needed|date=December 2011}} 4. ^1 Brown, Warship Losses of World War II, {{page needed|date=December 2011}} References
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