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{{Infobox ship image| Ship image= | Ship caption=O 6
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country= | Netherlands}} | Ship name=O 6 | Ship namesake= | Ship owner= | Ship operator= | Ship registry= | Ship route= | Ship ordered= | Ship awarded= | Ship builder=De Schelde, Flushing | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down=2 or 21 May 1914 | Ship launched=10 June 1915 or 15 July 1916 | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= | Ship completed= | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned=5 December 1916 | Ship recommissioned= | Ship decommissioned= November 1936 | Ship maiden voyage= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport= | Ship identification= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honours= | Ship honors= | Ship captured= | Ship fate= | Ship status= | Ship notes= | Ship badge=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption=[1] | Ship class= Unique submarine | Ship type= | Ship displacement=*192 tons | 35.69|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | 4.13|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | 3.05|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | Ship power= | 375|bhp|0|abbr=on}} diesel engine- 1 × {{convert|210|bhp|0|abbr=on}} electric motor
| 12|kn|abbr=on|lk=in}} surfaced- {{convert|8.5|kn|abbr=on}} submerged
| 750|nmi|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|10|kn|abbr=on}} on the surface- {{convert|42|nmi|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|7|kn|abbr=on}} submerged
| Ship test depth= | Ship complement=15 | Ship armament=*2 × 18 inch bow torpedo tubes- 1 × 18 inch stern torpedo tube
| Ship notes=
}} | O 6 was a unique patrol submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy for European home waters. The ship was built by De Schelde shipyard in Flushing. The submarines diving depth was 40 metres. {{HNLMS|O 7||2}} was very similar to the O 6 and they are sometimes regarded as one class.[2]Service historyThe submarine was ordered on 8 May 1913 and in May 1914 the O 6 was laid down in Flushing at the shipyard of De Schelde. The launch took place on 10 June 1915 or 15 July 1916.[2] On 5 December 1916 the ship was commissioned in the navy. During World War I the ship was based in Den Helder.[2] On 7 Jul 1920 the ship left the port of Flushing for a trip to Norway the ports of Odda, Bergen, Gudvangen among others are visited. The ship returned to Flushing in June 1920.[2] In June 1923 the O 6 was used by Professor F.A. Vening Meinesz for gravity measurements in the North Sea.[2] In November 1936 O 6 was decommissioned.[2] External linksReferences1. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/classes/class_o6.htm |title=Dutch Submarines: The O 6 submarine class |first= |last= |work=dutchsubmarines.com |year=2012 |accessdate=19 July 2013}}
2. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web |url= http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/boats/boat_o6.htm |title=Dutch Submarines: The submarine O 6 |first= |last= |work=dutchsubmarines.com |year=2012 |accessdate=19 July 2013}}
Bibliography- {{cite book|last1=Jalhay|first1=P.C.|last2=Wijn|first2=J.J.A.|title=Ik nader ongezien! De onderzeeboten van de Koninklijke Marine|year=1997|publisher=De Bataafsche Leeuw|location=Amsterdam|isbn=978-9067074629}}
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