Continued from Feb. 8, 2013.
The Dutch submarine K XVI was laid down in 1930 and launched in 1933 and commissioned in the Royal Netherlands Navy Jan. 30, 1934.
On December 24, 1941, it attacked and sank the Japanese destroyer Sagiri with two torpedo hits, causing the ship's own torpedoes to explode. Up to 121 died and 120 rescued.
Later that day, it made an unsuccessful attack on the Japanese destroyer Marakumo and a transport fleet that was in water too shallow for the K XVI to operate in.
On December 25, 1941, Japanese submarine I 66 torpedoed and sank the K XVI, becoming the first submarine to sink another submarine during the war.
In May 2003, an unsuccessful search was made for the K XVI. It was found October 26, 2011 as I reported in this blog back on Feb. 7, 2013.
A Dutch Navy? Who Knew? --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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