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Class O 6 |
Boats in this Class O 6 |
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Class O 6 |
Boats in this Class O 6 |
| O 6 in neutral colours (Photo: © Collection G.D. Horneman). |
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| Boat | O 6 |
| Yard # | 155 |
| Type | Patrol submarine for the Dutch home waters |
| Class name | O 6. Named after first of class. "O" stands
for "Onderzeeboot" (submarine) |
| Ordered | 8 May 1913 |
| Laid down | 2 or 21 May 1914 |
| Launched | 10 Jun 1915 or 15 July 1916 |
| Commissioned | 5 Dec 1916 |
| Decommissioned | Nov 1936 |
| Fate | ? |
| Design | Holland type of the Electric Boat
Company, U.S.A. Possibly 603-G. |
| Shipyard | Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde,
Vlissingen, the Netherlands |
| Le x Be x Dr | 35.69 m x 4.13 m x 3.05 m |
| Displacement | 192 t / 233 t |
| Engine | One 6-cylinder M.A.N. diesel engine, 2-stroke, 375 apk |
| Main motor | 210 apk |
| Batteries | 60 cells, 4450 Ah during 3 hours |
| Propellers | 1 |
| Speed surf/subm | 12 kts / 8.5 kts |
| Range surf/subm | 750 nm at 10 kts / 42 nm at 7 kts |
| Diving depth | 40 m |
| Complement | 15 |
| Torpedo tubes | 2 x 18" bow, 1 x 18" stern external. |
| Armament | 5 torpedoes type I 45 |
| Guns | 1 machine gun |
| Periscope | 2 Zeiss |
| Notes | Single-hull type. Two main ballast tanks. Equipped
with a drop keel. The O 6 and O 7 (O 7 class) are often regarded as sister ships. |
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