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History
Name	O 6
Builder	De Schelde, Flushing
Laid down	2 or 21 May 1914
Launched	10 June 1915
Commissioned	5 December 1916
Decommissioned	November 1936
Fate	Decommissioned 1936
General characteristics
Class and type	Unique submarine
Displacement	192 tons 233 tons
Length	35.69 m (117 ft 1 in)
Beam	4.13 m (13 ft 7 in)
Draught	3.05 m (10 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	1 × 375 bhp (280 kW) diesel engine 1 × 210 bhp (157 kW) electric motor
Speed	12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced 8.5 kn (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) submerged
Range	750 nmi (1,390 km; 860 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) on the surface 42 nmi (78 km; 48 mi) at 7 kn (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) submerged
Complement	15
Armament	2 × 18 inch bow torpedo tubes 1 × 18 inch stern torpedo tube

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. O 7 was very similar to the O 6 and they are sometimes regarded as one class.

Service history

The 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.

On 5 December 1916 the ship was commissioned in the navy. During World War I the ship was based in Den Helder.

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.

In June 1923 the O 6 was used by Professor F.A. Vening Meinesz for gravity measurements in the North Sea. In November 1936 O 6 was decommissioned.

External links

• Description of ship

References

1. "Dutch Submarines: The O 6 submarine class". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
2. ^ "Dutch Submarines: The submarine O 6". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2013.

Bibliography

• Jalhay, P.C.; Wijn, J.J.A. (1997). Ik nader ongezien! De onderzeeboten van de Koninklijke Marine. Amsterdam: De Bataafsche Leeuw. ISBN 978-9067074629.

• 1915 ships
• Ships built in Vlissingen
• Submarines of the Royal Netherlands Navy
• Submarines built by Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde