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HNMS K IX (N 39)

Submarine of the K VIII class

NavyThe Royal Dutch Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassK VIII 
PennantN 39 
Built byKoninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde (Vlissingen (Flushing), The Netherlands) 
Ordered27 Jun, 1917 
Laid down1 Mar, 1919 
Launched23 Dec, 1922 
Commissioned21 Jun, 1923 
End service15 Jul, 1942 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned on 15 July 1942.
Commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on 22 June 1943 as HMAS K 9.
On 31 March 1944 she was decommissioned by the Royal Australian Navy and returned to the Royal Netherlands Navy that converted the ship into an oil hulk.
On 9 June 1945 K IX was wrecked on Fiona Beach, Seal Rocks, on the central coast of New South Wales.

For the complete service history of this ship see this website (offsite link). 

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