HNLMS K II

K II was a unique patrol submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was built by Fijenoord shipyard in Rotterdam. The boat had a diving dept of 40 meters.

Service history
The submarine was laid down in Rotterdam at the shipyard of Fijenoord on 20 November 1915. The launch took place on 27 February 1919. On 28 March 1922 K II was commissioned in the Dutch navy.

18 September 1923 K II together with HNLMS K VII,  HNLMS K VIII and the submarine tender HNLMS Pelikaan  began their journey to the Dutch East Indies. The ships theater of operations. On board the K II  was professor F.A. Vening Meinesz who is to conduct gravity measurements. He left ship in Colombo. The ships where delayed when Pelikaan ran aground at Tunis. 11 December 1923 the ships arrived at Sabang where they stayrd until 7 December. 7 December they set sail for Tanjung Priok where they arrived at 24 Dec 1923.

The boat was finally was decommissioned in August 1937.