HNLMS K III

K III was a patrol submarines of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was built by De Schelde shipyard in Flushing.

Service history
The submarine was ordered in 1915 and 15 July that year the K III was laid down in Flushing at the shipyard of De Schelde. The launch took place on 12 August 1919. On 9 July 1920 the ship is commissioned in the Dutch navy.

4 September 1920 K III begins her journey to the Dutch East Indies her theater of operations. She is the first submarine of the navy to make the journey without an escort. The route she took went by Ferrol, Algiers, Malta, the Suez Canal, Aden and Colombo to Tanjung Priok. Were she arrived on 18 December 1920.

In 1934 the K III was decommissioned.