The K-class torpedo boats were a class of three small warships that served in the Dutch Koninklijke Marine. The K stands for 'Klein' (Dutch for 'small'), as these ships were ordered next to the larger G 1-class torpedo boat, where the G stands for 'Groot' (Dutch for 'big'). The 48-ton ships were ordered in 1904 and commissioned the next year. Christiaan Cornelis saw limited action at the start of World War II during the Battle of the Netherlands in 1940.
 HNLMS Christiaan Cornelis, the second ship in the K class
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders | Maatschappij voor Scheeps- en Werktuigbouw Fijenoord |
| Operators |  Royal Netherlands Navy |
| Built | 1904–1905 |
| In commission | 1905–1940 |
| Planned | 3 |
| Completed | 3 |
| Lost | 1 |
| Retired | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Torpedo boat |
| Displacement | 47,9 tons |
| Length | 30.0 m (98 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 3.6 m (11 ft 10 in) |
| Draft | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 18.6 kn (34.4 km/h) |
| Range | 500 nmi (930 km) at 9 kn (17 km/h) |
| Complement | 12 |
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Ships
edit| Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
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| Michiel Gardeyn | Maatschappij voor Scheeps- en Werktuigbouw Fijenoord | 1904 | 1905 | 1905 | Decommissioned in 1921, sunk as target ship for an airstrike practice in 1921 |
| Christiaan Cornelis | Maatschappij voor Scheeps- en Werktuigbouw Fijenoord | 1904 | 1 September 1905 | 28 December 1905 | Scuttled 13 May 1940, after being damaged by German machine gun fire the previous day |
| Willem Warmont | Maatschappij voor Scheeps- en Werktuigbouw Fijenoord | 1904 | 1905 | 1905 | Decommissioned in 1937 |
References
edit- Mark, Chris (1997). Schepen van de Koninklijke Marine in W.O. II. Alkmaar: De Alk bv. ISBN 978-9060135228.
- Kimenai, Peter (29 December 2010). "Nederlandse torpedoboten Inleiding" (in Dutch). TracesOfWar.com. Retrieved 7 June 2018.