Dutch submarines
Quote: Wow. The Dutch Navy also had an extremely high loss %.
Well ,actually of the 14 submarines ,only three were sunken by the IJN
K VII the 18-02-42 by IJN planes
K XVI the 25-12-41 by the IJN submarine I-66
O-20 the 20-12-41 by the IJN destroyer Uranami
Of this 14 losses, several were scuttled in Soerabaja to avoid the capture by the invading japanese troops,O.22 was lost in the North Sea,O.11 and O.12 were captured by the Germans in May 1940 after the invasion.O.25 was scuttled but was salved by the Germans and commisioned as UD.3 in 1942.Two other U-Boats of O.21 class captured by the Germans were commisioned in 1941 as UD.4 and UD.5.This Dutch serie of submarines were the first units equipped with Schnorkel, called "snort system" by the Dutch Navy.
After a serie of test and not happy with the results with the "snort system" ,the BdU orders the removal of the snorts of U-D3, U-D4 and U-D5!!!.
Curious the turn of the destiny...
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