Gents,
On the two pictures below you can see a porcelain plate made by the Dutch maker "Delft" in honour of the 1934/1935 world's voyage of the Dutch submarine K XVIII.
Well, information is a bit rare but this is what I have found out so far:
She was laid down on 10th of June 1931 in Rotterdam and was commissioned on 23rd of March 1934.
From 14 Nov 1934 to 11 July 1935, K XVIII sails from Nieuwediep (Netherlands) to Soerabaja. She visits Funchal, St. Vincent, Dakar, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, Buenos-Aires, Mar del Plata, Cape town, Durban, Port Louis (Mauritius) and Fremantle. On 11th of July 1935 she arrived in Soerabaja (Dutch East Indies).
There's only little information about her life in the Far East. Maybe one of you can help me in this matter.
What I further found out was that on 2nd of March 1942 she was damaged by her own crew while she was under repair in Soerabaja in order to avoid being captured by invading Japanese forces.
The Japanese salvaged her in 1944 and converted her into an air warning hulk, stationed in Madoera Strait and was eventually sunk again on 16th of June 1945 by the Royal Navy submarine Taciturn.
What I understand, this extraordinary voyage found a lot of recognition. Does anybody has photographs or further information to that ship? Did she sink anything over there? How many of these plates were made and are they common? Were there others from Dutch U-Boats?
Thanks in advance for your efforts
Dani
On the two pictures below you can see a porcelain plate made by the Dutch maker "Delft" in honour of the 1934/1935 world's voyage of the Dutch submarine K XVIII.
Well, information is a bit rare but this is what I have found out so far:
She was laid down on 10th of June 1931 in Rotterdam and was commissioned on 23rd of March 1934.
From 14 Nov 1934 to 11 July 1935, K XVIII sails from Nieuwediep (Netherlands) to Soerabaja. She visits Funchal, St. Vincent, Dakar, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, Buenos-Aires, Mar del Plata, Cape town, Durban, Port Louis (Mauritius) and Fremantle. On 11th of July 1935 she arrived in Soerabaja (Dutch East Indies).
There's only little information about her life in the Far East. Maybe one of you can help me in this matter.
What I further found out was that on 2nd of March 1942 she was damaged by her own crew while she was under repair in Soerabaja in order to avoid being captured by invading Japanese forces.
The Japanese salvaged her in 1944 and converted her into an air warning hulk, stationed in Madoera Strait and was eventually sunk again on 16th of June 1945 by the Royal Navy submarine Taciturn.
What I understand, this extraordinary voyage found a lot of recognition. Does anybody has photographs or further information to that ship? Did she sink anything over there? How many of these plates were made and are they common? Were there others from Dutch U-Boats?
Thanks in advance for your efforts
Dani
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