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''K XIII'' was a patrol submarines of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was built by ''Fijenoord'' shipyard in Rotterdam. ==Service history== The submarine was ordered on 3 September 1921 and laid down in Rotterdam at the shipyard of ''Fijenoord'' on 15 October 1923. The launch took place on 23 December 1924. On 29 March 1926 the boat was commissioned in the Dutch navy. On 27 May 1926 ''K XIII'' left Den Helder for the Dutch East Indies. Onboard was professor F.A. Vening Meinesz, who was to conduct gravity measurements. The submarine made the journey alone and took a route that led by Horta, Willemstad, Mazatlán, San Francisco, Honolulu, Guam, Yap, Manila, Ambon and Burma. She arrived in Surabaya on 13 December 1926.〔 The following years she made several trips to conduct gravity measurements for professor F.A. Vening Meineszs research. Destinations were Christmas Island, the Gulf of Boni, the Makassar Strait and Sumatra.〔 On 6 September 1938 she participated in a fleet review at Surabaya. The review was held in honour of the Dutch Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands who was than 40 years the head of state. More than twenty navy ships participated in the review.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HNLMS K XIII」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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