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''K XVIII'' was one of five K XIV class submarines built for the Royal Netherlands Navy. She served during World War II. ==Service history== The submarine was laid down in ''Rotterdam'' at the shipyard of ''Fijenoord'' on 10 June 1931. The launch took place on 27 September 1932. On 23 March 1934 the boat was commissioned in the Dutch navy. From 20 June to 1 August 1934 ''K XVIII'', , , and made a trip to the Baltic Sea. The ports of Gdynia, Königsberg, Riga and Copenhagen are visited.〔 On 14 November 1934 the boat was sent to the Dutch East Indies where she arrived on 11 July 1935 in ''Surabaya''. During this journey Felix Andries Vening Meinesz conducted gravity measurements,〔 as he had previously done aboard the USS S-21 in the Caribbean. On 6 September 1938 she participated in a fleet show at ''Surabaya''. The show was held in honor of the Dutch Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands who was then 40 years the head of state. More than twenty navy ships participated in the show.〔 In the war ''K XVIII'' sank several Japanese ships.〔 On 24 January 1942 the boat was severely damaged by Japanese depth charges and was forced to return to Surabaya to be repaired.〔 While still under repair at ''Surabaya'' she was scuttled on 2 March 1942 in order to prevent the Japanese from capturing the boat.〔 ''K XVIII'' was raised by the Japanese in 1944 and converted into an air warning picket hulk and deployed in the Madura Strait. On 16 June 1945 the hulk was sunk by the British submarine ''Taciturn''.〔 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 XVIII」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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