The submarine was ordered on 18 December 1911. On 15 June 1912 the O 4 was laid down in Flushing at the shipyard of De Schelde. The launch took place on 5 August 1913.[2]
A passive sonar and two retractable periscopes were installed on the ship making it the first submarine in the Dutch navy having this equipment.[2]
On 17 June 1914 the ship was commissioned in the navy. During World War I the ship was based in Flushing. Queen Wilhelmina visited the ship on 22 December 1914.[2]
^"Dutch Submarines: The O 2 submarine class". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
^ abcd"Dutch Submarines: The submarine O 4". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
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hnlms, class, patrol, submarine, royal, netherlands, navy, ship, built, schelde, shipyard, flushing, netherlands, historynameo, 4ordered18, december, 1911builderde, scheldelaid, down15, june, 1912launched5, august, 1913commissioned17, june, 1914decommissioned1. O 4 was an O 2 class patrol submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy The ship was built by De Schelde shipyard in Flushing Netherlands HistoryNameO 4Ordered18 December 1911BuilderDe ScheldeLaid down15 June 1912Launched5 August 1913Commissioned17 June 1914Decommissioned1935In service1914 1935General characteristics 1 Class and typeO 2 class submarineTypeSubmarineDisplacement134 tons 149 tonsLength32 13 m 105 ft 5 in Beam3 3 m 10 ft 10 in Draught2 73 m 8 ft 11 in Propulsion1 280 bhp 209 kW diesel engine 1 145 bhp 108 kW electric motorSpeed11 kn 20 km h 13 mph surfaced 8 kn 15 km h 9 2 mph submergedRange500 nmi 930 km 580 mi at 10 kn 19 km h 12 mph on the surface 35 nmi 65 km 40 mi at 7 kn 13 km h 8 1 mph submergedComplement10Armament2 18 inch bow torpedo tubesService history editThe submarine was ordered on 18 December 1911 On 15 June 1912 the O 4 was laid down in Flushing at the shipyard of De Schelde The launch took place on 5 August 1913 2 A passive sonar and two retractable periscopes were installed on the ship making it the first submarine in the Dutch navy having this equipment 2 On 17 June 1914 the ship was commissioned in the navy During World War I the ship was based in Flushing Queen Wilhelmina visited the ship on 22 December 1914 2 In 1935 the O 4 was decommissioned 2 References edit Dutch Submarines The O 2 submarine class dutchsubmarines com 2012 Retrieved 19 July 2013 a b c d Dutch Submarines The submarine O 4 dutchsubmarines com 2012 Retrieved 19 July 2013 External links editDescription of ship Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HNLMS O 4 amp oldid 1134378567, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
