K-class torpedo boat
 HNLMS Christiaan Cornelis, the second ship in the K class
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders | Maatschappij voor Scheeps- en Werktuigbouw Fijenoord |
| Operators |  Royal Netherlands Navy |
| Built | 1904–1905 |
| In commission | 1905–1940 |
| Planned | 3 |
| Completed | 3 |
| Lost | 1 |
| Retired | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Torpedo boat |
| Displacement | 47,9 tons |
| Length | 30.0 m (98 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 3.6 m (11 ft 10 in) |
| Draft | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 18.6 kn (34.4 km/h) |
| Range | 500 nmi (930 km) at 9 kn (17 km/h) |
| Complement | 12 |
| Armament |
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The K-class torpedo boats were a class of three small
Battle of the Netherlands
in 1940.
Ships
| Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
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| Michiel Gardeyn | Maatschappij voor Scheeps- en Werktuigbouw Fijenoord | 1904 | 1905 | 1905 | Decommissioned in 1921, sunk as target ship for an airstrike practice in 1921 |
| Christiaan Cornelis | Maatschappij voor Scheeps- en Werktuigbouw Fijenoord | 1904 | 1 September 1905 | 28 December 1905 | Scuttled 13 May 1940, after being damaged by German machine gun fire the previous day |
| Willem Warmont | Maatschappij voor Scheeps- en Werktuigbouw Fijenoord | 1904 | 1905 | 1905 | Decommissioned in 1937
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References
- Mark, Chris (1997). Schepen van de Koninklijke Marine in W.O. II. Alkmaar: De Alk bv. ISBN 978-9060135228.
- Kimenai, Peter (29 December 2010). "Nederlandse torpedoboten Inleiding" (in Dutch). TracesOfWar.com. Retrieved 7 June 2018.