Member of Class
Boat
K IV
Sister Ships
K III, K IV

 

K IV in a dry-dock. Date and place unknown.K IV in a dry-dock. Date and place unknown.

 

1915

1 Oct 1915: K IV is ordered.

30 Dec 1915: K IV is laid down at the K.M. De Schelde shipyard in Vlissingen.

1920

2 July 1920: K IV is launched.

1921

27 Apr 1921: K IV is commissioned to the Royal Netherlands Navy.

27 Apr 1921 - 1 Mar 1924: K IV is under the command of Ltz. I  .

3 Sep 1921 - 23 Dec 1921: K IV sails to Tandjong Priok (Batavia/Jakarta) via Algiers, Suez Canal, Aden and Colombo.

Other sources report she departs from Vlissingen at Oct 27.

9 Nov 1921: One men is wounded and two men are killed in Colombo during an explosion in the forward battery compartment. The two casualties are Kwartiermeester and Kpl. cook . Kwartiermeester P.A. Melieste is heavily wounded but he recovers.

Related photos at the page: .

1924

1 Mar 1924 - 22 Jan 1925: K IV is under the command of Ltz. I  k.

1926

1926 - ?: K IV is under the command of ?

1929

1 June - 2 Oct 1929: K IV is under the command of Ltz. I  .

2 Oct 1929 - 10 Jan 1930: K IV is under the command of Ltz. II  .

1930

According to his files he also commanded the K IV, unfortunately the dates of this command are not in his files. But it was probably some time in 1930-31.

10 Jan 1930 - 10 Sep 1931: K IV is under the command of Ltz. I  .

1932

1 Nov 1932 - 2 Feb 1933: K IV is under the command of ?

1933

2 Feb - 21 Feb 1933: K IV is under the command of Ltz. II  .
reports that this is probably correct. Around this time the Cdt. of  K IV was possibly J.N. Sluyter or .

21 Feb - 30 Mar 1933: K IV is under the command of ?

30 Mar - 1 July 1933: K IV is under the command of Ltz. II  .

1 July 1933 - 20 Jan 1934: K IV is under the command of ?

1934

20 Jan 1934: K IV is under the command of Ltz. II  .

1936

K IV is decommissioned.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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