title: HNLMS K II
text: # HNLMS K II
  
  K II was a unique patrol submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was built by Fijenoord shipyard in Rotterdam. The boat had a diving dept of 40 metres (130 ft).
  
  ## Service history
  
  The submarine was laid down in Rotterdam at the shipyard of Fijenoord on November 20, 1915. The launch took place on February 27, 1919. On March 28, 1922 K II was commissioned in the Dutch navy.
  
  On September 18, 1923 K II together with K VII, K VIII and the submarine tender Pelikaan began their journey to the Dutch East Indies, the ships' theater of operations. On board K II was professor F.A. Vening Meinesz who conducted gravity measurements. He left the ship in Colombo. The ships where delayed when Pelikaan ran aground at Tunis.
  
  On December 11, 1923 the ships arrived at Sabang where they stayed until December 7. On December 7, they set sail for Tanjung Priok where they arrived at December 24, 1923.
  
  The boat was decommissioned in August 1937.
  
  