WWII Military Units,
HistoryNT,
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Date
0000-00-00,
Location
Darwin Harbour,
Nation of service
Netherlands,
Service
Navy,
Service branch
Submarine,
Unit
K9 RNN (N39),
Parent unit
Royal Dutch Navy,
History
Commissioned into the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN) on 21 June 1923 as K-IX. RNN K-IX was stationed at the Surabaya Submarine Base in 1942 and with the imminent capture of the base by the Japanese, RNN K-IX sailed to Fremantle via the Alas Strait. Later she was sent to Sydney for servicing. In 1943 she was offered to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) to aid in anti-submarine training. During the Japanese midget submarine attack in Sydney Harbour on 31 May 1942 she was heavily damaged while tethered to the HMAS Kuttabul. She was commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on 22 June 1943 as HMAS K9 and given the pennant number N39.,