HNLMS O 12 (1945): Shipwreck Map, Location & Facts

HNLMS O 12 1945

Image: Dutch navy personel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Marker: recorded wreck position (Second World War).

Key facts

Name	HNLMS O 12	Wikidata label
Year lost	1945	English Wikipedia lead text (year following a loss verb, parsed)
Era	Second World War	derived from year
Ship type	submarine	Wikidata P31 instance of
Cause of loss	Scuttled	Keyword match in English Wikipedia lead sentence
Conflict	World War II	Wikidata P607 conflict
Sea / ocean	South China Sea	Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon
Position	8.6667, 111.6667	Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0)

About the wreck

HNLMS O 12 was the lead ship of her class of submarines built for the Royal Netherlands Navy during the 1930s for European service. Completed in 1931, the boat was being overhauled when Germany invaded the Netherlands in 1940 during the Second World War. She was scuttled by the Dutch to prevent her capture, but the boat was salvaged by Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine and taken into service as UD-2 in 1943. After serving as a training boat, she was scuttled again by the Germans in May 1945.

Location

Recorded position: 8.6667, 111.6667 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
Sea / ocean: South China Sea

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OpenStreetMap

Text adapted from the Wikipedia article HNLMS O 12 (revision 1380041106), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.