HNLMS O 19 (1945): Shipwreck Map, Location & Facts

HNLMS O 19 1945

Marker: recorded wreck position (Second World War).

Key facts

Name	HNLMS O 19	Wikidata label
Year lost	1945	Wikidata P793 significant event, point-in-time qualifier
Era	Second World War	derived from year
Ship type	minelaying submarine	Wikidata P31 instance of
Cause of loss	Scuttled	Wikidata P828 has cause (on P793 event): scuttling
Nationality / flag	Netherlands	Wikidata P8047 country of registry
Operator	Royal Netherlands Navy	Wikidata P137 operator
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

O 19, laid down as K XIX, was an O 19-class submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy that saw service during the Second World War. O 19, along with her sister ship O 20, were the first submarines in the world to be equipped with a submarine snorkel that allowed the submarine to run its diesel engines while submerged.

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 19 (revision 1380041322), 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.