K-class torpedo boat

	HNLMS Christiaan Cornelis, the second ship in the K class
Class overview
Builders	Maatschappij voor Scheeps- en Werktuigbouw Fijenoord
Operators	Royal Netherlands Navy
Built	1904–1905
In commission	1905–1940
Planned	3
Completed	3
Lost	1
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	Torpedo boat
Displacement	47,9 tons
Length	30.0 m (98 ft 5 in)
Beam	3.6 m (11 ft 10 in)
Draft	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Propulsion	1 triple expansion machine; 1 coal-fired cylindrical boiler; 592 hp;
Speed	18.6 kn (34.4 km/h)
Range	500 nmi (930 km) at 9 kn (17 km/h)
Complement	12
Armament	1 × 37 mm (1.5 in) gun; 2 × 45 cm (18 in) torpedo tubes (2 × 1);

The K-class torpedo boats were a class of three small warships that served in the Dutch Koninklijke Marine. The K stands for 'Klein' (Dutch for 'small'), as these ships were ordered next to the larger G 1-class torpedo boat, where the G stands for 'Groot' (Dutch for 'big'). The 48-ton ships were ordered in 1904 and commissioned the next year. Christiaan Cornelis saw limited action at the start of World War II during the Battle of the Netherlands in 1940.

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