The submarine was laid down on 12 November 1937 as K XXIV at the Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij (RDM) shipyard in Rotterdam.
HNLMS Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp | HNLMS O 9 | HNLMS O 11 | HNLMS O 1 | HNLMS Karel Doorman | HNLMS ''Karel Doorman'' | HNLMS Jan van Gelder |