| Navy | The Royal Dutch Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | O 12 |
| Pennant | N 15 / P 15 |
| Built by | Feijenoord (Schiedam, Holland) |
| Ordered | Oct 1929 |
| Laid down | 3 Mar 1930 |
| Launched | 27 May 1931 |
| Commissioned | 28 Jul 1932 |
| End service | 12 Sep 1945 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned on 12 September 1945. For the complete service history of this ship see this website (offsite link). |
Commands listed for HNMS O 15 (N 15 / P 15)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | luitenant ter zee 2e klasse (Lt.) Henri Max Louis Frédéric Emile van Oostrom Soede, RNN | 27 May 1939 | 6 Apr 1942 |
| 2 | luitenant ter zee 1e klasse (Lt.Cdr) Gerrit Quint, RNN(R) | 6 Apr 1942 | 8 Dec 1942 |
| 3 | luitenant ter zee 2e klasse (Lt.) Arie Jan Schouwenaar, RNN | 8 Dec 1942 | 15 Feb 1944 |
| 4 | luitenant ter zee 2e klasse (Lt.) Simon Hendrik de Boer, RNN | 15 Feb 1944 | 24 Mar 1944 |
| 5 | luitenant ter zee 2e klasse (Lt.) Jean Baptist Maria Joseph Maas, RNN | 24 Mar 1944 | 14 Aug 1944 |
| 6 | luitenant ter zee 2e klasse (Lt.) Jonkheer Willem Cornelis Mary de Jonge van Ellemeet, RNN | 14 Aug 1944 | 1 Oct 1944 |
| 7 | luitenant ter zee 2e klasse (Lt.) Baron Rudolph Willem van Lynden, RNN | 1 Oct 1944 | 12 Sep 1945 |
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Noteable events involving O 15 include:
The following photographs are taken by Charles James Sadler, RCNVR. First Class Stoker, Official number V-4963, serving in the Canadian destroyer HMCS Columbia. They show HrMs O-15 while serving as target ship at Halifax, Canada in or around 1941.
26 Dec 1943
HrMs O 15 (Lt.Cdr. A.J. Schouwenaar, RNN) fires three torpedoes against a German convoy off the Boknafjord in position 59º10'N, 04º55'E. The German auxiliary submarine chaser UJ 1712 reports being missed by 2 torpedoes. (see map)
1 Feb 1944
HrMs O 15 (Lt.Cdr. A.J. Schouwenaar, RNN) is docked at Dundee.
13 Mar 1944
HrMs O 15 (Lt. S.H. de Boer, RNN) is undocked.
19 Aug 1944
HrMs O 15 (Lt. W.C.M. de Jonge van Ellemeet, RNN) is docked at Rothesay.
24 Aug 1944
HrMs O 15 (Lt. W.C.M. de Jonge van Ellemeet, RNN) is undocked.
30 Apr 1945
HrMs O 15 (Lt. R.W. van Lynden, RNN) is docked at Dundee.
23 May 1945
HrMs O 15 (Lt. R.W. van Lynden, RNN) is undocked.