"O 13" ran into a fishing boat, "HD 7", from Den Helder in the Schulpengat on 26 September 1933, sinking "HD 7". With sister ship , "O 13" attended the Brussels International Exposition in 1935. Later that year "O 13", with the Dutch vessels , , , , and , sailed around the North Sea, stopping at Gothenburg and Oslo. In 1937 "O 13" did convoy duty in the Strait of Gibraltar during the Spanish Civil War, along with "Hertog Hendrik", , , and "O 15".