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O16 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
O16		200	De Schelde, Vlissingen	12.1933	27.1.1936	10.1936	sunk 15.12.1941

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	984 / 1194
Length, m	76.5
Breadth, m	6.55
Draught, m	3.97
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 MAN 8-cyl diesels / 2 electric motors
Power, h. p.	3200 / 920
Max speed, kts	18 / 9
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	10000(12) / 26(8.5)
Armament	1 x 1 - 88/42 Bofors No.2, 2 x 1 - 40/36 Bofors, 8 - 533 TT (4 bow, 2 stern, 1 x 2, 14)
Electronic equipment	Atlas-built sonar
Complement	36
Diving depth operational, m	80

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Project history

Design of G. de Rooy: development of K XIV class, but in many respects O16 remained experimental. Among all Dutch submarines she became the champion by number of introduced innovations. From the previous classes she differed by sharply increased displacement. Double-hulled. The pressure hull was built of St.52 steel with wide application of welding: 49% of constructions were welded. O16 became the first submarine with prototype of snorkel. She was the first Dutch submarine, equipped with Atlas Werke-made sonar, capable to work in an active mode. 40mm MGs were installed in disappearing mountings.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

O16 was lost 15.12.1941 on a mine at Eastern coast of Malacca Peninsula. 



Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.