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U16 1911

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
U16		157	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1909	23.8.1911	12.1911	lost 8.2.1919

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	489 / 627
Length, m	57.8
Breadth, m	6.00
Draught, m	3.36
No of shafts	2
Machinery	4 Körting petrol engines / 2 SSW electric motors
Power, h. p.	1200 / 1160
Max speed, kts	15.6 / 10.7
Fuel, t	petrol 66
Endurance, nm(kts)	2100(15) / 90(5)
Armament	1 x 1 - 7.9/79, 4 - 450 TT (2 bow, 2 stern, 6)
Complement	29
Diving depth operational, m	50

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Project history

Medium coastal submarines. Double-hulled.

Modernizations

late 1914: - 1 x 1 - 7.9/79; + 1 x 5 - 37/27 RV L/30

1915: - 1 x 5 - 37/17; + 1 x 1 - 50/37 SK L/40 C/92

Naval service

U16 was lost by unknown cause 8.2.1919 in the North Sea during transfer route to England.