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U16 submarine (1911)


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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, t489 / 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, m50


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<i>U16 </i>1911
U16 1911


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.