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16-go

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
第16号艦 [16-go], 11.1924- 波7 [HA7]			Kure K K	11.1915	15.3.1916	11.1916	stricken 12.1928
第17号艦 [17-go], 11.1924- 波8 [HA8]			Kure K K	11.1915	15.3.1916	2.1917	stricken 12.1928

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	290 / 326
Length, m	43.7
Breadth, m	4.10
Draught, m	3.40
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 Vickers petrol engine / 1 electric motor
Power, h. p.	600 / 300
Max speed, kts	12 / 8.5
Fuel, t	diesel oil 18.2
Endurance, nm(kts)	660(12) / 60(4)
Armament	4 - 450 TT (2 bow, 2 x 1 deck, 4)
Complement	26
Diving depth operational, m	30

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Project history

Vickers C(3) type. The same type as British C type. Single-hulled. Last two submarines have been ordered in days of war under the 1915 programme and built in Kure. Japanese did not have experience of designing of modern submarines, and it was necessary to be content with already hopelessly out-of-date design. No16 and No17 were unique submarines built in Japan in days of the First World War.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.