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German Type U 16 submarine

U-Boote Kiel 1914.jpg
U-Boats at Kiel, 1914.
U-22, U-20, U-19, & U-21 (1st row, l-r);
U-14, U-15, U-11, U-16, U-18, and U-?? (2nd row, l-r).
History
Germany
Name: U-16
Ordered: 26 August 1909
Builder: Germaniawerft, Kiel
Cost: 2,539,000 Goldmark
Yard number: 157
Laid down: 10 May 1910
Launched: 29 August 1911
Commissioned: 28 December 1911
Fate: February 1919 - Sunk in an accident in position 58°59′N 08°29′E / 58.983°N 8.483°E / 58.983; 8.483Coordinates: 58°59′N 08°29′E / 58.983°N 8.483°E / 58.983; 8.483 while on passage to surrender.
General characteristics
Class and type: German Type U 16 submarine
Displacement:
  • 489 t (481 long tons) surfaced
  • 627 t (617 long tons) submerged
Length: 57.80 m (189 ft 8 in)
Beam: 6.00 m (19 ft 8 in)
Draught: 3.36 m (11 ft 0 in)
Propulsion:
  • 2 shafts
  • 2 × Körting 6-cylinder and 2 × Körting 8-cylinder two stroke paraffin motors with 900 PS (660 kW; 890 shp)
  • 2 × SSW electric motors with 1,040 PS (760 kW; 1,030 shp)
  • 550 rpm surfaced
  • 600 rpm submerged
Speed:
  • 15.6 knots (28.9 km/h; 18.0 mph) surfaced
  • 10.7 knots (19.8 km/h; 12.3 mph) submerged
Test depth: 50 m (160 ft)
Boats & landing
craft carried:		 1 dingi
Complement: 4 officers, 25 men
Armament:
Service record
Part of:
  • II Flotilla
  • 1 August 1914 – unknown end
Commanders:
  • Kptlt. Claus Hansen
  • 1 August 1914 – 15 March 1915
  • Oblt.z.S. Leo Hillebrand
  • 16 March – 21 October 1915
Operations: 4 patrols
Victories:
  • 11 merchant ships sunk (11,730 GRT)
  • 2 merchant ships damaged (11,228 GRT)
  • 1 merchant ships taken as a prize (838 GRT)

SM U-16 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I.

U-16 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.


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