SM U-16 (Germany)
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![]() 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). |
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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 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. while on passage to surrender. |
General characteristics | |
Class & type: | German Type U 16 submarine |
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Length: | 57.80 m (189 ft 8 in) |
Beam: | 6.00 m (19 ft 8 in) |
Draught: | 3.36 m (11 ft 0 in) |
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Test depth: | 50 m (160 ft) |
Boats & landing craft carried: |
1 dingi |
Complement: | 4 officers, 25 men |
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Service record | |
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Operations: | 4 patrols |
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SM U-16 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I.
Service History
U-16 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.
Summary of raiding career
Date | Ship Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) | Fate[3] |
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15 February 1915 | Dulwich | ![]() |
3,289 | Sunk |
15 February 1915 | Ville de Lille | ![]() |
997 | Sunk |
18 February 1915 | Dinorah | ![]() |
4,208 | Damaged |
19 February 1915 | Belridge | ![]() |
7,020 | Damaged |
26 May 1915 | M. Roosval | ![]() |
309 | Sunk |
26 May 1915 | Betty | ![]() |
2,109 | Sunk |
28 May 1915 | Mars | ![]() |
251 | Sunk |
30 May 1915 | Søborg | ![]() |
2,108 | Sunk |
20 September 1915 | Thorvaldsen | ![]() |
1,220 | Sunk |
26 September 1915 | Ellen Benzon | ![]() |
143 | Sunk |
29 September 1915 | Flora | ![]() |
184 | Sunk |
29 September 1915 | Actie | ![]() |
562 | Sunk |
30 September 1915 | Florida | ![]() |
558 | Sunk |
1 October 1915 | Pallas | ![]() |
838 | Captured as prize |