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; 8.483 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]
1 August 1914 – 15 March 1915
Oblt.z.S. Leo Hillebrand
[2]
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 ship taken as prize (838
GRT )
SM U-16
[Note 1] 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 history
References
Notes
^ "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's ) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine .
^ Tonnages are in
gross register tons
Citations
Bibliography
Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). German Warships 1815–1945, U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels . Vol. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press.
ISBN
0-85177-593-4 .
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1919
Shipwrecks
1 Jan:
HMY Iolaire
21 Jan:
UC-40
30 Jan:
Nimrod
7 Feb:
HMS Erin's Isle
8 Feb:
U-16
10 Feb:
UC-91
18 Feb:
Mirabeau
20 Feb:
UC-71
22 Feb:
U-21
7 Mar:
HNoMS Thor
6 Apr:
SMS Vulkan
15 Apr:
U-118
17 Apr:
USS Freehold
27 Apr:
USS Courtney ,
USS Otis W. Douglas
28 Apr:
USS Gypsum Queen ,
USS James
April (unknown date):
Borets za Svobodu
4 May:
HMS Cupar
5 May:
SMS Leipzig
2 Jun:
Rucumilla
9 Jun:
HMS L55
16 Jun:
HMS Kinross
18 Jun:
Oleg
21 Jun:
Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow –
SMS Bayern ,
SMS Bremse ,
SMS Brummer ,
SMS Cöln ,
SMS Dresden ,
SMS Derfflinger ,
SMS Emden ,
SMS Friedrich der Grosse ,
SMS G38 ,
SMS G39 ,
SMS G40 ,
SMS Hindenburg ,
SMS Grosser Kurfürst ,
SMS Kaiser ,
SMS Kaiserin ,
SMS Karlsruhe ,
SMS König ,
SMS König Albert ,
SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm ,
SMS Markgraf ,
SMS Moltke ,
SMS Prinzregent Luitpold ,
SMS S32 ,
SMS S36 ,
SMS S50 ,
SMS Seydlitz ,
SMS V45 ,
SMS V46 ,
SMS Von der Tann ,
SMS G102
28 Jun:
Duchess of Richmond
Jun (unknown date):
Erinpura
27 Jul:
USS May
30 Jul:
USS G-2
13 Aug:
Basilicata
18 Aug:
Dvina
1 Sep:
HMS Vittoria
4 Sep:
HMS Verulam
8 Sep:
Valbanera
9 Sep:
USS St. Sebastian ,
USS SP-471
10 Sep:
USS Coco ,
USS Katherine K. ,
USS Patrol No. 1 ,
USS Sea Hawk
11 Sep:
USS Helena I
16 Sep:
HMS M25 ,
HMS M27 ,
West Arvada
29 Sep:
ML-18 ,
ML-62 ,
ML-191 ,
Ossifrage
30 Sep:
August Helmerich
3 Oct:
Frank O'Connor
7 Oct:
Sizergh Castle
9 Oct:
Daram
17 Oct:
SMS Kaiser Franz Joseph I
18 Oct:
HMS H41
21 Oct
Gavriil
31 Oct:
Fazilka
13 Nov:
Council Bluffs
22 Nov:
Myron
24 Nov:
Poltava
12 Dec:
USS Kerwood
18 Dec:
Cufic
Unknown date:
UB-14
Other incidents