| HMS E16 | |
|---|---|
| Career |  |
| Name: | HMS E16 |
| Builder: | Vickers, Barrow |
| Cost: | £105,700 |
| Laid down: | 15 May 1913 |
| Commissioned: | 27 February 1915 |
| Fate: | Mined in Heligoland Bight, 22 August 1916 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | E-class submarine |
| Displacement: |
667 long tons (678 t) (surfaced) 807 long tons (820 t) (submerged) |
| Length: | 181 ft (55 m) |
| Beam: | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Installed power: |
3,200 hp (2,400 kW) (diesel engines) 1,680 hp (1,250 kW) (electric motors) |
| Propulsion: |
2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors 2 × screws |
| Speed: |
15.25 kn (17.55 mph; 28.24 km/h) (surfaced) 10.25 kn (11.80 mph; 18.98 km/h) (submerged) |
| Range: |
3,000 nmi (3,500 mi; 5,600 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) (surfaced) 65 nmi (75 mi; 120 km) at 5 kn (5.8 mph; 9.3 km/h) (submerged) |
| Complement: | 30 |
| Armament: | 5 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes (2 bow, 2 beam, 1 stern), 1 × 12-pounder gun |
HMS E16 was an E-class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness for the Royal Navy. She was laid down on 15 May 1913 and was commissioned on 27 February 1915. Her hull cost £105,700.
Service history[]
E16 was the first E-class to sink a U-boat — U-6 — sunk 4 mi (6.4 km) south-west of Karmøy island off Stavanger, Norway on 15 September 1915.
E16 was sunk by a mine in Heligoland Bight on 22 August 1916. There were no survivors.
References[]
- Hutchinson, Robert, Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day
Casualty list: http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1916-08Aug.htm
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