SM UB-16
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SM UB-16 was a German Type UB I submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The submarine was sunk by a British submarine in May 1918.
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Name | UB-16 |
Ordered | 25 November 1914[1] |
Builder | AG Weser, Bremen[2] |
Yard number | 225[1] |
Laid down | 21 February 1915[1] |
Launched | 26 April 1915[1] |
Commissioned | 12 May 1915[1] |
Fate | Torpedoed by HMS E34 on 10 May 1918[1] |
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Class and type | Type UB I submarine |
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Length | 27.88 m (91 ft 6 in) (o/a) |
Beam | 3.15 m (10 ft 4 in) |
Draught | 3.03 m (9 ft 11 in) |
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Test depth | 50 metres (160 ft) |
Complement | 14 |
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Notes | 33-second diving time |
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Operations: | 87 patrols[1] |
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UB-16 was ordered in November 1914 and was laid down at the AG Weser shipyard in Bremen in February 1915. UB-16 was a little under 28 metres (92 ft) in length and displaced between 127 and 141 tonnes (125 and 139 long tons), depending on whether surfaced or submerged. She carried two torpedoes for her two bow torpedo tubes and was also armed with a deck-mounted machine gun. UB-16 was broken into sections and shipped by rail to Antwerp for reassembly. She was launched in April 1915 and commissioned as SM UB-16 in May.[Note 1]
UB-16 spent her entire career in the Flanders Flotilla and sank 24 merchant ships, about half of them British fishing vessels. The U-boat was also responsible for sinking the new British destroyer HMS Recruit in 1917. In 1918, UB-16 was converted into a minelayer with the replacement of her torpedo tubes with four mine chutes. On 10 May 1918, UB-16 was torpedoed by the British submarine HMS E34 off the British east coast. Of the 16 men on board, only UB-16's commander survived the attack.