HMS E16
Submarine of the Royal Navy
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::summary Submarine of the Royal Navy ::
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| country | United Kingdom |
| flag | |
| name | E16 |
| builder | Vickers, Barrow |
| original_cost | £105,700 (UK£ in ) |
| laid_down | 15 May 1913 |
| launched | 23 September 1914 |
| commissioned | 27 February 1915 |
| fate | Mined in Heligoland Bight, 22 August 1916 |
| section3 | {{Infobox ship/characteristics |
| class | E-class submarine |
| displacement | *662 LT (surfaced) |
| *{{convert | 807 |
| length | 181 ft |
| beam | 15 ft |
| propulsion | *2 × 800 hp diesels |
| *2 × {{convert | 420 |
| speed | *15.25 kn surfaced |
| range | *3000 nmi at 10 kn |
| *{{convert | 65 |
| complement | 3 officers, 28 ratings |
| crew | 31 |
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- 807 LT (submerged) |length=181 ft |beam=15 ft |draught= |power= |propulsion=*2 × 800 hp diesels
- 2 × 420 hp electric
- 2 screws |speed=*15.25 kn surfaced
- 10.25 kn submerged |range=*3000 nmi at 10 kn
- 65 nmi at 5 kn |endurance= |test_depth= |complement=3 officers, 28 ratings |crew=31 |armament=
- 5 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes (2 bow, 2 beam, 1 stern)
- 1 × 12-pounder gun
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::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/HMS_E18.jpg" caption="HMS E18 in 1915 (Royal Navy Submarine Museum photographic collection)." alt="HMS E18 in 1915 (Royal Navy Submarine Museum photographic collection)."] ::
'*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. E16 was the first E-class to sink a U-boat, , sunk 4 mi 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.
Design
Like all post-E8 British E-class submarines, E16 had a displacement of 662 LT at the surface and 807 LT while submerged. She had a total length of 180 ft and a beam of 22 ft. She was powered by two 800 hp Vickers eight-cylinder two-stroke diesel engines and two 420 hp electric motors. The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 16 kn and a submerged speed of 10 kn. British E-class submarines had fuel capacities of 50 LT of diesel and ranges of 3255 mi when travelling at 10 kn. E16 was capable of operating submerged for five hours when travelling at 5 kn.
As with most of the early E class boats, E16 was not fitted with a deck gun during construction but may have had one fitted later, forward of the conning tower. She had five 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes, two in the bow, one either side amidships, and one in the stern; a total of 10 torpedoes were carried.
E-Class submarines had wireless systems with 1 kW power ratings; in some submarines, these were later upgraded to 3 kW systems by removing a midship torpedo tube. Their maximum design depth was 100 ft although in service some reached depths of below 200 ft. Some submarines contained Fessenden oscillator systems.
Crew
Her complement was three officers and 28 men.
References
References
- (2001). "Jane's submarines : war beneath the waves from 1776 to the present day". HarperCollins.
- (20 February 2013). "British Submarines of World War I". Osprey Publishing.
- Akerman, P. (1989). ''Encyclopaedia of British submarines 1901–1955''. p.150. Maritime Books. {{ISBN. 1-904381-05-7
- "E Class". Chatham Submarines.
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