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O16 submarine (1936)


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O16 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
O16   200 De Schelde, Vlissingen 12.1933 27.1.1936 10.1936 sunk 15.12.1941


Technical data


Displacement standard, t 
Displacement normal, t984 / 1194
Length, m

76.5

Breadth, m

6.55

Draught, m

3.97

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MAN 8-cyl diesels / 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

3200 / 920

Max speed, kts

18 / 9

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)10000(12) / 26(8.5)
Armament

1 x 1 - 88/42 Bofors No.2, 2 x 1 - 40/36 Bofors, 8 - 533 TT (4 bow, 2 stern, 1 x 2, 14)

Electronic equipmentAtlas-built sonar
Complement

36

Diving depth operational, m80


Standard scale images


<i>O16</i> 1939
O16 1939


Graphics


<i>O16</i> <i>Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.</i>
O16 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.


Project history

Design of G. de Rooy: development of K XIV class, but in many respects O16 remained experimental. Among all Dutch submarines she became the champion by number of introduced innovations. From the previous classes she differed by sharply increased displacement. Double-hulled. The pressure hull was built of St.52 steel with wide application of welding: 49% of constructions were welded. O16 became the first submarine with prototype of snorkel. She was the first Dutch submarine, equipped with Atlas Werke-made sonar, capable to work in an active mode. 40mm MGs were installed in disappearing mountings.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

O16 was lost 15.12.1941 on a mine at Eastern coast of Malacca Peninsula. 



Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.