HMS L16

Career
Name: HMS L16
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan
Laid down: 21 November 1916
Fate: Sold for scrapping, February 1934
General characteristics
Class and type: L class submarine
Displacement: 890 long tons (904 t) surfaced
1,074 long tons (1,091 t) submerged[1]
Length: 228 ft (69 m)
Beam: 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
Speed: 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) surfaced
10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) submerged
Range: 2,800 nmi (5,200 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced[1]
Complement: 38
Armament: • 4 × 21 in (533 mm) bow torpedo tubes
• 2 × 18 in (457 mm) beam torpedo tubes
• 8 × 21 inch and 2 × 18 inch torpedoes
• 1 × 4-inch gun[1]

HMS L16 was a British L class submarine built by Fairfield, Govan, Clyde. She was laid down on 21 November 1916 and commissioned on an unknown date.

She was sold in February 1934 to Malcolm Brechin, Granton, Edinburgh.

References

  1. ^ a b c "L Class Submarines". battleships-cruisers.co.uk. http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/l_class.htm. Retrieved 12 May 2010.