HMS K16

Career
Name: HMS K16
Builder: William Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir
Laid down: June 1916
Commissioned: 13 April 1918
Decommissioned: 12 December 1920
Fate: Sold, 22 August 1924
General characteristics
Class and type:K-class submarine
Displacement:1,980 long tons (2,010 t) surfaced
2,566 long tons (2,607 t) submerged
Length:339 ft (103 m)
Beam:26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
Draught:20 ft 11 in (6.38 m)
Propulsion:2 × 10,500 shp (7.8 MW) Brown-Curtis or Parsons geared steam turbines
2 × Yarrow boilers
4 × 1,440 hp (1,070 kW) electric motors
1 × 800 hp (600 kW) Vickers diesel generator for charging batteries on the surface
2 × 3-blade 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) diameter screws
Speed:24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) surfaced
8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged
Range:Surfaced :
800 nmi (1,500 km; 920 mi) at 24 kn (44 km/h; 28 mph)
12,500 nmi (23,200 km; 14,400 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Submerged :
8 nmi (15 km; 9.2 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
40 nmi (46 mi; 74 km) at 4 kn (4.6 mph; 7.4 km/h)
Complement:59 (6 officers and 53 ratings)
Armament:• 8 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes, (4 beam, 4 bow)
• 8 × spare torpedoes
• 2 × 18 in torpedo tubes fitted on deck (later removed)
• 2 × BL 4 in (100 mm) Mk.XI guns
• 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun

HMS K16 was a K class submarine built by William Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir. She was laid down in June 1916 and commissioned on 13 April 1918.

The only incident that occurred with K16 was a sudden dive in Gare Loch after her hydroplanes failed. She surfaced successfully.

K16 paid off on 12 December 1920. She was sold on 22 August 1924. She was resold in September 1924 in Charlestown.

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