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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "L Class Submarines". battleships-cruisers.co.uk. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
- Hutchinson, Robert (2001). Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Day. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-710558-8. OCLC 53783010.
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