HNLMS O 16

O 16 in 1938
History
Netherlands
Name	O 16
Operator	Royal Netherlands Navy
Builder	Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde
Laid down	28 December 1933
Launched	27 January 1936
Commissioned	16 October 1936
Homeport	1936–1939 Den Helder 1939–1941 Surabaya 1941 Singapore
Identification	16
Fate	Sunk by mine on 15 December 1941
General characteristics
Type	Unique submarine
Displacement	984 tons surfaced 1194 tons submerged
Length	76.53 m (251 ft 1 in)
Beam	6.55 m (21 ft 6 in)
Draught	3.97 m (13 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	2 × 1,600 bhp (1,193 kW) diesel engines 2 × 460 bhp (343 kW) electric motors
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) surfaced 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged
Range	10,000 nmi (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced 26 nmi (48 km; 30 mi) at 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) submerged
Test depth	80 m (262 ft)
Complement	36–42
Armament	4 × 21 in (533 mm) bow torpedo tubes 2 × 21 in (533 mm) stern torpedo tubes 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes external-traversing amidships 1 x Bofors 80 mm gun on deck 2 x Vickers 40 mm AA machine guns

HNLMS O 16 was a submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy that saw service during World War II. She was the first submarine of the RNN manufactured from high-quality Steel 52, with the ability to dive at a depth of 80 metres (260 ft).^[1]