SM UC-16

For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-16.

History
German Empire
NameUC-16
Ordered29 August 1915[1]
BuilderBlohm & Voss, Hamburg[2]
Yard number266[1]
Launched1 February 1916[1]
Commissioned18 June 1916[1]
FateProbably sunk by mine in 4 October 1917[1]
General characteristics [3]
Class and typeType UC II submarine
Displacement
  • 417 t (410 long tons), surfaced
  • 493 t (485 long tons), submerged
Length
Beam
  • 5.22 m (17 ft 2 in) o/a
  • 3.65 m (12 ft) pressure hull
Draught3.68 m (12 ft 1 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 11.6 knots (21.5 km/h; 13.3 mph), surfaced
  • 7.0 knots (13.0 km/h; 8.1 mph), submerged
Range
  • 9,430 nautical miles (17,460 km; 10,850 mi) at 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph), surfaced
  • 55 nautical miles (102 km; 63 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph), submerged
Test depth50 m (160 ft)
Complement26
Armament
Notes35-second diving time
Service record
Part of:
  • Flandern / Flandern I Flotilla
  • 11 September 1916 – 4 October 1917
Commanders:
  • Oblt.z.S. Egon von Werner[4]
  • 26 June 1916 – 22 April 1917
  • Oblt.z.S. Georg Reimarus[5]
  • 15 July – 4 October 1917
Operations: 13 patrols
Victories:
  • 43 merchant ships sunk
    (43,914 GRT)
  • 4 merchant ships damaged
    (24,465 GRT)
  • 2 auxiliary warships damaged
    (419 GRT)

SM UC-16 was a German Type UC II minelaying submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 29 August 1915 and was launched on 1 February 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 18 June 1916 as SM UC-16.[Note 1] In 13 patrols UC-16 was credited with sinking 43 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid. UC-16 disappeared in October 1917. A postwar German study concluded that UC-16 probably sank after striking a mine off Zeebrugge[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: UC 16". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
  2. ^ Tarrant, p. 173.
  3. ^ Gröner 1991, pp. 31–32.
  4. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Egon von Werner (Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  5. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boat commanders: Georg Reimarus". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 9 February 2015.


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