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O 16 in 1938
History
HNLMS O 16Netherlands
NameO 16
OperatorHNLMS O 16 Royal Netherlands Navy
BuilderKoninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde
Laid down28 December 1933
Launched27 January 1936
Commissioned16 October 1936
Homeport
  • 1936–1939 Den Helder
  • 1939–1941 Surabaya
  • 1941 Singapore
Identification16
FateSunk by mine on 15 December 1941
General characteristics
TypeUnique submarine
Displacement
  • 984 tons surfaced
  • 1194 tons submerged
Length76.53 m (251 ft 1 in)
Beam6.55 m (21 ft 6 in)
Draught3.97 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 depth80 m (262 ft)
Complement36–42
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]

  1. ^ Van Royen, p. 17.

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