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HMS E16

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History
NameHMS E16
BuilderVickers, Barrow
Cost£105,700
Laid down15 May 1913
Commissioned27 February 1915
FateMined in Heligoland Bight, 22 August 1916
General characteristics
Class and typeE-class submarine
Displacement
  • 667 long tons (678 t) (surfaced)
  • 807 long tons (820 t) (submerged)
Length181 ft (55 m)
Beam15 ft (4.6 m)
Installed power
  • 3,200 hp (2,400 kW) (diesel engines)
  • 1,680 hp (1,250 kW) (electric motors)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 15.25 kn (17.55 mph; 28.24 km/h) (surfaced)
  • 10.25 kn (11.80 mph; 18.98 km/h) (submerged)
Range
  • 3,000 nmi (3,500 mi; 5,600 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) (surfaced)
  • 65 nmi (75 mi; 120 km) at 5 kn (5.8 mph; 9.3 km/h) (submerged)
Complement30
Armament

HMS E16 was an E-class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness for the Royal Navy. She was laid down on 15 May 1913 and was commissioned on 27 February 1915. Her hull cost £105,700. E16 was the first E-class to sink a U-boat — U-6 — sunk 4 mi (6.4 km) south-west of Karmøy island off Stavanger, Norway on 15 September 1915. E16 was sunk by a mine in Heligoland Bight on 22 August 1916. There were no survivors.[1]

Design

Like all post-E8 British E-class submarines, E16 had a displacement of 622 tonnes (686 short tons) at the surface and 807 tonnes (890 short tons) while submerged. It had a total length of 180 feet (55 m)[2] and a beam length of 22 feet 8.5 inches (6.922 m). It contained two diesel engines each providing a power of 1,600 horsepower (1,200 kW) and two electric motors each providing 840 horsepower (630 kW) power.[3] Its complement was thirty-one crew members.[2]

The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) and a submerged speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). British E-class submarines had fuel capacities of 50 tonnes (55 short tons) of diesel and ranges of 3,255 miles (5,238 km; 2,829 nmi) when travelling at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).[2] E16 was capable of operating submerged for five hours when travelling at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph). It was fitted with a 6 pounds (2.7 kg) 6-pounder gun, five 18 inches (460 mm) torpedo tubes, and one spare torpedo tube. Its torpedo tubes were fitted at the front and the aft; unlike pre-E9 submarines, the two midship section torpedo tubes were not included.[2]

E-Class submarines contained wireless systems with 1 kilowatt (1.3 hp) power ratings; in some submarines, these were later upgraded to 3 kilowatts (4.0 hp) systems by removing a midship torpedo tube. Its claimed highest dive depth was 100 feet (30 m) although it was capable of reaching depths of below 200 feet (61 m). Some submarines contained Fessenden oscillator systems.[2]

References

  1. ^ Hutchinson, Robert, Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day
  2. ^ a b c d e Innes McCartney; Tony Bryan (20 February 2013). British Submarines of World War I. Osprey Publishing. pp. 11–12. ISBN 978-1-4728-0035-0.
  3. ^ "E Class". Chatham Submarines. Retrieved 20 August 2015.

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