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| Tonnage | 984 tons standard displacement surfaced 1194 tons standard displacements submerged |
| Dimensions | 251'1" by 21'6" by 13' 76.53m by 6.55m by 3.96m |
| Maximum speed | 18 knots surfaced 9 knots submerged |
| Maximum dive |
260 feet 80 meters |
| Complement | 36 |
| Armament | 8 21" torpedo
tubes (14 torpedoes) 1 3.5"/45 gun 2 40mm Bofors AA guns |
| Machinery |
2-shaft M.A.N. diesel |
| Range |
10,000 nautical miles at 12
knots (surfaced) 26 nautical miles at 8.5 knots (submerged) |
| Sensors |
Atlas hydrophone |
The O-16 was
completed in 1936. It used novel
construction techniques, with 49% of its riveting replaced by
welding. It was
intended for use in home waters and was the first Dutch submarine
equipped with the
superior Atlas hydrophones. It was also the first submarine
in the world
equipped with a snorkel system.
O-16 was
in Karimata Strait (108.861E 2.324S) when
war broke out. She was lost on 15 December 1941.
References
DutchSubmarines.com (accessed 2011-2=9)
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