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K 16

Built By: Beardmore (Clyde)
Build Group: K1
Fate: Scrapped in August 1924.

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Commanders
1918: Lieutenant Commander   Athelstan Fenner
1918: Lieutenant Commander   Charles de Burgh DSO
1918: Lieutenant Commander   Samuel Maryon Gorton Gravener
1918: Lieutenant Commander   Colin Cantlie DSC
1919: Lieutenant Commander   George Pirie Thomson
1920: Lieutenant   William Ibbett

Events

01-06-1916  Laid Down
13-04-1917  Completed
05-11-1917  Launched
K1 Specification
Length overall  339 ft
Beam  26 ft 6 inch
Draught  20 ft 11 inch
Displacement   1980 tons (surface)
  2566 tons (submerged)
Diving Depth  200 ft
Speed  Surface 24 knots (design)
  Surface 24 knots (service)
  Submerged 10 to 10.5 knots (design)
  Submerged 9 knots (service)
No. of shafts  2
Propeller  3 blades, 7 ft 8 inch diameter
Armament  4 x 18 inch bow tubes
  4 x 18 inch beam tubes
  (16 torpedoes carried)
  2 x 4 inch guns
  1 x 3 inch gun
Endurance  Surface: 960 miles at full power (design)
  Surface: 800 miles at full power or 12500 miles at 10 knots (service)
  Submerged: 13.5 miles at 9 knots (design)
  Submerged: 8 miles at 8 knots or 30 miles at 4 knots (service)
Complement  5 Officers and 53 Ratings
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