HMS E16
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | E16 |
| Builder | Vickers, Barrow |
| Cost | £105,700 (UK£ 3,050,000 in 2025) |
| Laid down | 15 May 1913 |
| Launched | 23 September 1914 |
| Commissioned | 27 February 1915 |
| Fate | Mined in Heligoland Bight, 22 August 1916 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | E-class submarine |
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| Length | 181 ft (55 m) |
| Beam | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
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| Complement | 3 officers, 28 ratings |
| Crew | 31 |
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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.