SM U-116

For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-116.

History

German Empire
Name:	U 116
Builder:	Schichau-e, Elbing
Cost:	4,100,000 Goldmark
Yard number:	987
Laid down:	September 1916
Launched:	1918
Fate:	never completed, broken up at Danzig
General characteristics
Class & type:	German Type U 115 submarine
Displacement:	882 t (868 long tons) surfaced 1,233 t (1,214 long tons) submerged
Length:	72.30 m (237 ft 2 in)
Beam:	6.50 m (21 ft 4 in)
Draught:	4 m (13 ft 1 in)
Propulsion:	2 shafts 2 × MAN four-stroke diesel motors with 2,400 PS (2,400 hp) 2 × SSW double dymanos with 1,200 PS (1,200 hp) 450 rpm surfaced 330 rpm submerged
Speed:	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) surfaced 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged
Range:	11,470 nautical miles (21,240 km; 13,200 mi) at 8 kn surfaced 60 nautical miles (110 km; 69 mi) at 4.5 kn submerged
Test depth:	50 m (160 ft)
Complement:	4 officers, 32 men
Armament:	4 × 45 cm (18 in) bow torpedo tubes 2 × 45 cm (18 in) stern torpedo tubes 1 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) L/45 and 1 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) L/30 deck gun

SM U-116 was a German Type 115 u-boat of the Imperial German Navy built at Schichau-Werke, Danzig. As her sister ship SM U-115, she was never completed and ultimately broken up in Danzig after the Armistice with Germany. Her main engines were used in M/S Adolf Sommerfeld ex SMS Gefion. Both boats had been offered to the IGN free of charge by Schichau in an attempt to gain experience in building submarines (Williamson, 15).

References

Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. German Warships 1815–1945 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel (London: Conway Maritime Press). p. 40. ISBN 0-85177-593-4.
Gordon Williamson, U-boats of the Kaiser's Navy. Osprey, 2002, ISBN 1-84176-362-4
R.H. Gibson, Maurice Prendergast, The German Submarine War 1914–1918, Periscope Publishing Ltd., 2002, ISBN 1-904381-08-1, p. 114
Eberhard Rössler, The U-boat: the evolution and technical history of German submarines, Naval Institute Press, 1981, ISBN 0-87021-966-9, p. 56
Stefan Lipsky, Florian Lipsky, Deutsche U-Boote: hundert Jahre Technik und Entwicklung, Mittler, 2006, ISBN 3-8132-0868-0, p. 85

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