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SM U-116

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History
German Empire
NameU-116
BuilderSchichau-Werke, Elbing
Cost4,100,000 Goldmark
Yard number987
Laid downSeptember 1916
Launched1918
Fatenever completed, broken up at Danzig
General characteristics
Class and typeGerman Type U 115 submarine
Displacement
  • 882 t (868 long tons) surfaced
  • 1,233 t (1,214 long tons) submerged
Length72.30 m (237 ft 2 in)
Beam6.50 m (21 ft 4 in)
Draught4 m (13 ft 1 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 shafts
  • 2 × MAN four-stroke diesel motors with 2,400 PS (1,770 kW; 2,370 shp)
  • 2 × SSW double dynamos with 1,200 PS (880 kW; 1,180 shp)
  • 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 depth50 m (160 ft)
Complement4 officers, 32 men
Armament

SM U-116[Note 1] 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).

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  1. ^ "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.

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Bibliography

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  • Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). German Warships 1815–1945, U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. Vol. 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