The Dutch submarine Hr.Ms. O16 (1) commanded by lieutenant 1st class C.J.W. van Waning cruised in the Mediterranean between 11 January-25 March 1937 followed by visiting the USA and Portugal returning at Den Helder on 6 April.
On 19 January was Terceira sighted and on Wednesday 20th 08.30 o’clock the Fayal canal between Picoa and Fayal entered. At 09:00 o’clock came the pilot on board and was berthed in the harbour of Horta where she stayed until Monday 25th January 07:00 o‘clock when she departed for Bermuda.
An item reported that although not expected it was able to get at Horta a simple but clean accommodation on land for all the crew members which were not on watch duty (around 5 offices, 5 petty officers and 18 corporals and sailors. The Fayal Hotel possessed an annexe (a not used old people‘s home). The costs were around ƒ 1,40 for officers (accommodate in the hotel?) and for the rest of the crew members ƒ 1,10 in the annexe. For the crew was not much too in and around Horta. To compensate this was an auto bus tour around the island arranged, costs 375 escudo’s or 34 Dutch guilders.
Note
1. Designed by navy engineer ir. G. de Rooy who also was supervisor during the building. Tender dated 1 April 1933, ordered on 12 April 1933, to be delivered on or for 1 November 1935, contract signed on 18/24 April 1935, steel ordered on 12 June 1933, steel arrived on 6 September 1933, administration started on 30 November 1933, laid down by the Kon. Mij. De Schelde, Vlissingen, Netherlands with yard number 200 between the North and South slips between 28 December 1933-4 January 1934, with the support of locomotive lying with a weight of 545,5 ton of 8 lorries in 8 hours replaced towards the South slip on 7 December 1935, in the thrushes on 2 January 1935, plating fitted on 29 March 1935, launched by Mrs. H.M. ’t Hooft-Plaisir on 27 January 1936, docked between 4/10 March, 22-25 May and 25 August-28 September 1936, trial while berthed on 2 March 1936, technical trials between 12 March-28 May 1936, torpedo launching tests at Den Helder, between 21 April-8 May 1936, official trial on 28 May 1936, full speed trial on 12 October 1936, diving tests on 80 metres depth on 26 November 1936, delivered on 26 October 1936, contracted price ƒ 1.405.600,00, building costs ƒ 1.572.309,07 and costs when for the first time commissioned ƒ 2.672.553, commissioned on 26 October 1936, departed towards Den Helder op 29 October 1936 lost on 15 December 1941 in the South China Sea when she strike a Japanese mine.
Displacement 892 (standard)-948,994 (surfaced)-1.170,216 (submerged) tons and as dimensions 76,525 (between perpendiculars)-77,525 (over all) x 6,30 (outside thrush)-6,55 (wale) x 5,786 (depth) x 3,964 (trimmed)-3,91 meter. Her crew numbered 36 men. The armament consisted of 8-53cm torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern, 2 in the superstructure which could horizontal be turned, 14 torpedoes, 1-8,8cm gun and 2-4cm No. 2 machine guns. Fitted with an anti mine device. Propulsion consisted of 2-1.699 hp 8 cylinder 4 stroke MAN engines from Wilton-Fijenoord and 2-325 ahp main electric engines with 2x96 cells batteries. Speed achieved on 26 May 1936 18,75 (surfaced)-9,3 (submerged) miles with contracted speed of 17-9 miles. Diving depth 80 metres.
Source
Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1936-1937.
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