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SM U 116

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Name
  
U 116

Yard number
  
987

Construction started
  
September 1916

Length
  
72 m

Builder
  
Schichau-Werke

Cost
  
4,100,000 Goldmark

Laid down
  
September 1916

Launched
  
1918

Draft
  
4 m

Fate
  
never completed, broken up at Danzig

Class and type
  
German Type U 115 submarine

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

SM U-116 Wikipedia