U16's Toilet Disaster U16, a Type VIIC submarine, was officially ordered on and ultimately launched on About a year and a half later, On , the shiny new craft with its crew of 50 men departed from Kristiansand, Norway on its first nontraining patrol machine Unlike many other Uboats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U16 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss Uboat Emblems We have 2 emblem entries for this boat The German submarine that was sunk by its toilet – U16 U16 was a Type VIIC Uboat of Nazi Germany 's Kriegsmarine during World War II She was laid down on 12 June 1943 at F Schichau GmbH in Danzig and went into service on

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