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 machinePertinent to t Sinking U16 was one of the late war boats fitted with new deepwater highpressure toilets which allowed them to be used while running at depthFlushing these facilities was extremely complicated and special technicians were trained to operate them On , 8 miles (13 km) off Peterhead, Scotland, while cruising at a depth of 0 feet (61 m), misuse of the new toilet News Found after 70 years, the wreck of U16 A TEAM of divers is celebrating following a search lasting 12 years, after finding the wreck of
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