1. Design

2. References
    Notes  Citations 

3. Bibliography

SM U-161{{#tag:ref|"SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" ({{lang-en|His Majesty's}}) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.|group=Note}} was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I.

U-161 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.

Just after the end of the war, U-161 surrendered to the United Kingdom on 20 November 1918. She ran aground on the east coast of England in 1921 while under way to be scrapped.^[3]

Design

German Type U 93 submarines were preceded by the shorter Type U 87 submarines. U-161 had a displacement of {{convert|821|t|LT}} when at the surface and {{convert|1002|t|LT}} while submerged.{{sfn|Gröner|1991|pp=12-14}} She had a total length of {{convert|71.55|m|ftin}}, a pressure hull length of {{convert|56.05|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, a beam of {{convert|6.30|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, a height of {{convert|8.25|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, and a draught of {{convert|3.88|m|ftin|abbr=on}}. The submarine was powered by two {{convert|2400|PS|kW shp}} engines for use while surfaced, and two {{convert|1230|PS|kW shp}} engines for use while submerged. She had two propeller shafts and two {{convert|1.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}} propellers. She was capable of operating at depths of up to {{convert|50|m}}.{{sfn|Gröner|1991|pp=12-14}}

The submarine had a maximum surface speed of {{convert|16.2|kn}} and a maximum submerged speed of {{convert|8.2|kn}}.{{sfn|Gröner|1991|pp=12-14}} When submerged, she could operate for {{convert|50|nmi}} at {{convert|5|kn}}; when surfaced, she could travel {{convert|8500|nmi}} at {{convert|8|kn}}. U-161 was fitted with six {{convert|50|cm}} torpedo tubes (four at the bow and two at the stern), twelve to sixteen torpedoes, and one {{convert|10.5|cm|in|sp=us|abbr=on}} SK L/45 deck gun. She had a complement of thirty-six (thirty-two crew members and four officers).{{sfn|Gröner|1991|pp=12-14}}

References

Notes

Citations

Bibliography

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• Francis Grover Cleveland
• Francis G. Slay
• Francis Guerrero
• Francis Guess
• Francis Gwynne (Frank) Tudor
• Francis Gymnasium (St. Louis County, Missouri)
• Francis Haas
• Francis Habgood
• Francis Haget
• Francis Haire
• Francis Hall (priest)
• Francis Halzen
• Francis Hamilton Stuart
• Francis Hanson
• Francis Harold Brown
• Francis Harold Watson
• Francis Harrison Pierpont (Simmons)
• Francis Harvey Green
• Francis Hawkins (physician)
• Francis Hayman Fowler
• Francis H. Buckley
• Francis Helps
• Francis Hemmingson
• Francis Hemmington
• Francis Henley