F16 was an F-class submarine in commission in the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) from 1917 to 1928. She took part in conducting antisubmarine patrols in the Mediterranean Sea during the Mediterranean U-boat campaign and seeing service in the Adriatic Campaign.
Design
Construction and commissioning F16 was laid down by Cantieri navali Odero (Odero Shipyards) at Italy, on 1915. She was launched on 1917 and commissioned on 1917.
Service history On 1 May 1917, F16 was assigned to the La Spezia Maritime Command. Under its control, she conducted antisubmarine patrols in the northern Tyrrhenian Sea during the Mediterranean U-boat campaign.
In September 1917, F16 was transferred to the Ancona Submarine Squadron to take part in the Adriatic Campaign of World War I. Before the war ended in November 1918, she conducted nine war patrols in the Adriatic Sea, without significant results.
From 1919 to 1923, F16 operated under the control of the Venice Maritime Command, deploying frequently to Pola. In November 1923 she was transferred to the Taranto Submarine Flotilla Command. She participated in annual attack and torpedo-firing drills and took part in the naval maneuvers of June 1927.
F16 was decommissioned and stricken from the navy list on 1928. She subsequently was scrapped.
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