The list of ship commissionings in 1916 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 1916.
The list of ship commissionings in 1916 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 1916.
| Ship events in 1916 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 |
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