Attempts were made by the Finns to salvage the vessel: the boat was raised in 1918 and transferred to Helsinki for repair, but this proved too costly and she was scrapped in 1929.
AG-13 was a single-hulled submarine, with a pressure hull divided into five watertight compartments. The submarine had a length of 150feet overall, a beam of 16feet and a draft of 12feet. She displaced 355LT on the surface and 433LT submerged. The AG-class submarines had a diving depth of 164feet and a crew of 30 officers and enlisted men.[1]
The submarine had two 3-bladed propellers, each of which was driven by a 480hp diesel engine as well as a 640hp electric motors. This arrangement gave AG-22 a maximum speed of 13kn while surfaced and submerged. She had a range of 1750nmi at while on the surface and 25nmi at 3kn while submerged.[2] Her fuel capacity was 16.5LT of fuel oil.[3]
The AG-class submarines were equipped with four 18inches torpedo tubes in the bow and carried eight torpedoes. For surface combat they had one 47mm deck gun.[2]
The Holland 602 design was widely exported during World War I and the Imperial Russian Navy ordered a total of 17, in three batches, of a version known as the American Holland-class (in Russian Amerikansky Golland, AG). The submarines were to be built in Canada as knock-down kits for assembly in Russia.[2]
Components for the first batch of five submarines were assembled in Barnet, near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. They were prefabricated by British Pacific Engineering and Construction. and shipped to Vladivostok. There they were loaded onto the Trans-Siberian Railroad and transported to Saint Petersburg where they were assembled by the Baltic Works by June 1916. AG-13 was redesignated AG-16 in 1917. During World War I Russian and British submarines operated from bases in Finland. The Russian submarines AG-11, AG-12, AG-15 and AG-16 were scuttled in the harbor of Hanko on 3 April 1918 just prior to the German landing there.[4]
AG-12 and AG-16 seemed to be in relatively good shape and the Finns decided to salvage them. AG-16 was transferred to Helsinki and the Finns asked both Germany and Electric Boat for estimates on the cost of repairs. The latter was so costly so only the German alternative remained. German experts evaluated AG-16, but the Finnish government never provided funds for the repairing of the submarine. The repairs would be costly and no shipyard were prepared to guarantee the results. The submarine was stored on dry land until 1929 when the Finnish government finally agreed on the new Fleet program, which also included new submarines. AG-16 was then scrapped.