Soviet submarine L-22

The World War II Soviet submarine L-22 belonged to the L-class or Leninets class of minelayer submarines. She was part of the last series (Group 4) of her class, having some improvements including more torpedo tubes. For the successes during the war the boat was awarded the Order of Red Banner.[1]

History
USSR EnsignSoviet Union
NameL-22
Laid down4 December 1938
Launched23 September 1939
Commissioned28 August 1942
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class and typeLeninets-class
Displacement
  • 1,108 tons surfaced
  • 1,400 tons submerged
Length85.3 m (279 ft 10 in)
Beam7 m (23 ft 0 in)
Draft4.05 m (13 ft 3 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 18 knots (33 km/h) surfaced
  • 9 knots (17 km/h) submerged
Range
  • 10,000 nmi (19,000 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) surfaced
  • 150 nmi (280 km) at 2.5 kn (4.6 km/h) submerged
Test depth80
Complement56
Armament
  • 1 × 100 mm (3.9 in) L/68 gun
  • 1 × 45 mm (1.8 in) gun
  • 8 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (6 bow, 2 ext aft)
  • 18 × torpedoes
  • 20 × mines
Service record
Part of: Northern Fleet

Service history

L-22 scored her success mostly as a minelayer submarine.

Ships sunk by L-22[2]
Date Ship Flag Tonnage Notes
14 November 1942 Schiff-18 Alteland Nazi Germany 419 GRT aux. patrol ship (mine)
14 April 1943 Pasvik Norway 238 GRT tug (mine)
1 June 1943 Schiff-8 Birka Nazi Germany 1,000 GRT hospital ship (mine)
28 December 1943 R-64 Nazi Germany 125 GRT aux. minesweeper (mine)
Total:1,782 GRT
Ships damaged by L-22.[2]
Date Ship Flag Tonnage Notes
1 September 1943 Rudesheimer Nazi Germany 2,036 GRT Cargo ship (torpedo)
Total:2,036 GRT

References
  1. Orlov Alex; Dmitriy Metelev; Evgeniy Chirva. "Великая Отечественная - под водой". Town.ural.ru. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  2. "Allied Warships L-22 Submarine of the L (Leninec) class". uboat.net/. Retrieved 27 August 2014.

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