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]
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Name | L-22 |
Laid down | 4 December 1938 |
Launched | 23 September 1939 |
Commissioned | 28 August 1942 |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Leninets-class |
Displacement |
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Length | 85.3 m (279 ft 10 in) |
Beam | 7 m (23 ft 0 in) |
Draft | 4.05 m (13 ft 3 in) |
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Range |
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Test depth | 80 |
Complement | 56 |
Armament |
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Service record | |
Part of: | Northern Fleet |
Service history
L-22 scored her success mostly as a minelayer submarine.
Date | Ship | Flag | Tonnage | Notes |
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14 November 1942 | Schiff-18 Alteland | ![]() |
419 GRT | aux. patrol ship (mine) |
14 April 1943 | Pasvik | ![]() |
238 GRT | tug (mine) |
1 June 1943 | Schiff-8 Birka | ![]() |
1,000 GRT | hospital ship (mine) |
28 December 1943 | R-64 | ![]() |
125 GRT | aux. minesweeper (mine) |
Total: | 1,782 GRT |
Date | Ship | Flag | Tonnage | Notes |
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1 September 1943 | Rudesheimer | ![]() |
2,036 GRT | Cargo ship (torpedo) |
Total: | 2,036 GRT |
References
- Orlov Alex; Dmitriy Metelev; Evgeniy Chirva. "Великая Отечественная - под водой". Town.ural.ru. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- "Allied Warships L-22 Submarine of the L (Leninec) class". uboat.net/. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
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