Soviet submarine L-22
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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 |
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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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Test depth | 80 |
Complement | 56 |
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Service record | |
Part of: | Northern Fleet |
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.[citation needed] For the successes during the war the boat was awarded the Order of Red Banner.[1]
Service history
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Orlov Alex; Dmitriy Metelev; Evgeniy Chirva. "Великая Отечественная - под водой". Town.ural.ru. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ a b "Allied Warships L-22 Submarine of the L (Leninec) class". uboat.net/. Retrieved 27 August 2014.