HMS L22
 L22 and three other L–class boats at Gosport (1933) | |
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS L22 |
| Ordered: | December 1916[1] |
| Builder: | Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Laid down: | 28 November 1917 |
| Launched: | 25 October 1919[1] |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, 30 August 1935 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | L class submarine |
| Displacement: | 890 long tons (904 t) surfaced 1,080 long tons (1,097 t) submerged |
| Length: | 238 ft 7 in (72.72 m) overall |
| Beam: | 23 ft 5.5 in (7.150 m) |
| Draught: | 13 ft 3 in (4.04 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts 2 diesels, 2,400 hp (1,800 kW) 2 electric motors, 1,600 hp (1,200 kW) |
| Speed: | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) surfaced 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) submerged |
| Complement: | 38 |
| Armament: | • 4 × 21 in (533 mm) bow torpedo tubes • 2 × 18 in (457 mm) beam torpedo tubes • 8 × 21 inch and 2 × 18 inch torpedoes[2] • 1 × 4-inch gun |
HMS L22 was a British L class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on 28 November 1917 and was commissioned on an unknown date.
L22 was sold to John Cashmore Ltd on 30 August 1935 for scrapping at Newport.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gardiner and Gray 1985, p. 93.
- ↑ "L Class Submarines". battleships-cruisers.co.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
Publications
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Gardiner, Robert (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Comway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- Hutchinson, Robert (2001). Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Day. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-710558-8. OCLC 53783010.
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