SM UB-22
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-22.
 SM UB-45 a u-boat similar to UB-22 | |
| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | UB-22 |
| Ordered: | 30 April 1915[1] |
| Builder: | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg[1] |
| Yard number: | 252[1] |
| Launched: | 9 October 1915[1] |
| Completed: | 1 March 1916[1] |
| Commissioned: | 2 March 1916[2] |
| Fate: | sunk by mine 19 January 1918[2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | German Type UB II submarine |
| Displacement: | 263 t (259 long tons) surfaced[2] 292 t (287 long tons) submerged[2] |
| Length: | 36.13 m (118 ft 6 in)[2] |
| Beam: | 436 m (1,430 ft 5 in)[2] |
| Draft: | 3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)[2] |
| Propulsion: | 2 × propeller shafts 2 × Körting diesel engines, 284 shp (212 kW)[2] 2 × Siemens-Schuckert electric motor, 280 shp (210 kW)[2] |
| Speed: | 9.15 knots (16.95 km/h) surfaced[2] 5.81 knots (10.76 km/h) submerged[2] |
| Range: | 6,450 nautical miles (11,950 km; 7,420 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) surfaced[2] 45 nmi (83 km; 52 mi) at 4 knots submerged[2] |
| Test depth: | 50 m (160 ft)[2] |
| Complement: | 2 officers, 21 men[2] |
| Armament: | 2 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes[2] 4 × torpedoes (later 6) 1 × 5 cm SK L/40 gun[2] |
| Notes: | 45-second diving time[2] |
| Service record | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
Imperial German Navy: I Flotilla 14 Apr 1916 - 1 Feb 1917 II Flotilla 1 Feb 1917 - 22 Sep 1917 V Flotilla 22 Sep 1917 - 19 Jan 1918 |
| Commanders: |
Oblt Bernhard Putzier[3] 2 Mar 1916 - 16 Apr 1917 Oblt Karl Wacker[4] 17 Apr 1917 - 19 Jan 1918 |
| Operations: | 18 patrols |
| Victories: | 27 merchant ships sunk (16,645 gross register tons (GRT)) |
SM UB-22 was a German Type UB II submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 30 April 1915 and launched on 9 October 1915. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 2 March 1915 as SM UB-22.[Note 1] The submarine sank 29 ships in 18 patrols for a total of 20,224 gross register tons (GRT).[5] UB-22 was mined and sunk in the North Sea at 54°40′N 6°32′E / 54.667°N 6.533°ECoordinates: 54°40′N 6°32′E / 54.667°N 6.533°E on 19 January 1918.[2]
Summary of Raiding Career
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 October 1916 | Drafn |  Norway |
774 | Sunk |
| 21 October 1916 | Antoinette |  Sweden |
912 | Sunk |
| 21 October 1916 | Theodor | Norway |
234 | Sunk |
| 22 October 1916 | Caerloch | Norway |
659 | Sunk |
| 22 October 1916 | Gunn | Norway |
483 | Sunk |
| 27 October 1916 | Sif |  Denmark |
377 | Sunk |
| 29 October 1916 | Falkefjell | Norway |
1,131 | Sunk |
| 5 February 1917 | Resolute |  United Kingdom |
125 | Sunk |
| 6 February 1917 | Adelaide | United Kingdom |
133 | Sunk |
| 6 February 1917 | Romeo | United Kingdom |
114 | Sunk |
| 6 February 1917 | Rupert | United Kingdom |
114 | Sunk |
| 7 February 1917 | Boyne Castle | United Kingdom |
245 | Sunk |
| 7 February 1917 | Shakespeare | United Kingdom |
210 | Sunk |
| 9 February 1917 | Benbow | United Kingdom |
172 | Sunk |
| 9 February 1917 | Duke of York | United Kingdom |
150 | Sunk |
| 10 February 1917 | Athenian | United Kingdom |
171 | Sunk |
| 10 February 1917 | Bellax | Norway |
1,107 | Sunk |
| 10 February 1917 | Ireland | United Kingdom |
152 | Sunk |
| 28 March 1917 | Oakwell | United Kingdom |
248 | Sunk |
| 29 April 1917 | Dilston Castle | United Kingdom |
129 | Sunk |
| 30 April 1917 | Argo | United Kingdom |
131 | Sunk |
| 16 June 1917 | Inge | Denmark |
336 | Sunk |
| 4 August 1917 | Azira | United Kingdom |
1,144 | Sunk |
| 6 August 1917 | Jenny | Denmark |
293 | Sunk |
| 6 August 1917 | Narcissus | United Kingdom |
58 | Sunk |
| 7 November 1917 | Suntrap | United Kingdom |
1,353 | Sunk |
| 13 December 1917 | Garthwaite | United Kingdom |
5,690 | Sunk |
Notes
- ↑ "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Rössler 1979, p. 64.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 Gröner 1985, p. 50.
- ↑ "Bernhard Putzier". uboat.net. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ "Karl Wacker". uboat.net. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ Bendert 2000, p. 195.
- ↑ "SM UB-22 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
Bibliography
- Gröner, Erich (1985). U-Boote, Hilfskreuzer, Minenschiffe, Netzleger, Sperrbrecher. Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe, 1815-1945 (in German) III (Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe). ISBN 3-7637-4802-4.
- Bendert, Harald (2000). Die UB-Boote der Kaiserlichen Marine, 1914-1918. Einsätze, Erfolge, Schicksal (in German). Hamburg: Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn GmbH. ISBN 3-8132-0713-7.
- Rössler, Eberhard (1979). U-Bootbau bis Ende des 1. Weltkrieges, Konstruktionen für das Ausland und die Jahre 1935 - 1945. Die deutschen U-Boote und ihre Werften (in German) I (Munich: Bernard & Graefe). ISBN 3-7637-5213-7.
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