SM UC-22
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-22.
| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | UC-22 |
| Ordered: | 26 August 1915[1] |
| Builder: | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg[2] |
| Yard number: | 272[1] |
| Launched: | 1 February 1916[1] |
| Commissioned: | 30 June 1916[1] |
| Fate: | surrendered, February 1919; broken up, July 1921[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | German Type UC II submarine |
| Displacement: | 417 t (460 short tons), surfaced[2] 493 t (543 short tons), submerged |
| Length: | 161 ft 11 in (49.35 m)[2] |
| Beam: | 17 ft 4 in (5.28 m)[2] |
| Draft: | 12 ft 2 in (4 m)[3] |
| Propulsion: | 2 × propeller shafts 2 × 6-cylinder, 4-stroke diesel engines, 500 bhp (370 kW)[3] 2 × electric motors, 460 shp (340 kW)[3] |
| Speed: | 11.6 knots (21.5 km/h), surfaced[2] 7.0 knots (13.0 km/h), submerged |
| Endurance: | 9,430 nautical miles at 7 knots, surfaced[3] (17,460 km at 13 km/h) 55 nautical miles at 4 knots, submerged[3] (102 km at 7.4 km/h) |
| Test depth: | 50 m (160 ft)[3] |
| Complement: | 26[3] |
| Armament: | 6 × 100 cm (39.4 in) mine tubes[3] 18 × UC 200 mines 3 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes (2 bow/external; one stern) 7 × torpedoes 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) KL/30 deck gun[2] |
| Notes: | 35-second diving time[2] |
| Service record | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
Pola Flotilla 12 Oct 1916 - 11 Nov 1918 |
| Commanders: |
Oblt Heino von Heimburg[4] 1 Jul 1916 - 13 Jul 1917 Oblt Erich Wiesenbach[5] 14 Jul 1917 - 16 Oct 1917 Oblt Carl Bünte[6] 1 Jan 1918 - 16 May 1918 Oblt Eberhard Weichold[7] 17 May 1918 - 29 Nov 1918 |
| Operations: | 15 patrols |
| Victories: |
22 merchant ships sunk (41,351 GRT) 3 merchant ships damaged (14,012 GRT) 1 warship sunk (414 tons) |
SM UC-22 was a German Type UC II minelaying submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 26 August 1915 and was launched on 1 February 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 30 June 1916 as SM UC-22.[Note 1] In 15 patrols UC-22 was credited with sinking 23 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid. UC-22 was surrendered to France on 3 February 1919 and was broken up at Landerneau in July 1921.[1]
Summary of Raiding Career
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[8] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1916 | Emma |  Russian Empire |
279 | Sunk |
| 29 November 1916 | Luciston |  United Kingdom |
2,948 | Sunk |
| 1 December 1916 | Burcombe | United Kingdom |
3,516 | Sunk |
| 4 December 1916 | Algerie |  France |
4,035 | Sunk |
| 28 December 1916 | Oronsay | United Kingdom |
3,761 | Sunk |
| 30 December 1916 | Apsleyhall | United Kingdom |
3,882 | Sunk |
| 1 January 1917 | Baycraig | United Kingdom |
3,761 | Sunk |
| 27 February 1917 | Bellorado | United Kingdom |
4,649 | Damaged |
| 3 April 1917 | Cloughton | United Kingdom |
4,221 | Damaged |
| 3 April 1917 | Oberon | United Kingdom |
5,142 | Damaged |
| 5 April 1917 | Agia | .svg.png){kind=small} Greece |
20 | Sunk |
| 5 April 1917 | Evangelistria | Greece |
29 | Sunk |
| 5 April 1917 | Kyriotis | Greece |
19 | Sunk |
| 17 June 1917 | Aghios Georgios | Greece |
16 | Sunk |
| 20 June 1917 | Ariane | France |
414 | Sunk |
| 31 July 1917 | Regina | Greece |
70 | Sunk |
| 3 August 1917 | San Nicola | _crowned.svg.png){kind=small} Kingdom of Italy |
30 | Sunk |
| 14 August 1917 | Julita |  Spain |
641 | Sunk |
| 22 August 1917 | Golo II | France |
1,380 | Sunk |
| 20 January 1918 | HMS Louvain |  Royal Navy |
1,830 | Sunk, 224 killed |
| 25 January 1918 | Aghios Dimitrios | Greece |
50 | Sunk |
| 16 April 1918 | Romania | Kingdom of Italy |
2,562 | Sunk |
| 13 June 1918 | Octo |  Norway |
1,620 | Sunk |
| 9 August 1918 | Girolamo Ciolino | Kingdom of Italy |
58 | Sunk |
| 10 August 1918 | Polynesien | France |
6,373 | Sunk |
| 27 August 1918 | Pampa | France |
4,471 | Sunk, 117 killed |
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 1.5 Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: UC-22". U-Boat War in World War I. Uboat.net. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Tarrant, p. 173.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Gardiner, p. 182.
- ↑ "Heino von Heimburg (Pour le Mérite)". Uboat.net. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ↑ "Erich Wiesenbach". Uboat.net. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ↑ "Carl Bünte". Uboat.net. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ↑ "Eberhard Weichold". Uboat.net. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ↑ "SM UC-22 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
Bibliography
- Bendert, Harald (2001). Die UC-Boote der Kaiserlichen Marine 1914-1918. Minenkrieg mit U-Booten (in German). Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn: Mittler. ISBN 3-8132-0758-7.
- Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-907-8. OCLC 12119866.
- Tarrant, V. E. (1989). The U-Boat Offensive: 1914–1945. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-764-7. OCLC 20338385.
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