Soviet submarine L-22
| Career (USSR) |  |
|---|---|
| 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: | 1,108 tons surfaced 1,400 tons submerged |
| Length: | 85.3 m (279 ft 10 in) |
| Beam: | 7 m (23 ft 0 in) |
| Draft: | 4.05 m (13 ft 3 in) |
| Propulsion: | Diesel-electric 2 × diesels 2 × electric motors 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h) surfaced 9 knots (17 km/h) submerged |
| Range: | 10,000 nmi (19,000 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) surfaced 150 nmi (280 km) at 2.5 kn (4.6 km/h) submerged |
| Test depth: | 80 |
| Complement: | 56 |
| Armament: | 1 × 100 mm (3.9 in) L/68 gun 1 × 45 mm (1.8 in) gun 8 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (6 bow, 2 ext aft) 18 × torpedoes 20 × mines |
| 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 improvments including more torpedo tubes.[1][2] For the successes during the war the boat was awarded with the Order of Red Banner [3]
Service history
L-22 scored her success mostly as minelayer unit.
| Date | Ship | Flag | Tonnage | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 November 1942 | Schiff-18 Alteland |  |
419 GRT | aux. patrol ship(mine) |
| 14 April 1943 | Pasvik |  |
238 GRT | tug(mine) |
| 1 June 1943 | Birka | |
1000 GRT | hospital ship (mine) |
| 28 December 1943 | R-64 | |
125 GRT | aux. minesweeper(mine) |
| Total: | 1,782 GRT | |||
L-22 also torpedoed and damaged German freighter Rudesheimer (2036 GRT) on 1 September 1943
References
- ↑ http://www.navypedia.org/ships/russia/ru_ss_lxiii38.htm
- ↑ Orlov Alex, Dmitriy Metelev, Evgeniy Chirva. "Великая Отечественная - под водой". Town.ural.ru. Retrieved 2014-08-27.
- ↑ "Allied Warships L-22 Submarine of the L (Leninec) class". uboat.net/. Retrieved 27 August 2014.