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SM UB-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 & type: German Type UB II submarine
Displacement: 263 t (259 long tons) ↑[2]
292 t (287 long tons) ↓[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) ↑[2]
5.81 knots (10.76 km/h) ↓[2]
Range: 6,450 nautical miles (11,950 km; 7,420 mi) @ 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) ↑[2]
45 nmi (83 km; 52 mi) @ 4 knots ↓[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]

SM UB-22 was a German Type UB II submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German language: 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).[3] UB-22 was mined and sunk in the North Sea at 54°40′N 6°32′E / 54.667°N 6.533°E / 54.667; 6.533Coordinates: 54°40′N 6°32′E / 54.667°N 6.533°E / 54.667; 6.533 on 19 January 1918.[2]

Notes[]

  1. "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.

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Bibliography[]

  • Gröner, Erich (1985). U-Boote, Hilfskreuzer, Minenschiffe, Netzleger, Sperrbrecher. III. Koblenz: Bernhard&Graefe. ISBN 3-7637-4802-4. 
  • Bendert, Harald (2000). Die UB-Boote der Kaiserlichen Marine, 1914-1918. Einsätze, Erfolge, Schicksal. 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. I. Munich: Bernhard&Graefe. ISBN 3-7637-5213-7. 



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