Soviet submarine L-22

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. For the successes during the war the boat was awarded with the Order of Red Banner

Service history
L-22 scored her success mostly as minelayer unit.

L-22 also torpedoed and damaged German freighter Rudesheimer (2036 GRT) on 1 September 1943