| HNLMS O 22 | |
|---|---|
| Career |  |
| Name: | O 22 |
| Builder: | Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde, Vlissingen |
| Laid down: | 20 November 1937 |
| Launched: | 20 January 1940 |
| Commissioned: | 10 May 1940 |
| Fate: | Lost in 1940 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class & type: | O 21-class submarine |
| Displacement: |
990 tons surfaced 1205 tons submerged |
| Length: | 77.7 m (254 ft 11 in) |
| Beam: | 6.8 m (22 ft 4 in) |
| Draught: | 3.95 m (13 ft 0 in) |
| Propulsion: |
2 × 2,500 bhp (1,864 kW) diesel engines 2 × 500 bhp (373 kW) electric motors |
| Speed: |
19.5 kn (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph) surfaced 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged |
| Range: |
10,000 nmi (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced 28 nmi (52 km; 32 mi) at 8.5 kn (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) submerged |
| Complement: | 39 |
| Armament: |
4 × 21 in (533 mm) bow torpedo tubes 2 × 21 in stern torpedo tubes 2 × 21 in (1×2) external-traversing TT amidships |
O 22, laid down K XXII was a O 21-class submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy that saw service during World War II.
Ship history[]
The submarine was ordered on 12 April 1937 and laid down on 20 November 1937 as K XXII at the Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde, Vlissingen. During construction she was renamed O 22, and was finally launched on 20 January 1940. Following the German invasion of 10 May 1940, the O 21 was hastily commissioned, still incomplete, and sailed for England on 12 May together with her sister O 21 and the tugboat B.V. 37, to be finally completed at the Navy yard in Rosyth.[2]
During the war she operated in the North Sea and made five patrols. During her last patrol O 22 was lost with her entire crew, 42 Dutch and 3 British sailor. Her wreck was discovered in 1993 by a ship of the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. On 2 November 1996 a ceremony at the wreck site was held to commemorate the loss.[2]
References[]
- ↑ "Dutch Submarines: The O 21 submarine class". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/classes/class_o21.htm. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Dutch Submarines: The submarine O 22". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/boats/boat_o22.htm. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
Coordinates: 57°55′N 5°31′E / 57.917°N 5.517°E
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