Soviet submarine L-22

History
Soviet Union
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 improvements including more torpedo tubes.^{[citation needed]} For the successes during the war the boat was awarded the Order of Red Banner.^[1]

Service history

L-22 scored her success mostly as a minelayer submarine.

Ships sunk by *L-22*^[2]
Date	Ship	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	Schiff-8 Birka	1,000 GRT	hospital ship (mine)
28 December 1943	R-64	125 GRT	aux. minesweeper (mine)
Total:		1,782 GRT

Ships damaged by *L-22*.^[2]
Date	Ship	Flag	Tonnage	Notes
1 September 1943	Rudesheimer		2,036 GRT	Cargo ship (torpedo)
Total:			2,036 GRT

References

^ Orlov Alex; Dmitriy Metelev; Evgeniy Chirva. "Великая Отечественная - под водой". Town.ural.ru. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Allied Warships L-22 Submarine of the L (Leninec) class". uboat.net/. Retrieved 27 August 2014.

[1] Orlov Alex; Dmitriy Metelev; Evgeniy Chirva. "Великая Отечественная - под водой". Town.ural.ru. Retrieved 27 August 2014.

[uboat.netl-22-2] "Allied Warships L-22 Submarine of the L (Leninec) class". uboat.net/. Retrieved 27 August 2014.

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