HNLMS O 22
| History | |
|---|---|
 Netherlands | |
| 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 and type | Template:Sclass- |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 77.7 m (254 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 6.8 m (22 ft 4 in) |
| Draught | 3.95 m (13 ft 0 in) |
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| Range | |
| Complement | 39 |
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O 22, laid down K XXII was an Template:Sclass- 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, O 22 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 sailors. 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. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
- ^ a b "Dutch Submarines: The submarine O 22". dutchsubmarines.com. 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2013.