Soviet submarine K-22
- Displacement
- 1,466 long tons (1,490 t)
- Length
- 97.7 m (320.5 ft)
- Beam
- 7.4 m (24.3 ft)
- Speed
- 21 knots (38.9 km/h, 24.2 mph)
- Complement
- 66
- Main gun
- 100 mm (3.9 in)
Service
- as K-227 August 1940 — 7 February 1943914 days of the war
- Name
- K-22
- Builder
- Zavod No. 190, Leningrad
- Laid down
- 5 January 1938
- Launched
- 4 November 1938
- Commissioned
- 7 August 1940
- Fate
- Sunk, 7 February 1943 (1943)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,466 long tons (1,490 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 2,071 long tons (2,104 t)
- Length
- 97.7 m (320.5 ft) OA
- Beam
- 7.4 m (24.3 ft)
- Draught
- 4.5 m (14.8 ft)
- Speed
- 21 knots (38.9 km/h, 24.2 mph)
- Range
- 7,500 nmi (13,890 km)
- Complement
- 66
- Main gun
- 100 mm (3.9 in)
K-22 was a Soviet K-class submarine built for the Soviet Navy. Zavod No. 190, Leningrad laid her keel on 5 January 1938. Launched on 4 November 1938, she entered service on 7 August 1940.
Her class ran to 15 ships. The class followed the Soviet S-class submarine and was succeeded by the Zulu-class submarine.
The boat displaced 1,466 long tons surfaced and 2,071 long tons submerged. She measured 97.7 m (321 ft) long with a beam of 7.4 m (24 ft). Her designed speed was 21 knots, and she carried a complement of 66.
Her main battery was two 100 mm (3.9 in) guns.
She was in commission for 914 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 7 February 1943. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2-shaft diesel electric
- Power
- 8400 PS (diesel)
- 2400 PS (electric)
- Armament
- 6 × bow 533 mm torpedo tubes
- 4 × stern 533 mm torpedo tubes (2 internal, 2 external)
- 2 × 100 mm deck guns
- 2 × 45 mm deck guns
- 20 × mines
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Soviet submarine K-22 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.