HNLMS O 22

O 22 in 1940
History
Netherlands
NameO 22
BuilderKoninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde, Vlissingen
Laid down20 November 1937
Launched20 January 1940
Commissioned10 May 1940
FateLost in 1940
General characteristics
Class and typeO 21-class submarine
Displacement
  • 990 tons surfaced
  • 1205 tons submerged
Length77.7 m (254 ft 11 in)
Beam6.8 m (22 ft 4 in)
Draught3.95 m (13 ft 0 in)
Propulsion
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
Complement39
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 an O 21-class submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy that saw service during World War II.

Ship history

O 22 in dock in April 1940 after a trial run.

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.

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.

57°55′N 5°31′E / 57.917°N 5.517°E / 57.917; 5.517


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