HMS E22
{{short description|Submarine of the Royal Navy}}
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HMS E22 was a British E-class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on 27 August 1914 and was commissioned on 8 November 1915.
Design
Like all post-E8 British E-class submarines, E22 had a displacement of {{convert|662|LT|t}} at the surface and {{convert|807|LT|t}} while submerged. She had a total length of {{convert|180|ft|m}}{{cite book|author1=Innes McCartney|author2=Tony Bryan|title=British Submarines of World War I|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JWFapIxWZSUC&pg=PA11|date=20 February 2013|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=978-1-4728-0035-0|pages=11–12}} and a beam of {{convert|22|ft|8.5|in}}. She was powered by two {{convert|800|hp}} Vickers eight-cylinder two-stroke diesel engines and two {{convert|420|hp}} electric motors.Akerman, P. (1989). Encyclopaedia of British submarines 1901–1955. p.150. Maritime Books. {{ISBN|1-904381-05-7}}{{cite web|url=http://www.csubmarine.org/html/class/eclass.html|title=E Class|publisher=Chatham Submarines|access-date=20 August 2015|archive-date=13 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150813023119/http://csubmarine.org/html/class/eclass.html|url-status=dead}} The submarine had a maximum surface speed of {{convert|16|kn|km/h mph}} and a submerged speed of {{convert|10|kn|km/h mph}}. British E-class submarines had fuel capacities of {{convert|50|LT|t}} of diesel and ranges of {{convert|3255|mi|km nmi}} when travelling at {{convert|10|kn|km/h mph}}. E21 was capable of operating submerged for five hours when travelling at {{convert|5|kn|km/h mph}}.
E22 was armed with five 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes, two in the bow, one either side amidships, and one in the stern; a total of 10 torpedoes were carried.
E-Class submarines had wireless systems with {{convert|1|kW}} power ratings; in some submarines, these were later upgraded to {{convert|3|kW}} systems by removing a midship torpedo tube. Their maximum design depth was {{convert|100|ft}} although in service some reached depths of below {{convert|200|ft}}. Some submarines contained Fessenden oscillator systems.
Crew
Her complement was three officers and 28 men.
Service history
E22 was involved in experiments in the North Sea to intercept Zeppelins on 24 April 1916. E22 carried two Sopwith Schneider seaplane scouts on her casing. The boat would then submerge in calm waters and the planes would float on the surface. They would then take off and then return to the East coast of England at Felixstowe. The trials were not repeated.
E22 was torpedoed by the German U-boat {{SMU|UB-18||2}} off Great Yarmouth in the North Sea on 25 April 1916.{{cite Uboat.net
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}} There were two survivors, ERA F.S. Buckingham and Signalman William Harrod, taken prisoner by the U-boat.
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book | last = Hutchinson | first = Robert | title = Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Say | year = 2001 | location = London | publisher = HarperCollins | isbn = 978-0-00-710558-8 | oclc = 53783010 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/janessubmarinesw0000hutc }}
External links
- [http://hmse22.wix.com/memorial HMS E22 - Online Memorial]
- [http://www.submarine-museum.co.uk/what-we-have/memorial-chapel/submarine-losses?start=5 'Submarine losses 1904 to present day' - Royal Navy Submarine Museum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925133847/http://www.submarine-museum.co.uk/what-we-have/memorial-chapel/submarine-losses?start=5 |date=25 September 2015 }}
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Category:British E-class submarines of the Royal Navy
Category:Ships built in Barrow-in-Furness
Category:World War I submarines of the United Kingdom
Category:Ships sunk by German submarines in World War I
Category:World War I shipwrecks in the North Sea