HMS H22
{{short description|Submarine of the Royal Navy}}
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{{Use British English|date=December 2016}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = HMS H4 Brindisi 1916 IWM SP 578.jpg | Ship caption = HMS H4, another submarine of the same class }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = United Kingdom | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}} | Ship name = HMS H22 | Ship owner = | Ship namesake = | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness | Ship yard number = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = 14 November 1917 | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = 6 November 1918 | Ship decommissioned = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship fate = Sold, 19 February 1929 }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = H class submarine | Ship displacement =*{{convert|423|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} surfaced
| Ship length = {{convert|171|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|15|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship draught = | Ship propulsion =*1 × {{convert|480|hp|0|abbr=on}} diesel engine
| Ship speed =*{{convert|11.5|kn|lk=in}} surfaced
| Ship range =*{{convert|2985|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|7.5|kn|abbr=on}} surfaced
| Ship endurance = | Ship test depth = | Ship complement = 22 | Ship sensors = | Ship EW = | Ship armament =
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HMS H22 was a British H class submarine built by Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness, as part of the Batch 3 H class submarines. She was launched on 14 November 1917 and was commissioned on 6 November 1918.
HMS H22 was sold on 19 February 1929 and was broken up in Charlestown, Fife.
Design
Like all post-H20 British H-class submarines, H22 had a displacement of {{convert|423|LT|t}} at the surface and {{convert|510|LT|t}} while submerged.{{cite book |last1=Gardiner |first1=Robert |last2=Gray |first2=Robert |title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906-1921 |date=1985 |publisher=Conway Maritime Press |location=London |isbn=0-85177-245-5 |page=92}} It had a total length of {{convert|171|ft|m}},{{cite book|author=Derek Walters|title=The History of the British 'U' Class Submarine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VyeJ9DOXcOAC&pg=PA2|year=2004|publisher=Casemate Publishers|isbn=978-1-84415-131-8|pages=2–}} a beam of {{convert|15|ft|4|in}}, and a draught of {{convert|12|m}}. It contained a diesel engines providing a total power of {{convert|480|hp}} and two electric motors each providing {{convert|320|hp}} power.{{Cite Colledge2006}} Retrieved from [http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishShips-Dittmar3WarshipsA.htm#10 Naval-History] on 20 August 2015. The use of its electric motors made the submarine travel at {{convert|11|kn|km/h mph}}. It would normally carry {{convert|16.4|LT|t}} of fuel and had a maximum capacity of {{convert|18|LT|t}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.gwpda.org/naval/hpatsubs.htm|title=Building History and Technical Details for Canadian CC-Boats and the Original H-CLASS|publisher=Electric Boat Company Holland Patent Submarines|author=J. D. Perkins|year=1999|access-date=20 August 2015}}
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of {{convert|13|kn|km/h mph}} and a submerged speed of {{convert|10.5|kn|km/h mph}}. Post-H20 British H-class submarines had ranges of {{convert|2985|nmi|km mi}} at speeds of {{convert|7.5|kn|km/h mph}} when surfaced. H22 was fitted with an anti-aircraft gun and four {{convert|21|in}} torpedo tubes. Its torpedo tubes were fitted to the bows and the submarine was loaded with eight {{convert|21|in}} torpedoes. It is a Holland 602 type submarine but was designed to meet Royal Navy specifications. Its complement was twenty-two crew members.
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book |last1=Hutchinson |first1=Robert |title=Jane's submarines : war beneath the waves from 1776 to the present day |date=2001 |publisher=HarperCollins |location=London |isbn=9780007105588}}
{{Holland 602 type submarine}}
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Category:British H-class submarines
Category:Ships built in Barrow-in-Furness