HMS E22: Difference between revisions

|Ship country= United Kingdom

|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|UKUnited Kingdom|naval}}

|Ship name= HMS ''E22''

|Ship launched=27 August 1915

|Ship fate=SunkTorpedoed byand torpedo,sunk 25 April 1916

|Ship class=[[British E -class submarine|E -class]] [[submarine]]

*5 × {{convert[[British 18-inch torpedo|18|in|-inch (450 mm|0|abbr=on}})]] [[torpedo tube]]s (2 bow, 2 beam, 1 stern)

'''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.

Like all post-''E8'' [[British E-class submarine]]s, ''E22'' had a displacement of {{convert|662|tLT|STt}} at the surface and {{convert|807|tLT|STt}} while submerged. She had a total length of {{convert|180|ft|m}}<ref name="McCartneyBryan2013">{{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}}</ref> and a beam length 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.<ref name=Akerman>Akerman, P. (1989). ''Encyclopaedia of British submarines 1901&ndash;1955''. &nbsp;p.150. Maritime Books. {{ISBN |1-904381-05-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csubmarine.org/html/class/eclass.html|title=E Class|publisher=Chatham Submarines|accessdateaccess-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}}</ref> 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|tLT|STt}} of diesel and ranges of {{convert|3255|mi|km nmi}} when travelling at {{convert|10|kn|km/h mph}}.<ref name="McCartneyBryan2013"/> ''E21'' was capable of operating submerged for five hours when travelling at {{convert|5|kn|km/h mph}}.

''E22'' was armed with five {{convert|[[British 18-inch torpedo|in}}18-inch (450 mm)]] [[torpedo tube]]s, two in the bow, one either side amidships, and one in the stern; a total of 10 torpedoes were carried.<ref name=Akerman/>

Her [[Ship's company|complement]] was three officers and 28 men.<ref name="McCartneyBryan2013"/>

''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]] inat [[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.<ref>{{cite Uboat.net

}}</ref> There were two survivors, ERA F.S. Buckingham and Signalman William Harrod, taken prisoner by the U-Boatboat.

* {{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 }}

* [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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