U-22

Type

IIB

 
Ordered2 Feb 1935
Laid down 4 Mar 1936 F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel (werk 552)
Launched29 Jul 1936
Commissioned20 Aug 1936 
Commanders
23 Dec 1936 - 4 Oct 1937   Harald Grosse
1 Oct 1937 - 3 Oct 1939  Kptlt. Werner Winter (Knights Cross)
4 Oct 1939 - 27 Mar 1940  Kptlt. Karl-Heinrich Jenisch
Career7 patrols 1 Aug 1936 - 1 Aug 1939  3. Flottille (front boat)
1 Sep 1939 - 31 Dec 1939  3. Flottille (front boat)
1 Jan 1940 - 27 Mar 1940  1. Flottille (front boat)
Successes6 ships sunk for a total of 7,344 GRT
2 auxiliary warships sunk for a total of 3,633 GRT
1 warship sunk for a total of 1,475 tons
Fate

Missing since 27 March, 1940 in in the North Sea / Skagerak, exact position unknown, possibly lost by a mine. 27 dead (all hands lost).

See the 9 ships hit by U-22 - View the 7 war patrols

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-22 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2
Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.


There was another U-22 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 6 Mar 1913 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 25 Nov 1913. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 22 during WWI.


Related page:
U-boats Missing in Action.