WWI U-boats

UB 22

Type UB II
ShipyardBlohm & Voss, Hamburg (Werk 252)
Ordered 30 Apr 1915
Launched 9 Oct 1915
Commissioned 1 Mar 1916
Commanders
2 Mar 1916 - 16 Apr 1917 Oblt. Bernhard Putzier
17 Apr 1917 - 19 Jan 1918 Oblt. Karl Wacker
Career 18 patrols
14 Apr 1916 - 1 Feb 1917 I Flotilla
1 Feb 1917 - 22 Sep 1917 II Flotilla
22 Sep 1917 - 19 Jan 1918 V Flotilla
Successes27 ships sunk with a total of 16,645 tons. (View ships hit by UB 22)
Fate 19 Jan 1918 - Mined in the Heligoland Bight at 5427N 0635E. 22 dead (all hands lost).

The wreck of UB 22 was located in 2019.


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