Events on this day
22 June
This is a run-down from several databases on our site. It's meant to give a clear picture of events on this date, all year round.
U-boat Shipyard report
| Ordered (0) | Laid down (1) | Launched (1) | Commissioned (0) |
| No U-boat orders on this date | 1941: U-467 | 1944: U-1064 | No boats commissioned on this date |
| These are commissioned boats. For more see our Shipyard pages. | |||
Allied Ships hit on this date
| U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Country | Convoy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | |||||||
| U-30 | Lemp |  | Randsfjord | 3,999 |  nw | HX-49 | |
| U-32 | Jenisch | | Eli Knudsen | 9,026 | nw | HX-49 | |
| U-38 | Liebe | | Neion | 5,154 |  gr | ||
| U-65 | Stockhausen | | Monique | 7,011 |  fr | ||
| 1941 | |||||||
| U-141 | Schüler | | Calabria | 1,277 |  sw | SL-76 | |
| U-77 | Schonder | | Arakaka | 2,379 |  br | ||
| 1942 | |||||||
| U-159 | Witte | | E.J. Sadler | 9,639 |  am | ||
| U-202 | Linder | | Rio Tercero | 4,864 |  ar | ||
| 1943 | |||||||
| U-572 | Kummetat | | Lot | 4,220 | fr | UGS-10 | |
| U-593 | Kelbling | | USS LST-333 total loss | 1,625 | am | Elastic | |
| U-593 | Kelbling | | USS LST-387 (d) | 1,625 | am | Elastic | |
| 50,819 | |||||||
| * Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. (d) = damaged See all Allied ships hit by U-boats during WWII. | |||||||
Attacks on this day
No attacks found on this date.
U-boats lost
1940: U-122 +
1944: U-988 +
99 men died when those 2 U-boats were lost on this date. There were no survivors.
U-boats marked with + were lost with all hands.
- For more information on U-boat losses check out our Fates section.
U-boat Men Lost or Wounded
There were no men lost from U-boats on this date, 22 June.
- For more information on Men lost from U-boats check out this page.
Personnel Information
The following men were born on this day:
Paul Ehrenfried Lenkeit (1915), Ebe Schnoor (1895), Siegfried Straub (1918).
The following men died on this day:
Erich Dobberstein (1944), Josef Elsinghorst (2006), Hans-Günther Looff (1940), Horst-Thilo Queck (1981), Herbert Sohler (1991).
See the entire U-boat commander listing showing all U-boat commanders.
We might include more officers (Allied and Axis) at a later date.
U-boat departures and arrivals on 22 June
This section shows the U-boat departures and arrivals from bases on this day of the year. Current country names shown with harbour names. Boats entering port display days at sea during that patrol.
1940
Sailed:
From Kiel, Germany: U-102 (lost 10 days later)
From Wilhelmshaven, Germany: U-34
1941
Sailed:
From Horten, Norway: U-372
1942
Sailed:
From Brest, France: U-582
From Pola: U-562
U-boats entering base:
To Lorient, France: U-103 (69 days)
To Pola U-559 (36 days)
To Trondheim, Norway: U-457 (5 days)
1943
Sailed:
From Kiel, Germany: U-277, U-387
From Konstanza, Rumania: U-20
U-boats entering base:
To Brest, France: U-450 (27 days), U-645 (60 days)
1944
Sailed:
From Bergen, Norway: U-1192
From Kiel, Germany: U-855, U-994
From La Pallice: U-212
From Lorient, France: U-802
U-boats entering base:
To Hammerfest, Norway: U-997 (29 days)
To Kristiansand U-478 (3 days)
To Lorient, France: U-541 (115 days)
U-boats at sea on 22 June
Boats entering port on this day are not counted, but boats departing for patrol are. (+) indicates the boat was lost during this patrol.
1940
U-25, U-26 (+), U-28, U-29, U-30, U-32, U-34, U-38, U-43, U-46, U-47, U-48, U-51, U-52, U-61, U-62, U-65, U-99, U-101, U-102 (+), UA.
21 boats at sea.
1941
U-38, U-43, U-69, U-71, U-73, U-75, U-77, U-79, U-96, U-101, U-103, U-107, U-108, U-111, U-123, U-137, U-140, U-141, U-142, U-143, U-144, U-145, U-146, U-149, U-201, U-202, U-203, U-204, U-371, U-552, U-553, U-556 (+), U-557, U-558, U-559, U-561, U-562, U-564, U-651 (+), U-751, UA.
41 boats at sea.
1942
U-67, U-68, U-69, U-81, U-84, U-87, U-88, U-89, U-94, U-96, U-97, U-106, U-107, U-124, U-126, U-128, U-129, U-132, U-134, U-135, U-153 (+), U-154, U-156, U-158 (+), U-159, U-160, U-161, U-166 (+), U-171 (+), U-172, U-173, U-202, U-203, U-205, U-215 (+), U-251, U-332, U-334, U-355, U-372, U-373, U-376, U-402, U-404, U-406, U-408, U-432, U-437, U-453, U-458, U-459, U-460, U-461, U-502 (+), U-504, U-505, U-553, U-561, U-562, U-566, U-569, U-571, U-575, U-576 (+), U-578, U-582, U-584, U-590, U-594, U-653, U-657, U-701 (+), U-753, U-754 (+).
74 boats at sea.
1943
U-18, U-19, U-20, U-24, U-66, U-67 (+), U-73, U-81, U-84 (+), U-92, U-119 (+), U-126 (+), U-134 (+), U-135 (+), U-154, U-159 (+), U-170, U-172, U-177, U-178, U-180, U-181, U-185 (+), U-190, U-193, U-194 (+), U-195, U-196, U-197 (+), U-198, U-199 (+), U-200 (+), U-211, U-212, U-214, U-221, U-228, U-232 (+), U-251, U-257, U-271, U-302, U-306, U-333, U-336, U-341, U-358, U-380, U-382, U-415, U-420, U-431, U-435 (+), U-449 (+), U-455, U-458, U-460, U-462, U-487 (+), U-488, U-508, U-510, U-511, U-513 (+), U-515, U-527 (+), U-530, U-535 (+), U-536, U-558 (+), U-565, U-571, U-572 (+), U-586, U-590 (+), U-592, U-593, U-596, U-600, U-603, U-608, U-615 (+), U-617, U-618, U-622, U-625, U-634 (+), U-641, U-642, U-650, U-653, U-666, U-667, U-669, U-732, U-758, U-759 (+), U-951 (+), U-953.
99 boats at sea.
1944
U-19, U-20, U-107, U-129, U-154 (+), U-155, U-181, U-183, U-196, U-198 (+), U-212, U-214, U-218, U-233 (+), U-242, U-243 (+), U-247, U-269 (+), U-275, U-276, U-294, U-307, U-309, U-313, U-315, U-317 (+), U-344, U-363, U-390, U-394, U-396, U-397, U-441 (+), U-480, U-516, U-530, U-534, U-537, U-539, U-543 (+), U-546, U-547, U-548, U-621, U-668, U-671, U-673, U-677, U-678 (+), U-711, U-716, U-719 (+), U-741, U-745, U-763, U-764, U-771, U-802, U-804, U-853, U-857, U-858, U-859 (+), U-861, U-862, U-958, U-971 (+), U-975, U-982, U-984, U-992, U-999, U-1001, U-1007, U-1060, U-1062, U-1165, U-1191 (+), U-1192, U-1222 (+), U-1225 (+).
81 boats at sea.
1945
General Events on 22 June
1940
The French signed an armistice with Germany at a site in the Forest of Compiègne chosen by Hitler to celebrate revenge for Germany's WWI armistice with France. The ceremony was a replica of the 1918 event (same location, in the same railroad car).
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