WWI U-boats

UC 22

Type UC II
ShipyardBlohm & Voss, Hamburg (Werk 272)
Ordered 29 Aug 1915
Launched 1 Feb 1916
Commissioned 30 Jun 1916
Commanders
1 Jul 1916 - 13 Jul 1917 Oblt. Heino von Heimburg (Pour le Mérite)
14 Jul 1917 - 16 Oct 1917 Oblt. Erich Wiesenbach
1 Jan 1918 - 16 May 1918 Oblt. Carl Bünte
17 May 1918 - 29 Nov 1918 Oblt. Eberhard Weichold
Career 15 patrols
12 Oct 1916 - 11 Nov 1918 Pola/Mittelmeer II Flotilla
Successes22 ships sunk with a total of 41,351 tons.
3 ships damaged with a total of 14,012 tons.
1 warship sunk with a total of 414 tons. (View ships hit by UC 22)
Fate 3 Feb 1919 - Surrendered to France. Broken up at Landerneau in July 1921.

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