U-822
Country | Germany |
Ship Class | Type VII-class Submarine |
Builder | Oderwerke AG |
Slip/Drydock Number | III |
Ordered | 20 Jan 1941 |
Laid Down | 29 Oct 1941 |
Launched | 20 Feb 1944 |
Commissioned | 1 Jul 1944 |
Displacement | 769 tons standard; 871 tons submerged |
Length | 220 feet |
Beam | 20 feet |
Draft | 16 feet |
Machinery | 2 Germaniawerft F46 4-stroke 6cyl supercharged diesel engines (2,760-3,160shp), 2 BBC GG UB 720/8 double-acting electric motors (740 shp), 2 shafts, 2 propellers |
Speed | 18 knots |
Range | 8,500nm at 10 knots surfaced, 80nm at 4 knots submerged |
Crew | 56 |
Armament | 4x53.3cm bow torpedo tubes, 1x53.3cm stern torpedo tubes, 14 torpedoes or 26 TMA mines, 1x8.8cm deck gun, 1x3.7cm Flak M42 anti-aircraft gun, 2x2x2cm C/30 anti-aircraft gun |
Submerged Speed | 7.6 knots |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
ww2dbaseGerman submarine U-822 was commissioned into service in Jul 1944. She was assigned to the 4th Submarine Flotilla for training, remained with that training unit until the end of the war. She was scuttled in Wesermünde (Bremerhaven), Germany in early May 1945 to prevent Allied capture. In 1948, her wreck was raised and broken up.
ww2dbaseSource: Wikipedia
Last Major Revision: Aug 2021
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U-822 Operational Timeline
20 Jan 1941 | The order for the construction of U-822 was issued. |
29 Oct 1941 | The keel of U-822 was laid down by Oderwerke in Stettin, Germany. |
20 Feb 1944 | U-822 was launched by Oderwerke in Stettin, Germany. |
1 Jul 1944 | U-822 was commissioned into service with Oberleutnant zur See Josef Elsinghorst in command. |
5 May 1945 | U-822 was scuttled in Wesermünde, Germany. |
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