XE22

Built By:	Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group:	XE
Fate:	In collinson with vessel (possible HMS/m Syrtis) Pentland Firth on 1 Feb 1944

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07-02-1944 :

XE22 was lost 7 February 1944 in a collision in Pentland Forth.

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XE Specification

Length overall	51' 7"
Beam	8' 6" (with charges)
	5' 9 1/2" (without charges)
Displacement	Without Charges: 27 tons (surface)
	Without Charges: 29 1/2 tons (submerged)
Diving Depth	300'
Speed	With Charges: 6.5 knots (surface)
	With Charges: 5 knots (submerged)
No. of shafts	1
Armament	2 2-ton side charges, Limpet mines
Endurance	Surface: 1320 miles at 4 knots (with charges)
	Surface 1860 miles at 4 knots (without charges)
	Submerged: 80 miles at 2 knots (with charges)
Complement	4

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