Above ... The E20, sister vessel to the E22.
HM SUBMARINE E22
Position ... 52 36 407 N / 003 05 089 E (Offshore east of Yarmouth)
Builder ... Vickers, Barrow
Built ... 1915
Dimensions ... Length 181 feet / Beam 15 feet
Displacement ... Surface 667 tons / Submerged 807 tons
Propulsion ... Two 800 hp diesel engines / Two electric engines 420 hp
Screws ... x2 / diameter 5 feet 7 inches / 3 blades per screw
Armament ... Bow, two 18 inch torpedo tubes / Stern, one 18 inch torpedo tube / Beam, two broadside firing 18 inch torpedo tubes
Gun ... One 12 pounder deck gun
Lost ... 25th April 1916
Cause ... Torpedo
Casualties ... 31
Below ... General layout of the E22. Note the two torpedo tubes below the conning tower area for port and starboard broadside firing.
Loss of the E22
On the 25th April 1916, whilst running on the surface off Yarmouth, the E22 was spotted and torpedoed by the German submarine UB-18. Out of the crew of 33 only 2 men survived the attack.
Trials in the North Sea
The day prior to the sinking of the E22, the submarine had been conducting trials involving the deployment of two Sopwith Schneider Seaplane Scouts from the vessels aft deck casings, this being with the intention of allowing the interception of German Zeppelins from the sea.
Below ... Two photographs of the E22 conducting trials with the two Sopwith Schneider Seaplane Scouts.
Survivors
Thomas Harrod and Frederick Buckingham. Both men were rescued by their attacker UB-18 and in turn became prisoners of war.
Casualties, name, rank and age
Harry Bacon , leading Seaman - 24
William Bewers, Chief Stocker - 38
James Brewer, Stoker 1st Class - 21
Alan Carles, Lieutenant - 22
Fred Carter, Engine Room Artificer 4th Class - 27
Edward Collier, Lieutenant - 23
Charles Dadford, Stoker 1st Class - 23
Reginald Dimsdale, Commanding Officer (Lieutenant) - 30
William Dumelow, Stoker 1st Class - 27
James Dwyer, Stoker 1st Class - 23
Wilfred Elliott, Chief Engine Room Artificer - 35
Patrick Flynn, Stoker 1st Class - 23
Charles Frost, Petty Officer - 36
George Hayward, Stoker 1st Class - 22
Harold Hazelton, Boy Telegraphist - 17
Richard Hingston, Stoker 1st Class - 29
Charles Hood, Able Seaman -23
John Hoskin, Stoker Petty Officer - 35
Ernest Hunt, Petty Officer - 34
George Jecock, Able Seaman - 23
Ernest Jelf, Leading Seaman - 29
Harold Norton, Able Seaman - 24
Frederick Organ, Engine Room Artificer 1st Class - 29
Herbert Puckhaber, Petty Officer - 28Arthur Rayer, Leading Stocker - 24
Edward Regan, able Seaman - 22
William Rook, Leading Stoker - 27
William Skinner, Leading Stoker - 24
Henry Skoyles, Able Seaman - 24
John Trebble, Able Seaman - 25
William Woodland, Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class - 30
The E22 today
The UKHO report in 2013 states the site to have a length of 55mtrs, width 5mtrs with a height of 5mtrs and broken in the centre. Depth 35mtrs.