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| U-222 | Type VIIC |
| Feldpost Number | M 00 832 |
| Construction Yard | F.Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel-Gaarden |
| Yard Number | 652 |
| Ordered | 15th Aug 1940 |
| Keel laid | 16th Jun 1941 |
| Launched | 28th Mar 1942 |
| Commissioned | 23rd May 1942 |
| Baubelehrung | Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Ostsee, Kiel /
1.KLA, Kiel | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 05.42 - 09.42 | 8.U-Flottille, Danzig
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| Commanders | | 05.42 - 09.42 | OL Ralf von Jessen
see also: U-266 |
| Notes for U-222 | While training in the Baltic on 2nd September 1942, U-222 collided with U-626. The boat went down approximately at 54°25'N, 19°30'E. Only 3 men survived, 42 men were lost with U-222.
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 | | Richard Donhauser | | Courtesy Mathieu de Wolf | | Before a U-Boat and its crew could make it to the front, they first had to survive training. A collision with U-626 during maneuvers in the Baltic off of Pillau ended the hopes of U-222 and 42 of Richard Donhauser's comrades. |
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