SM U 33
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| Technical specifications | ||
| Submarine type: | Two-hull deep-sea boat U31 - U41 | |
| Displacement: | 685 tons (above water) 878 tons (under water) |
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| Length: | 64.70 m | |
| Width: | 6.32 m | |
| Draft: | 3.56 m | |
| Max. Diving depth: | 50 m | |
| Drive: | Diesel engines 2 × 925 PS E-machines 2 × 600 PS |
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| Range: | 8790 nm (up) 80 nm (down) | |
| Armament: | 2 bow and 2 stern tubes with 6 torpedoes 1 × 10.5 cm cannon |
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| Crew: | 4 officers 31 men |
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| Speed: | 16.4 knots (above water) 9.7 knots (under water) |
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| Calls: | 16 patrols | |
| Successes: | 83 sinkings (193,982 t) and 8 damages (36,452 t) | |
| Whereabouts: | Delivered to the Allies on January 16, 1919 and broken up in Blyth . | |
SM U 33 was a German submarine of the Imperial Navy and was used in the First World War.
history
The keel laying of U 33 took place on December 7, 1912 at the Germania shipyard in Kiel . It was launched on May 19, 1914 and commissioned on September 27, 1914.
Until August 1, 1915, the boat was assigned to the IV Flotilla. From September 16, 1915 to March 11, 1916, it was reported to the U-Flotilla Pola stationed there in the Austrian port of Pola . On March 11, 1916, the boat came to the Constantinople Flotilla until November 27, 1916 , after which it was again in Pola until November 11, 1918 with the I. Mediterranean Flotilla. During the war, probably in 1916 or 1917, the original 8.8 cm deck gun was dismantled and exchanged for a gun with a 10.5 cm caliber. The boat made a total of 16 patrols, in which 82 ships were sunk and 8 damaged. A pinch was also brought in.
The largest ship sunk by U 33 was the 10,963 GRT Cameronia , a former ocean liner of the British Anchor Line converted into a troop transport . The second largest sunk ship was the 7247 GRT French passenger steamer Sontay , which was torpedoed near Malta on April 16, 1917 (49 dead).
On March 30, 1916, U 33 sank the hospital ship Portugal in the Black Sea , killing 115 people.
Commanders
- Konrad Gansser --- September 27, 1914 to September 23, 1916
- Gustav Sieß --- September 24, 1916 to April 1, 1917
- Hellmuth von Doemming --- April 2, 1917 to November 30, 1918
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