WWI U-boats
U 33
Type | U 31 | |||||||||||||
Shipyard | Germaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 193) | |||||||||||||
Ordered | 29 Mar 1912 | |||||||||||||
Laid down | 7 Nov 1912 | |||||||||||||
Launched | 19 May 1914 | |||||||||||||
Commissioned | 27 Sep 1914 | |||||||||||||
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Career | 16 patrols | |||||||||||||
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Successes | 84 ships sunk with a total of 194,131 tons. 8 ships damaged with a total of 36,452 tons. 1 ship taken as prize with a total of 453 tons. (View ships hit by U 33) | |||||||||||||
Fate | 16 Jan 1919 - Surrendered. Broken up at Blyth in 1919-20. |
There was another U 33 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 11 Jun 1936 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 25 Jul 1936. Take a look at U 33 from WWII.