Japanese submarine Ro-33

Career (Empire of Japan)
Name:	RO-33
Commissioned:	October 7, 1935
Fate:	The submarine was sunk near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea with all hands (70 officers and men) by the Royal Australian Navy destroyer Arunta at 09°36′S 147°06′E on August 29, 1942.
General characteristics
Class and type:	K5-class

Ro-33 was a Ro-33-class submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Commissioned on October 7, 1935 the submarine saw action for Imperial Japanese forces during the Pacific Campaign of World War II. The submarine was sunk near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea with all hands (70 officers and men) by the Royal Australian Navy destroyer Arunta at 09°36′S 147°06′E on August 29, 1942.

References

• Hashimoto, Mochitsura (1954). Sunk: The Story of the Japanese Submarine Fleet 1942 – 1945. Colegrave, E.H.M. (translator). London: Cassell and Company. ASIN B000QSM3L0. 
• Hackett, Bob; Sander Kingsepp (2003). "HIJMS Submarine RO-33: Tabular Record of Movement". Sensuikan!. Combinedfleet.com. http://www.combinedfleet.com/RO-33.htm. Retrieved 10 May, 2009. 
• Hackett, Bob; Sander Kingsepp (2003). "Kaichu Type". Sensuikan!. Combinedfleet.com. http://www.combinedfleet.com/type_kaichu.htm. Retrieved 10 May, 2009.