SM UC-33

Name:	UC-33
Ordered:	29 August 1915
Builder:	AG Vulcan, Hamburg
Yard number:	72
Launched:	26 August 1916
Commissioned:	25 September 1916
Fate:	shelled and rammed, 26 September 1917
General characteristics
Class and type:	German Type UC II submarine
Displacement:	400 t (440 short tons), surfaced; 480 t (530 short tons), submerged
Length:	162 ft 3 in (49.45 m)
Beam:	17 ft 4 in (5.28 m)
Draft:	12 ft 2 in (4 m)
Propulsion:	2 × propeller shafts; 2 × 6-cylinder, 4-stroke diesel engines, 500 bhp (370 kW); 2 × electric motors, 460 shp (340 kW)
Speed:	11.6 knots (21.5 km/h), surfaced; 6.6 knots (12.2 km/h), submerged
Endurance:	10,040 nautical miles @ 7 knots, surfaced; (18,590 km @ 13 km/h); 53 nautical miles @ 4 knots, submerged; (98 km @ 7.4 km/h)
Test depth:	50 m (160 ft)
Complement:	26
Armament:	6 × 100 cm (39.4 in) mine tubes; 18 × UC 200 mines; 3 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes (2 bow/external; one stern); 7 × torpedoes; 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) KL/30 deck gun
Notes:	48-second diving time

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SM UC-33 was a German Type UC II minelaying submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 29 August 1915 and was launched on 26 August 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 25 September 1916 as SM UC-33.^{[Note 1]} In 7 patrols UC-33 was credited with sinking 36 ships, either by torpedo or by mines laid. UC-33 was shelled and then rammed by patrol boat PC61 at position 51°55′N 6°14′W / 51.917°N 6.233°W / 51.917; -6.233Coordinates: 51°55′N 6°14′W / 51.917°N 6.233°W / 51.917; -6.233 in St. George's Channel on 26 September 1917.^[1]

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^ "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: UC-33". U-Boat War in World War I. Uboat.net. http://uboat.net/wwi/boats/index.html?boat=UC+33. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Tarrant, p. 173.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Gardiner, p. 182.

Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 9780870219078. OCLC 12119866.
Tarrant, V. E. (1989). The U-Boat Offensive: 1914–1945. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 9780870217647. OCLC 20338385.

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Career (German Empire)

Name:	UC-33
Ordered:	29 August 1915^[1]
Builder:	AG Vulcan, Hamburg^[2]
Yard number:	72^[1]
Launched:	26 August 1916^[1]
Commissioned:	25 September 1916^[1]
Fate:	shelled and rammed, 26 September 1917^[1]
General characteristics
Class and type:	German Type UC II submarine
Displacement:	400 t (440 short tons), surfaced^[2] 480 t (530 short tons), submerged
Length:	162 ft 3 in (49.45 m)^[2]
Beam:	17 ft 4 in (5.28 m)^[2]
Draft:	12 ft 2 in (4 m)^[3]
Propulsion:	2 × propeller shafts 2 × 6-cylinder, 4-stroke diesel engines, 500 bhp (370 kW)^[3] 2 × electric motors, 460 shp (340 kW)^[3]
Speed:	11.6 knots (21.5 km/h), surfaced^[2] 6.6 knots (12.2 km/h), submerged
Endurance:	10,040 nautical miles @ 7 knots, surfaced^[3] (18,590 km @ 13 km/h) 53 nautical miles @ 4 knots, submerged^[3] (98 km @ 7.4 km/h)
Test depth:	50 m (160 ft)^[3]
Complement:	26^[3]
Armament:	6 × 100 cm (39.4 in) mine tubes^[3] 18 × UC 200 mines 3 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes (2 bow/external; one stern) 7 × torpedoes 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) KL/30 deck gun^[2]
Notes:	48-second diving time^[2]