German submarine U-133 (1941)
| History | |
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 Nazi Germany | |
| Name | U-133 |
| Ordered | 7 August 1939 |
| Builder | Vegesacker Werft GmbH, Bremen-Vegesack |
| Cost | 4,760,000 Reichsmark |
| Yard number | 12 |
| Laid down | 21 August 1940 |
| Launched | 28 April 1941 |
| Commissioned | 5 July 1941 |
| Fate | Sunk, 14 March 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Type VIIC submarine |
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| Height | 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in) |
| Draught | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
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| Complement | 4 officers, 40–56 enlisted |
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| Identification codes: | M 43 319 |
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1 warship sunk (1,920 tons) |
German submarine U-133 was a
Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service during World War II. She was laid down on 21 August 1940 by Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack as yard number 12, launched on 28 April 1941 and commissioned on 5 July that year. U-133 sank with all hands lost after striking a mine off Aegina island Greece on 14 March 1942. In 1986 the professional divers Efstáthios "Státhis" Baramátis and Theófilos Klímis spotted by chance a wreck at a depth of 74 meters that was identified as an unknown German submarine.[citation needed
] Almost ten years later, in the mid-90s, the same wreck was further identified by Greek divers as the U-133.
Design
supercharged diesel engines producing a total of 2,800 to 3,200 metric horsepower (2,060 to 2,350 kW; 2,760 to 3,160 shp) for use while surfaced, two Brown, Boveri & Cie GG UB 720/8 double-acting electric motors producing a total of 750 metric horsepower (550 kW; 740 shp) for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two 1.23 m (4 ft) propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to 230 metres (750 ft).[1]
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) and a maximum submerged speed of 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph).2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a complement of between forty-four and sixty.[1]
Summary of raiding history
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage[Note 1] | Fate[2] |
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| 17 January 1942 | HMS Gurkha |  Royal Navy
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1,920 | Sunk |
References
Notes
- gross register tons. Military vessels are listed by tons displacement.
Citations
- ^ a b c d Gröner 1991, pp. 43–46.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by U-133". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
Bibliography
- Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II : a biographical dictionary. Translated by Brooks, Geoffrey. London, Annapolis, Md: Greenhill Books, Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-186-6.
- Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [German U-boat losses from September 1939 to May 1945]. Der U-Boot-Krieg (in German). Vol. IV. Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn: Mittler. ISBN 3-8132-0514-2.
- Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. German Warships 1815–1945. Vol. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-593-4.
- Galon, Dimitri (2021). "The U-133 / The Life and Death of a Historic German Submarine". QUEST Magazine. Vol. 21, no. 4. High Springs, Florida: Global Underwater Explorers.
External links
- Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type VIIC boat U-133". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- Hofmann, Markus. "U 133". Deutsche U-Boote 1935-1945 - u-boot-archiv.de (in German). Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- Aristotelis Zervoudis
- Galon, Dimitri. "The U 133". Retrieved 19 February 2022.
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