| HMS C33 | |
|---|---|
| Career (UK) |  |
| Name: | HMS C33 |
| Builder: | HM Dockyard Chatham |
| Laid down: | 29 March 1909 |
| Launched: | 10 May 1910 |
| Commissioned: | 13 August 1910 |
| Fate: | Sunk by mine, 4 August 1915 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | C-class submarine |
| Displacement: |
290 long tons (290 t) (surfaced) 320 long tons (330 t) (submerged) |
| Length: | 143 ft 2 in (43.64 m) |
| Beam: | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
| Installed power: |
600 hp (450 kW) (petrol engine) 200 hp (150 kW) (electric motor) |
| Propulsion: |
1 × Vickers petrol engine 1 × electric motor 1 × screw |
| Speed: |
13 kn (15 mph; 24 km/h) surfaced 8 kn (9.2 mph; 15 km/h) (submerged) |
| Range: |
2,000 nmi (2,300 mi; 3,700 km) at 7 kn (8.1 mph; 13 km/h) (surfaced) 55 nmi (63 mi; 102 km) at 5 kn (5.8 mph; 9.3 km/h) (submerged) |
| Complement: | 16 |
| Armament: | 2 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes (2 torpedoes) |
HMS C33 was a C-class submarine built by HM Dockyard, Chatham for the Royal Navy. She was laid down on 29 March 1909 and was commissioned on 13 August 1910.
Service history[]
C33 was involved in the U-Boat trap tactic. The tactic was to use a decoy trawler to tow a submarine. When a U-boat was sighted, the tow line and communication line was slipped and the submarine would attack the U-boat. The tactic was partly successful, but it was abandoned after the loss of two C class submarines. In both cases, all the crew were lost.
C33 was one of the two C class submarines sunk because of the tactic. She was mined off Great Yarmouth while operating with the armed trawler Malta on 4 August 1915.
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References[]
- Hutchinson, Robert (2001). Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Day. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-710558-8. OCLC 53783010.
The original article can be found at HMS C33 and the edit history here.