HMS P33 (1941)

British U-class submarine

Displacement: 540 long tons (549 t)
Length: 58.22 m (191 ft)
Beam: 4.9 m (16.1 ft)
Speed: 11.3 knots (20.8 km/h, 12.9 mph)
Complement: 33
Main gun: 76 mm (3 in)

Service

Royal Navy30 May 1941 — 6 August 194170 days of the war

British U-class submarine Particulars

Name: HMS P33
Pennant / hull number: 1941
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down: 18 June 1940
Launched: 28 January 1941
Commissioned: 30 May 1941
Fate: Missing after 6 August 1941 (1941)
Status: Unknown

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced: 540 long tons (549 t)
Displacement, submerged: 730 long tons (742 t)
Length: 58.22 m (191 ft)
Beam: 4.9 m (16.1 ft)
Draught: 4.62 m (15.2 ft)
Speed: 11.3 knots (20.8 km/h, 12.9 mph)
Complement: 33
Main gun: 76 mm (3 in)

HMS P33 was a British U-class submarine in service with the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number 1941. Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness laid her keel on 18 June 1940. She entered service on 30 May 1941, having been launched on 28 January 1941.

53 ships of the class were built.

The boat displaced 540 long tons surfaced and 730 long tons submerged. She measured 58.2 m (191 ft) long with a beam of 4.9 m (16 ft). Her designed speed was 11.2 knots, and she carried a complement of 33. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 70 days of the Second World War.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Propulsion: 2 shaft diesel-electric
2 Paxman Ricardo diesel generators + electric motors
615 / 825 hp
Armament: 4 bow internal 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes - 8 - 10 torpedoes
1 - 3 in gun

Sister ships

28 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from HMS P33 (1941) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.