U-33 (S183) is the third Type 212A submarine of the German Navy.
U-33
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Name | U-33 |
Builder | Howaldtswerke, Kiel |
Laid down | 30 April 2001 |
Launched | September 2004 |
Commissioned | 13 June 2006 |
Status | In active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Type 212 |
Type | submarine |
Displacement |
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Length |
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Beam | 7 m (22.96 ft) |
Draft | 6 m (19.68 ft) |
Installed power | 1 x MTU-396 16V (2,150 kW); 1 x Siemens Permasyn electric motor Type FR6439-3900KW (2,850 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h) submerged, 12 knots surfaced[5] |
Range |
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Endurance | Surface 14,800 km at 15 km/h, Subsurface 780 km at 15 km/h, 3,000 nmi at 4 kn, |
Test depth | over 700 m (2,296 ft)[3] |
Complement | 5 officers, 22 men |
Sensors and processing systems | CSU 90 (DBQS-40FTC), Sonar: ISUS90-20, Radar: Kelvin Hughes Type 1007 I-band nav., |
Electronic warfare & decoys | EADS FL 1800U suite |
Armament | 6 x 533 mm torpedo tubes (in 2 forward pointing groups of 3) with 13[4] DM2A4, A184 Mod.3, Black Shark Torpedo, IDAS missiles and 24 external naval mines (optional) |
It was laid down 30 April 2001 by HDW in Kiel, launched in September 2004 and commissioned on 13 June 2006.
Service history
editU-33 is currently part of the 1st Ubootgeschwader, based in Eckernförde. The submarine's first mission was participation in Operation Active Endeavour in 2007.[6]
References
edit- ^ "MTU 16V 396 diesel engine". Archived from the original on 2006-12-06. Retrieved 2006-10-08.
- ^ Holger Naaf: Die Brennstoffzelle auf U 212 A (PDF, German). Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau, Wehrtechnische Dienststelle für Schiffe und Marinewaffen Eckernförde, 23. September 2008.
- ^ "Deutsche Marine TV-Interview" (in German). Retrieved 2007-04-17.
- ^ "Dette er ubåtsjefens våte drøm – nyheter". Dagbladet.no. 2010-11-18. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
- ^ "Uboote Klasse 212A". Retrieved 2013-08-19.
- ^ "Unknown". Die Pheinpfalz. 31 July 2007.