Unterseeboot B-33

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Career (German Empire)

Name:	UB-33
Ordered:	July 22, 1915
Builder:	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Launched:	December 5, 1915
Commissioned:	April 20, 1916
Fate:	Sunk after striking a mine April 11, 1918 around the Varne Bank sandbank in the Dover Strait.
Class and type:	UB II

Service record
Part of	Kaiserliche Marine
Commanders	Herbert Lefholz Waldemar von Fischer Karl Ruprecht Fritz Gregor
Operations	17
Victories	13 ships sunk 2 damaged 3 taken as prize

Unterseeboot 33 (usually abbreviated to UB-33) was a German Navy U-boat which was commissioned in April 20, 1915 following construction as a German Type UB II submarine at the Blohm & Voss shipyards at Hamburg, Germany. It's career saw 13 ships sunk, 2 damaged and 3 taken as prize.

[edit] Fate

UB-33 sunk around the Varne Bank on April 11, 1918. It lies 77ft below the water making it a risk for ship traffic above. Efforts have begun to move the wreck to deeper waters to ensure safety for ships passing by. The wreck is considered a war grave and therefore can not be destroyed.