HMS C33

HMS "C33" was a British C class submarine built by HM Dockyard, Chatham. She was laid down on 29 March 1909 and was commissioned on 13 August 1910.

HMS "C33" was involved in the U-Boat trap tactic. The tactic was to use a decoy trawler to tow a submarine. Then when a U-boat is sighted, the tow line and communication line is slipped and the submarine would attack the U-boat. The tactic was partly successful but it was abandoned after the loss of 2 C class submarines. In both cases, all the crew were lost.

HMS "C33" was the one of the two C class submarines sunk because of the tactic. HMS "C33" was mined off Great Yarmouth while operating with the armed trawler Malta on 4 August 1915.

External links

* [http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/great_britain/submarines/pages/c_class/c_33_roll_of_honour.htm HMS C-33 Roll of Honour]

References

*"Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day", by Robert Hutchinson