SM UB-33

SM "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. Its career saw 13 ships sunk, 2 damaged and 3 taken as prize.

Fate

UB-33 sunk around the Varne Bank on April 11 1918. It lies 77 feet below the surface of the water. The amount of clearance between the submarine and ships' keels passing directly overhead is very small, making it a risk for the heavy cross-channel ship traffic in the area. Efforts have begun to lift and move the wreck to deeper waters to ensure safety for passing ships. The wreck is officially classified as a war grave and therefore it cannot be deliberately destroyed.

See also

* List of U-boats
* List of German Imperial Navy ships
* Naval warfare of World War I

External links

* [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=476066&in_page_id=1770 The ghost of U-Boat 33: German sub sunk in 1918 threatening to surface in Channel]
* [http://uboat.net/wwi/boats/index.html?boat=UB+33 uboat.net entry on UB-33]