U-533
Type | IXC/40 | |||
| Ordered | 10 Apr, 1941 | |||
| Laid down | 17 Feb, 1942 | Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 351) | ||
| Launched | 11 Sep, 1942 | |||
| Commissioned | 25 Nov, 1942 | Oblt. Helmut Henning | ||
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| Career | 2 patrols | 25 Nov, 1942 - 30 Apr, 1943 4. Flottille (training) 1 May, 1943 - 16 Oct, 1943 10. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||
| Fate | Sunk 16 Oct, 1943 in the Gulf of Oman, in position 25.28N, 56.50E, by depth charges from a British Bisley (Blenheim) aircraft (Sqdn. 244/O). 52 dead and 1 survivor | |||
Wolfpack operations
U-533 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Star (28 Apr, 1943 - 4 May, 1943)
Fink (4 May, 1943 - 6 May, 1943)
Attacks on this boat
25 Apr, 1943
The boat was attacked by an American PBY-5A Catalina of VP-84/P-5. Three of U-533īs gun crew were injured by the Catalina's .30 cal. gunfire. They were: (Bootsmaat Buttkus, Matrosengefreiter Ludwig and Matrosengefreiter Fekken). All of them went again out to sea and Buttkus and Ludwig perished with the boat the following October.
1 recorded attacks on this boat.
Men lost from the boat
25 Apr, 1943
The boat was attacked by an American PBY-5A Catalina of VP-84/P-5. Three of U-533´s gun crew were injured by the Catalina's .30 cal. gunfire. They were: (Bootsmaat Buttkus, Matrosengefreiter Ludwig and Matrosengefreiter Fekken). All of them went again out to sea and Buttkus and Ludwig perished with the boat the following October.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
 German U-Boat Losses During World War II Niestle, Axel Buy this title at amazon.co.uk See more sellers |
Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998 U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998 U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998 |