Allied Warships

S-33

Submarine of the S (Stalinec) class

NavyThe Soviet Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassS (Stalinec) 
Pennant 
Mod2nd group (Type IX-modified) 
Built byMarti Yard (Nikolayev, U.S.S.R.) / Yard 198 
Ordered 
Laid down16 Nov 1937 
Launched30 May 1939 
Commissioned18 Nov 1940 
End service14 Mar 1955 
History

Black Sea fleet.

Decommissioned on 14 March 1955.
Stricken on 3 January 1978.

 

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Notable events involving S-33 include:


4 Sep 1941
S-33 attacked the Hungarian merchants Cordelia (1357 GRT) and Szeged (594 GRT) with torpedoes south of Burgas, Bulgaria. All torpedoes fired missed their targets.

6 Nov 1941
At 0846 hours S-33 fires two torpedoes against the Romanian destroyer Marasesti off Mangalia, Romania. Both torpedoes missed their target.

At 1434 hours S-33 again fires two torpedoes against the Romanian destroyer Marasesti off Mangalia, Romania. Once again both torpedoes missed their target.

24 Oct 1942
S-33 fires two torpedoes against the Hungarian merchant Szeged (594 GRT) some 15 nautical miles west-north-west of the entrance to the Bospurus in position 41°25'N, 28°54'E. Both torpedoes missed their target.

20 Apr 1943
S-33 torpedoed and sank the Romanian transport Suceava (6876 GRT) in the Black Sea in position 44°52'N, 31°22'E.

22 Sep 1943
S-33 fires three torpedoes against the German merchant Santa Fe (4627 GRT) in the Black Sea in position 44°38'N, 31°39'E. All three torpedoes missed their target.

27 Dec 1943
S-33 fires four torpedoes against the German auxiliary submarine chasers UJ 101 and UJ 106 some 33 nautical miles west of Yevpatoriya, Crimea in position 45°12'N, 32°38'E. None of the targets was hit.

6 Jan 1944
S-33 fires four torpedoes against ' what is identified as ' a merchant of 4000 tons some 37 nautical miles west of Yevpatoriya, Crimea in position 45°07'N, 32°32'E. All four torpedoes missed their target.


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