List of all U-boats
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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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate |
Sunk on 16 October 1943 in the Gulf of Oman, in position 25.28N, 56.50E, by depth charges from a British Bisley (Blenheim) aircraft (244 Sqn RAF/O). 52 dead and 1 survivor. | |||||||||
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Wolfpack operations
U-533 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Star (27 Apr 1943 - 4 May 1943)
Fink (4 May 1943 - 6 May 1943)
Attacks on this boat and other events
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 .30 cal. gunfire. (Bootsmaat Buttkus, Matrosengefreiter Ludwig and Matrosengefreiter Fekken). All recovered from their wounds to return to active service. Buttkus and Ludwig both perished when U-533 was sunk in October 1943.
1 recorded attack 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 .30 cal. gunfire. (Bootsmaat Buttkus, Matrosengefreiter Ludwig and Matrosengefreiter Fekken). All recovered from their wounds to return to active service. Buttkus and Ludwig both perished when U-533 was sunk in October 1943.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
U-boat Emblems
We have 1 emblem entry for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
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