Samiksha Jaiswal (Editor)

HMS E33

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Name
  
HMS E33

Fate
  
Sold, 6 September 1922

Beam
  
15 ft (4.6 m)

Launched
  
18 April 1916

Commissioned
  
November 1916

Class and type
  
E class submarine

Construction started
  
18 April 1916

Length
  
55 m

Displacement
  
662 long tons (673 t) surfaced807 long tons (820 t) submerged

Builder
  
John I. Thornycroft & Company

HMS E33 was a British E class submarine built by John Thornycroft, Woolston, Hampshire. She was launched on 18 April 1916 and was commissioned in November 1916. E33 was sold to John Cashmore Ltd for scrapping at their yard in Newport on 6 September 1922.

Contents

Design

Like all post-E8 British E-class submarines, E33 had a displacement of 662 tonnes (730 short tons) at the surface and 807 tonnes (890 short tons) while submerged. She had a total length of 180 feet (55 m) and a beam length of 22 feet 8.5 inches (6.922 m). She was powered by two 800 horsepower (600 kW) Vickers eight-cylinder two-stroke diesel engines and two 420 horsepower (310 kW) electric motors. The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) and a submerged speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). British E-class submarines had fuel capacities of 50 tonnes (55 short tons) of diesel and ranges of 3,255 miles (5,238 km; 2,829 nmi) when travelling at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). E33 was capable of operating submerged for five hours when travelling at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph).

E33 was armed with a 12-pounder QF gun mounted forward of the conning tower. She had five 18 inches (460 mm) torpedo tubes, two in the bow, one either side amidships, and one in the stern; a total of 10 torpedoes were carried.

E-Class submarines had wireless systems with 1 kilowatt (1.3 hp) power ratings; in some submarines, these were later upgraded to 3 kilowatts (4.0 hp) systems by removing a midship torpedo tube. Their maximum design depth was 100 feet (30 m) although in service some reached depths of below 200 feet (61 m). Some submarines contained Fessenden oscillator systems.

Crew

Her complement was three officers and 28 men.

References

HMS E33 Wikipedia


Similar Topics