German submarine U-33 (S183)

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|Ship image=German submarine U-33 (S 183) in the Baltic Sea on 5 June 2019 (190605-N-JX484-151).JPG

|Ship caption=U-33

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|Ship country=Germany

|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Germany|naval}}

|Ship name=U-33

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|Ship laid down=30 April 2001

|Ship builder=Howaldtswerke, Kiel

|Ship launched=September 2004

|Ship commissioned=13 June 2006

|Ship status=In active service

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|Ship class=Type 212

|Ship type=submarine

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|Ship displacement=*{{convert|1450|t|LT}} surfaced

• {{convert|1830|t|LT}} submerged

|Ship length=*56 m (183.7 ft)

• 57.2 m (187.66 ft) (2nd batch)

|Ship beam=7 m (22.96 ft)

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|Ship draft=6 m (19.68 ft)

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|Ship power= 1 x MTU-396 16V (2,150 kW); 1 x Siemens Permasyn electric motor Type FR6439-3900KW (2,850 kW)

|Ship propulsion=*1 MTU 16V 396 diesel-engine{{cite web|url=http://mtu-online.com/en/prod-services/proddies/proddiesnorm/proddies396/|title=MTU 16V 396 diesel engine|access-date=2006-10-08|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206203437/http://www.mtu-online.com/en/prod-services/proddies/proddiesnorm/proddies396/|archive-date=2006-12-06}}

• 9 HDW/Siemens PEM fuel cells, 30–40 kW each (U31)
• 2 HDW/Siemens PEM fuel cells each with 120 kW (U32, U33, U34)Holger Naaf: [http://vzb.baw.de/publikationen/kolloquien/0/Vortrag_7_Brennstoffzellenantrieb.pdf Die Brennstoffzelle auf U 212 A (PDF, German).] Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau, Wehrtechnische Dienststelle für Schiffe und Marinewaffen Eckernförde, 23. September 2008.
• 1 Siemens Permasyn electric motor 1700 kW, driving a single seven-bladed skewback propeller

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|Ship speed=20 knots (37 km/h) submerged, 12 knots surfaced{{cite web|url=http://www.marine.de/portal/poc/marine?uri=ci%3Abw.mar.waffenun.uboote.212a|title=Uboote Klasse 212A|access-date = 2013-08-19}}

|Ship range=*8,000 nmi (14,800 km, or 9,196 miles) at 8 knots (15 km/h) surfaced

• 3 weeks without snorkeling, 12 weeks overall

|Ship endurance=Surface 14,800 km at 15 km/h, Subsurface 780 km at 15 km/h, 3,000 nmi at 4 kn,

|Ship test depth=over 700 m (2,296 ft){{cite web |url=http://www.marine.de/01DB070000000001/CurrentBaseLink/W26YVFGA481INFODE |title=Deutsche Marine TV-Interview|access-date=2007-04-17 |language=de}}

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|Ship complement=5 officers, 22 men

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|Ship sensors=CSU 90 (DBQS-40FTC), Sonar: ISUS90-20, Radar: Kelvin Hughes Type 1007 I-band nav.,

|Ship EW=EADS FL 1800U suite

|Ship armament=6 x 533 mm torpedo tubes (in 2 forward pointing groups of 3) with 13{{cite web|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2010/11/18/nyheter/ubat/undervannsbat/14353353/ |title=Dette er ubåtsjefens våte drøm – nyheter |publisher=Dagbladet.no |date=2010-11-18 |access-date=2011-12-27}} DM2A4, A184 Mod.3, Black Shark Torpedo, IDAS missiles and 24 external naval mines (optional)

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