U-533
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German submarine U-533 was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 17 February 1942 at the Deutsche Werft yard at Hamburg as yard number 351, launched on 11 September 1942 and commissioned on 25 November 1942 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Helmut Hennig. After training with the 4th U-boat Flotilla in the Baltic Sea, U-533 was transferred to the 10th flotilla for front-line service on 1 May 1943, and sunk in the Gulf of Oman on 16 October with one survivor, who was to sit out the war in an enjoyable internment in Sharjah, then a Trucial State and today one of the United Arab Emirates.
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German submarine U-533; U 533
Deutsche Werft, Kriegsmarine,
Location: 25.4667, 56.8333, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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U-533 ⓘ
1942 Type IXC/40 submarine
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order
1942-09-11T00:00:00Z
1942-09-11T00:00:00Z
ship launching
1942-02-17T00:00:00Z
1942-02-17T00:00:00Z
keel laying
1942-11-25T00:00:00Z
1942-11-25T00:00:00Z
ship commissioning
1943-10-16T00:00:00Z
1943-10-16T00:00:00Z
sinking
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