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| rdfs:label | - German submarine U-33 (1936)
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| rdfs:comment | - German submarine U-33 was a Type VIIA U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II. Her keel was laid down on 1 September 1935 at the Germaniawerft in Kiel. She was launched on 11 June 1936 and commissioned on 25 July with Ottoheinrich Junker in command. He was relieved by Kurt Freiwald on 22 November. Kapitänleutnant (Kptlt.) Hans-Wilhelm von Dresky took over on 29 October 1938 and commanded the boat until her loss.
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| Ship caption | - U-33 in 1937. Note that the boat's number is still visible on the conning tower. It was painted out at the beginning of the war
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| abstract | - German submarine U-33 was a Type VIIA U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II. Her keel was laid down on 1 September 1935 at the Germaniawerft in Kiel. She was launched on 11 June 1936 and commissioned on 25 July with Ottoheinrich Junker in command. He was relieved by Kurt Freiwald on 22 November. Kapitänleutnant (Kptlt.) Hans-Wilhelm von Dresky took over on 29 October 1938 and commanded the boat until her loss. Rotors from the Kriegsmarine's Enigma machine were captured from the survivors, the wiring of which was unknown at that time to British codebreakers at Bletchley Park.
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