German submarine U-133 (1941)
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| Nazi Germany | |
| Name | U-133 |
| Ordered | 7 August 1939 |
| Builder | Vegesacker Werft GmbH, Bremen-Vegesack |
| Cost | 4,760,000 Reichsmark |
| Yard number | 12 |
| Laid down | 21 August 1940 |
| Launched | 28 April 1941 |
| Commissioned | 5 July 1941 |
| Fate | Sunk, 14 March 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Type VIIC submarine |
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| Height | 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in) |
| Draught | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
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| Complement | 4 officers, 40–56 enlisted |
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| Identification codes: | M 43 319 |
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1 warship sunk (1,920 tons) |
German submarine U-133 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service during World War II. She was laid down on 21 August 1940 by Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack as yard number 12, launched on 28 April 1941 and commissioned on 5 July that year. U-133 sank with all hands lost after striking a mine off Aegina island Greece on 14 March 1942. In 1986 the professional divers Efstáthios "Státhis" Baramátis and Theófilos Klímis spotted by chance a wreck at a depth of 74 meters that was identified as an unknown German submarine. Almost ten years later, in the mid-90s, the same wreck was further identified by Greek divers as the U-133.