U-Boat Operations

U-133	Type VIIC
Feldpost Number	M 43 319
Construction Yard	Vulkan Vegesack Werft, Bremen
Yard Number	12
Ordered	7th Aug 1939
Keel laid	21st Aug 1940
Launched	28th Apr 1941
Commissioned	5th Jul 1941
Baubelehrung	Baubelehrung U-Boote Nordsee, Bremen / Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Nordsee, Bremen
Training, Flotillas and Duties
07.41 - 12.41	7.U-Flottille, Kiel & St.Nazaire Ausbildungsboot (under training) Frontboot (operational)
01.42 - 03.42	23.U-Flottille, Salamis Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
07.41 - 03.42	OL Hermann Hesse see also: U-194
03.42 - 03.42	KL Eberhard Mohr see also: U-148

Operations information for U-133
22.10.1941 - 26.11.1941 First Sailing - active patrol U-133 left Kiel under the command of Hermann Hesse on 22nd Oct 1941 and arrived at St. Nazaire on 26th Nov 1941 after five weeks.
16.12.1941 - 29.12.1941 Second Sailing On the 16th Dec 1941, U-133 left St. Nazaire under the command of Hermann Hesse and after nearly two weeks arrived at Messina on 29th Dec 1941.
01.01.1942 - 22.01.1942 Third Sailing - active patrol U-133 departed under Hermann Hesse from Messina on 1st Jan 1942 and arrived at Salamis on 22nd Jan 1942 after three weeks. Hermann Hesse hit one ship on this patrol from convoy MW-8B. On 17th Jan 1942 he sank the British 1,920 ton HMS Gurkha, sailing with convoy MW-8B.
14.03.1942 - 14.03.1942 Fourth Sailing - active patrol U-133 left Salamis under the command of Eberhard Mohr on 14th Mar 1942. The boat was lost on 14th Mar 1942.

Notes for U-133

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