German torpedo boat T33
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The German torpedo boat T33 was one of fifteen Type 39 torpedo boats built for the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) during World War II. Completed in mid-1944, the boat was assigned to convoy escort duties and supporting German forces in the Baltic. She escorted a heavy cruiser in January 1945 as she bombarded Soviet troops and helped to evacuate troops and refugees from advancing Soviet forces in May. T33 was allocated to the Soviet Union after the war and was renamed Primerny. She served with the Baltic Fleet until 1954 when the ship was converted into an accommodation ship and renamed PKZ-63. She was turned over to be scrapped on 9 November 1956 and subsequently broken up.
Sister ship T35 in US service, August 1945 | |
History | |
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Nazi Germany | |
Name | T33 |
Ordered | 20 January 1941 |
Builder | Schichau, Elbing, East Prussia |
Yard number | 1515 |
Launched | 1943 |
Completed | 16 June 1944 |
Fate | Transferred to the Soviet Union as war reparations, 1 January 1946 |
Soviet Union | |
Acquired | 1 January 1946 |
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Reclassified | As an accommodation ship, 30 November 1954 |
Fate | Listed for scrapping, 9 November 1956 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | Type 39 torpedo boat |
Displacement | |
Length | 102.5 m (336 ft 3 in) o/a |
Beam | 10 m (32 ft 10 in) |
Draft | 3.22 m (10 ft 7 in) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 33.5 knots (62.0 km/h; 38.6 mph) |
Range | 2,400 nmi (4,400 km; 2,800 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
Complement | 206 |
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Armament |
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