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Dubai Technical Divers plan to dive the U533 at 110m

By Sara-Lise Haith

May 18, 2006

Mission: to dive the U-533 on open circuit and return alive and unharmed on June 9^th2006

A group of divers from the Dubai Desert Sport Divers Club are planning an interesting technical dive on June 9th, on the U-533.

25 Apr, 1943
The boat was attacked by an American PBY-5A Catalina of VP-84/P-5. Three of U-533´s gun crew were injured by the

Catalina’s .30 cal. gunfire. They were: (Bootsmaat Buttkus, Matrosengefreiter Ludwig and Matrosengefreiter Fekken).

All of them went again out to sea and Buttkus and Ludwig perished with the boat the following October.

u533

a. Depth 110 metres

b. Surrounding seabed is sand

c. Ocean environment – open sea, 40 km from nearest landmass

Technical information for type IXC/40

Displacement: (tons)	1120 (sf) 1232 (sm) 1545 (total)
Length: (m)	76,76 oa 58,75 ph
Beam: (m)	6,86 oa 4,44 ph
Draught: (draft)	4,67 m
Height:	9,60 m
Power: (hp)	4400 (sf) 1000 (sm)

Speed: (knots)	19 (sf) 7,3 (sm)
Range: (miles / knots)	13850/10 (sf) 63/4 (sm)
Torpedoes:	22 4/2 (bow / stern tubes)
Mines:	44 TMA
Deck gun:	105/45 110 rounds
Crew:	48-56 men
Max depth:	ca. 230 m (755 feet)

Displacement: (tons)	1120 (sf) 1232 (sm) 1545 (total)
Length: (m)	76,76 oa 58,75 ph
Beam: (m)	6,86 oa 4,44 ph
Draught: (draft)	4,67 m
Height:	9,60 m
Power: (hp)	4400 (sf) 1000 (sm)

Speed: (knots)	19 (sf) 7,3 (sm)
Range: (miles / knots)	13850/10 (sf) 63/4 (sm)
Torpedoes:	22 4/2 (bow / stern tubes)
Mines:	44 TMA
Deck gun:	105/45 110 rounds
Crew:	48-56 men
Max depth:	ca. 230 m (755 feet)

Trip report to follow after dive, by Peter Burge, team diver.

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Sara-Lise Haith http://www.divasindubai.com

Sara-Lise is the former News Editor for DeeperBlue.com. She is based in Dubai.

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