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Name: L 33
Type: Submarine
Keel: 26/09/1917
Launched: 29/05/1919
Completed: 22/12/1919
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1067
Dimensions: 1075disp subm, 895disp surf, 238.5 x 23.5 x 14.0ft
Engines: 2 x Oil engines 2400hp, 2 x Electric motors 1600hp
Engines by:
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 10.5knots subm, 17.0knots surf
Construction: Steel
Armament: 1 x 4.0ins gun, 6 x 18.0ins torpedoes
History:
22/12/1919 British Royal Navy
02/1932 Broken up
Comments: Member of the Admiralty L Class (Group 2) of submarines
02/1932: Sold for breaking up at Sunderland by T Young


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