P33
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | U Group 2 |
| Fate: | Believed to have been mined off Tripoli on the 18th August 1941. HMS P31 left Malta on 6th August 1941 for a patrol off Tripoli. Submarines HMS P32 and HMS Unique left at the same time and were in adjacent patrol areas. Both of these Submarines heard depth charging on 18th August coming from the area where Submarine P33 was patrolling. It is assumed that this depth charge attack was responsible for the loss of Submarine P33 with all hands. |
Commanded throughout her entire career by Lieutenant R D Whiteway-Wilkinson, the submarine was attached to the 10th Submarine Flotilla based at Malta.
Roll of Honour
| Name | Rank | Number | Hons | Age |
| Allen, James Henry | Leading Stoker | D/KX 76249 | 33 | |
| Askew, Vincent Charles | Petty Officer | C/JX 125266 | 32 | |
| Barnes, Robert Henry | Leading Seaman | C/JX 149939 | 28 | |
| Bilton, Robert Charles | Able Seaman | C/SSX 27178 | 21 | |
| Briggs, Edward William Robert | Leading Seaman | P/J 110195 | 32 | |
| Bygott, Robert Hugh | Lieutenant | 21 | ||
| Cunningham, Richard Louis | Lieutenant | 22 | ||
| Doran, Laurence Hugh | Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class | P/MX 52834 | 34 | |
| Dowler, Cyril George | Able Seaman | D/JX 134883 | 26 | |
| Fazackerley, Joseph | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | D/SKX 923 | 26 | |
| Frost, Ronald Sycamore | Lieutenant (RNR) | 32 | ||
| Gambold, John Oliver | Leading Stoker | D/KX 82339 | 28 | |
| Grubb, Ernest George | Leading Stoker | D/KX 89014 | 25 | |
| Gurdy, Charles Stewart | Ordinary Seaman (RNVR) | D/JX 225249 | 32 | |
| Number D/MD/X 674 on CWGC | ||||
| Hankey, Kenneth | Able Seaman | C/SSX 15611 | 24 | |
| Harms, John | Able Seaman | P/JX 127651 | 31 | |
| Howlett, George Leonard | Petty Officer | C/JX 130174 | 30 | |
| Jago, Thomas Ebenezer | Leading Signalman | D/JX 133419 | 27 | |
| Jehu, Thomas Leslie | Able Seaman | C/SSX 17276 | 25 | |
| RN DoB 31/03/1916. Actual 31/03/1918 | ||||
| McMahon, James | Leading Telegraphist | D/JX 134310 | 26 | |
| McNeilage, Charles | Stoker Petty Officer | P/K 64170 | 37 | |
| Medley, John | Stoker 1st Class | D/KX 81457 | 27 | |
| Morcomb, Thomas | Stoker 1st Class | D/KX 85166 | 25 | |
| Morris, Charles Bernard | Telegraphist | C/SSX 29879 | 20 | |
| Morrison, William | Able Seaman | D/J 107193 | 33 | |
| Moulder, Ernest Thomas | Ordinary Seaman | D/JX 208454 | 21 | |
| Smith, Albert Hamilton | Telegraphist | D/J 107094 | 34 | |
| Smith, Sidney Thomas | Stoker Petty Officer | C/KX 80449 | 30 | |
| In ADM 104_135 Smith, Sydney Thomas but Birth & Marriage are Sidney. | ||||
| Sparrow, William James | Chief Engine Room Artificer | D/M 35317 | 37 | |
| Warner, Albert | Ordinary Seaman | C/JX 224572 | 22 | |
| RN DoB 17/01/1919. Actual 17/01/1917 | ||||
| Whiteway-Wilkinson, Reginald Denis | Lieutenant | DSC | 27 | |
| Wolverson, John Thomas | Petty Officer Telegraphist | D/J 112760 | DSM | 31 |
Events
| 26-07-1940 : | Laid Down |
| 28-01-1941 : | Launched |
| 30-05-1941 : | Completed |
| 15-07-1941 : | HMS P 33 torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Barbarigo off Pantellaria Island. During a counter attack P 33 was damaged by the Italian torpedo boat Procione. |
| 18-08-1941 : | HMS P33 was lost On 6th August 1941 HMS P33 sailed from Malta with orders to intercept an Italian convoy bound for Libya. On 18th August HMS P32 reported hearing a prolonged depth charge attack that lasted for two hours. When the attack was finally over P32 attempted to contact P33 but received no response and it is almost certain that P33 had perished in the attack. |
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