| Built By: | Blohm and Voss (Germany) |
| Build Group: | V2IIC |
| Fate: | Lost on 20 March 1944 when she ran aground on the west coast of the Island of Islay, Scotland |
| 1941: | Lieutenant | George Robson Colvin | MID |
| 1941: | Lieutenant | Edward Dudley Norman | DSO DSC |
| 1942: | Lieutenant | Peter Barnsley Marriott | |
| 1943: | Lieutenant | David Swanston | DSC |
U333 - How flower power beat a U-Boat in the Atlantic
In October 1942, the Battle of the Atlantic was at Its height and we were losing. Despite being far superior to anything Barrow had put in the water up to that time, German U-boats were not always successful.
| 12-05-1940 | Laid Down |
| 20-03-1941 | Launched |
| 01-05-1941 | Commissioned as German U-570, later captured by the British |
| 27-08-1941 | The German submarine U-570 was captured by Britain in the North Atlantic south of Iceland after being damaged by a British aircraft. She was towed to Thorlaks-hafn, Iceland and salvaged. |
| 19-09-1941 | Former U-570 was commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Graph |
| 19-09-1941 | Completed |
| 21-10-1942 | While on patrol in the Bay of Biscay, HMS Graph attacks but misses the German submarine U-333 with four torpedoes about 50 nautical miles north-north-east of Cape Ortegal, Spain. |
| 20-03-1944 | Lost when she ran aground on the west coast of the Island of Islay, Scotland |
| Class: | 1935 - 1970: T Class |
| Built By: | Devonport Dockyard |
| Build Group: | T 3 |
| Fate: | |
| Lost in January 1968 | |
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| Class: | 1935 - 1970: T Class |
| Built By: | Devonport Dockyard |
| Build Group: | T 3 |
| Fate: | |
| Lost in January 1968 | |
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Comment by: William Askew on June 23rd, 2025
My Father was part of the crew of HMS Graph. He is in the picture available on line.
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