H.M.S. H 33 (1918)

H.M.S. H 33 (1918)
Pendant Number:	H.33
Builder:	Cammell Laird
Ordered:	March, 1917
Launched:	24 Aug, 1918
Sold:	1944

H.M.S. H 33 was one of forty-four "H" class submarines completed for the Royal Navy in the 1910s.

Service

In March, 1925 she and H 26 and H 43 comprised Group "F" Submarines in Reserve at Portland under the command of Lieutenant George C. P. Menzies.

In early 1926, she was still in Group "F" at Portland, but with just one other submarine.

On 1 March, 1926, she was placed under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Christopher de Saumarez Brock, seemingly liberated from group "F".

By mid-1931, she was with the Sixth Submarine Flotilla remaining there until at least early 1933.

On 15 September, 1932 H 33 collided with the minesweeper Dundalk.

By mid-1934, she had moved to the Fifth Submarine Flotilla, where she remained until at least mid-1937.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant in Command Theodore F. A. Voysey, 2 December, 1918 – 6 December, 1920
• Lieutenant in Command Arthur E. Hodgson, 6 December, 1920
• Lieutenant in Command Andrew L. Besant, 3 January, 1921 – January, 1922
• Lieutenant in Command John H. Macnair, 3 February, 1922 – 21 August, 1923
• Lieutenant in Command John L. F. Hunt, 21 August, 1923 – 1 January, 1925
• Lieutenant in Command George C. P. Menzies, 19 January, 1925 – February, 1926  (and also 2 other "H" class submarines)
• Lieutenant-Commander Christopher de S. Brock, 1 March, 1926
• Lieutenant-Commander (I It) John Murray, 28 July, 1925  (and H 26)
• Lieutenant-Commander Sydney M. Raw, 9 February, 1928 – 31 December, 1928
• Lieutenant-Commander Lewis B. A. Majendie, 31 December, 1928 – 16 December, 1929
• Lieutenant in Command Robert W. Peers, 27 April, 1931
• Lieutenant-Commander John E. Broome, 28 September, 1932 – c. April, 1933
• Lieutenant-Commander James G. Gould, 21 April, 1933
• Lieutenant in Command Ronald H. Dewhurst, 15 December, 1934
• Lieutenant in Command Herbert J. Caldwell, 15 December, 1938 – February, 1940
• Lieutenant in Command Guy C. I. St. B. S. Watkins, February, 1940 – 14 June, 1940
• Lieutenant in Command Edward B. Talbot, 14 June, 1940 – 15 June, 1940
• Lieutenant in Command Edward P. Tomkinson, 15 June, 1940 – 8 August, 1940
• Lieutenant in Command Russell S. Brookes, 8 August, 1940 – 22 November, 1940
• Lieutenant in Command Godfrey P. Darling, 22 November, 1940 – 6 January, 1941
• Lieutenant in Command Richard M. Favell, 6 January, 1941 – 7 March, 1941
• Lieutenant in Command Christopher H. Rankin, 7 March, 1941 – 6 June, 1941
• Lieutenant in Command Norman Marriott, 6 June, 1941 – 27 June, 1941
• Lieutenant in Command Arthur J. W. Pitt, 27 June, 1941 – 11 December, 1941
• Lieutenant in Command John H. Bromage, 11 December, 1941 – 6 March, 1942
• Lieutenant in Command Michael E. Faber, 6 March, 1942 – 18 March, 1942
• Lieutenant in Command Anthony W. Langridge, 18 March, 1942 – 26 March, 1942
• Lieutenant in Command Michael E. Faber, 26 March, 1942 – 11 May, 1942
• Lieutenant in Command Douglas Lambert, 11 May, 1942 – 30 June, 1942
• Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Cyril A. Pardoe, 30 July, 1942 – 2 August, 1942
• Lieutenant in Command George E. Hunt, 2 August, 1942 – 14 August, 1942
• Lieutenant in Command Hugh B. Turner, 14 August, 1942 – 24 August, 1942
• Temporary Lieutenant R.N.V.R. in Command Terence D. Wood, 24 August, 1942 – 7 October, 1942
• Lieutenant in Command Paul C. Chapman, 7 October, 1942 – 31 December, 1942
• Lieutenant in Command Michael H. Jupp, 31 December, 1942 – 20 March, 1943
• Lieutenant in Command John A. Spender, 20 March, 1943 – 20 June, 1943
• Lieutenant, R.N.Z.V.R. Connell P. Thode, 20 June, 1943 – 4 September, 1943
• Lieutenant in Command Derrick G. Kent, 4 September, 1943 – 16 February, 1944
• Lieutenant in Command Frank R. Lawrence, 16 February, 1944 – 27 March, 1944
• Lieutenant in Command Robert F. Park, 27 March, 1944 – 10 April, 1944
• Lieutenant, R.A.N.V.R. Geoffrey J. Gellie, 10 April, 1944 – 19 May, 1944

See Also

• Wikipedia