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Sunday 30 June 2019

PHOTO GALLERY #27: U33, submarine of the German Navy

U33, submarine of the German Navy
The following photos were taken during my visit to Kiel, on 21st and 22th of June, the first days of the 137th Kiel Week. The Kiel Week (German: Kieler Woche) or Kiel Regatta is an annual sailing event in Kiel, the capital of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the largest sailing event in the world, and also one of the largest Volksfeste in Germany, attracting millions of people every year from all over Germany and neighboring countries. The first weekend of the Kiel Week, the famous Naval Base of Kiel, opens its gates for just four hours per day, for thousands of tourists who are eager to visit the German Navy warships and dozens of foreign warships which visit the city of Kiel, to honor the Kiel Week. Note that, the majority of the visiting warships had returned from the NATO BALTOPS (Baltic Operations) Exercise, an annual joint, multinational maritime-focused exercise. It is designed to improve training value for participants enhance flexibility and interoperability, and demonstrate resolve among allied and partner forces in defending the Baltic Sea region. The only submarine present those days a German Navy Type 212 class, the submarine U33. Type 212 class is a highly advanced design of non-nuclear submarine developed by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft AG (HDW) for the German and Italian navies. It features diesel propulsion and an additional air-independent propulsion (AIP) system using Siemens proton exchange membrane (PEM) compressed hydrogen fuel cells. The submarines of the class can operate at high speed on diesel power or switch to the AIP system for silent slow cruising, staying submerged for up to three weeks without surfacing and with little exhaust heat. Type 212 is the first fuel cell propulsion system equipped submarine series. The U33 was laid down in April 2001 by Howaldtswerke, Kiel, launched in September 2004 and commissioned on June 13, 2006. Enjoy photos! 

U33 anchored at the Kiel Naval Base
U33
Front view of the boat
The boat's sail
The boat's bow
U33 and corvette Erfurt
U33 and corvette Erfurt
U33 and corvette Erfurt
Another view of the boat
Close-up photo of the sail
Sail and hoistable devices
The sail houses periscopes, communication antennas, radar, electronic support measures
(ESM) mast and snorkel mast
Sail and hoistable devices
Sail and hoistable devices
View of the boat from Erfurt
Sail and hoistable devices
The hoistable devices of U33 as seen from the corvette Erfurt
The U33 as seen from Bonn replenishment ship

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