BIC DA 33

BIC DA 33

BIC DA 33 in 1943.
History
Creeperopolis–Romerist
Name:	BIC DA 33
Ordered:	1 January 1935
Builder:	Díaz–Mori Shipbuilding
Laid down:	1 September 1936
Launched:	11 June 1937
Commissioned:	21 June 1937
Fate:	Captured by the Miguelist Navy 19 October 1940
Creeperopolis–Miguelist
Name:	BNC DA 12
Acquired:	19 October 1940
Commissioned:	17 January 1941
Fate:	Recaptured by the Romerist Navy 1 May 1942
Creeperopolis–Romerist
Name:	BIC DA-33
Acquired:	1 May 1942
Commissioned:	3 September 1942
Fate:	Sunk by the BNC Moreno Hidalgo 6 March 1943
General characteristics
Class and type:	DA IV-class submarine
Displacement:	626 tons surfaced 745 tons submerged
Length:	231 pies 6 pulgadas (211 feet 8 inches)
Beam:	21 pies (19 feet 2 inches)
Height:	34 pies 1 pulgadas (31 feet 2 inches)
Draught:	15 pies 8 pulgadas (14 feet 4 inches)
Installed power:	1,540–1,700 kW
Propulsion:	2 shafts 2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors
Speed:	13.9 mch (12 mph) surfaced 5.3 mch (4.6 mph) submerged
Range:	8,201 millas (7,100 miles) surfaced 124.8 millas (108 miles) submerged
Test depth:	788 pies (720 feet)
Complement:	48 seamen
Armament:	5 × 23 pl (21 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern) 11 × torpedoes 22 × TMA mines 1 × 3.75 pl (3.46 in) deck gun (220 rounds) 1 × .83 pl (0.79 in) AA gun
Service record
Part of:	Romerist Navy (1937–1941, 1942–1943) Miguelist Navy (1941–1942)
Commanders:	José Guerrero Jiménez (1937–1941) Gustavo Castillo Mora (1941–1942) José Justo Cabrera (1942–1943)
Operations:	Battle of Cabo de Palos †
Victories:	42 commercial vessels sunk 7 military vessels sunk
Awards:	Imperial Order of Fidel the Martyr (posthumous)

BIC DA 33, also known as BNC DA 12, was a Creeperian-built DA IV-class submarine of the Romerist Navy, and for a short while, of the Miguelist Navy, during the Creeperian Civil War. She was launched on 11 June 1937 and entered service with the Romerists on 21 June 1937. The submarine was sunk by the destroyer BNC Moreno Hidalgo on 3 March 1943 during the Battle of Cabo de Palos.

The submarine is considered one of the most successful of the civil war, sinking a total of 49 vessels and 305,020 tons. The crew of the submarine was posthumously awarded the Imperial Order of Fidel the Martyr in 1944. The wreck has never been located.

Service history

The BIC DA 33 was ordered on 1 January 1935 as a part of the DA IV-class of submarine by the Catholic Imperial Restoration Council. Construction began on 1 September 1936 and it was built by Díaz–Mori Shipbuilding at the Asambio-San Salvador Port. She was launched on 11 June 1937 and commissioned by the Romerist Navy on 21 June 1937.

Summary of raiding history

Color key
Military vessel.

Mission	No.	Date	Name of ship	Nationality	Tonnage	Fate
1	1	25 June 1937	BV Hentador	National Council	890	Sunk
	2	26 June 1937	BV Gensal	National Council	4,060	Sunk
	3	26 June 1937	BNC Handel Carpio	National Council	23,800	Sunk
	4	28 June 1937	BV Fontes	National Council	1,200	Sunk
	5	31 June 1937	BV Coatepeque	National Council	2,400	Sunk
2	6	17 August 1937	MN Gigantesco	National Council	9,900	Sunk
	7	19 August 1937	BNC Zapatista	National Council	18,000	Sunk
	8	20 August 1937	BV Camisas Rojos	National Council	14,000	Sunk
	9	20 August 1937	BV Ejérciteros	National Council	14,000	Sunk
	10	24 August 1937	BV Guadalajara	National Council	2,100	Sunk
3	11	11 October 1937	BV Ferula	National Council	1,100	Sunk
	12	16 October 1937	BV Mañana	National Council	890	Sunk
4	13	1 January 1938	BNC Ordóñez Yepes	National Council	28,100	Sunk
	14	3 January 1938	MN Sur	National Council	10,000	Sunk
	15	9 January 1938	BV Valencia	National Council	1,400	Sunk
5	16	17 March 1938	BV Cocotero	National Council	2,100	Sunk
	17	20 March 1938	BV Felizidad	National Council	1,800	Sunk
	18	2 April 1938	BV Grandioso	National Council	11,000	Sunk
6	19	17 June 1938	BV Cocotero	National Council	2,100	Sunk
	20	29 June 1938	BV Hermano	National Council	900	Sunk
7	21	1 October 1938	BV Guadalajara II	National Council	2,100	Sunk
8	22	1 January 1939	BV Galapagos	National Council	800	Sunk
	23	12 January 1939	MN Mojave	National Council	13,700	Sunk
	24	14 January 1939	BV Jalisco	National Council	2,400	Sunk
9	25	3 March 1939	BV Mar	National Council	5,500	Sunk
10	26	18 May 1939	BV Mil	National Council	1,000	Sunk
	27	20 May 1939	BNC Gerardo Figueroa Salinas	National Council	33,100	Sunk
	28	26 May 1939	BV Jure	National Council	5,400	Sunk
	29	2 June 1939	BV Río	National Council	1,100	Sunk
11	30	19 September 1939	BV Zarro	National Council	1,000	Sunk
12	31	18 January 1940	BV Mapuche	National Council	1,200	Sunk
	32	27 January 1940	BV Pipil	National Council	1,200	Sunk
13	32	17 May 1940	BV Agua Grande	National Council	9,000	Sunk
14	33	18 August 1940	BV Grecia	National Council	2,300	Sunk
	34	29 August 1940	BV Nicaragua	National Council	1,800	Sunk
	35	8 September 1940	BV Maya	National Council	5,200	Sunk
15	36	19 October 1940	BNC Mariposa	National Council	11,100	Sunk
16	37	30 January 1941	BV Victoria	Atlántida	3,100	Sunk
17	38	18 March 1941	BV La'Victoria	Imperial Council	1,200	Sunk
18	39	19 June 1941	BIC DA 4	Imperial Council	380	Sunk
19	40	7 January 1942	BV Jiménez	Imperial Council	3,000	Sunk
	41	10 January 1942	BV Determinación	Atlántida	4,500	Sunk
	42	13 January 1942	BV Calles	Imperial Council	900	Sunk
20	43	14 March 1942	BV Dávalos	Imperial Council	1,900	Sunk
21	44	30 April 1942	BV Mexico	Imperial Council	6,500	Sunk
22	45	17 September 1942	BV Fuentes	National Council	1,000	Sunk
23	46	8 December 1942	BV Mario	National Council	1,400	Sunk
	47	20 December 1942	BV Guatalteca	National Council	1,900	Sunk
24	48	19 January 1943	TNS Cerqa	Terranihil	1,200	Sunk
25	49	6 March 1943	BNC Moreno Juderías	National Council	17,800	Sunk

Commanders

No.	Commander	Photo	Term		Rank	Missions and tonnage sunk
			Term Start	Term End
Commander
1	José Juan Guerrero Jiménez (1899–1942)		21 June 1937	19 October 1941	Vice Admiral	15 missions 260,240 tons
			4 years, 120 days
2	Gustavo Manuel Castillo Mora (1900–1944)		17 January 1941	1 May 1942	Captain	6 missions 21,480 tons
			1 year, 104 days
3	José Porfirio Justo Cabrera (1902–1943)		3 September 1942	6 March 1943 †	Captain	4 missions 23,300 tons
			273 days

See also

• DA IV-class submarine
• Battle of Cabo de Palos