8 days after the success of Graf Spee, the German submarine U-33 has a chance to strike a devastating blow to the enemy.
On a regular dive sweep, U-33 picks up two high speed warship contacts. After several minutes,
U-33 surfaces to periscope depth. Onboard is a Naval Photographer who is to photograph ships and happenings throughout the patrol. Now, he puts his camera to the periscope, and captured this now famous photograph:
U-33 fires 3 torpedoes at the Warspite, and another torpedo at the destroyer HMS Vampire.
57 seconds later, a torpedo hits the Vampire.
All torpedoes that were aimed towards Warspite are either duds or misses.
This battle is widely claimed a success, for the simple reason of leaving Warspite unescorted.