Unterseeboot 36 (1936)
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| U-36 | |
|---|---|
| Country | Nazi Germany |
| Branch | Kriegsmarine |
| Type | VIIA |
| Fieldpost number | M 13 703 |
| Shipyard | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Yard number | 559 |
| Ordered | March 25, 1935 |
| Laid down | March 2, 1936 |
| Launched | November 4, 1936 |
| Commissioned | December 16, 1936 |
| Career | |
| Patrols | 2 |
| Flotillas | U-Bootschulflottille 2. Unterseebootsflottille |
| Commanders | Klaus Ewerth Wilhelm Fröhlich |
| Successes | |
| 2 ships sunk for a total of 2.813 GRT 1 ship sunk for a total of 1.617 GRT |
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| Fate | |
| Sunk December 4, 1939 in the North Sea south-west of Kristiansand. 40 dead. | |
Unterseeboot 36 (usually abbreviated to U-36) was a German Type VIIA submarine of the Kriegsmarine built for service in the Second World War. She was constructed in the earliest days of the U-boat arm of the Kriegsmarine at Kiel in 1936, and served in the pre-war Navy in the Baltic Sea and North Sea under her pre-war captain Klaus Ewerth. In October 1938, Wilhelm Fröhlich took command and continued in the role until his death when the boat was lost.
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[edit] War Patrols
The U-36 departed Kiel early on the August 13, 1939 for her first patrol, in anticipation of the oncoming outbreak of war. This she received soon afterwards, and patrolled the North Sea for a month, hoping to catch ships travelling between Britain and Scandinavia carrying war supplies. In this role, she sank two steamers, one British, the other a neutral Swede carrying British produce. She returned to her berth at Kiel at the end of September, where she remained until December.
In December, the U-36 departed on her second war patrol, intending to catch British shipping trading with Norway. It was whilst lurking on the surface near the Norwegian port of Stavanger that U-36 was spotted, two days out of Wilhelmshaven by the British submarine HMS Salmon. Salmon then fired one torpedo at her unwitting counterpart, sinking her and all 40 of the sailors aboard.
[edit] Raiding career
| Date | Ship | Nationality | Tonnage | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 1939 | SS Truro | British | 974 | Sunk |
| 25 September 1939 | SS Silesia | Swedish | 1,839 | Sunk |
[edit] References
- Sharpe, Peter, U-Boat Fact File, Midland Publishing, Great Britain: 1998. ISBN 1-85780-072-9.
[edit] External links
[edit] See also
- List of U-boats
- For other submarines with this designation, see Unterseeboot 36
