Unterseeboot 35 (1936)

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Career (Nazi Germany)
Name:	U-35
Ordered:	March 25, 1935
Builder:	Germaniawerft, Kiel, yard 558
Laid down:	March 2, 1936
Launched:	September 24, 1936
Commissioned:	November 3, 1936
Fate:	Scuttled November 29, 1939 in the North Sea. 0 dead and 43 survivors.
Class and type:	VIIA
Service record
Part of	Kriegsmarine: 2. Unterseebootsflottille
Identification codes	M 21 203
Commanders	Klaus Ewerth Hans Rudolf Rösing Hermann Michahelles Otto Kretschmer Werner Lott
Operations	2
Victories	4 ships sunk for a total of 7.850 gross register tons (GRT) 1 ship damaged for a total of 6.014 GRT

Unterseeboot 35 (usually abbreviated to U-35) was a German Type VIIA U-boat built before World War II.

U-35 was built at the Germaniawerft in Kiel during 1936, and was ready for service later the same year.

[edit] Fate

On November 29, 1939 U-35 was scuttled by its crew in the North Sea, in position 60°53′N, 02°47′E, after a depth charge attack from the British destroyers HMS Kingston, HMS Icarus and HMS Kashmir. All 43 hands on board survived.

[edit] External links

• uboat.net webpage for U-35
• ubootwaffe.net webpage for U-35
• Website devoted to U-35

See Also: List of U-boats and List of successful U-boats