German submarine U-536
| Career (Nazi Germany) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-536 |
| Ordered: | 10 April 1941 |
| Builder: | Deutsche Werft, Hamburg |
| Yard number: | 354 |
| Laid down: | 13 March 1942 |
| Launched: | 26 October 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 13 January 1943 |
| Fate: | Sunk, November 1943 northeast of the Azores by one British and two Canadian warships |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | Type IXC/40 submarine |
| Displacement: | 1,144 t (1,126 long tons) surfaced 1,257 t (1,237 long tons) submerged |
| Length: | 76.76 m (251 ft 10 in) o/a 58.75 m (192 ft 9 in) pressure hull |
| Beam: | 6.86 m (22 ft 6 in) o/a 4.44 m (14 ft 7 in) pressure hull |
| Height: | 9.6 m (31 ft 6 in) |
| Draft: | 4.67 m (15 ft 4 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × MAN M 9 V 40/46 supercharged 9-cylinder diesel engines, 4,400 hp (3,281 kW) 2 × SSW GU 345/34 double-acting electric motors, 1,000 hp (746 kW) |
| Speed: | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) surfaced 7.3 knots (13.5 km/h; 8.4 mph) submerged |
| Range: | 13,850 nmi (25,650 km; 15,940 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 63 nautical miles (117 km; 72 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged |
| Test depth: | 230 m (750 ft) |
| Complement: | 4 officers, 44 enlisted |
| Armament: |
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| Service record | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
4th U-boat Flotilla (11 November 1942–31 March 1943) 2nd U-boat Flotilla (1 April 1943–30 September 1944) 33rd U-boat Flotilla (1 October 1944–8 May 1945) |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt. Rolf Schauenburg (13 January–20 November 1943) |
| Operations: |
1st patrol: 1 June–9 July 1943 2nd patrol: 29 August–20 November 1943 |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-536 was a Type IXC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
She was laid down at the Deutsche Werft (yard) in Hamburg as yard number 347 on 7 January 1942, launched on 26 August and commissioned on 11 November with Kapitänleutnant Rolf Schauenburg in command.
U-536 began her service career with training as part of the 4th U-boat Flotilla from 13 January 1943. She was re-assigned to the 2nd flotilla for operations on 1 June.
She carried out two patrols, but did not sink any ships. She was a member of one wolfpack.
She was sunk in November 1943 northeast of the Azores by one British and two Canadian warships.
Operational career
1st patrol
The boat departed Kiel on 1 June 1943, moved through the North Sea, negotiated the gap between Iceland and the Faroe Islands and entered the Atlantic Ocean. She entered Lorient, on the French Atlantic coast, on 9 July.
2nd patrol and loss
Her second foray took her as far as the Gulf of St. Lawrence, but on the return leg she was sunk on 20 November 1943 northeast of the Azores by depth charges from a British frigate, HMS Nene and two Canadian corvettes, HMCS Snowberry and HMCS Calgary.[2]
Thirty-eight men died; there were seventeen survivors.[3]
Wolfpacks
U-536 took part in one wolfpack, namely.
- Schill 2 (17–20 November 1943)
See also
References
Bibliography
- Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945. Der U-Boot-Krieg (in German) IV (Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn: Mittler). ISBN 3-8132-0514-2.
- Gröner, Erich (1985). U-Boote, Hilfskreuzer, Minenschiffe, Netzleger, Sperrbrecher. Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815-1945 (in German) III (Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe). ISBN 3-7637-4802-4.
- Kemp, Paul (1997). U-Boats Destroyed - German Submarine Losses in the World Wars. Arms & Armour. ISBN 1-85409-515-3.
External links
- Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type IXC/40 boat U-536". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- Hofmann, Markus. "U 536". Deutsche U-Boote 1935-1945 - u-boot-archiv.de (in German). Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- U-536 at Ubootwaffe
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