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U-35

Type

VIIA

 
Ordered25 Mar, 1935
Laid down 2 Mar, 1936 Germaniawerft, Kiel (werk 558)
Launched24 Sep, 1936
Commissioned3 Nov, 1936Kptlt. Klaus Ewerth
Commanders
3 Nov, 1936 - 5 Dec, 1936   Klaus Ewerth
6 Dec, 1936 - Feb, 1937  Kptlt. Hans Rudolf Rösing (in deputize) (Knights Cross) -- acting
Feb, 1937 - 30 Jul, 1937  Kptlt. Hermann Michahelles
31 Jul, 1937 - 15 Aug, 1937  Oblt. Otto Kretschmer (Knights Cross)
15 Aug, 1937 - 29 Nov, 1939   Werner Lott
Career3 patrols 3 Nov, 1936 - 31 Aug, 1939  2. Flottille (front boat)
1 Sep, 1939 - 29 Nov, 1939  2. Flottille (front boat)
Successes4 ships sunk for a total of 7.850 GRT
1 ship damaged for a total of 6.014 GRT
Fate

Sunk 29 Nov, 1939 in North Sea, in position 60.53N, 02.47E, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Kingston, HMS Icarus and HMS Kashmir. 43 survivors (No casualties).

See the 5 ships hit by U-35 - View the 3 war patrols

Attacks on this boat

9 Sep, 1939
The British submarine HMS Ursula (Lt.Cdr. G.C. Philipps, RN) fired the first British submarine torpedoes of the war when attacking the German submarine U-35 about 23 nautical miles north of the island of Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands in position 53º52'N 06º05'E. (Sources: Dr. Jürgen Rohwer)

1 recorded attacks on this boat.

General notes on this boat

During early 1937 Kptlt. Rösing made a patrol with U-35 to Ponta Delgada in the Azores.

External page
For a very thorough page on this boat please visit the U 35 page operated by Mr. Hans Mair.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-35 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



German U-Boat Losses During World War II
Niestle, Axel

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German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998
U-Boat Adventures, Wiggins, Melanie, 1999
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998


There was another U-35 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 18 Apr, 1914 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 4 Nov, 1914. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 35 during WWI.