U-36

Type

VIIA

 
Ordered25 Mar 1935
Laid down 2 Mar 1936 F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel (werk 559)
Launched4 Nov 1936
Commissioned16 Dec 1936Kptlt. Klaus Ewerth
Commanders
16 Dec 1936 - 31 Oct 1938   Klaus Ewerth
1 Feb 1939 - 4 Dec 1939  KrvKpt. Wilhelm Fröhlich
Career2 patrols 16 Dec 1936 - 1 Aug 1939  U-Bootschulflottille (school boat)
1 Sep 1939 - 4 Dec 1939  2. Flottille (front boat)
Successes2 ships sunk for a total of 2,813 GRT
1 ship captured for a total of 1,617 GRT
Fate

Sunk 4 Dec, 1939 in the North Sea south-west of Kristiansand, in position 57.00N, 05.20E, by a torpedo from the British submarine HMS Salmon. 40 dead (all hands lost).

See the 3 ships hit by U-36 - View the 2 war patrols

Attacks on this boat

17 Sep 1939
The British submarine HMS Seahorse (96 S) missed U-36 with a spread of three torpedoes. The U-boat had just stopped to control a neutral Danish steamer and was very lucky because one of the torpedoes passed directly underneath the boat. (Sources: Dr. Jürgen Rohwer, Herbert Ritschel)

1 recorded attack on this boat.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-36 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2
Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 1998.
Submarines versus U-boats. Jones, Geoffrey, 1986.
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-36 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 4 Jun 1914 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 14 Nov 1914. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 36 during WWI.