WWI U-boats

UB 36

Type UB II
ShipyardBlohm & Voss, Hamburg (Werk 260)
Ordered 22 Jul 1915
Launched 15 Jan 1916
Commissioned 22 May 1916
Commanders
22 May 1916 - 12 Dec 1916 Oblt. Kurt Albrecht
13 Dec 1916 - 9 May 1917 Oblt. Harald von Keyserlingk
Career 12 patrols
26 Jun 1916 - 23 Feb 1917 Baltic Flotilla
23 Feb 1917 - 9 May 1917 Flandern Flotilla
Successes7 ships sunk with a total of 1,584 tons.
2 ships taken as prize with a total of 917 tons. (View ships hit by UB 36)
Fate 9 May 1917 - Mined off the Flanders on the evening of May 9/10, 1917 soon after sailing from Zeebrugge. Minefield laid in May 1916. 23 dead

The wreck of what proved to be UB 36 was located by divers as early as 1971 but only positively identified by Belgian divers through propeller markings in August 2013.

Previously recorded fate
Rammed off Ushant (48°42'N 05°14'W) by French steamer Molière. This attack in fact sank UC 36.


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