U 36 (Navy)
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| Type : | VII A |
| Field Post Number : | M 13 703 |
| Shipyard: | Germania shipyard , Kiel |
| Construction contract: | March 25, 1935 |
| Build number: | 559 |
| Keel laying: | March 2, 1936 |
| Launch: | November 4, 1936 |
| Commissioning: | December 16, 1936 |
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| Calls: | 2 patrols |
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2 ships (2813 GRT ) |
| Whereabouts: | Sunk on December 4, 1939 southwest of Kristiansand |
U 36 was a German submarine of type VII A , which in the Second World War by the Navy was used.
history
The boat was laid down on March 2, 1936 and was launched on November 4 of the same year. U 36 was put into service on December 16, 1936 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Klaus Ewerth. After it was put into service, it belonged to the “Saltzwedel” submarine in Wilhelmshaven until it was sunk on December 4, 1939 - with a brief interruption in September 1939 when it was part of the submarine school flotilla as a school boat .
From April to May 1937, U 36 was used for maritime surveillance during the Spanish Civil War off Alicante . From July 8, 1937 to August 29, 1937 and from December 11, 1937 to February 12, 1938, diving and escorting exercises with U 37 were carried out off Spain . In Seville on January 23, 1938, an air raid was repulsed, in which the boat was bullet-damaged.
On February 1, 1939, Corvette Captain Wilhelm Fröhlich took command.
U 36 undertook two enemy voyages during World War II , during which it sank two ships with a total tonnage of 2813 GRT . A ship with 1619 GRT was raised as a prize .
Use statistics
First patrol
The boat was launched on August 31, 1939 at 20:00 of Wilhelmshaven and September 30, 1939 at 17:30 in Kiel one. On this 24-day expedition in the North Sea and off southern Norway , two ships with 2786 GRT were sunk and a ship with 1619 GRT was brought in as a prize.
- September 15, 1939: Sinking of the British steamer Truro ( Lage ) (974 GRT) by a torpedo . He had loaded 800 tons of cargo , including coal , coke , bauxite , nickel and copper, and was on the way to Trondheim . There were no deaths, 28 survivors.
- September 25, 1939: The Swedish steamer Silesa ( Lage ) (1839 BRT) is sunk by a torpedo. He had loaded wood , steel and iron and was on his way from Gothenburg to Hull . Human losses are unclear.
- September 27, 1939: Capture of the Swedish steamer Algeria (1617 GRT). The steamer had iron and cellulose loaded and was on its way from Kirkwall to Genoa . The ship was seized, manned by a prize squad and sent to Kiel.
Second patrol
The boat left Kiel on December 2, 1939 at 12:10 a.m. It was sunk on December 4, 1939. No ships were sunk during this three-day expedition into the North Sea.
Whereabouts
The boat was sunk on December 4, 1939 in the North Sea southwest of Kristiansand -Süd, about 73 nm from the Lister lighthouse, by the British submarine HMS Salmon . The Salmon shot a sixfold, but only one torpedo hit U 36 , which had disappeared from the surface of the water after an explosion cloud about 60 m high. It was a total loss with 40 dead. The position was 57 ° 0 ' N , 5 ° 2' E in marine grid reference AN 3761.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The uboat.net the sinking of the position are for U 36 under U 36 ( memento of 18 March 2012 Webcite ) the coordinates 57 ° 0 ' N , 5 ° 20' O at. Under HMS Salmon , however, the position 57 ° 0 ' N , 2 ° 47' E is given.
Web links
- U 36 at uboat.net (engl.)
- ubootwaffe.net - detailed site about German submarines
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