German submarine U-36 (1936)
Service
- as U-3616 December 1936 — 4 December 193994 days of the war
- Name
- U-36
- Pennant / hull number
- 1936
- Builder
- Germaniawerft, Kiel
- Ordered
- 25 March 1935
- Laid down
- 2 March 1936
- Launched
- 4 November 1936
- Commissioned
- 16 December 1936
- Fate
- Sunk, 4 December 1939 (1939)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 616 long tons (626 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 733 long tons (745 t)
- Length
- 64.51 m (211.6 ft) OA
- Beam
- 5.85 m (19.2 ft)
- Draught
- 4.37 m (14.3 ft)
- Speed
- 17 knots (31.5 km/h, 19.6 mph)
- Range
- 6,200 nmi (11,482 km)
- Main gun
- 88 mm (3.5 in)
U-36 was a Type VIIA submarine of the Kriegsmarine. She carried the pennant number 1936. Germaniawerft, Kiel laid her keel on 2 March 1936. She entered service on 16 December 1936, having been launched on 4 November 1936.
Her class ran to 21 ships. The class followed the Type UB III, Vetehinen class and was succeeded by the Type XXI (Late-war replacement).
The boat displaced 616 long tons surfaced and 733 long tons submerged. She measured 64.5 m (212 ft) long with a beam of 5.8 m (19 ft). Her designed speed was 17 knots.
Her main battery was one 88 mm (3.5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 94 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 4 December 1939, at 57°00′N 5°02′E. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 shafts
- 2 × diesel engines
- 2 × electric motors
- Power
- 2100 - 2310 PS (diesels)
- 750 PS (electric)
- Armament
- 5 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern)
- 11 torpedoes or 22 TMA mines
- 1 × 8.8 cm deck gun (220 rounds)
- 1 × 2 cm C/30 anti-aircraft gun
Sister ships
- German submarine U-1059
- German submarine U-1060
- German submarine U-1061
- German submarine U-1062
- German submarine U-213
- German submarine U-214
- German submarine U-215
- German submarine U-216
- German submarine U-217
- German submarine U-218
- German submarine U-27 (1936)
- German submarine U-28 (1936)
- German submarine U-29 (1936)
- German submarine U-30 (1936)
- German submarine U-31 (1936)
- German submarine U-32 (1937)
- German submarine U-33 (1936)
- German submarine U-34 (1936)
- German submarine U-35 (1936)
- German submarine U-380
Sources
- Facts harvested from German submarine U-36 (1936) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
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