SM UB-36

SM UB-45 a U-boat similar to UB-36
History
German Empire
NameUB-36
Ordered22 July 1915
BuilderBlohm & Voss, Hamburg
Cost1,152,000 German Papiermark
Yard number260
Launched15 January 1916
Completed22 May 1916
Commissioned22 May 1916
FateSunk May 1917
General characteristics
Class & typeType UB II submarine
Displacement
  • 274 t (270 long tons) surfaced
  • 303 t (298 long tons) submerged
Length
Beam
  • 4.37 m (14 ft 4 in) o/a
  • 3.85 m (12 ft 8 in) pressure hull
Draught3.69 m (12 ft 1 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 9.15 knots (16.95 km/h; 10.53 mph) surfaced
  • 5.81 knots (10.76 km/h; 6.69 mph) submerged
Range
  • 6,450 nmi (11,950 km; 7,420 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) surfaced
  • 45 nmi (83 km; 52 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth50 m (160 ft)
Complement2 officers, 21 men
Armament
Notes42-second diving time
Service record
Part of:
  • Baltic Flotilla
  • 26 June 1916 – 23 February 1917
  • Flandern Flotilla
  • 23 February – 9 May 1917
Commanders:
  • Oblt.z.S. Kurt Albrecht
  • 22 May – 12 December 1916
  • Oblt.z.S. Harald von Keyserlingk
  • 13 December 1916 – 9 May 1917
Operations: 12 patrols
Victories:
  • 7 merchant ships sunk
    (1,584 GRT)
  • 2 merchant ships taken as prize
    (917 GRT)

SM UB-36 was a German Type UB II submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 22 July 1915 and launched on 15 January 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 22 May 1916 as SM UB-36.

The submarine sank seven ships in twelve patrols. She herself was sunk in May 1917, but her fate is a matter of dispute. Some sources claim that UB-36 was rammed and presumably sunk by the French steamer SS Molière in the English Channel off Ushant, France, on 21 May 1917. Other sources states that this in fact was SM UC-36 and that UB-36 struck a mine and sank elsewhere.