U-136
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 7 Aug 1939 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 2 Oct 1940 | Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 15) | ||||||||
| Launched | 5 Jul 1941 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 30 Aug 1941 | Kptlt. Heinrich Zimmermann | ||||||||
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| Career 3 patrols |
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| Successes | 5 ships sunk for a total of 23,649 GRT 2 warships sunk for a total of 1,850 tons 1 ship damaged for a total of 8,955 GRT | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 11 July, 1942 in Atlantic west of Madeira, Portugal, in position 33.30N, 22.52W by depth charges from the Free French destroyer Léopard, the British frigate HMS Spey and the British sloop HMS Pelican. 45 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
Wolfpack operations
U-136 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Schlei (1 Feb 1942 - 12 Feb 1942)
Hai (3 Jul 1942 - 11 Jul 1942)
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-136 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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There was another U-136 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 7 Nov 1917 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 15 Aug 1918. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 136 during WWI.