List of all U-boats

U-236

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered20 Jan 1941
Laid down23 Mar 1942 F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel (werk 666)
Launched24 Nov 1942
Commissioned9 Jan 1943 Oblt. Raimar Ziesmer
Commanders
9 Jan 1943 - 30 May 1943  Oblt. Reimar Ziesmer
29 Sep 1943 - 29 May 1944  Oblt. Curt Hartmann
30 May 1944 - 4 Jun 1944  Oblt. Ludo Kregelin
5 Jun 1944 - 4 May 1945  Oblt. Herbert Mumm
Career
No patrols
9 Jan 1943-14 May 1943  5. Flottille (training)
29 Sep 1943-30 Apr 1944  24. Flottille (training)
1 May 1944-28 Feb 1945  21. Flottille (school boat)
1 Mar 1945-5 May 1945  31. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Scuttled 5 May, 1945 near Schleimünde, in position 54.37N, 10.03E. No deaths.

Damaged by British bombs (Sqdns 236 & 254) on 4 May, 1945,

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-236 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.

U-boat Emblems

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Hitler's U-boat War
Blair, Clay


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Books dealing with this subject include

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.