U-37
Type | IX | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ordered | 29 Jul 1936 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laid down | 15 Mar 1937 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 942) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Launched | 14 May 1938 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 4 Aug 1938 | Kptlt. Heinrich Schuch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Career 11 patrols |
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| Successes | 53 ships sunk for a total of 200,124 GRT 2 warships sunk for a total of 2,404 tons 1 ship damaged for a total of 9,494 GRT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fate | Scuttled on 8 May, 1945 in Sonderburg Bay, in position 54.55N, 09.47E, later broken up. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Attacks on this boat
3 Nov 1939
The boat suffered slight damage after an air attack.
24 Aug 1940
The boat was hit by both surface escorts and aircraft and forced to abort to France. Date is an approximate. (Sources: Blair, vol 1, page 180)
2 recorded attacks on this boat.
General notes on this boat
8 Feb 1941. The boat spotted the convoy HG 53 late on Feb 8, 1941. She attacked on the 9th and sank 3 ships during the next 2 days but she also brought in Condor aircraft from 2/KG 40 which attacked on the 9th that sank 5 more ships. The heavy cruiser Hipper is also vectored in to the scene but only finds a straggler on the 11th, sinking her.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-37 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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There was another U-37 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 25 Aug 1914 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 9 Dec 1914. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 37 during WWI.


