U-436
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||||||
| Ordered | 16 Oct 1939 | |||||||||||||||||
| Laid down | 25 Apr 1940 | F Schichau GmbH, Danzig (werk 1478) | ||||||||||||||||
| Launched | 21 Jun 1941 | |||||||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 27 Sep 1941 | Kptlt. Günther Seibicke (Knights Cross) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Career 8 patrols |
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| Successes | 6 ships sunk for a total of 36,208 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 291 tons (lost aboard transport ships) 2 ships damaged for a total of 15,575 GRT | |||||||||||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 26 May, 1943 in the North Atlantic west of Cape Ortegal, Spain, in position 43.49N, 15.56W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Test and the British corvette HMS Hyderabad 47 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||||||||||
Wolfpack operations
U-436 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Umbau (7 Feb 1942 - 16 Feb 1942)
Umhang (10 Mar 1942 - 16 Mar 1942)
Robbenschlag (7 Apr 1942 - 14 Apr 1942)
Blutrausch (15 Apr 1942 - 19 Apr 1942)
Strauchritter (29 Apr 1942 - 1 May 1942)
Greif (14 May 1942 - 26 May 1942)
Puma (16 Oct 1942 - 29 Oct 1942)
Natter (30 Oct 1942 - 6 Nov 1942)
Delphin (26 Dec 1942 - 12 Feb 1943)
Drossel (29 Apr 1943 - 15 May 1943)
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-436 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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