German submarine U-236

History
Nazi Germany
Name	U-236
Ordered	20 January 1941
Builder	Germaniawerft, Kiel
Yard number	666
Laid down	23 March 1942
Launched	24 November 1942
Commissioned	9 January 1943
Fate	Scuttled on 5 May 1945
General characteristics
Class and type	Type VIIC submarine
Displacement	769 tonnes (757 long tons) surfaced 871 t (857 long tons) submerged
Length	67.10 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a 50.50 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull
Beam	6.20 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull
Height	9.60 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught	4.74 m (15 ft 7 in)
Installed power	2,800–3,200 PS (2,100–2,400 kW; 2,800–3,200 bhp) (diesels) 750 PS (550 kW; 740 shp) (electric)
Propulsion	2 shafts 2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors.
Speed	17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) surfaced 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged
Range	8,500 nmi (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 80 nmi (150 km; 92 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth	230 m (750 ft) Crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft)
Complement	4 officers, 40–56 enlisted
Armament	5 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern) 14 × G7e torpedoes or 26 TMA mines 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun(220 rounds) 1 x 2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 AA gun
Service record[1]
Part of:	5th U-boat Flotilla 9 January – 20 May 1943 24th U-boat Flotilla 29 September 1943 – 30 April 1944 21st U-boat Flotilla 1 May 1944 – 28 February 1945 31st U-boat Flotilla 1 March – 5 May 1945
Identification codes:	M 49 652
Commanders:	Oblt.z.S. Reimar Ziesmer 9 January – 25 May 1943 Oblt.z.S. Curt Hartmann 29 September 1943 – 29 May 1944 Oblt.z.S. Ludo Kreglin 30 May – 4 June 1944 Oblt.z.S. Herbert Mumm 5 June 1944 – 4 May 1945
Operations:	None
Victories:	None

German submarine U-236 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.

The submarine was laid down on 23 March 1942 at the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft yard at Kiel as yard number 666, launched on 24 November and commissioned on 9 January 1943 under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Reimar Ziesmer.^[1]

After training with the 5th U-boat Flotilla at Kiel, she spent the rest of the war as a 'school' boat. U-236 was transferred to the 24th flotilla on 29 September 1943, the 21st flotilla on 1 May 1944 and the 31st flotilla on 1 March 1945. She was scuttled near Schleimünde on 5 May 1945.