WWI U-boats

UC 36

Type UC II
ShipyardBlohm & Voss, Hamburg (Werk 277)
Ordered 20 Nov 1915
Launched 5 Jun 1916
Commissioned 10 Oct 1916
Commanders
3 Nov 1916 - 21 May 1917 Kptlt. Gustav Buch
Career 5 patrols
3 Feb 1917 - 21 May 1917 Flandern Flotilla
Successes24 ships sunk with a total of 37,367 tons. (View ships hit by UC 36)
Fate 21 May 1917 - Rammed off Ushant (4842N 0514W) by French steamer Molière. 27 dead (all hands lost).

The fates of UC 36 and UB 36 were reassessed in fall 2006.


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