German submarine U-37 (1938)
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German submarine U-37 was a Type IXA[3] U-boat of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) during World War II.[1] The submarine was laid down on 15 March 1937 at the DeSchiMAG AG Weser yard in Bremen, launched on 14 May 1938, and commissioned on 4 August 1938 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Schuch as part of the 6th U-boat Flotilla.[1]
U-37 at Lorient in 1940 | |
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Name | U-37 |
Ordered | 29 July 1936 |
Builder | DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen |
Yard number | 942 |
Laid down | 15 March 1937 |
Launched | 14 May 1938 |
Commissioned | 4 August 1938 |
Fate | Scuttled, 8 May 1945 |
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Class and type | Type IXA submarine |
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Height | 9.40 m (30 ft 10 in) |
Draught | 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) |
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Test depth | 230 m (750 ft) |
Complement | 4 officers, 44 enlisted |
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Identification codes: | M 21 204 |
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Between August 1939 and March 1941, U-37 conducted eleven combat patrols, sinking 53 merchant ships, for a total of 200,063 gross register tons (GRT); and two warships, the British Hastings-class sloop HMS Penzance, and the French submarine Sfax (Q182).[1] U-37 was then withdrawn from front-line service and assigned to training units until the end of the war. On 8 May 1945 the U-boat was scuttled in Sonderburg Bay, off Flensburg.[1] U-37 was the sixth most successful U-boat in World War II.[4]