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U-Boat Operations
Major contributors to this section:
Commanders, Flotillas & Yards —  Fernando Almeida
Ships, General —  Werner Freitag
Ship Details —  David Rayner & Walter Janssens
Detail Consultant —  Horst Schmeisser
Patrols, Fates and Air Attacks —  Howard Cock

U-636Type VIIC
Feldpost NumberM 51 601
Construction YardBlohm und Voß, Hamburg
Yard Number612
Ordered20th Jan 1941
Keel laid2nd Oct 1941
Launched25th Jun 1942
Commissioned20th Aug 1942
Baubelehrung8.KLA, Hamburg
Training, Flotillas and Duties
08.42 - 03.435.U-Flottille, Kiel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
04.43 - 10.4311.U-Flottille, Bergen
Frontboot (operational)
11.43 - 04.4513.U-Flottille, Trondheim
Frontboot (operational)
Frontboot minenünternehmungen (minelaying)
Commanders
08.42 - 02.44OL Hans Hildebrandt
02.44 - 04.45OL Eberhard Schendel

Operations information for U-636
17.04.1943 - 20.04.1943
First Sailing
U-636 left Kiel under the command of Hans Hildebrandt on 17th Apr 1943 and arrived at Bergen on 20th Apr 1943 after three days.
24.04.1943 - 28.04.1943
Second Sailing
On the 24th Apr 1943, U-636 left Bergen under the command of Hans Hildebrandt and after four days arrived at Trondheim on 28th Apr 1943.
02.05.1943 - 08.06.1943
Third Sailing - active patrol
U-636 departed under Hans Hildebrandt from Trondheim on 2nd May 1943 and arrived at Bergen on 8th Jun 1943 after over five weeks.
On 9th May 1943 in square AL 24, U-636 came under attack from an aircraft of USN VP-84 Squadron. U-636 was moderately damaged by the attack. The boat defended itself with flak without destroying the aircraft.
24.07.1943 - 27.07.1943
Fourth Sailing
U-636 left Bergen under the command of Hans Hildebrandt on 24th Jul 1943 and after three days arrived at Narvik on 27th Jul 1943.
28.07.1943 - 31.07.1943
Fifth Sailing
On the 28th Jul 1943, U-636 left Narvik under the command of Hans Hildebrandt and arrived at Hammerfest on 31st Jul 1943 after three days.
31.07.1943 - 07.08.1943
Sixth Sailing - active patrol
U-636 departed under Hans Hildebrandt from Hammerfest on 31st Jul 1943 and after one week arrived at Narvik on 7th Aug 1943.
14.08.1943 - 16.08.1943
Seventh Sailing
U-636 left Narvik under the command of Hans Hildebrandt on 14th Aug 1943 and arrived at Hammerfest on 16th Aug 1943 after two days.
17.08.1943 - 30.08.1943
Eighth Sailing - active patrol
On the 17th Aug 1943, U-636 left Hammerfest under the command of Hans Hildebrandt and after nearly two weeks arrived at Narvik on 30th Aug 1943.

U-636 laid mines on this patrol. These mines were hit by 2 ships.
The 7,169 ton Soviet Tbilisi was sunk by a mine on 6th Sep 1943.
The 558 ton Soviet SKR-14, ex RT-86 Indiga was sunk by a mine on 17th Oct 1943.This was a mine laying patrol, laying mines in the Kara sea on the 28th.
05.09.1943 - 09.09.1943
Ninth Sailing
U-636 departed under Hans Hildebrandt from Narvik on 5th Sep 1943 and arrived at Bergen on 9th Sep 1943 after four days.The Tbilisi was initially thought to have been struck by a torpedo but there are no records of a torpedo attack on her, Rohwer suggests she struck a mine - laid on an earlier patrol (see eighth sailing above).
24.10.1943 - 25.10.1943
Tenth Sailing
U-636 left Bergen under the command of Hans Hildebrandt on 24th Oct 1943 and after one day arrived at Trondheim on 25th Oct 1943.
27.10.1943 - 31.10.1943
Eleventh Sailing
On the 27th Oct 1943, U-636 left Trondheim under the command of Hans Hildebrandt and arrived at Narvik on 31st Oct 1943 after four days.
02.11.1943 - 03.11.1943
Twelfth Sailing
U-636 departed under Hans Hildebrandt from Narvik on 2nd Nov 1943 and after one day arrived at Hammerfest on 3rd Nov 1943.
06.11.1943 - 17.11.1943
Thirteenth Sailing - active patrol
U-636 left Hammerfest under the command of Hans Hildebrandt on 6th Nov 1943 and arrived back at Hammerfest one and a half weeks later on 17th Nov 1943.
18.11.1943 - 19.11.1943
Fourteenth Sailing
On the 18th Nov 1943, U-636 left Hammerfest under the command of Hans Hildebrandt and after one day arrived at Tromsö on 19th Nov 1943.
21.11.1943 - 22.11.1943
Fifteenth Sailing
U-636 departed under Hans Hildebrandt from Tromsö on 21st Nov 1943 and arrived at Hammerfest on 22nd Nov 1943 after one day.
23.11.1943 - 27.12.1943
Sixteenth Sailing - active patrol
U-636 left Hammerfest under the command of Hans Hildebrandt on 23rd Nov 1943 and returned nearly five weeks later to Hammerfest on 27th Dec 1943.
30.12.1943 - 08.01.1944
Seventeenth Sailing - active patrol
On the 30th Dec 1943, U-636 left Hammerfest under the command of Hans Hildebrandt and arrived at Narvik on 8th Jan 1944 after just over one week.
26.01.1944 - 02.02.1944
Eighteenth Sailing
U-636 departed under Hans Hildebrandt from Narvik on 26th Jan 1944 and after one week arrived at Hammerfest on 2nd Feb 1944.
04.02.1944 - 05.02.1944
Nineteenth Sailing
U-636 left Hammerfest under the command of Hans Hildebrandt on 4th Feb 1944 and arrived at Narvik on 5th Feb 1944 after one day.
08.02.1944 - 11.02.1944
Twentieth Sailing
On the 8th Feb 1944, U-636 left Narvik under the command of Hans Hildebrandt and after three days arrived at Trondheim on 11th Feb 1944.
31.03.1944 - 02.04.1944
Twentyfirst Sailing
U-636 departed under Eberhard Schendel from Trondheim on 31st Mar 1944 and arrived at Narvik on 2nd Apr 1944 after two days.
08.04.1944 - 03.05.1944
Twentysecond Sailing - active patrol
U-636 left Narvik under the command of Eberhard Schendel on 8th Apr 1944 and returned to Narvik on 3rd May 1944 after three and a half weeks on patrol.
05.05.1944 - 07.05.1944
Twentythird Sailing
On the 5th May 1944, U-636 left Narvik under the command of Eberhard Schendel and arrived at Trondheim on 7th May 1944 after two days.
23.06.1944 - 24.06.1944
Twentyfourth Sailing
U-636 departed under Eberhard Schendel from Trondheim on 23rd Jun 1944 and after one day arrived at Narvik on 24th Jun 1944.
27.06.1944 - 23.07.1944
Twentyfifth Sailing - active patrol
U-636 left Narvik under the command of Eberhard Schendel on 27th Jun 1944 and arrived at Harstad on 23rd Jul 1944 after more than three weeks.
24.07.1944 - 24.07.1944
Twentysixth Sailing
On the 24th Jul 1944, U-636 left Harstad under the command of Eberhard Schendel and arrived at Narvik on the same day.
25.08.1944 - 12.09.1944
Twentyseventh Sailing - active patrol
U-636 departed under Eberhard Schendel from Narvik on 25th Aug 1944 and arrived back at Narvik on 12th Sep 1944 after two and a half weeks on patrol.
16.09.1944 - 18.09.1944
Twentyeighth Sailing
U-636 left Narvik under the command of Eberhard Schendel on 16th Sep 1944 and after two days arrived at Tromsö on 18th Sep 1944.
25.09.1944 - 03.10.1944
Twentyninth Sailing - active patrol
On the 25th Sep 1944, U-636 left Tromsö under the command of Eberhard Schendel and arrived back at Tromsö just over one week later on 3rd Oct 1944.
06.10.1944 - 12.11.1944
Thirtieth Sailing - active patrol
U-636 departed under Eberhard Schendel from Tromsö on 6th Oct 1944 and returned to Tromsö on 12th Nov 1944 after over five weeks on patrol.
14.11.1944 - 16.11.1944
Thirtyfirst Sailing
U-636 left Tromsö under the command of Eberhard Schendel on 14th Nov 1944 and arrived at Bogenbucht on 16th Nov 1944 after two days.
04.12.1944 - 16.12.1944
Thirtysecond Sailing - active patrol
On the 4th Dec 1944, U-636 left Bogenbucht under the command of Eberhard Schendel and after more than one week arrived at Kilbotn on 16th Dec 1944.
25.12.1944 - 30.01.1945
Thirtythird Sailing - active patrol
U-636 departed under Eberhard Schendel from Kilbotn on 25th Dec 1944 and arrived at Narvik on 30th Jan 1945 after just over five weeks.
01.02.1945 - 03.02.1945
Thirtyfourth Sailing
U-636 left Narvik under the command of Eberhard Schendel on 1st Feb 1945 and after two days arrived at Trondheim on 3rd Feb 1945.
01.04.1945 - 21.04.1945
Thirtyfifth Sailing - active patrol
On the 1st Apr 1945, U-636 left Trondheim under the command of Eberhard Schendel. U-636 was sunk on 21st Apr 1945.

Notes for U-636


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