German submarine U-136 (1941)
Date Name Nationality Tonnage Fate
5 February 1942 HMS Arbutus Royal Navy 925 Sunk
11 February 1942 Heina Norway 4,028 Sunk
11 February 1942 HMCS Spikenard Royal Canadian Navy 925 Sunk
17 February 1942 Empire Comet United Kingdom 6,914 Sunk
19 April 1942 Axtell J. Byles United States 8,955 Damaged
24 April 1942 Empire Drum United Kingdom 7,244 Sunk
28 April 1942 Arundo Netherlands 5,163 Sunk
8 May 1942 Mildred Pauline Canada 300 Sunk
Summary of raiding history
German submarine U-136 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was laid down at Vulkan-Vegesackerwerft in Bremen on 2 October 1940 as yard number 15, launched on 5 July 1941 and commissioned on 30 August with Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Zimmermann in command. Her service career began with the commencement of crew training with the 6th U-boat Flotilla on her commissioning date. She became operational on 1 January 1942, also with the 6th flotilla. She sank five ships, with a total of 23,649 gross register tons (GRT) and two warships totalling 1,850 tons. She also damaged one ship of 8,955 GRT.