List of ship commissionings in 1936

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The list of ship commissionings in 1936 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 1936.

	Operator	Ship	Flag	Class and type	Pennant	Other notes
4 January [1]	Kriegsmarine	U-18		Type IIB coastal submarine	U-18
6 January [2]	Kriegsmarine	Admiral Graf Spee		Deutschland-class cruiser
13 January [3]	Royal Navy	Apollo		Leander-class cruiser		Sold to Australia in 1938
16 January [4]	Kriegsmarine	U-19		Type IIB coastal submarine	U-19
18 January [5]	Kriegsmarine	U-14		Type IIB coastal submarine	U-14
25 January [6]	US Navy	Shark		Porpoise class submarine
1 February [7]	Kriegsmarine	U-20		Type IIB coastal submarine	U-20
7 March [8]	Kriegsmarine	U-15		Type IIB coastal submarine	U-15
6 April [9]	Kriegsmarine	U-25		Type IA	U-25
6 May [10]	Kriegsmarine	U-26		Type IA	U-26
16 May [11]	Kriegsmarine	U-16		Type IIB coastal submarine	U-16
25 June [12]	Royal Netherlands Navy	Jan van Brakel		Minelayer
25 July	Kriegsmarine	U-33		Type VIIA submarine	U-33
3 August [13]	Kriegsmarine	U-21		Type IIB coastal submarine	U-21
12 August [14]	Kriegsmarine	U-27		Type VIIA submarine	U-27
20 August [15]	Kriegsmarine	U-22		Type IIB coastal submarine	U-22
12 September	Kriegsmarine	U-28		Type VIIA submarine	U-28
12 September	Kriegsmarine	U-34		Type VIIA submarine	U-34
24 September [16]	Kriegsmarine	U-23		Type IIB coastal submarine	U-23
24 September	Kriegsmarine	U-35		Type VIIA submarine	U-35
3 October [17]	Royal Netherlands Navy	De Ruyter		De Ruyter-class cruiser
8 October	Kriegsmarine	U-30		Type VIIA submarine	U-30
10 October [18]	Kriegsmarine	U-24		Type IIB coastal submarine	U-24
26 October [19]	Royal Netherlands Navy	O 16		O 12-class submarine
16 November	Kriegsmarine	U-29		Type VIIA submarine	U-29
16 December	Kriegsmarine	U-36		Type VIIA submarine	U-36
28 December	Kriegsmarine	U-31		Type VIIA submarine	U-31
31 December	French Navy	Dunkerque		Dunkerque-class battleship

References

1. uboat.net :: U-18
2. german-navy.de :: Panzerschiffe
3. navy.gov.au :: HMAS Hobart_(I)
4. uboat.net :: U-19
5. uboat.net :: U-14
6. "Shark (Porpoise class)". World War 2 Database. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
7. uboat.net :: U-20
8. uboat.net :: U-15
9. uboat.net :: U-25
10. uboat.net :: U-26
11. uboat.net :: U-16
12. netherlandsnavy.nl :: Jan van Brakel Archived 2005-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
13. uboat.net :: U-21
14. uboat.net :: U-27
15. uboat.net :: U-22
16. uboat.net :: U-23
17. netherlandsnavy.nl :: De Ruyter-class cruiser
18. uboat.net :: U-24
19. dutchsubmarines.com :: Class O 12