German submarine U-35 (1936)
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| Nazi Germany | |
| Name | U-35 |
| Ordered | 25 March 1935 |
| Builder | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Cost | 4,189,000 Reichsmark |
| Yard number | 558 |
| Laid down | 2 March 1936 |
| Launched | 24 September 1936 |
| Commissioned | 3 November 1936 |
| Fate | Scuttled, 29 November 1939 |
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| Class & type | Type VIIA submarine |
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| Height | 9.50 m (31 ft 2 in) |
| Draught | 4.37 m (14 ft 4 in) |
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| Complement | 4 officers, 40–56 enlisted |
| Sensors & processing systems | Gruppenhorchgerät |
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| Identification codes: | M 21 203 |
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German submarine U-35 was a Type VIIA U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. She was built three years before the start of World War II. The submarine was laid down on 2 March 1936 by Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft at Kiel, launched on 24 September 1936, and commissioned on 3 November that year under the command of Kapitänleutnant (Kptlt.) Klaus Ewerth. The U-boat was featured on the cover of Life magazine on 16 October 1939, for its then commander Werner Lott "courteously" rescuing and putting to shore all the sailors of a Greek ship that U-35 was about to sink.
U-35 was scuttled just three months into World War II in November 1939. During her service, she conducted three patrols (last pre-war and two war) and sank four vessels for a total loss of 7,850 GRT while damaging one vessel of around 6,014 GRT.