


U-37
Country | Germany |
Ship Class | Type IX-class Submarine |
Builder | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG |
Yard Number | 942 |
Ordered | 29 Jul 1936 |
Laid Down | 15 Mar 1937 |
Launched | 14 May 1938 |
Commissioned | 4 Aug 1938 |
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19 May 1940 | German submarine U-37 (Victor Oehrn) hit the unescorted 5,066-ton Swedish motor merchant Erik Frisell with one G7a torpedo in the Atlantic Ocean west of Scotland, United Kingdom at 0631 hours. The crew of 34 abandoned ship only after the submarine fired a shot across the bow and the Germans had to order them back to the ship to take the last two men off. Afterwards the ship was sunk by gunfire. She had originally been en route to Stockholm, Sweden with a cargo of animal fodder but was ordered to Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. The survivors were picked up by the British armed trawler HMS Cobbers and landed at Stornoway, Scotland, United Kingdom. |
17 Oct 1940 | Alessandro Malaspina sighted U-37 in the Atlantic Ocean at 0330 hours. |
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