U-37

CountryGermany
Ship ClassType IX-Class Submarine
BuilderDeutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG
Yard Number942
Order Date29 Jul 1936
Laid Down Date15 Mar 1937
Launch Date14 May 1938
Commission Date4 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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