German submarine U-536

German submarine U-536 was a Type IXC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II.

She was laid down at the Deutsche Werft (yard) in Hamburg as 'werk' 347 on 7 January 1942, launched on 26 August and commissioned on 11 November with Kapitänleutnant Rolf Schauenburg in command.

U-536 began her service career with training as part of the 4th U-boat Flotilla from 13 January 1943. She was re-assigned to the 2nd flotilla for operations on 1 June.

She carried out two patrols, but did not sink any ships. She was a member of one wolfpack.

She was sunk in November 1943 northeast of the Azores by one British and two Canadian warships.

1st patrol
The boat departed Kiel on 1 June 1943, moved through the North Sea, negotiated the 'gap' between Iceland and the Faroe Islands and entered the Atlantic Ocean. She entered Lorient, on the French Atlantic coast, on 9 July.

2nd patrol and loss
Her second foray took her as far as the Gulf of St. Lawrence, but on the return leg she was sunk on 20 November 1943 northeast of the Azores by depth charges from a British frigate, HMS Nene and two Canadian corvettes, HMCS Snowberry and Calgary.

Thirty-eight men died; there were seventeen survivors.