List of ship commissionings in 1936

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 Australian Navy	Hobart		Leander-class cruiser
16 January[4]	Kriegsmarine	U-19		Type IIB coastal submarine	U-19
18 January[5]	Kriegsmarine	U-14		Type IIB coastal submarine	U-14
1 February[6]	Kriegsmarine	U-20		Type IIB coastal submarine	U-20
7 March[7]	Kriegsmarine	U-15		Type IIB coastal submarine	U-15
6 April[8]	Kriegsmarine	U-25		Type IA	U-25
6 May[9]	Kriegsmarine	U-26		Type IA	U-26
16 May[10]	Kriegsmarine	U-16		Type IIB coastal submarine	U-16
25 June[11]	Royal Netherlands Navy	Jan van Brakel		Minelayer
25 July	Kriegsmarine	U-33		Type VIIA submarine	U-33
3 August[12]	Kriegsmarine	U-21		Type IIB coastal submarine	U-21
12 August[13]	Kriegsmarine	U-27		Type VIIA submarine	U-27
20 August[14]	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[15]	Kriegsmarine	U-23		Type IIB coastal submarine	U-23
24 September	Kriegsmarine	U-35		Type VIIA submarine	U-35
3 October[16]	Royal Netherlands Navy	De Ruyter		De Ruyter-class cruiser
8 October	Kriegsmarine	U-30		Type VIIA submarine	U-30
10 October[17]	Kriegsmarine	U-24		Type IIB coastal submarine	U-24
26 October[18]	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