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 | ' | Type IIB coastal submarine | U-18 | |||
| 6 January | ' | |||||
| 13 January | Royal Navy | Apollo | cruiser | Sold to Australia in 1938 | ||
| 16 January | ' | Type IIB coastal submarine | U-19 | |||
| 18 January | ' | Type IIB coastal submarine | U-14 | |||
| 25 January | US Navy | Shark | Porpoise class submarine | |||
| 1 February | ' | Type IIB coastal submarine | U-20 | |||
| 7 March | ' | Type IIB coastal submarine | U-15 | |||
| 6 April | ' | Type IA | U-25 | |||
| 6 May | ' | Type IA | U-26 | |||
| 16 May | ' | Type IIB coastal submarine | U-16 | |||
| 25 June | ' | Minelayer | ||||
| 25 July | ' | Type VIIA submarine | U-33 | |||
| 3 August | ' | Type IIB coastal submarine | U-21 | |||
| 12 August | ' | Type VIIA submarine | U-27 | |||
| 20 August | ' | Type IIB coastal submarine | U-22 | |||
| 12 September | ' | Type VIIA submarine | U-28 | |||
| 12 September | ' | Type VIIA submarine | U-34 | |||
| 24 September | ' | Type IIB coastal submarine | U-23 | |||
| 24 September | ' | Type VIIA submarine | U-35 | |||
| 3 October | ' | |||||
| 8 October | ' | Type VIIA submarine | U-30 | |||
| 10 October | ' | Type IIB coastal submarine | U-24 | |||
| 26 October | ' | |||||
| 16 November | ' | Type VIIA submarine | U-29 | |||
| 16 December | ' | Type VIIA submarine | U-36 | |||
| 28 December | ' | Type VIIA submarine | U-31 | |||
| 31 December | ' |