SMS S36 was a 1913 Type Large Torpedo Boat (Großes Torpedoboot) of the Imperial German Navy during World War I, and the 12th ship of her class. She was equipped with of three single mounted 8.8 cm SK L/45 naval guns and with six 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes, two forward and four aft; twenty-four mines could also be carried. She was launched on 17 October 1914 and commissioned on 4 January 1915. S36 took part in the Battle of the Gulf of Riga in 1915 and the Battle of Jutland in 1916. In late 1916 she served in the English Channel and took part in a number of engagements, including the Battle of Dover Strait during which a British merchant ship and a destroyer were sunk by her Half-Flotilla. She was scuttled at Scapa Flow in 1919. Construction S36 was the last of the half-flotilla of six torpedo-boats ordered from the shipbuilder Schichau-Werke by the Imperial German Navy under its 1913 shipbuilding programme. The "S" in S36 refers to the shipbuilder, Schichau-Werke. In June 1914, while still under construction, S36 and sister ship were sold to Greece, but were repossessed by Germany on 10 August 1914, following the outbreak of the First World War. The ship was launched at Schichau's Elbing shipyard on 17 October 1914 and commissioned on 4 January 1915. The "S" in S36 refers to the shipyard at which she was constructedSchichau-Werke. Description S36 was long overall and at the waterline, with a beam of and a draft of . Displacement was normal and deep load. Three oil-fired water-tube boilers fed steam to 2 sets of Schichau steam turbines rated at , driving two propeller shafts to give a speed of . of fuel oil was carried, giving a range of at . Armament consisted of three 8.8 cm SK L/45 naval guns in single mounts, together with six 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes with two fixed single tubes forward and 2 twin mounts aft. Up to 24 mines could be carried. The ship had a complement of 83 officers and men. Service Riga and Jutland S36, part of the 17th Half Flotilla, took part in the Battle of the Gulf of Riga in August 1915. This was an attempt by German forces, supported by the High Seas Fleet to enter the Gulf of Riga, destroy Russian naval forces in the Gulf and to