U-1407

Type

XVIIB

 
Ordered4 Jan 1943
Laid down 13 Nov 1943 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 257)
Launched
Commissioned13 Mar 1945Oblt. Horst Heitz
Commanders
29 Mar 1945 - 7 May 1945  Oblt. Horst Heitz
CareerNo patrols13 Mar 1945 - 5 May 1945  5. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Scuttled 5 May, 1945 at Cuxhaven.

Later raised and taken as British Prize and later became the British submarine Meteorite 1946 - 1949. The boat was broken up at Barrow in 1949.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-1407 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.


We have an emblem for this boat!

You can view it here. (The emblem on the left is not the emblem for this boat).



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2

Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

British Warships since 1945. Critchley, Mike, 1982.
German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.