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U-7

Type

IIB

 
Ordered20 Jul, 1934
Laid down 11 Mar, 1935 Germaniawerft, Kiel (werk 541)
Launched29 Jun, 1935
Commissioned18 Jul, 1935Kptlt. Kurt Freiwald
Commanders
18 Jul, 1935 - 3 Oct, 1937  Kptlt. Kurt Freiwald
10 Feb, 1938 - 5 Feb, 1939  Oblt. Otto Salman
18 Dec, 1938 - 13 Oct, 1939   Werner Heidel
31 May, 1939 - 2 Jul, 1939  Oblt. Otto Salman
2 Aug, 1939 - 1 Oct, 1939  Oblt. Otto Salman
14 Oct, 1939 - Oct, 1940  Kptlt. Karl Schrott
25 Oct, 1939 - 13 Nov, 1939  Kptlt. Otto Salman
Oct, 1940 - Jan, 1941   Günther Reeder
Jan, 1941 - Feb, 1941   Ernst-Ulrich Brüller
Feb, 1941 - 29 Mar, 1941   Günther Reeder
30 Mar, 1941 - 16 Jun, 1941  Oblt. Hans-Günther Kuhlmann
17 Jun, 1941 - 15 Jan, 1942   Heinrich Schmid
16 Jan, 1942 - 7 Oct, 1942  Oblt. Siegfried Koitschka (Knights Cross)
Sep, 1942 - Dec, 1942   Otto Hübschen (in deputize) -- acting
8 Oct, 1942 - Jan, 1944   Hans Schrenk
Jan, 1944 - 18 Feb, 1944  Oblt. Günther Loeschcke
Career6 patrols 1 Sep, 1935 - 1 Sep, 1939  U-Bootschulflottille (school boat)
1 Sep, 1939 - 1 Oct, 1939  U-Bootschulflottille (front boat)
1 Oct, 1939 - 1 Feb, 1940  U-Bootschulflottille (school boat)
1 Mar, 1940 - 1 May, 1940  U-Bootschulflottille (front boat)
1 May, 1940 - 30 Jun, 1940  U-Bootschulflottille (school boat)
1 Jul, 1943 - 18 Feb, 1944  21. Flottille (school boat)
Successes1 ship sunk for a total of 2.694 GRT
1 ship a total loss for a total of 1.830 GRT
Fate

Sank 18 Feb, 1944 west of Pillau, in position 54.52N, 19.30E in a diving accident. 29 dead (all hands lost).

See the 2 ships hit by U-7 - View the 6 war patrols

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-7 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



German U-Boat Losses During World War II
Niestle, Axel

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German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 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


There was another U-7 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 28 Jul, 1910 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 18 Jul, 1911. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 7 during WWI.