Type | VIIC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ordered | 25 Jan 1939 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laid down | 28 Mar 1940 | Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Launched | 7 Dec 1940 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 15 Feb 1941 | Kptlt. Adolf Dumrese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Career No patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fate | Sunk on 16 April, 1945 at the electricity supply station at Pillau pier by artillery fire from the Soviet army. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-78 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
U-boat Emblems
We have 1 emblem entry for this boat! See the emblem page for this boat or view each one below.
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There was another U-78 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 27 Feb 1916 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 20 Apr 1916. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 78 during WWI.