U-78
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||||
| Ordered | 25 Jan, 1939 | |||||||||||||||
| Laid down | 28 Mar, 1940 | Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 6) | ||||||||||||||
| Launched | 7 Dec, 1940 | |||||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 15 Feb, 1941 | Kptlt. Adolf Dumrese | ||||||||||||||
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| Career | No patrols | 15 Feb, 1941 - 28 Feb, 1945 22. Flottille (school boat) 1 Mar, 1945 - 16 Apr, 1945 4. Flottille (str-b) | ||||||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||||
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.
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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.

