U-78

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered25 Jan 1939
Laid down 28 Mar 1940 Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 6)
Launched7 Dec 1940
Commissioned15 Feb 1941Kptlt. Adolf Dumrese
Commanders
15 Feb 1941 - Jul, 1941  Kptlt. Adolf Dumrese
Jul, 1941 - Feb, 1942  Oblt. Kurt Makowski
Feb, 1942 - 30 Jun 1942  Kptlt. Max Bernd Dieterich
1 Jul 1942 - Nov, 1942  Kptlt. Ernst Ziehm
Nov, 1942 - 16 May 1943  Kptlt. Helmut Sommer
17 May 1943 - 26 Nov 1944   Wilhelm Eisele
27 Nov 1944 - 16 Apr 1945  Oblt. Horst Hübsch
CareerNo patrols15 Feb 1941 - 28 Feb 1945  22. Flottille (school boat)
1 Mar 1945 - 16 Apr 1945  4. Flottille (str-b)
SuccessesNo 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.


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:

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.


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.