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7 November

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U-boat Shipyard report

Ordered (0)	Laid down (2)	Launched (8)	Commissioned (3)
No U-boat orders on this date	1941: U-419 1944: U-2360	1940: U-553, U-554 1942: U-277, U-423, U-537 1944: U-2526, U-2527, U-3019	1940: U-551 1942: U-274 1944: U-2505
These are commissioned boats. For more see our Shipyard pages.

Allied Ships hit on this date

	U-boat	Commander	Name of ship	Tons	Country	Convoy
1941
	U-74	Kentrat	Nottingham	8,532	br
1942
	U-159	Witte	La Salle	5,462	am
	U-505	Zschech	Ocean Justice	7,173	br
	U-508	Staats	Lindenhall	5,248	br	TAG-19
	U-508	Staats	Nathaniel Hawthorne	7,176	am	TAG-19
	U-566	Remus	Glenlea	4,252	br	ON-142
	U-613	Köppe	Roxby	4,252	br	ON-142
				42,095
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. (d) = damaged See all Allied ships hit by U-boats during WWII.

Attacks on this day

1943

U-123. At 09.44 hours, the inbound U-boat was attacked by a Mosquito aircraft (RAF Sqdn 618, pilot F/O Al Bonnett RCAF) in the Bay of Biscay. This was the first attack by a "TseTse" Mosquito (equipped with a 57mm cannon) and the hit scored on the conning tower killed 1 man, wounded 2 others and left the U-boat unable to dive due to a hole of 18 x 6,5cm. [Bootsmaat Günther Struve] (Ritschel)

Men lost from U-boats

1943

U-123
The famous U-boat was attacked by a Mosquito aircraft from the 618 Squadron suffering 1 man dead and 2 wounded.

- For more information on Men lost from U-boats check out this page.

Personnel Information

The following men were born on this day:
Claus Korth (1911), Werner Schulte (1912), Georg von Wilamowitz-Möllendorf (1893).

The following men died on this day:
Klaus Becker (1991), Günther Frohberg (1990), Clemens Schöler (1992).

See the entire U-boat commander listing showing all U-boat commanders.
We might include more officers (Allied and Axis) at a later date.

U-boats lost

No U-boats were lost on this date, 7 November.

- For more information on U-boat losses check out our Fates section.

U-boat departures and arrivals on 7 November (new!)

This section shows the U-boat departures and arrivals from bases on this day of the year. Current country names shown with harbour names. Boats entering port display days at sea during that patrol.

1939

U-boats entering base:
To Kiel: U-46 (36 days)
To Wilhelmshaven: U-15 (2 days), U-19 (2 days), U-20 (2 days)
Sailed:
From Wilhelmshaven, Germany: U-41

1940

Sailed:
From Lorient, France: U-100
From St. Nazaire, France: U-93

1941

U-boats entering base:
To St. Nazaire: U-568 (30 days)
Sailed:
From Kirkenes: U-752

1942

U-boats entering base:
To Brest: U-301 (38 days), U-441 (38 days)
To Kristiansand: U-603 (3 days)
To La Pallice: U-706 (47 days)
To Lorient: U-506 (103 days)
Sailed:
From Bergen, Norway: U-405
From La Spezia, Italy: U-331 (lost 11 days later), U-431, U-561
From Lorient, France: U-155, U-515
From St. Nazaire, France: U-411 (lost 7 days later)
From Trondheim, Norway: U-378

1943

U-boats entering base:
To Bergen: U-355 (4 days)
To Brest: U-309 (44 days)
To Lorient: U-123 (84 days), U-505 (30 days)
To Toulon: U-593 (13 days)
Sailed:
From Brest, France: U-600 (lost 19 days later)

1944

U-boats entering base:
To Batavia: U-862 (3 days)
Sailed:
From Horten, Norway: U-775, U-1053
From Tönsberg: U-294

U-boats at sea on 7 November (new!)

Boats entering port on this day are not counted, but boats departing for patrol are. (+) indicates the boat was lost during this patrol.

General Events on 7 November

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