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Patrol info for U-7

Date lookup for 11 Apr 1940


DepartureArrival / FateDuration
3 Apr 1940Wilhelmshaven21 Apr 1940Kiel19 days

Commander

Officers *


Kptlt. Karl Schrott
WO

Oblt. Wolfgang Kaufmann
WO

Oblt. Herbert Opitz

Patrol description

Formed U-boat group 9 (Shetland-Orkney) together with U-10 for Operation Weseruebung, the German invasion of Denmark and Norway. On 14 April, the boat resupplied from the depot ship Carl Peters in Bergen, Norway.


U-7's position on 11 Apr 1940

Ships hit by U-7 on this date

General Events during this patrol

1940

11 Apr 1940. U-7 put ashore a landing party to occupy the Marstein lighthouse in Norway.

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