U-1407

Type

XVIIB

Ordered

4 Jan 1943

Laid down

13 Nov 1943

Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 257)

Launched

Commissioned

13 Mar 1945

Oblt. Horst Heitz

Commanders

29 Mar 1945

5 May 1945

Oblt. Horst Heitz

Career
No patrols

13 Mar 1945

5 May 1945

5. Flottille (training)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

Surrendered on 5 May 1945 at Cuxhaven, Germany along with all boats stationed there. Its crew abandoned the boat according to orders.

U-1406 and U-1407 were scuttled by Oblt. Gerhard Grumpelt without permission on 7 May. Read our article U—1406 and U—1407. Were they Scuttled or did they Surrender? (Waller & Niestlé, 2010).

(Derek Waller, October 2010).

Post war information (see more post-war boats):
Later raised and taken as British Prize and later became the British submarine HMS N 25 and then HMS Meteorite 1946 - 1949. The boat was broken up at Barrow in 1949.

Final location

Previously recorded fate

Scuttled on 7 May 1945 at Cuxhaven. (Dr. Alex Niestlé)

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-1407 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.