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| Ordered | 20 Jul 1934 |
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| Laid down | 11 Mar 1935 | F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel (werk 541) |
| Launched | 29 Jun 1935 |
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| Commissioned | 18 Jul 1935 | Kptlt. Kurt Freiwald |
| Commanders | | 18 Jul 1935 | - | 3 Oct 1937 | | Kptlt. Kurt Freiwald | | 10 Feb 1938 | - | 5 Feb 1939 | | Oblt. Otto Salman (German Cross in Gold) | | 18 Dec 1938 | - | 13 Oct 1939 | | Oblt. Werner Heidel | | 31 May 1939 | - | 2 Jul 1939 | | Oblt. Otto Salman (German Cross in Gold) | | 2 Aug 1939 | - | 1 Oct 1939 | | Oblt. Otto Salman (German Cross in Gold) | | 14 Oct 1939 | - | Oct, 1940 | | Kptlt. Karl Schrott | | 25 Oct 1939 | - | 13 Nov 1939 | | Kptlt. Otto Salman (German Cross in Gold) | | Oct, 1940 | - | Jan, 1941 | | Oblt. Günther Reeder (German Cross in Gold) | | Jan, 1941 | - | Feb, 1941 | | Oblt. Ernst-Ulrich Brüller | | Feb, 1941 | - | 29 Mar 1941 | | Oblt. Günther Reeder (German Cross in Gold) | | 30 Mar 1941 | - | 16 Jun 1941 | | Oblt. Hans-Günther Kuhlmann | | 17 Jun 1941 | - | 15 Jan 1942 | | Oblt. Heinrich Schmid | | 16 Jan 1942 | - | 7 Oct 1942 | | Oblt. Siegfried Koitschka (Knights Cross) | | Sep, 1942 | - | Dec, 1942 | | Ltn. Otto Hübschen (in deputize) -- acting | | 8 Oct 1942 | - | Jan, 1944 | | Oblt. Hans Schrenk | | Jan, 1944 | - | 18 Feb 1944 | | Oblt. Günther Loeschcke |
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Career
6 patrols | | 1 Sep 1935 | - | 1 Sep 1939 | U-Bootschulflottille (school boat)
| | 1 Sep 1939 | - | 1 Oct 1939 | U-Bootschulflottille (active service)
| | 1 Oct 1939 | - | 1 Feb 1940 | U-Bootschulflottille (school boat)
| | 1 Mar 1940 | - | 1 Jun 1940 | U-Bootschulflottille (active service)
| | 1 Jun 1940 | - | 30 Jun 1940 | U-Bootschulflottille (school boat)
| | 1 Jul 1940 | - | 18 Feb 1944 | 21. Flottille (school boat)
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| Successes | 1 ship sunk, total tonnage 2,694 GRT
1 ship a total loss, total tonnage 1,830 GRT |
| Fate |
Sank 18 February 1944 in the Baltic Sea west of Pillau, in position 54.52N, 19.29,8E, in a diving accident. 29 dead (all hands lost).
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| Loss position |
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See the 2 ships hit by U-7 - View the 6 war patrols
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-7 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
There was another U-7 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 28 Jul 1910 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 18 Jul 1911. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about SM U 7 during WWI.
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