Unterseeboot 7 (1935)
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| Career (Nazi Germany) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-7 |
| Ordered: | July 20, 1934 |
| Builder: | Germaniawerft, Kiel, yard 541 |
| Laid down: | March 11, 1935 |
| Launched: | June 29, 1935 |
| Commissioned: | July 18, 1935 |
| Fate: | Sunk February 18, 1944 west of Pillau. 29 dead. |
| Class and type: | Type II U-boat |
| Service record | |
| Part of | Kriegsmarine: U-Bootschulflottille 21. Unterseebootsflottille |
| Identification codes | M 16 723 |
| Commanders | Kurt Freiwald Otto Salman Werner Heidel Karl Schrott Günther Reeder Ernst-Ulrich Brüller Hans-Günther Kuhlmann Heinrich Schmid Siegfried Koitschka Otto Hübschen Hans Schrenk Günther Loeschcke |
| Operations | 6 |
| Victories | 1 ship sunk for a total of 2.694 gross register tons (GRT) 1 ship damaged for a total of 1.830 GRT |
Unterseeboot 7 or U-7 was a Nazi German U-boat based out of Kiel during World War II. It was one of the smaller versions, and was first launched on June 29, 1935 with a crew of 29. Its first commander was Kurt Freiwald. U-7 would have 16 commanders total over the course of its service, the last being Günther Loeschcke.
During the war U-7 sank two vessels:
- The British 2,694 ton Akenside, on September 22nd, 1939
- The Norwegian 1,830 ton Takstaas, on September 29th, 1939
On February 18th, 1944, west of Pillau, U-7 sank in what is believed to have been a malfunction during a diving maneuver. There were no survivors.
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