| German submarine U-207 | |
|---|---|
| Career (Nazi Germany) |  |
| Name: | U-207 |
| Ordered: | 16 October 1939 |
| Builder: | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Yard number: | 636 |
| Laid down: | 14 August 1940 |
| Launched: | 24 April 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 7 June 1941 |
| Fate: | Sunk by British warships, 11 September 1941 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Type VIIC submarine |
| Displacement: |
769 tonnes (757 long tons) surfaced 871 t (857 long tons) submerged |
| Length: |
67.1 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a 50.5 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull |
| Beam: |
6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull |
| Draft: | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion: |
2 × supercharged Germaniawerft 6-cylinder 4-stroke M6V 40/46 diesel engines, totalling 2,800–3,200 bhp (2,100–2,400 kW). Max rpm: 470-490 2 × electric motors, totalling 750 shp (560 kW) and max rpm: 296 |
| Speed: |
17.7 knots (20.4 mph; 32.8 km/h) surfaced 7.6 knots (8.7 mph; 14.1 km/h) submerged |
| Range: |
8,500 nmi (15,700 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) ↑ 80 nmi (150 km) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) ↓ |
| Test depth: |
230 m (750 ft) Crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft) |
| Complement: | 44–52 officers and ratings |
| Armament: |
• 5 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern) • 14 × torpedoes or 26 TMA mines • 1 × C35 88mm gun/L45 deck gun (220 rounds) • Various AA guns |
| Service record | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
7th U-boat Flotilla (7–30 June 1941) 7th U-boat Flotilla (1 July–11 September 1941) |
| Commanders: |
Oblt. Fritz Meyer (7 June–11 September 1941) |
| Operations: |
One patrol: 24 August–11 September 1941 |
| Victories: | Two commercial vessels sunk (9,727 GRT) |
German submarine U-207 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II.
Ordered on 16 October 1939 from the Germaniawerft shipyard in Kiel, she was laid down on 14 August 1940 as 'werk' 636, launched on 24 April 1941 and commissioned on 7 June under the command of Oberleutnant Fritz Meyer.
A member of one wolfpack, she sank two ships totalling 9,727 gross register tons (GRT) in one patrol.
She was sunk by two British warships near Greenland on 11 September 1941.
Operational history[]
U-207's only patrol began with her departure from Trondheim in Norway on 24 August 1941. She headed west, approaching southern Greenland and attacking the north Atlantic convoy SC-42, sinking the Stonepool using torpedoes and five minutes later the Berury with gunfire. The convoy escorts reacted swiftly: HMS Leamington and Veteran used depth charges to sink the unfortunate U-boat.
41 men died; there were no survivors.
References[]
- Uboat.net: U-207
- [1] (U-207 in German)
The original article can be found at German submarine U-207 and the edit history here.