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U-407

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered16 Oct, 1939
Laid down 12 Sep, 1940 Danziger Werft, Danzig (werk 108)
Launched16 Aug, 1941
Commissioned18 Dec, 1941Oblt. Ernst-Ulrich Brüller
Commanders
18 Dec, 1941 - 14 Jan, 1944  Kptlt. Ernst-Ulrich Brüller
7 Jan, 1944 - 8 Sep, 1944  Oblt. Hubertus Korndörfer
9 Sep, 1944 - 19 Sep, 1944  Oblt. Hans Kolbus
Career12 patrols 18 Dec, 1941 - 31 Aug, 1942  5. Flottille (training)
1 Sep, 1942 - 30 Nov, 1942  9. Flottille (front boat)
1 Dec, 1942 - 19 Sep, 1944  29. Flottille (front boat)
Successes3 ships sunk for a total of 26.892 GRT
1 ship damaged for a total of 6.207 GRT
2 warships damaged for a total of 17.900 tons
1 ship a total loss for a total of 7.176 GRT
Fate

Sunk 19 Sept, 1944 in the Mediterranean south of Milos, in position 36.27N, 24.33E, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Troubridge and HMS Terpsichore and the Polish destroyer Garland. 5 dead and 48 survivors.

See the 7 ships hit by U-407 - View the 12 war patrols

Wolfpack operations

U-407 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
   Vorwärts (27 Aug, 1942 - 26 Sep, 1942)
   Delphin (10 Nov, 1942 - 17 Nov, 1942)

Attacks on this boat

9 Jan, 1944
In an air raid on Pola the U-boat pens there were hit and 4 men from U-407 were killed and 1 more wounded. The boat sailed for the next time on 29 Jan. [Oberleutnant (Ing) Heinz Weser, Leutnant zur See Eberhard Baumgart, Maschinenobergfreiter Rudolf Güttge, Maschinenobergefreiter Heinz Bönisch]

1 recorded attacks on this boat.

General notes on this boat

On 1 October, 1942 U-407 attacked the great passenger liner Queen Mary with a four-torpedo fan shot, but all torpedoes missed.

Men lost from the boat

9 Jan, 1944
In an air raid on Pola the U-boat pens there were hit and 4 men from U-407 were killed and 1 more wounded. The boat sailed for the next time on 29 Jan. [Oberleutnant (Ing) Heinz Weser, Leutnant zur See Eberhard Baumgart, Maschinenobergfreiter Rudolf Güttge, Maschinenobergefreiter Heinz Bönisch]

  Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -


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German U-Boat Losses During World War II

Niestle, Axel

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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998
Wielkie Dni Malej Floty, Pertek, Jerzy, 1981