U-507
Type | IXC | |||
| Ordered | 20 Oct 1939 | |||
| Laid down | 11 Sep 1940 | Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 303) | ||
| Launched | 15 Jul 1941 | |||
| Commissioned | 8 Oct 1941 | Korvkpt. Harro Schacht (Knights Cross) | ||
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| Career | 4 patrols | 8 Oct 1941 - 28 Feb 1942 4. Flottille (training) 1 Mar 1942 - 13 Jan 1943 2. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | 19 ships sunk for a total of 77,143 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 6,561 GRT | |||
| Fate | Sunk 13 Jan, 1943 in the South Atlantic north-west of Natal, in position 01.38S, 39.52W, by depth charges from a US Catalina aircraft (VP-83/P-10). 54 dead (all hands lost). | |||
See the 20 ships hit by U-507 - View the 4 war patrols
Attacks on this boat
9 May 1942
The U-boat was attacked by an US Navy PBY Catalina aircraft about 225 miles south of its base at Pensacola. (Sources: Ragnar J. Ragnarsson)
10 May 1942
The U-boat was attacked by an US Navy PBY Catalina aircraft about 56 miles south-southwest of its base at Pensacola. (Sources: Ragnar J. Ragnarsson)
2 recorded attacks on this boat.
General notes on this boat
A survivor from the merchant Baron Dechmont, sunk by this boat on Jan 3, was also lost when U-507 was sunk 10 days later.
15 Sep 1942. U-507 (along with U-156 and U-506 and Italian submarine Cappellini) took part in the rescue operations after the sinking of SS Laconia in September 1942 off Africa. About 1500 men were saved by these boats and French ships from Dakar (which arrived on Sept 16, 4 days after the sinking).
Men lost from the boat
7 Oct 1942
One man lost after illness at sea. [Obersteuermann Kurt Warkentin]
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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