U-607
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 22 May 1940 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 27 Mar 1941 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 583) | ||||||||
| Launched | 11 Dec 1941 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 29 Jan 1942 | Kptlt. Ernst Mengersen (Knights Cross) | ||||||||
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| Career 5 patrols |
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| Successes | 4 ships sunk for a total of 28,937 GRT 2 ships damaged for a total of 15,201 GRT | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk at 0800hrs on 13 July, 1943 in the Bay of Biscay north-west of Cape Ortegal, Spain, in position 45.02N, 09.14W, by depth charges from a British Sunderland aircraft (Sqdn. 228/N). 45 dead and 7 survivors. | |||||||||
Wolfpack operations
U-607 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Wolf (25 Jul 1942 - 30 Jul 1942)
Pirat (30 Jul 1942 - 3 Aug 1942)
Steinbrinck (3 Aug 1942 - 10 Aug 1942)
Pfeil (12 Sep 1942 - 22 Sep 1942)
Blitz (22 Sep 1942 - 26 Sep 1942)
Tiger (26 Sep 1942 - 30 Sep 1942)
Wotan (5 Oct 1942 - 16 Oct 1942)
Falke (8 Jan 1943 - 19 Jan 1943)
Haudegen (19 Jan 1943 - 15 Feb 1943)
Drossel (29 Apr 1943 - 15 May 1943)
Oder (17 May 1943 - 19 May 2003)
Mosel (19 May 1943 - 23 May 1943)
Attacks on this boat
23 Sep 1942
The boat was rammed and slightly damaged by a destroyer. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 34.)
14 Oct 1942
After an attack on convoy SC-104, U-607 was attacked by the convoy escort HMS Viscount, and was so badly damaged by depth charges that she returned to base.
2 recorded attacks on this boat.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-607 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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