SM U-7 (Germany)
| History | |
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| German Empire | |
| Name | U-7 |
| Ordered | 8 April 1908 |
| Builder | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Cost | 2,540,000 Goldmark |
| Yard number | 149 |
| Laid down | 6 May 1909 |
| Launched | 28 July 1910 |
| Commissioned | 18 July 1911 |
| Fate | Sunk in a friendly fire incident, 26 dead. |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class & type | Type U 5 submarine |
| Displacement | |
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| Beam |
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| Draught | 3.55 m (11 ft 8 in) |
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| Speed |
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| Range | 3,300 nmi (6,100 km; 3,800 mi) at 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
| Test depth | 30 m (98 ft) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 1 dinghy |
| Complement | 4 officers, 24 men |
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SM U-7 was a Type U 5 U-boat which served in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. Built at Germaniawerft in Kiel between 1909 and 1910, she was launched on 28 July 1910 and commissioned in to the Navy on 18 July 1911.
Service history
At the start of World War I, U-7 formed part of I U-boat Flotilla. She was commanded by Kapitänleutnant Georg König. The boat took part in three war patrols but did not sink any merchant shipping.
On 21 January 1915, U-7 was torpedoed and sunk by SM U-22, which had mistaken her for an enemy submarine. Twenty-four crew were killed, with only one man surviving.
References
- ^ Gröner 1991, pp. 4–6.
Bibliography
- Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. German Warships 1815–1945. Vol. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-593-4.
Further reading
- Halpern, Paul G. (1995). A Naval History of World War I. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-85728-498-0.
- Kemp, Paul (1997). U-boats destroyed, German submarine losses in the World Wars. London: Arms & Armour Press. p. 11. ISBN 1-85409-321-5.
- Rössler, Eberhard (1985). Die deutschen U-Boote und ihre Werften: U-Bootbau bis Ende des 1. Weltkriegs, Konstruktionen für das Ausland und die Jahre 1935–1945 [The German Submarines and Their Shipyards: Submarine Construction Until the End of the First World War] (in German). Vol. I. Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe. ISBN 3-7637-5213-7.
- Roessler, Eberhard (1997). Die Unterseeboote der Kaiserlichen Marine. Bonn: Bernard & Graefe. ISBN 978-3-7637-5963-7.
- Schroeder, Joachim (2002). Die U-Boote des Kaisers. Bonn: Bernard & Graefe. ISBN 978-3-7637-6235-4.
External links
- Helgason, Guðmundur. "WWI U-boats: U 7". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net.