German submarine U-607

History
Nazi Germany
Name	U-607
Ordered	22 May 1940
Builder	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Yard number	583
Laid down	27 March 1941
Launched	11 December 1941
Commissioned	29 January 1942
Fate	Sunk by depth charges on 13 July 1943
General characteristics
Class and type	Type VIIC submarine
Displacement	769 tonnes (757 long tons) surfaced 871 t (857 long tons) submerged
Length	67.10 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a 50.50 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull
Beam	6.20 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull
Height	9.60 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught	4.74 m (15 ft 7 in)
Installed power	2,800–3,200 PS (2,100–2,400 kW; 2,800–3,200 bhp) (diesels) 750 PS (550 kW; 740 shp) (electric)
Propulsion	2 shafts 2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors
Speed	17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) surfaced 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged
Range	8,500 nmi (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 80 nmi (150 km; 92 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth	230 m (750 ft) Crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft)
Complement	4 officers, 40–56 enlisted
Armament	5 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern) 14 × torpedoes or 26 TMA mines 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun (220 rounds) 1 x 2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 AA gun
Service record
Part of:	5th U-boat Flotilla 29 January – 31 July 1942 7th U-boat Flotilla 1 August 1942 – 13 July 1943
Identification codes:	M 28 509
Commanders:	Kptlt. Ernst Mengersen 29 January 1942 – 18 April 1943 Oblt.z.S. Wolf Jeschonnek 18 April – 13 July 1943
Operations:	5 patrols: 1st patrol: 13 July – 16 August 1942 2nd patrol: 8 September – 23 October 1942 3rd patrol: 2 January – 9 March 1943 4th patrol: 24 April – 2 June 1943 5th patrol: 10 – 13 July 1943
Victories:	4 merchant ships sunk (28,937 GRT) 2 merchant ships damaged (15,201 GRT)

German submarine U-607 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for the Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service during the Second World War. She was commissioned on 29 January 1942 and was sunk on 13 July 1943, having sunk four ships and damaged two others. Her commanders were Ernst Mengersen and Wolf Jeschonnek.