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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 |
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Class and type | Type VIIC submarine |
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Height | 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
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Complement | 4 officers, 40–56 enlisted |
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Identification codes: | M 28 509 |
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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.
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