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This is a run-down from several databases on our site. It's meant to give a clear picture of events on this date, all year round.

U-boat Shipyard report

Ordered (14)	Laid down (6)	Launched (2)	Commissioned (4)
1944: U-2332, U-2333, U-2371, U-4701, U-4702, U-4703, U-4704, U-4705, U-4706, U-4707, U-4709, U-4710, U-4711, U-4712	1941: U-339 1942: U-285, U-315, U-1060 1943: U-1275 1944: U-2511	1942: U-637 1943: U-1224	1942: U-303 1943: U-347 U-475 1944: U-778
These are commissioned boats. For more see our Shipyard pages.

Allied Ships hit on this date

	U-boat	Commander	Name of ship	Tons	Country	Convoy
1940
	U-34	Rollmann	Lucrecia	2,584	nl
	U-99	Kretschmer	Bissen	1,514	sw
	U-99	Kretschmer	Sea Glory	1,964	br
1942
	U-255	Reche	Alcoa Ranger	5,116	am	PQ-17
	U-355	La Baume	Hartlebury	5,082	br	PQ-17
	U-457	Brandenburg	Aldersdale	8,402	br	PQ-17
	U-571	Möhlmann	Umtata	8,141	br
	U-67	Müller-Stöckheim	Paul H. Harwood (d)	6,610	am
1943
	U-185	Maus	James Robertson	7,176	am	BT-18
	U-185	Maus	S.B. Hunt (d)	6,840	am	BT-18
	U-185	Maus	Thomas Sinnickson	7,176	am	BT-18
	U-185	Maus	William Boyce Thompson	7,061	am	BT-18
	U-198	Hartmann	Leana	4,742	br
1944
	U-516	Tillessen	Esso Harrisburg	9,887	am
				82,295
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. (d) = damaged See all Allied ships hit by U-boats during WWII.

Attacks on this day

1940

U-99. At 14.14 hours the boat tried to stop the armed merchant Manistee with gunfire after missing her with a G7e torpedo at 14.01 hours. No hits were scored in the gun duel, but the Germans broke off the attack when shots fell within 100-200m (109-118 yds) of U-99. (Ritschel)

1943

U-267. Off Finisterre, due west: a British Catalina (RAF Sqdn 210, pilot John A. Cruickshank) depth charged the boat (reported to be sailing unalert on the surface). The boat dived and escaped the attack, but was severely damaged and resurfaced to report the damage and abandon the patrol. The boat managed partial repairs at sea and managed to elude more attackers sent to hunt her, reaching St Nazaire on 13 July. (Blair, vol 2, page 388)

U-boats lost

1942: U-701
1943: U-951 +
1944: U-678 +

137 men died when those 3 U-boats were lost on this date. 7 men survived.

Survivors from U-boats almost always landed in allied captivity.
U-boats marked with + were lost with all hands.

- For more information on U-boat losses check out our Fates section.

U-boat Men Lost or Wounded

There were no men lost from U-boats on this date, 7 July.

- For more information on Men lost from U-boats check out this page.

Personnel Information

The following men were born on this day:
Siegfried Hesemann (1912), Günter Ruperti (1914).

The following men died on this day:
Erwin Jestel (1985), Kurt Pressel (1943), Horst Voigt (1980).

See the entire U-boat commander listing showing all U-boat commanders.
We might include more officers (Allied and Axis) at a later date.

U-boat departures and arrivals on 7 July

This section shows the U-boat departures and arrivals from bases on this day of the year. Current country names shown with harbour names. Boats entering port display days at sea during that patrol.

1940

U-boats entering base:
To Lorient, France: U-30 (30 days)
To Wilhelmshaven, Germany: U-65 (30 days)

1941

Sailed:
From Gotenhafen: U-140
From Kiel, Germany: U-84
From Stormelö: U-144

U-boats entering base:
To Lorient, France: U-108 (44 days), U-111 (64 days)
To St. Nazaire, France: U-77 (40 days)

1942

Sailed:
From Kiel, Germany: U-510, U-598, U-658
From Lorient, France: U-162 (lost 59 days later)

U-boats entering base:
To Lorient, France: U-156 (77 days), U-504 (67 days)
To Pola U-371 (7 days)

1943

Sailed:
From La Pallice: U-373, U-468 (lost 36 days later)
From Narvik, Norway: U-601
From St. Nazaire, France: U-757
From Toulon, France: U-407

U-boats entering base:
To Feodosia, Ukraine: U-19 (22 days)
To Hammerfest, Norway: U-629 (5 days)
To Toulon, France: U-375 (11 days)

1944

Sailed:
From Bogenbucht: U-739
From Kristiansand: U-1007
From Stavanger, Norway: U-1007
From Trondheim, Norway: U-1060, U-1061

U-boats entering base:
To Bergen, Norway: U-745 (29 days)
To Brest, France: U-480 (31 days)
To Helsinki, Finland: U-475 (4 days)
To Kobe U-510 (12 days)
To Narvik, Norway: U-668 (2 days)
To Nuokko U-748 (3 days)
To Penang, Malaysia: U-183 (52 days)

U-boats at sea on 7 July

Boats entering port on this day are not counted, but boats departing for patrol are. (+) indicates the boat was lost during this patrol.

1945

U-530, U-977.
2 boats at sea.

General Events on 7 July

1940

U-30 was the first U-boat to make use of the newly captured French bases when she arrived at Lorient on 7 July 1940.

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