List of all U-boats
U-507
Type | IXC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 20 Oct 1939 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 11 Sep 1940 | Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 303) | ||||||||
| Launched | 15 Jul 1941 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 8 Oct 1941 | Korvkpt. Harro Schacht (Knights Cross) | ||||||||
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| Career 4 patrols |
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| Successes | 19 ships sunk, total tonnage 77,143 GRT 1 ship damaged, total tonnage 6,561 GRT | |||||||||
| Fate |
Sunk on 13 January 1943 in the South Atlantic north-west of Fortaleza, Brazil, in position 01.38S, 39.52W, by depth charges from a US Catalina aircraft (VP-83 USN/P-10). 54 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
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Attacks on this boat and other events
9 May 1942
A US Navy Catalina flying boat attacked approx. 225 miles (362 km) south of its base at Pensacola. (Sources: Ragnar J. Ragnarsson)
10 May 1942
A US Navy Catalina flying boat attacked approx. 56 miles (90 km) SSW of its base at Pensacola. (Sources: Ragnar J. Ragnarsson)
2 recorded attacks on this boat.
General notes on this boat
15 Sep 1942. U-507 (together with U-156 and U-506 and the Italian submarine Cappellini) took part in the rescue operations after the sinking of Laconia in September 1942 off Africa. About 1500 men were saved by these boats and by French ships from Dakar (which arrived on 16 Sept, four days after the sinking).
13 Jan 1943. A survivor from the sinking of the British steam merchant Baron Dechmont by U-507 on Jan. 3, was lost together with his captors when U-507 was herself sunk on the 13th Jan.
Men lost from the boat
5 May 1942
One of the crew broke his arm during the handling of a torpedo.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
U-boat Emblems
We have 1 emblem entry for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
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