German submarine U-207
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German submarine U-207 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
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Name | U-207 |
Ordered | 16 October 1939 |
Builder | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
Yard number | 636 |
Laid down | 14 August 1940 |
Launched | 24 April 1941 |
Commissioned | 7 June 1941 |
Fate | Sunk by British warships, 11 September 1941 |
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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 43 387 |
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2 merchant ships sunk (9,727 GRT) |
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Ordered on 16 October 1939 from the Germaniawerft shipyard in Kiel, she was laid down on 14 August 1940 as yard number 636, launched on 24 April 1941 and commissioned on 7 June under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Fritz Meyer.
She sank two ships totalling 9,727 gross register tons (GRT) in one patrol.
She was sunk by two British warships near Greenland on 11 September 1941.