Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Kriegsmarine — Submarine

German submarine U-507

Type IXC submarine

German submarine U-507
Jeremy Atherton — Self-photographed — CC BY-SA 2.5 — Wikimedia Commons Plate U-505 at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL. October 2005.

Service

  1. Kriegsmarine as U-5078 October 1941 — 13 January 1943462 days of the war
Type IXC submarine Particulars
Name
U-507
Builder
Deutsche Werft, Hamburg
Ordered
20 October 1939
Laid down
11 September 1940
Launched
15 July 1941
Commissioned
8 October 1941
Fate
Sunk on 13 January 1943 (1943)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
1,102 long tons (1,120 t)
Displacement, submerged
1,213 long tons (1,232 t)
Length
76.76 m (251.8 ft) OA
Beam
6.76 m (22.2 ft)
Draught
4.7 m (15.4 ft)
Speed
18.2 knots (33.7 km/h, 20.9 mph)
Range
13,450 nmi (24,909 km)
Complement
48
Main gun
105 mm (4.1 in)

U-507 was a Type IXC submarine in service with the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at Deutsche Werft, Hamburg on 11 September 1940. Launched on 15 July 1941, she entered service on 8 October 1941.

She was one of 142 ships of her class. The class followed the Type I and was succeeded by the Type XXI.

The boat displaced 1,102 long tons surfaced and 1,213 long tons submerged. She measured 76.8 m (252 ft) long with a beam of 6.8 m (22 ft). Her designed speed was 18.2 knots, and she carried a complement of 48.

Her main battery was one 105 mm (4.1 in) guns.

She was in commission for 462 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 13 January 1943, at 1°38′N 39°52′W. The wreck survives.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 shafts
  • 2 × diesel engines
  • 2 × electric motors
Power
  • 4400 PS (diesels)
  • 1000 PS (electric)
Armament
  • 6 × torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern)
  • 22 × 53.3 cm torpedoes
  • 1 × 10.5 cm SK C/32 deck gun (180 rounds)
  • 1 × 3.7 cm SK C/30 AA gun
  • 1 × twin 2 cm FlaK 30 AA guns

Sister ships

117 more in the class

Sources