German submarine U-407

Type VIIC submarine

Displacement: 757 long tons (769 t)
Length: 67.1 m (220.1 ft)
Beam: 6.2 m (20.3 ft)
Speed: 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h, 20.4 mph)
Main gun: 88 mm (3.5 in)

Service

Kriegsmarine as U-40718 December 1941 — 19 September 19441,006 days of the war

Type VIIC submarine Particulars

Name: U-407
Builder: Danziger Werft, Danzig
Ordered: 16 October 1939
Laid down: 12 September 1940
Launched: 16 August 1941
Commissioned: 18 December 1941
Fate: Sunk on 19 September 1944 (1944)
Status: Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced: 757 long tons (769 t)
Displacement, submerged: 857 long tons (871 t)
Length: 67.1 m (220.1 ft) OA
Beam: 6.2 m (20.3 ft)
Draught: 4.74 m (15.6 ft)
Speed: 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h, 20.4 mph)
Range: 8,500 nmi (15,742 km)
Main gun: 88 mm (3.5 in)

U-407 was a Type VIIC submarine, operated by the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid at Danziger Werft, Danzig on 12 September 1940. She entered service on 18 December 1941, having been launched on 16 August 1941.

Her class ran to 612 ships. The class followed the Type UB III, Vetehinen class and was succeeded by the Type XXI (Late-war replacement).

The boat displaced 757 long tons surfaced and 857 long tons submerged. She measured 67.1 m (220 ft) long with a beam of 6.2 m (20 ft). Her designed speed was 17.7 knots.

Her main battery was one 88 mm (3.5 in) guns.

She was in commission for 1,006 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 19 September 1944, at 36°27′N 24°33′E. The wreck survives.

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

Armament and machinery

Propulsion: 2 shafts
2 × diesel engines
2 × electric motors
Power: 2800 - 3200 PS (diesels)
750 PS (electric)
Armament: 5 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern)
14 × torpedoes
1 × 8.8 cm deck gun (220 rounds)
1 × 3.7 cm Flak M42 AA gun
2 × 2 cm C/30 AA guns

Sister ships

587 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from German submarine U-407 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.