Name U-7 Cost 2,540,000 Goldmark Laid down 6 May 1909 Construction started 6 May 1909 Length 57 m Beam 5.6 m | Ordered 8 April 1908 Yard number 149 Commissioned 18 July 1911 Launched 28 July 1910 Draft 3.55 m | |
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Builder Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft | ||
SM U-7 was a Type U 5 U-boat, one of the 329 that served in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-7 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.
Fate
On 21 January 1915, U-7 was torpedoed and sunk by SM U-22, which had mistaken her for an enemy submarine. Twenty-four crew were killed, and only one survived.
References
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