German Type VII submarine

U-995 Type VIIC at the German navy memorial at Laboe
Class overview
Builders:	Neptun Werft, Rostock Deschimag, Bremen Germaniawerft, Kiel Flender Werke, Lübeck Danziger Werft, Danzig Blohm + Voss, Hamburg Kriegsmarinewerft, Wilhelmshaven Nordseewerke, Emden F. Schichau, Bremerhaven[1]
Operators:	Kriegsmarine  Soviet Navy (post war; U-1057, U 1058, U 1064, U 1305; respectively TS-14, S-81 – S-84)  Royal Norwegian Navy (post war) (U-995 and two others)  Royal Navy (U-570/HMS Graph (P715))  French Navy (U-471/Mille (S609), U-766/Laubie (S610))  Spanish Navy (G-7/U-573)
In commission:	1936–1970 (G-7)
Active:	709
General characteristics (Type VIIC)
Displacement:	769 long tons (781 t) surfaced[1] 871 long tons (885 t) submerged[1]
Length:	67.1 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a[1] 50.5 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull[1]
Beam:	6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a[1] 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull[1]
Height:	9.60 m (31 ft 6 in)[1]
Draft:	4.72 m (15 ft 6 in)[1]
Propulsion:	2 × supercharged Germaniawerft, 6-cylinder, 4-stroke M6V 40/46 diesels totalling 2,800–3,200 hp (2,100–2,400 kW). Max rpm: 470-490[1]
Speed:	17.7 knots (20.4 mph; 32.8 km/h) surfaced[1] 7.6 knots (8.7 mph; 14.1 km/h) submerged[1]
Range:	15,170 km (8,190 nmi) at 10 kn (19 km/h) surfaced[1] 150 km (81 nmi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) submerged[1]
Test depth:	230 m (750 ft)[1] Calculated crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft)[1]
Complement:	44-52 officers & ratings[1]
Armament:	• 5 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern)[1] • 14 × torpedoes or 26 TMA or 39 TMB mines • 1 × C35 88mm gun/L45 deck gun with 220 rounds • Various FLAK weaponry (see main article)

Type VII U-boats were the most common type of German World War II U-boat. The Type VII was based on earlier German submarine designs going back to the World War I Type UB III, designed through the Dutch dummy company Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw den Haag (I.v.S) (set up by Germany after World War I in order to maintain and develop German submarine know-how and to circumvent the limitations set by the Treaty of Versailles) and built by shipyards around the world. The Finnish Vetehinen class and Spanish Type E-1 also provided some of the basis for the Type VII design. These designs led to the Type VII along with Type I, the latter being built in AG Weser shipyard in Bremen, Germany. The production of Type I was cut down only after two boats; the reasons for this are not certain and range from political decisions to faults of the type. The design of the Type I was further used in the development of the Type VII and Type IX. Type VII submarines were the most widely used U-boats of the war and were the most produced submarine class in history, with 709 built.^[2] The type had several modifications.

Contents 1 Type VIIA 1.1 List of Type VIIA submarines 2 Type VIIB 2.1 List of Type VIIB submarines 3 Type VIIC 3.1 U-flak 4 Type VIIC/41 4.1 List of Type VIIC/41 submarines 5 Type VIIC/42 6 Type VIID 6.1 List of Type VIID submarines 7 Type VIIF 7.1 List of Type VIIF submarines 8 Specifications 9 Notes 10 References 11 References

Type VIIA

Type VIIA U-boats were designed in 1933-34 as the first series of a new generation of attack U-boats.^[3] Most Type VIIA U-boats were constructed at Deschimag AG Weser in Bremen with the exception of U-33 through U-36, which were built at Germaniawerft, Kiel. Type VIIA U-boats were generally popular with their crews and much more powerful than the smaller Type II U-boats they replaced, with four bow and one external stern torpedo tubes. Usually carrying 11 torpedoes on board, they were very agile on the surface and mounted the 88 mm fast-firing deck gun with about 220 rounds.^[3]

Ten Type VIIA boats were built between 1935 and 1937. All but two Type VIIA U-boats were sunk during World War II (U-29 and U-30, both scuttled in Kupfermühlen Bay on 4 May 1945).^[3]

The boat was powered on the surface by two MAN AG, 6 cylinder, 4-stroke M6V 40/46 diesels giving a total of 2,100 to 2,310 brake horsepower (1,600 to 1,720 kW) at 470 to 485 rpm. When submerged it was propelled by two BBC GG UB 720/8 electric motors giving a total of 750 horsepower (560 kW) at 322 rpm.^[3]

List of Type VIIA submarines

Type VIIA submarines

Date launched	Name of U-boat	Date commissioned	Ships sunk or damaged
01936-06-24 24 June 1936	U-27[4]	01936-08-12 12 August 1936	2[5]
01936-07-14 14 July 1936	U-28[6]	01936-09-12 12 September 1936	15[7]
01936-08-29 29 August 1936	U-29[8]	01936-11-16 16 November 1936	13[9]
01936-08-04 4 August 1936	U-30[10]	01936-10-08 8 October 1936	19[11]
01936-09-25 25 September 1936	U-31[12]	01936-12-28 28 December 1936	14[13]
01937-02-25 25 February 1937	U-32[14]	01937-04-15 15 April 1937	25[15]
01936-06-11 11 June 1936	U-33[16]	01936-07-25 25 July 1936	11[17]
01936-07-17 17 July 1936	U-34[18]	01936-09-12 12 September 1936	24[19]
01936-09-24 24 September 1936	U-35[20]	01936-11-03 3 November 1936	5[21]
01936-11-04 4 November 1936	U-36[22]	01936-12-16 16 December 1936	3[23]

Type VIIB

The VIIA had limited fuel capacity, so 24 Type VIIB boats were built between 1936 and 1940 with an additional 33 tons of fuel in external saddle tanks which added another 2500 miles (4625 km) of range at 10 knots (19 km/h) surfaced.^[24] They were slightly faster than the VIIA, and had two rudders for greater agility. The torpedo armament was improved by moving the aft tube to the inside of the boat. Now an additional aft torpedo could be carried below the deck plating of the aft torpedo room (which also served as the electric motor room) and two watertight compartments under the upper deck could hold two additional torpedoes giving it a total of 14 torpedoes. The only exception was U-83, which lacked a stern tube and carried only 12 torpedoes.^[24]

Type VIIBs included many of the most famous U-boats of World War II, including U-48 (the most successful), Prien's U-47, Kretschmer's U-99, and Schepke's U-100.^[24]

On the surface the boat was powered by two supercharged MAN, 6 cylinder, 4-stroke M6V 40/46 diesels (except for U-45 to U-50, U-83, U-85, U-87, U-99, U-100, and U-102 which were powered by two supercharged Germaniawerft 6-cylinder, 4-stroke F46 diesels) giving a total of 2,800 to 3,200 bhp (2,400 kW) at 470 to 490 rpm. When submerged, the boat was powered by two AEG GU 460/8-276 (except in U-45, U-46, U-49, U-51, U-52, U-54, U-73 to U-76, U-99 and U-100 which retained the BBC motor of the VIIA) electric motors giving a total of 750 shp (560 kW) at 295 rpm.^[24]

List of Type VIIB submarines

Type VIIB submarines

Date launched	Name of U-boat	Date commissioned	Ships sunk or damaged
01938-04-27 27 April 1938	U-45[25]	01938-06-25 25 June 1938	2[26]
01938-09-10 10 September 1938	U-46[27]	01938-11-02 2 November 1938	27[28]
01938-10-29 29 October 1938	U-47[29]	01938-12-17 17 December 1938	39[30]
01939-03-08 8 March 1939	U-48[31]	01939-04-22 22 April 1939	55[32]
01939-06-24 24 June 1939	U-49[33]	01939-08-12 12 August 1939	1[34]
01939-11-01 1 November 1939	U-50[35]	01939-12-12 12 December 1939	4[36]
01938-06-11 11 June 1938	U-51[37]	01938-08-06 6 August 1938	6[38]
01938-12-21 21 December 1938	U-52[39]	01939-02-04 4 February 1939	13[40]
01939-05-06 6 May 1939	U-53[41]	01939-06-24 24 June 1939	8[42]
01939-08-15 15 August 1939	U-54[43]	01939-09-23 23 September 1939	0
01939-10-19 19 October 1939	U-55[44]	01939-11-21 21 November 1939	6[45]
01940-07-27 27 July 1940	U-73[46]	01940-09-30 30 September 1940	15[47]
01940-08-31 31 August 1940	U-74[48]	01940-10-31 31 October 1940	7[49]
01940-10-18 18 October 1940	U-75[50]	01940-12-19 19 December 1940	9[51]
01940-10-03 3 October 1940	U-76[52]	01940-12-03 3 December 1940	2[53]
01940-12-09 9 December 1940	U-83[54]	01941-02-08 8 February 1941	8[55]
01941-02-26 26 February 1941	U-84[56]	01941-04-29 29 April 1941	7[57]
01941-04-10 10 April 1941	U-85[58]	01941-06-07 7 June 1941	3[59]
01941-05-10 10 May 1941	U-86[60]	01941-07-08 8 July 1941	4[61]
01941-06-21 21 June 1941	U-87[62]	01941-08-19 19 August 1941	5[63]
01940-03-12 12 March 1940	U-99[64]	01940-04-18 18 April 1940	44[65]
01940-04-10 10 April 1940	U-100[66]	01940-05-30 30 May 1940	30[67]
01940-01-13 13 January 1940	U-101[68]	01940-03-11 11 March 1940	25[69]
01940-03-21 21 March 1940	U-102[70]	01940-04-27 27 April 1940	2[71]

Type VIIC

The Type VIIC was the workhorse of the German U-boat force, with 568 commissioned from 1940 to 1945.^[72] Boats of this type were built throughout the war. The first VIIC boat commissioned was the U-69 in 1940. The Type VIIC was an effective fighting machine and was seen almost everywhere U-boats operated, although their range was not as great as that of the larger Type IX.^[72] The VIIC came into service as the first "Happy Time" near the beginning of World War II was almost over, and it was this boat that saw the final defeat by the Allied anti-submarine campaign in late 1943 and 1944.^[72]

Type VIIC was a slightly modified version of the successful VIIB. They had very similar engines and power, and were larger and heavier which made them slightly slower than the VIIB. Many of these boats were fitted with snorkels in 1944 and 1945.^[72]

They had the same torpedo tube arrangement as their predecessors, except for U-72, U-78, U-80, U-554, and U-555, which had only two bow tubes, and for U-203, U-331, U-351, U-401, U-431, and U-651, which had no stern tube.^[72]

On the surface the boats (except for U-88, U-90 and U-132 to U-136 which used MAN M6V40/46s) were propelled by two supercharged Germaniawerft, 6 cylinder, 4-stroke M6V 40/46 diesels totaling 2,800 to 3,200 hp (2,100 to 2,400 kW) at 470 to 490 rpm.^[72]

For submerged propulsion, several different electric motors were used. Early models used the VIIB configuration of two AEG GU 460/8-276 electric motors, totaling 750 hp (560 kW) with a max rpm of 296, while newer boats used two BBC (Brown Boveri & Co) GG UB 720/8, two GL (Garbe Lahmeyer) RP 137/c electric motors or two SSW (Siemens-Schuckert-Werke) GU 343/38-8 electric motors with the same power output as the AEG motors.^[72]

Perhaps the most famous VIIC boat was U-96, featured in the movie Das Boot.^[72]

U-flak

The "U-flak" boats were four VIIC boats (U-441, U-256, U-621, and U-951) modified to be surface escorts for the attack U-boats operating from the French Atlantic bases. They had greatly increased anti-aircraft fire-power.

Conversion began on three others (U-211, U-263, and U-271) but none was completed, and they were eventually returned to duty as traditional VIIC attack boats.

The modified boats became operational in June 1943 and at first appeared to be successful against the surprised Royal Air Force. Seeing their potential, Dönitz ordered the boats to cross the Bay of Biscay in groups at maximum speed. The effort earned the Germans about two more months of still-limited freedom, until the RAF developed counter-measures. When the RAF began calling in surface hunters to assist the aircraft, the U-flak boats were withdrawn and converted back into fighting vessels.

The concept of the U-flak began the year before, on 31 August 1942, when U-256 was seriously damaged by aircraft. Rather than scrap the boat, it was decided to refit her as a heavily-armed anti-aircraft boat intended to stop the losses in the Bay of Biscay inflicted by Allied aircraft. Two 20 mm quadruple Flakvierling mounts and the experimental 37 mm automatic gun were installed on the U-flaks' decks. A battery of 86 mm line-carrying anti-aircraft rockets was tested, but this idea proved unworkable. At times, two additional single 20 mm guns were also mounted. The submarines' fuel capacities were limited to Bay of Biscay operations only. Only five torpedoes were carried, preloaded in the tubes, to free the space needed for the additional gunners.

In November 1943 – less than six months after the experiment began – all U-flaks were converted back to normal attack boats, fitted with Turm 4. The standard anti-aircraft armament for U-boats was no longer much inferior to U-flaks, and the U-flaks had not been particularly successful. Even with increased anti-aircraft firepower, a U-boat on the surface was still vulnerable to having her pressure hull punctured, so her best bet when encountering aircraft was to dive. Attacking pilots often radioed in convoy escorts if they found too much resistance from U-flaks. According to German sources only six aircraft had been shot down by U-flaks in six missions (three by U-441, and one each by U-256, U-621, and U-953).

Type VIIC/41

Type VIIC/41 was a slightly modified version of the VIIC and had the same armament and engines. The difference was a stronger pressure hull giving them a deeper test depth and lighter machinery to compensate for the added steel in the hull, making them slightly lighter than the VIIC. A total of 91 were built; all of them from U-1271 onwards lacked the fittings to handle mines.

Today one Type VIIC/41 still exists: U-995 is on display at Laboe (north of Kiel), the only surviving Type VII in the world.

List of Type VIIC/41 submarines

There were 91 Type VIIC/41 submarines commissioned.

Type VIIC/42

The Type VIIC/42 was designed in 1942 and 1943 to replace the aging Type VIIC. It would have had a much stronger pressure hull, with skin thickness up to 28 mm, and would have dived twice as deep as the previous VIICs. These boats would have been very similar in external appearance to the VIIC/41 but with two periscopes in the tower and would have carried two more torpedoes.

Contracts were signed for 164 boats and a few boats were laid down, but all were cancelled on 30 September 1943 in favor of the new Type XXI, and none was advanced enough in construction to be launched.

It was powered by the same engines as the VIIC.

Type VIID

The type VIID boats, designed in 1939 and 1940, were a longer version of the VIIC with three banks of five vertical tubes just aft of the conning tower, rather like a modern ballistic missile submarine, except that these tubes ejected mines rather than missiles.^[73]

On the surface the boat used two supercharged Germaniawerft, 6 cylinder, 4-stroke F46 diesels totalling 3,200 bhp (2,400 kW) at between 470 to 490 rpm. When submerged the boat used two AEG GU 460/8-276 electric motors giving a total of 750 shp (560 kW) at 285 rpm.^[73]

The Type VIID U-boats did not fare well: only one (U-218) managed to survive the war; the other five were sunk, killing all crew members.^[73]

List of Type VIID submarines

Type VIID submarines

Date launched	Name of U-boat	Date commissioned	Ships sunk or damaged
01941-07-24 24 July 1941	U-213[74]	01941-08-30 30 August 1941	0
01941-09-18 18 September 1941	U-214[75]	01941-11-01 1 November 1941	6[76]
01941-10-09 9 October 1941	U-215[77]	01941-11-22 22 November 1941	1[78]
01941-10-23 23 October 1941	U-216[79]	01941-12-15 15 December 1941	1[80]
01941-11-15 15 November 1941	U-217[81]	01942-01-31 31 January 1942	3[82]
01941-12-05 5 December 1941	U-218[83]	01942-01-24 24 January 1942	5[84]

Type VIIF

The Type VIIF boats, designed in 1941, were primarily built as torpedo transports. They were the largest and heaviest type VII boats built. They were armed identically with the other Type VIIs except that they could have up to 39 torpedoes onboard and had no deck guns.^[85]

Only four Type VIIFs were built. Two of them, U-1062 and U-1059, were sent to support the Monsun Gruppe in the Far East; U-1060 and U-1061 remained in the Atlantic. Type VIIF U-boats used the same engines as the Type VIID class.^[85]

List of Type VIIF submarines

Type VIIF submarines

Date launched	Name of U-boat	Date commissioned	Ships sunk or damaged
01943-03-12 12 March 1943	U-1059[86]	01943-05-01 1 May 1943	0
01943-03-08 8 March 1943	U-1060[87]	01943-05-15 15 May 1943	0
01943-04-22 22 April 1943	U-1061[88]	01943-08-25 25 August 1943	0
01943-05-08 8 May 1943	U-1062[89]	01943-06-19 19 June 1943	0

Specifications

Class	VIIA[90]	VIIB[90]	VIIC[90]	VIIC/41[90]	VIIC/42[90]	VIID[90]	VIIF[90]
Displacement surfaced	626 tons	753 tons	769 tons	769 tons	999 tons	965 tons	1084 tons
Displacement submerged	745 tons	857 tons	871 tons	871 tons	1099 tons	1080 tons	1181 tons
Length overall	64.5 m	66.6 m	67.1 m	67.1 m	68.7 m	76.9 m	77.6 m
Length pressure hull	44.5 m	48.8 m	50.5 m	50.5 m	50.9 m	59.8 m	60.4 m
Beam overall	5.85 m	6.2 m	6.2 m	6.2 m	6.85 m	6.4 m	7.3 m
Beam pressure hull	4.7 m	4.7 m	4.7 m	4.7 m	5 m	4.7 m	4.7 m
Draft	4.4 m	4.74 m	4.74 m	4.74 m	5 m	5 m	4.9 m
Power surfaced	1,700 kW[Note 1]	2,400 kW[Note 2]	2,400 kW[Note 3]	2,400 kW[Note 4]	2,400 kW[Note 5]	2,400 kW[Note 6]	2,400 kW[Note 7]
Power submerged	560 kW[Note 8]	560 kW[Note 9]	560 kW[Note 10]	560 kW[Note 11]	560 kW[Note 12]	560 kW[Note 13]	560 kW[Note 14]
Surface speed	17 knots (31 km/h)	17.9 knots (33.2 km/h)	17.7 knots (32.8 km/h)	17.7 knots (32.8 km/h)	18.6 knots (34.4 km/h)	16.7 knots (30.9 km/h)	17.6 knots (32.6 km/h)
Submerged speed	8 knots (15 km/h)	8 knots (15 km/h)	7.6 knots (14.1 km/h)	7.6 knots (14.1 km/h)	7.3 knots (13.5 km/h)	7.9 knots (14.6 km/h)	7.6 knots (14.1 km/h)
Surface range	11,470 km (6,190 nmi)	16,095 km (8,691 nmi)	15,170 km (8,190 nmi)	15,725 km (8,491 nmi)	23,310 km (12,590 nmi)	20,720 km (11,190 nmi)	27,195 km (14,684 nmi)
Submerged range	175 km (94 nmi)	175 km (94 nmi)	150 km (81 nmi)	150 km (81 nmi)	150 km (81 nmi)	130 km (70 nmi)	140 km (76 nmi)
Maximum operating depth	220 m	220 m	230 m	250 m	270 m	200 m	200 m
Crush depth	230–250 m	230–250 m	250–295 m	275–325 m	350–400 m	220–240 m	220–240 m
Complement	42–46	44–48	44–52	44–52	44–52	46–52	46–52
Deck gun	C35 88 mm/L45, with 220 rounds						none
Anti-aircraft guns	C30 20 mm		Various			2 × C30 20 mm, with 4,380 rounds	3.7 cm Flak, with 1,195 rounds 2 × C30 20 mm, with 4,380 rounds
Bow tubes	4 [Note 15]
Stern tubes	1 [Note 16]
Torpedoes (maximum)	11	14	14	14	16	14	14 / 39 [Note 17]
Mines	22 TMA mines or 33 TMB mines	26 TMA mines				15 SMA mines in vertical chutes and either 26 TMA mines or 39 TMB mines	none
Number commissioned	10	24	568	91	0 [Note 18]	6	4

Notes

References

References

• Stern, Robert C. (1991). Type VII U-boats. Annapolis, Maryland (USA): Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-828-3.

German Type VII submarines   Type VIIA U-27 · U-28 · U-29 · U-30 · U-31 · U-32 · U-33 · U-34 · U-35 · U-36   Type VIIB U-45 · U-46 · U-47 · U-48 · U-49 · U-50 · U-51 · U-52 · U-53 · U-54 · U-55 · U-73 · U-74 · U-75 · U-76 · U-83 · U-84 · U-85 · U-86 · U-87 · U-99 · U-100 · U-101 · U-102   Type VIIC U-69 · U-70 · U-71 · U-72 · U-77 · U-78 · U-79 · U-80 · U-81 · U-82 · U-88 · U-89 · U-90 · U-91 · U-92 · U-93 · U-94 · U-95 · U-96 · U-97 · U-98 · U-132 · U-133 · U-134 · U-135 · U-136 · U-201 · U-202 · U-203 · U-204 · U-205 · U-206 · U-207 · U-208 · U-209 · U-210 · U-211 · U-212 · U-221 · U-222 · U-223 · U-224 · U-225 · U-226 · U-227 · U-228 · U-229 · U-230 · U-231 · U-232 · U-235 · U-236 · U-237 · U-238 · U-239 · U-240 · U-241 · U-242 · U-243 · U-244 · U-245 · U-246 · U-247 · U-248 · U-249 · U-250 · U-251 · U-252 · U-253 · U-254 · U-255 · U-256 · U-257 · U-258 · U-259 · U-260 · U-261 · U-262 · U-263 · U-264 · U-265 · U-266 · U-267 · U-268 · U-269 · U-270 · U-271 · U-272 · U-273 · U-274 · 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U-424 · U-425 · U-426 · U-427 · U-428 · U-429 · U-430 · U-431 · U-432 · U-433 · U-434 · U-435 · U-436 · U-437 · U-438 · U-439 · U-440 · U-441 · U-442 · U-443 · U-444 · U-445 · U-446 · U-447 · U-448 · U-449 · U-450 · U-451 · U-452 · U-453 · U-454 · U-455 · U-456 · U-457 · U-458 · U-465 · U-466 · U-467 · U-468 · U-469 · U-470 · U-471 · U-472 · U-473 · U-475 · U-476 · U-477 · U-478 · U-479 · U-480 · U-481 · U-482 · U-483 · U-484 · U-485 · U-486 · U-551 · U-552 · U-553 · U-554 · U-555 · U-556 · U-557 · U-558 · U-559 · U-560 · U-561 · U-562 · U-563 · U-564 · U-565 · U-566 · U-567 · U-568 · U-569 · U-570 · U-571 · U-572 · U-573 · U-574 · U-575 · U-576 · U-577 · U-578 · U-579 · U-580 · U-581 · U-582 · U-583 · U-584 · U-585 · U-586 · U-587 · U-588 · U-589 · U-590 · U-591 · U-592 · U-593 · U-594 · U-595 · U-596 · U-597 · U-598 · U-599 · U-600 · U-601 · U-602 · U-603 · U-604 · U-605 · U-606 · U-607 · U-608 · U-609 · U-610 · U-611 · U-612 · U-613 · U-614 · U-615 · U-616 · U-617 · U-618 · U-619 · U-620 · U-621 · U-622 · U-623 · U-624 · U-625 · U-626 · U-627 · U-628 · U-629 · U-630 · U-631 · U-632 · U-633 · U-634 · U-635 · U-636 · U-637 · U-638 · U-639 · U-640 · U-641 · U-642 · U-643 · U-644 · U-645 · U-646 · U-647 · U-648 · U-649 · U-650 · U-651 · U-652 · U-653 · U-654 · U-655 · U-656 · U-657 · U-658 · U-659 · U-660 · U-661 · U-662 · U-663 · U-664 · U-665 · U-666 · U-667 · U-668 · U-669 · U-670 · U-671 · U-672 · U-673 · U-674 · U-675 · U-676 · U-677 · U-678 · U-679 · U-680 · U-681 · U-682 · U-683 · U-701 · U-702 · U-703 · U-704 · U-705 · U-706 · U-707 · U-708 · U-709 · U-710 · U-711 · U-712 · U-713 · U-714 · U-715 · U-716 · U-717 · U-718 · U-719 · U-720 · U-721 · U-722 · U-731 · U-732 · U-733 · U-734 · U-735 · U-736 · U-737 · U-738 · U-739 · U-740 · U-741 · U-742 · U-743 · U-744 · U-745 · U-746 · U-747 · U-748 · U-749 · U-750 · U-751 · U-752 · U-753 · U-754 · U-755 · U-756 · U-757 · U-758 · U-759 · U-760 · U-761 · U-762 · U-763 · U-764 · U-765 · U-766 · U-767 · U-768 · U-771 · U-772 · U-773 · U-774 · U-775 · U-776 · U-777 · U-778 · U-779 · U-821 · U-822 · U-825 · U-826 · U-901 · U-903 · U-904 · U-905 · U-907 · U-921 · U-922 · U-923 · U-924 · U-925 · U-926 · U-927 · U-928 · U-951 · U-952 · U-953 · U-954 · U-955 · U-956 · U-957 · U-958 · U-959 · U-960 · U-961 · U-962 · U-963 · U-964 · U-965 · U-966 · U-967 · U-968 · U-969 · U-970 · U-971 · U-972 · U-973 · U-974 · U-975 · U-976 · U-977 · U-978 · U-979 · U-980 · U-981 · U-982 · U-983 · U-984 · U-985 · U-986 · U-987 · U-988 · U-989 · U-990 · U-991 · U-992 · U-993 · U-994 · U-1051 · U-1052 · U-1053 · U-1054 · U-1055 · U-1056 · U-1057 · U-1058 · U-1101 · U-1102 · U-1131 · U-1132 · U-1161 · U-1162 · U-1191 · U-1192 · U-1193 · U-1194 · U-1195 · U-1196 · U-1197 · U-1198 · U-1199 · U-1200 · U-1201 · U-1202 · U-1203 · U-1204 · U-1205 · U-1206 · U-1207 · U-1208 · U-1209 · U-1210   Type VIIC/41 U-292 · U-293 · U-294 · U-295 · U-296 · U-297 · U-298 · U-299 · U-300 · U-317 · U-318 · U-319 · U-320 · U-321 · U-322 · U-323 · U-324 · U-325 · U-326 · U-327 · U-328 · U-827 · U-828 · U-929 · U-930 · U-995 · U-997 · U-998 · U-999 · U-1000 · U-1001 · U-1002 · U-1003 · U-1004 · U-1005 · U-1006 · U-1007 · U-1008 · U-1009 · U-1010 · U-1013 · U-1014 · U-1015 · U-1016 · U-1017 · U-1018 · U-1019 · U-1020 · U-1021 · U-1022 · U-1023 · U-1024 · U-1025 · U-1063 · U-1064 · U-1065 · U-1103 · U-1104 · U-1105 · U-1106 · U-1107 · U-1108 · U-1109 · U-1110 · U-1163 · U-1164 · U-1165 · U-1166 · U-1167 · U-1168 · U-1169 · U-1170 · U-1171 · U-1172 · U-1271 · U-1272 · U-1273 · U-1274 · U-1275 · U-1276 · U-1277 · U-1278 · U-1279 · U-1301 · U-1302 · U-1303 · U-1304 · U-1305 · U-1306 · U-1307 · U-1308   Type VIID U-213 · U-214 · U-215 · U-216 · U-217 · U-218   Type VIIF U-1059 · U-1060 · U-1061 · U-1062 Preceded by: Type II – Followed by: Type IX List of U-boat types

U-boats Battle of the Atlantic (World War I) · Battle of the Atlantic (World War II) · Mediterranean (World War I) · Mediterranean (World War II) · Operation Regenbogen · Operation Deadlight U-boat lists Types · German · Successful · Never deployed · Austro-Hungarian · Foreign captured · Uncompleted projects U-boat flotillas World War I I · II · III · IV · Flanders · Pola · Constantinople World War II 1. · 2. · 3. · 4. · 5. · 6. · 7. · 8. · 9. · 10. · 11. · 12. · 13. · 14. · 18. · 19. · 20. · 21. · 22. · 23. · 24. · 25. · 26. · 27. · 29. · 30. · 31. · 32. · 33. Commanders Successful · Knight's Cross recipients · Erich Raeder · Karl Dönitz Wolf packs Blücher · Eisbär · Endrass · Hai · Hecht · Lachs · Lohs · Pfadfinder · Steinbrock · Tümmler · Vorwärts · Wolf Major engagements Convoy SC 7 · Convoy PQ 17 · Battle of the St. Lawrence · Black May · Bismarck chase Capital ships sunk World War I HMS Cornwallis · French battleship Danton · HMS Formidable · Russian battleship Peresviet · HMS Majestic · Italian battleship Regina Margherita · HMS Russell · French battleship Suffren · HMS Triumph World War II HMS Ark Royal · HMS Barham · HMS Courageous · HMS Eagle · HMS Royal Oak · Technology Asdic · Depth charge · Leigh light · Q-ship · Snorkel · Elektroboot Concepts Submarine warfare · Intensified submarine warfare · Unrestricted submarine warfare

German naval ship classes of World War II Aircraft carriers Graf Zeppelin Capital Ships Scharnhorst · Bismarck Pre-dreadnought battleships Deutschland Heavy cruisers Deutschland · Admiral Hipper Light cruisers Emden · K · Leipzig Destroyers Type: 1934 · 1934A · 1936 · 1936A / 1936A (Mob) / Narvik · 1936B Torpedo boats Type: 1923 (Raubvogel) · 1924 (Raubtier) · 1935 · 1937 · Elbing · Torpedoboot Ausland U-boats (submarines) Type: I · II · VII · IX · X · XIV · XVII · XXI · XXIII · Uncompleted projects Other S-boats · R Boats · M class minesweepers · Fleet Escorts · Auxiliary cruisers · Vorpostenboot · Marinefährprahm · Siebel ferry