Type VIIF
The Type VIIF boats were designed in 1941 as supply boats to rearm U-boats at sea once they had used up their torpeodes. This required a lengthened hull and 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.
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. Three were sunk during the war, the last was scuttled after the war along with the majority of the surrendered U boats
| Name of U-boat | Date launched | Date commissioned | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| U-1059 | 01943-03-1212 March 1943 | 01943-05-011 May 1943 | sunk by Allied aircraft on second supply patrol in support of Far East operations |
| U-1060 | 01943-03-088 March 1943 | 01943-05-1515 May 1943 | completed 6 supply patrols before wrecked by Allied aircraft in October 1944 |
| U-1061 | 01943-04-2222 April 1943 | 01943-08-2525 August 1943 | completed five supply patrols and was surrendered at end of war |
| U-1062 | 01943-05-088 May 1943 | 01943-06-1919 June 1943 | sunk by US escorts on return from first supply patrol to Far East |
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