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SM U-7 was a Type U 5 U-boat which served in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. Built at Germaniawerft in Kiel between 1909 and 1910, she was launched on 28 July 1910 and commissioned in to the Navy on 18 July 1911.
Service history At the start of World War I, U-7 formed part of I U-boat Flotilla. She was commanded by Kapitänleutnant Georg König. The boat took part in three war patrols but did not sink any merchant shipping.
On 21 January 1915, U-7 was torpedoed and sunk by , which had mistaken her for an enemy submarine. Twenty-four crew were killed, with only one man surviving.
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