Events on this day
4 July
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U-boat Shipyard report
| Ordered (0) | Laid down (2) | Launched (1) | Commissioned (2) |
| No U-boat orders on this date | 1940: U-453, U-454 | 1942: U-450 | 1942: U-167 1943: U-746 |
| These are commissioned boats. For more see our Shipyard pages. | |||
Allied Ships hit on this date
The steam passenger ship City of Venice, hit by U-375 ( Jürgen Könenkamp) on 4 Jul 1943.
| U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Country | Convoy | |
| 1941 | ||||||
| U-123 | Hardegen |  Auditor | 5.444 | br | OB-337 | |
| 1942 | ||||||
| U-129 | Witt |  Tuapse | 6.320 |  sj | ||
| U-334 | Siemon | William Hooper | 7.177 |  am | PQ-17 | |
| U-457 | Brandenburg | Christopher Newport | 7.191 | am | PQ-17 | |
| U-575 | Heydemann | Norlandia | 2.689 | am | ||
| 1943 | ||||||
| U-178 | Dommes | Breiviken | 2.669 |  nw | DN-50 | |
| U-178 | Dommes | Michael Livanos | 4.774 |  gr | ||
| U-199 | Kraus | Changri-Lá | 20 |  bz | ||
| U-375 | Könenkamp | City of Venice | 8.762 | br | KMS-18B | |
| U-375 | Könenkamp | St. Essylt | 5.634 | br | KMS-18B | |
| U-590 | Krüer | Pelotaslóide | 5.228 | bz | ||
| 1944 | ||||||
| U-539 | Lauterbach-Emden | Kittanning (d) | 10.195 | am | ||
| 66.103 | ||||||
| * Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. (d) = damaged See all Allied ships hit by U-boats during WWII. | ||||||
Attacks on this day
No attacks found on this date.
Men lost from U-boats
There were no men lost from U-boats on this date, 4 July.
- For more information on Men lost from U-boats check out this page.
Personnel Information
The following men were born on this day:
Horst Slevogt (1922).
See the entire U-boat commander listing showing all U-boat commanders.
We might include more officers (Allied and Axis) at a later date.
U-boats lost
No U-boats were lost on this date, 4 July.
- For more information on U-boat losses check out our Fates section.
U-boat departures and arrivals on 4 July (new!)
This section shows the U-boat departures and arrivals from bases on this day of the year. Current country names shown with harbour names. Boats entering port display days at sea during that patrol.
1941
U-boats entering base:
To Bergen: U-137 (14 days)
To Lorient: U-101 (38 days)
1942
U-boats entering base:
To Salamis: U-97 (20 days)
Sailed:
From Kiel, Germany: U-43
From Lorient, France: U-130, U-507
From Kiel, Germany: U-601
From St. Nazaire, France: U-71
From Kiel, Germany: U-454
From St. Nazaire, France: U-552
1943
U-boats entering base:
To Lorient: U-533 (2 days)
To Salamis: U-81 (29 days)
Sailed:
From La Pallice, France: U-706
From St. Nazaire, France: U-267
1944
U-boats entering base:
To Kiel: U-397 (7 days), U-975 (3 days), U-1192 (5 days)
To Lorient: U-853 (67 days)
To Marviken: U-982 (2 days), U-999 (2 days)
Sailed:
From Kiel, Germany: U-475
From Kristiansand, Norway: U-677
From Stavanger: U-677
From Lorient, France: U-518
From Tromsö, Norway: U-354
From Stavanger: U-427
U-boats at sea on 4 July (new!)
Boats entering port on this day are not counted, but boats departing for patrol are. (+) indicates the boat was lost during this patrol.
1940
U-28, U-29, U-30, U-34, U-43, U-47, U-51, U-52, U-56, U-62, U-65, U-99, UA.
13 boats at sea.
1941
U-66, U-68, U-69, U-77, U-79, U-95, U-96, U-97, U-98, U-103, U-108, U-109, U-111, U-123, U-142, U-145, U-146, U-149, U-201, U-202, U-331, U-553, U-557, U-558, U-559, U-561, U-562, U-564, U-751, UA.
30 boats at sea.
1942
U-43, U-66, U-67, U-68, U-71, U-77, U-84, U-86, U-87, U-88, U-89, U-90 (+), U-107, U-116, U-126, U-128, U-129, U-130, U-132, U-134, U-135, U-136 (+), U-153 (+), U-154, U-156, U-159, U-160, U-161, U-166 (+), U-171 (+), U-172, U-173, U-201, U-202, U-203, U-251, U-255, U-332, U-334, U-355, U-372, U-373, U-375, U-376, U-379 (+), U-402, U-404, U-408, U-437, U-453, U-454, U-456, U-457, U-458, U-459, U-460, U-461, U-502 (+), U-504, U-505, U-507, U-508, U-509, U-552, U-561, U-562, U-571, U-572, U-575, U-576 (+), U-582, U-584, U-597, U-653, U-657, U-701 (+), U-703, U-704, U-752, U-754 (+).
80 boats at sea.
1943
U-18, U-19, U-23, U-66, U-67 (+), U-84 (+), U-134 (+), U-135 (+), U-154, U-155, U-159 (+), U-160 (+), U-168, U-170, U-172, U-177, U-178, U-181, U-183, U-185 (+), U-188, U-190, U-193, U-195, U-196, U-197 (+), U-198, U-199 (+), U-211, U-212, U-221, U-228, U-232 (+), U-257, U-267, U-271, U-277, U-302, U-306, U-333, U-336, U-341, U-358, U-359 (+), U-371, U-375, U-380, U-382, U-386, U-387, U-406, U-409 (+), U-415, U-420, U-435 (+), U-453, U-455, U-458, U-462, U-466, U-487 (+), U-488, U-505, U-508, U-509 (+), U-510, U-511, U-513 (+), U-514 (+), U-527 (+), U-532, U-535 (+), U-536, U-558 (+), U-565, U-571, U-572 (+), U-586, U-590 (+), U-591 (+), U-592, U-593, U-598 (+), U-600, U-603, U-604 (+), U-608, U-615 (+), U-617, U-618, U-622, U-634 (+), U-641, U-642, U-648, U-653, U-662 (+), U-666, U-667, U-669, U-706, U-713, U-732, U-759 (+), U-951 (+), U-953.
106 boats at sea.
1944
U-19, U-20, U-107, U-129, U-181, U-183, U-196, U-198 (+), U-218, U-233 (+), U-243 (+), U-247, U-307, U-309, U-315, U-344, U-347 (+), U-354, U-361 (+), U-365, U-390 (+), U-394, U-480, U-516, U-530, U-534, U-537, U-539, U-546, U-547, U-636, U-671, U-673, U-678, U-711, U-716, U-737, U-742 (+), U-745, U-763, U-771, U-802, U-804, U-855, U-857, U-858, U-859 (+), U-861, U-862, U-921, U-953, U-956, U-965, U-984, U-992, U-994, U-995, U-1001, U-1060, U-1061, U-1165, U-1222 (+).
62 boats at sea.
1945
General Events on 4 July
1942
U-77 was attacked by the British submarine HMS Thrasher with torpedoes and gunfire west of Haifa in 32°48N/33°36E. At 08.09 hours, two torpedoes passed the U-boat in 50 metres distance in grid CP 5837. 5 minutes later the submarine surfaced and opened fire, but the U-boat crash dived and unsuccessfully tried to get into an attack position.---
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