List of all U-boats
U-669
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 20 Jan 1941 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 3 Nov 1941 | Howaldtswerke Hamburg AG, Hamburg (werk 818) | ||||||||
| Launched | 5 Oct 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 16 Dec 1942 | Oblt. Kurt Köhl | ||||||||
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Listed as missing in the Bay of Biscay on 8 Sept, 1943. There is no explanation for its loss. 52 dead (all hands lost). (Axel Niestlé, November 1995). | |||||||||
Previously recorded fate
- Sunk 7 Sept 1943 in the Bay of Biscay northwest of Cape Ortegal, Spain,
in position 43.36N, 10.13W, by depth charges from a Canadian aircraft (RCAF-Sqdn. 407). (Postwar assessment)
Notes. This attack was actually against U-584 inflicting no damages.
Attacks on this boat
25 Jul 1943
A man from U-669 died on 25 July but I do not have the details. The boat was at this time in St. Nazaire. [Bootsmaat Erich Bergner]
1 recorded attack on this boat.
Men lost from the boat
25 Jul 1943
A man from U-669 died on 25 July but I do not have the details. The boat was at this time in St. Nazaire. [Bootsmaat Erich Bergner]
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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