List of all U-boats

U-679

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered5 Jun 1941
Laid down3 Sep 1942 Howaldtswerke Hamburg AG, Hamburg (werk 828)
Launched18 Sep 1943
Commissioned29 Nov 1943Ltnt. Friedrich Breckwoldt
Commanders
29 Nov 1943 - 20 Oct 1944  Oblt. (R) Friedrich Breckwoldt
21 Oct 1944 - 9 Jan 1945  Oblt. Eduard Aust
Career
4 patrols
29 Nov 1943-31 Jul 1944  31. Flottille (training)
1 Aug 1944-9 Jan 1945  8. Flottille (front boat)
Successes1 warship sunk, total tonnage 39 tons
1 warship damaged, total tonnage 36 tons
Fate

Sunk 9 Jan, 1945 in the Baltic Sea in position 59.26N, 24.07E by depth charges from the USSR anti-submarine vessel MO 124. 51 dead (all hands lost).

See the 2 ships hit by U-679 - View the 4 war patrols

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-679 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



Hitler's U-boat War
Blair, Clay


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Books dealing with this subject include

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.