U-680

Type

VIIC

Ordered

5 Jun, 1941

Laid down

12 Oct, 1942

Howaldtswerke, Hamburg (werk 829)

Launched

20 Nov, 1943

Commissioned

23 Dec, 1943

Oblt. Max Ulber

Commanders

21 Dec, 1943 - 8 May, 1945

Oblt. Max Ulber

Career

4 patrols

23 Dec, 1943 - 31 Jul, 1944  31. Flottille (training)
1 Aug, 1944 - 30 Sep, 1944  6. Flottille (front boat)
1 Oct, 1944 - 8 May, 1945  11. Flottille (front boat)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

Surrendered at Wilhelmshaven 8 May, 1945. Transferred to Loch Ryan, Scotland for Operation Deadlight.

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sunk on 28 Dec, 1945 in position 55.24N, 06.29W by gunfire from the British destroyer HMS Onslaught.

View the 4 war patrols

Attacks on this boat

27 Aug, 1944
The reported on this day that she had been depth charged causing severe damages. The boat had to abort its patrol and return to base, arriving to Bergen, Norway on Sept 8. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 632)

1 recorded attacks on this boat.

Schnorchel-fitted U-boat
This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus in July 1944. Read more about the Schnorchel and see list of fitted boats.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-680 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.