U-669

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered20 Jan 1941
Laid down 3 Nov 1941 Howaldtswerke Hamburg AG, Hamburg (werk 818)
Launched5 Oct 1942
Commissioned16 Dec 1942Oblt. Kurt Köhl
Commanders
16 Dec 1942 - 7 Sep 1943  Oblt. Kurt Köhl
Career2 patrols 16 Dec 1942 - 31 May 1943  5. Flottille (training)
1 Jun 1943 - 7 Sep 1943  1. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo 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).

View the 2 war patrols

Previously recorded fate
(Last revised by Axel Niestlé during November 1995. More on revised fates.

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).

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 -



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2

Wynn, Kenneth


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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.



Related page:
U-boats Missing in Action.