List of all U-boats
U-676
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||
| Ordered | 5 Jun 1941 | |||||||||||||
| Laid down | 13 Jun 1942 | Howaldtswerke Hamburg AG, Hamburg (werk 825) | ||||||||||||
| Launched | 6 Jul 1943 | |||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 4 Aug 1943 | Oblt. Werner Sass | ||||||||||||
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| Career 2 patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||||||
| Fate | Sunk after 12 Feb, 1945 in the Gulf of Finland, position unknown, by a USSR mine. 57 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||||||
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Wreck of U-676 and U-745 discovered
In late 2012 a Finnish diving team 'Badewanne', after 10 years of searching, reported they had found both U-676 and U-745 in the Baltic south of the Finnish island of Hanko. Both boats went missing in early 1945 with all hands lost. The boats were apparently lost in the Finnish/Soviet minefield 'Vantaa 3' laid by Finnish mine layers Louhi and Routsinsalmi on 12 Jan 1945.
We're trying to find proper positions on the boats.
Information on Finnish mine laying operations (external site)
Attacks on this boat
5 Oct 1944
The boat claimed two Soviet planes (an Il-2 and a Pe-2) shot down near Ösel island in the Baltic. The U-boat was acting as a convoy flak escort.
1 recorded attack on this boat.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-676 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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