U-680

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered5 Jun 1941
Laid down 12 Oct 1942 Howaldtswerke Hamburg AG, Hamburg (werk 829)
Launched20 Nov 1943
Commissioned23 Dec 1943Oblt. Max Ulber
Commanders
21 Dec 1943 - 8 May 1945  Oblt. Max Ulber
Career4 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)
SuccessesNo 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 attack 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.



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.