U-868

Type

IXC/40

 
Ordered25 Aug 1941
Laid down 11 Mar 1943 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1076)
Launched18 Aug 1943
Commissioned23 Dec 1943Kptlt. Dietrich Rauch
Commanders
23 Dec 1943 - 21 Jul 1944  Kptlt. Dietrich Rauch
22 Jul 1944 - 8 May 1945  Oblt. Eduard Turre
Career2 patrols 23 Dec 1943 - 31 Jul 1944  4. Flottille (training)
1 Aug 1944 - 30 Sep 1944  2. Flottille (front boat)
1 Oct 1944 - 5 May 1945  33. Flottille (front boat)
Successes1 warship sunk for a total of 672 tons
Fate

Taken out of service at Bergen, Norway on 5 May, 1945. Transferred to Loch Ryan 30 May, 1945 for Operation Deadlight.

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sunk on 30 Nov, 1945 in position 55.48N, 08.33W.

See the 1 ships hit by U-868 - View the 2 war patrols

Schnorchel-fitted U-boat
This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus in November 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-868 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.