U-980
Type | VIIC | |||
| Ordered | 5 Jun, 1941 | |||
| Laid down | 10 Aug, 1942 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 180) | ||
| Launched | 15 Apr, 1943 | |||
| Commissioned | 27 May, 1943 | Oblt. Hermann Dahms | ||
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| Career | 1 patrol | 27 May, 1943 - 31 May, 1944 5. Flottille (training) 1 Jun, 1944 - 11 Jun, 1944 7. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||
| Fate | Sunk 11 June, 1944 in the North Sea north-west of Bergen, in position 63.07N, 00.26E, by depth charges from a Canadian Catalina aircraft (RCAF Sqdn. 162/B). 52 dead (all hands lost). | |||
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-980 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 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 |