List of all U-boats
U-661
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 9 Oct 1939 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 12 Mar 1941 | Howaldtswerke Hamburg AG, Hamburg (werk 810) | ||||||||
| Launched | 11 Dec 1941 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 12 Feb 1942 | Oblt. Erich von Lilienfeld | ||||||||
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| Career 1 patrol |
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| Successes | 1 ship sunk, total tonnage 3,672 GRT | |||||||||
| Fate |
Sank on 15 October 1942 in the North Atlantic south-east of Cape Farewell, Greenland, in position 53.42N, 35.56W, after being rammed by the British destroyer HMS Viscount. 44 dead (all hands lost). (FDS/NHB, June 1987). | |||||||||
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Previously recorded fate
- The attack by a British Liberator aircraft (RAF 120/H) on 15 Oct, 1942 in position 53.58N, 33.43W. (Postwar assessment)
Notes. This attack was instead against the U-615, causing no damage.
Wolfpack operations
U-661 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Pfeil (12 Sep 1942 - 22 Sep 1942)
Blitz (22 Sep 1942 - 26 Sep 1942)
Wotan (12 Oct 1942 - 15 Oct 1942)
General notes on this boat
There was going to be another loss around convoy SC-104 as U-353 was sunk the next day.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-661 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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