List of all U-boats

U-680

Type

VIIC

Ordered

5 Jun 1941

Laid down

12 Oct 1942

Howaldtswerke Hamburg AG, Hamburg (werk 829)

Launched

20 Nov 1943

Commissioned

23 Dec 1943

Oblt. Max Ulber

Commanders

21 Dec 1943

5 May 1945

Oblt. Max Ulber

Career
4 patrols

23 Dec 1943	-	31 Jul 1944	31. Flottille (training)
1 Aug 1944	-	30 Sep 1944	6. Flottille (active service)
1 Oct 1944	-	5 May 1945	11. Flottille (active service)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

Surrendered on 5 May 1945 at Baring Bay, near Fredericia, Denmark (Waller & Niestlé, 2010).

Transferred to Loch Ryan, Scotland from Wilhelmshaven on 24 June 1945.

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.

Final location

View the 4 war patrols

Previously recorded fate

Surrendered at Wilhelmshaven 8 May, 1945.

Attacks on this boat and other events

27 Aug 1944
U-680 reported severe damage from depth charging. The boat was forced to return to base, arriving at Bergen, Norway 8 Sep. (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.