List of all U-boats
U-969
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||
Ordered | 5 Jun 1941 | |||||||||||||
Laid down | 29 May 1942 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 169) | ||||||||||||
Launched | 11 Feb 1943 | |||||||||||||
Commissioned | 24 Mar 1943 | Ltnt. Max Dobbert | ||||||||||||
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Career 3 patrols |
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Successes | 2 ships a total loss, total tonnage 14,352 GRT | |||||||||||||
Fate |
Destroyed on 6 August 1944 in Castigneau Dock No. 2 at Toulon, France, by bombs during a US air raid (15th AF). No casualties. Wreck broken up in 1947. | |||||||||||||
Loss position |
Wolfpack operations
U-969 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Siegfried (22 Oct 1943 - 27 Oct 1943)
Siegfried 1 (27 Oct 1943 - 30 Oct 1943)
Körner (30 Oct 1943 - 2 Nov 1943)
Tirpitz 2 (2 Nov 1943 - 8 Nov 1943)
Eisenhart 3 (9 Nov 1943 - 15 Nov 1943)
Schill 2 (17 Nov 1943 - 22 Nov 1943)
Weddigen (22 Nov 1943 - 4 Dec 1943)
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-969 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
U-boat Emblems
We have 1 emblem entry for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
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