Nummer: 20601
| Area : | Arctic Ocean |
| Date of attack : | 01.04.1944 |
| Time of attack : | 02:31 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 968 |
| Commander : | Westphalen |
| Grid : | AB 8110 |
| presumed target type : | Destroyer |
| presumed result : | sunk ? |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 1 |
| Used weapon(s) : | Acoustic homing torpedo (gnat) |
| Convoy : | JW.58 |
| Actual tonnage : | ---- -- |
| Actual result : | hit not ascertained |
| Footnote : | U-968 heard a gnat (end-of-run) detonation after 9:30 min. |
| Convoy : | JW.58 |
| Route of convoy : | Loch Ewe - (Iceland) - Kola Fjord - (Arkhangelsk) |
| Remark to convoy : | Since Dec 1942, former PQ (counter traffic = RA) |