Nummer: 21522


Area : Baltic Sea
Sea area : Gulf of Finland
Date of attack : 15.07.1944
Time of attack : 00:12
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 679
Commander : Breckwoldt
Grid : AO 3555
presumed target type : MTB
presumed result : damaged
Used weapon(s) : Gunfire
Date of observation : 14.07.1944
Nationality of target : Soviet
Actual type of target : MTB
Name of target : TK-57
Year of launch : 1943
Actual tonnage : 36 ts
Actual result : damaged
Position of target : Viborg Bay
Footnote : Between Dec.1942 and Jun.1944 there have been no further U-boat operations in the Baltic Sea. - Early in July 1944 the finnish U-boats Vesihiisi and Vetehinen laid 3 mine barrages. There are no successes reported.


updated on: 25.08.1998
Remark: Anm. Minensperren
Changes: 1) Cloots, 09/1997: Angriff 15/0012 mit 2 Treffern statt 14/0016.
2) Woher kommt Erfolg TK-57 ?
3) Weis, 25.08.08: Überarbeitung Anmerkung 8 (Minensprerren)