Nummer: 21523


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
Nationality of target : Soviet
Actual type of target : Patrol Craft
Name of target : MO-104
Year of launch : 1941
Actual tonnage : 56 ts
Actual result : hit not ascertained
Footnote : U-679 was attacked by three Soviet MTB between 00:12h und 00:22h. She answered with her gun, and TK-57 was subsequently hit. The other MTB may have been MO-104, which sent an emergency radio signal. On the same morning, the Soviet cablelayer "Killektor" was attacked and sunk.


updated on: 25.08.1998
Remark: Anm. 15/0012
Changes: 1) Cloots, 09/1997: Angriff 15/0012 mit 2 Treffern statt 14/0016
2) Weis, 25.08.08: Setze MO-104 als zweites Ziel in die Tabelle.