Nummer: 21118b
| Area : | Arctic Ocean |
| Sea area : | North Norway |
| Date of attack : | 17.02.1945 |
| Time of attack : | 10:30 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 968 |
| Commander : | Westphalen |
| Grid : | AC 8865 |
| presumed target type : | Destroyer |
| presumed result : | damaged |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 1 |
| Used weapon(s) : | Acoustic homing torpedo (gnat) |
| Convoy : | RA.64 |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 Angriff 2 Angriff 3 |
| Convoy : | RA.64 |
| Route of convoy : | Kola Fjord - Iceland - Loch Ewe |
| Remark to convoy : | Since Dec 1942, former QP (counter traffic = JW) |
| updated on: | 21.02.2005 |
| Remark: | 1030 T5 = |
| Changes: | 1) Niestlé 21.02.2005: 10:30 one T-5 on a second destroyer. Later a torpedo detonation was heard, believed to have hit a 3rd destroyer, which was seen earlier disappearing in the fog behind the 2nd one. No visual observations |