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U-Boat Operations
Major contributors to this section:
Commanders, Flotillas & Yards —  Fernando Almeida
Ships, General —  Werner Freitag
Ship Details —  David Rayner & Walter Janssens
Detail Consultant —  Horst Schmeisser
Patrols, Fates and Air Attacks —  Howard Cock

U-679Type VIIC
Feldpost NumberM 53 677
Construction YardHowaldtswerke AG, Hamburg
Yard Number828
Ordered5th Jun 1941
Keel laid3rd Sep 1942
Launched18th Sep 1943
Commissioned29th Nov 1943
Baubelehrung8.KLA, Hamburg
Training, Flotillas and Duties
11.43 - 07.4431.U-Flottille, Hamburg
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
08.44 - 01.458.U-Flottille, Danzig
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
Commanders
11.43 - 10.44LT Friedrich Breckwoldt
10.43 - 01.45OL Eduard Aust
see also: U-34 U-29 U-922 

Operations information for U-679
10.06.1944 - 12.06.1944
First Sailing
U-679 left Kiel under the command of Friedrich Breckwoldt on 10th Jun 1944 and arrived at Marviken on 12th Jun 1944 after two days.
29.06.1944 - 01.07.1944
Second Sailing
On the 29th Jun 1944, U-679 left Marviken under the command of Friedrich Breckwoldt and after two days arrived at Kiel on 1st Jul 1944.
06.07.1944 - 10.07.1944
Third Sailing
U-679 departed under Friedrich Breckwoldt from Kiel on 6th Jul 1944 and arrived at Helsinki on 10th Jul 1944 after four days.
11.07.1944 - 16.07.1944
Fourth Sailing
U-679 left Helsinki under the command of Friedrich Breckwoldt on 11th Jul 1944 and after five days arrived at Reval on 16th Jul 1944.
Friedrich Breckwoldt hit one ship on this patrol.
  • On 15th Jul 1944 he damaged the Soviet 36 ton TK-57.
18.07.1944 - 10.09.1944
Fifth Sailing - active patrol
On the 18th Jul 1944, U-679 left Reval under the command of Friedrich Breckwoldt and arrived at Danzig on 10th Sep 1944 after more than seven weeks.
02.11.1944 - 27.12.1944
Sixth Sailing - active patrol
U-679 departed under Eduard Aust from Danzig on 2nd Nov 1944 and after nearly eight weeks arrived at Libau on 27th Dec 1944.
Eduard Aust hit one ship on this patrol.
  • On 18th Nov 1944 he sank the Soviet 39 ton SK-62.
30.12.1944 - 09.01.1945
Seventh Sailing - active patrol
U-679 left Libau under the command of Eduard Aust on 30th Dec 1944. U-679 was lost on 9th Jan 1945.

Notes for U-679


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TK-57

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MO-105. ?

SK-62

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