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German submarine U-68 (1940)

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Template:Infobox Military Submarine Unterseeboot 68 (usually abbreviated to U-68) was a German Type IXC U-boat built during World War II. U-68 was one of the most successful boats, succeeding in sinking over 197,000 tons of allied shipping in 10 patrols, a career lasting more than three years.

U-68 was built at the AG Weser in Bremen during 1940, and was ready for service in 1941. After her warm up, designed to give her an opportunity to train and repair minor faults, she was deployed into the Atlantic Ocean in February, 1941 and saw overwhelming success sinking 33 ships, including 1 auxiliary warship and the SS City of Cairo.

Fate

On the April 10 1944 she was sunk north-west of Madeira, Portugal by depth charges and rockets from Avenger and Wildcat aircraft of the US escort carrier USS Guadalcanal. U-68 was lost at position 33°24′N 18°59′W / 33.400°N 18.983°W / 33.400; -18.983 with 56 dead and 1 survivor.

References

See Also: List of U-boats

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