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| Type VIIC |
| Construction Yard | Howaldtswerke AG, Hamburg |
| Yard Number | 809
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| Ordered | 9th Oct 1939 |
| Keel laid | 15th Feb 1941 |
| Launched | 17th Nov 1941 |
| Commissioned | 8th Jan 1942
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| Baubelehrung | Baubelehrung U-Boote Nordsee, Bremen /
Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Nordsee, Bremen /
8.KLA, Hamburg
| | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 01.42 - 07.42 | 5.U-Flottille, Kiel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 08.42 - 10.42 | 9.U-Flottille, Brest
Frontboot (operational)
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| 10.42 - 11.42 | 29.U-Flottille, La Spezia
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 11.41 - 11.42 | OL Götz Baur |
| Operations information for U-660 | 25.7.42 - 6.9.42
First Sailing - active patrol
U-660 left Kiel under the command of Götz Baur on 25th Jul 1942 and arrived at Brest on 6th Sep 1942 after just over six weeks.
Götz Baur hit four ships on this patrol and all of them were in convoy, all of them from convoy SC-94.
On 10th Aug 1942 he sank the British 3,807 ton Cape Race, sailing with convoy SC-94.
On 10th Aug 1942 he damaged the Greek 4,439 ton Condylis, a member of convoy SC-94.
On 10th Aug 1942 he damaged the British 6,008 ton Oregon, part of convoy SC-94.
On 10th Aug 1942 he sank the British 6,259 ton Empire Reindeer, from convoy SC-94.
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3.10.42 - 15.10.42
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 3rd Oct 1942, U-660 left Brest under the command of Götz Baur and after more than one week arrived at La Spezia on 15th Oct 1942. |
24.10.42 - 12.11.42
Third Sailing - active patrol
U-660 departed under Götz Baur from La Spezia on 24th Oct 1942. The boat was sunk on 12th Nov 1942. |
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