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| U-868 | Type IXC/40 |
| Feldpost Number | M 16 800 |
| Construction Yard | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG, (AG Weser) Bremen |
| Yard Number | 1076 |
| Ordered | 25th Aug 1941 |
| Keel laid | 11th Mar 1943 |
| Launched | 18th Aug 1943 |
| Commissioned | 23rd Dec 1943 |
| Baubelehrung | 6.KLA, Bremen | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 12.43 - 07.44 | 4.U-Flottille, Stettin
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 08.44 - 09.44 | 2.U-Flottille, Lorient
Frontboot (operational)
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| 10.44 - 05.45 | 33.U-Flottille, Flensburg
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 12.43 - 07.44 | KL Dietrich Rauch
see also: U-141 |
| 07.44 - 05.45 | OL Eduard Turre |
| Operations information for U-868 | 05.01.1945 - 09.01.1945
First Sailing
U-868 left Kiel under the command of Eduard Turre on 5th Jan 1945 and arrived at Horten on 9th Jan 1945 after four days.
| 21.01.1945 - 18.02.1945
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 21st Jan 1945, U-868 left Horten under the command of Eduard Turre and after four weeks arrived at St. Nazaire on 18th Feb 1945.
| 14.03.1945 - 10.04.1945
Third Sailing - active patrol
U-868 departed under Eduard Turre from St. Nazaire on 14th Mar 1945 and arrived at Kristiansand on 10th Apr 1945 after nearly four weeks.
Eduard Turre hit one ship on this patrol.-
On 17th Mar 1945 he sank the Canadian 672 ton HMCS Guysborough.
| 14.04.1945 - 17.04.1945
Fourth Sailing
U-868 left Kristiansand under the command of Eduard Turre on 14th Apr 1945 and after three days arrived at Bergen on 17th Apr 1945.
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