Shipwreck or sea mystery · 09.01.1945
U-679, the U-boat found where no one expected
U-679, allveelaev, mis leiti ootamatust kohast
The German submarine U-679 was commissioned in November 1943 and sent to the Gulf of Finland in 1944. For decades the record said she was sunk on 9 January 1945 by depth charges from the Soviet anti-submarine vessel MO-124, at a position off the Pakri peninsula. Then, in August 2015, her wreck was found 90 metres down at a different spot, and the first reports suggested that she had in fact run into a mine. The wreck lies north-west of the Pakri islands and is protected as a cultural monument.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Saksa allveelaev U-679 võeti teenistusse 1943. aasta novembris ja saadeti 1944. aastal Soome lahele. Aastakümneid väitsid ülestähendused, et selle uputas 9. jaanuaril 1945 Nõukogude allveelaevade jahtija MO-124 süvaspommidega Pakri poolsaare lähedal. 2015. aasta augustis leiti vrakk aga 90 meetri sügavuselt hoopis teisest kohast ja esimeste andmete järgi sõitis allveelaev tegelikult miinile. Vrakk lebab Pakri saartest loodes ja on kultuurimälestisena kaitse all.
Source: English Wikipedia: German submarine U-679; Estonian heritage register no. 30719 ↗