List of all U-boats
U-1166
Type | VIIC/41 | |||||||||||
| Ordered | 14 Oct 1941 | |||||||||||
| Laid down | 4 Feb 1943 | Danziger Werft AG, Danzig (werk 138) | ||||||||||
| Launched | 28 Aug 1943 | |||||||||||
| Commissioned | 8 Dec 1943 | Oblt. Herbert Wagner | ||||||||||
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| Career No patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||||
| Fate |
Decommissioned on 28 August 1944 at Kiel, after being badly damaged by a torpedo explosion in Eckernförde on 28 July 1944. Hulk used as floating power station. Scuttled on 3 May 1945 off dry dock No.2 at the Deutsche Werke shipyard in Kiel. Wreck broken up. | |||||||||||
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Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-1166 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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