List of all U-boats
U-466
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||
Ordered | 15 Aug 1940 | |||||||||||||
Laid down | 24 May 1941 | Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel (werk 297) | ||||||||||||
Launched | 30 Mar 1942 | |||||||||||||
Commissioned | 17 Jun 1942 | Oblt. Gerhard Thäter | ||||||||||||
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Career 5 patrols |
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Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||||||
Fate |
Scuttled on 19 August 1944 off Saint-Mandrier peninsula at Toulon, in position 43.05N, 05.56E, to prevent capture because the boat was unseaworthy after being damaged by bombs during US air raid (15th AF) at Toulon on 5 July 1944. Wreck broken up in 1946. | |||||||||||||
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Wolfpack operations
U-466 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Haudegen (26 Jan 1943 - 29 Jan 1943)
Amsel (22 Apr 1943 - 3 May 1943)
Amsel 4 (3 May 1943 - 6 May 1943)
Rhein (7 May 1943 - 10 May 1943)
Elbe 2 (10 May 1943 - 13 May 1943)
Schill (25 Oct 1943 - 10 Nov 1943)
Attacks on this boat and other events
23 Jul 1943
American B-18 and B-24 bombers attacked the boat. No damage. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 366)
24 Jul 1943
An attack by a B-24 Liberator caused minor damage but left five wounded, one, the 1st Officer, severely.
9 Nov 1943
Damage inflicted by convoy escorts from MKS 29 forced U-466 to return to France for repair. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 447)
30 Mar 1944
In the Mediterranean off Toulon, southern France, the British submarine HMS Uproar fired four torpedoes at U-466, all of which missed.
4 recorded attacks on this boat.
General notes on this boat
29 Jan 1943. On 29 January 1943 U-466 was forced to return to base by serious technical problems.
Men lost from the boat
24 Jul 1943
An attack by a B-24 Liberator caused minor damage but left five wounded, one, the 1st Officer, severely.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
U-boat Emblems
We have 1 emblem entry for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
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