U-366
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 20 Jan 1941 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 22 May 1942 | Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges, Flensburg (werk 485) | ||||||||
| Launched | 16 Apr 1943 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 16 Jul 1943 | Oblt. Bruno Langenberg | ||||||||
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| Career 1 patrol |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Left Hammerfest, Norway on 4 March, 1944. Sunk 5 March, 1944 in the Arctic Ocean north-west of Hammerfest, in position 72.10N, 14.44E, by rockets from a Swordfish aircraft (Sqdn. 816) of the British escort carrier HMS Chaser. 50 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
Wolfpack operations
U-366 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Hartmut (23 Feb 1944 - 28 Feb 1944)
Boreas (4 Mar 1944 - 5 Mar 1944)
Orkan (5 Mar 1944 - 5 Mar 1944)
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-366 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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