Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 5 Jun 1941 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 1 May 1942 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 166) | ||||||||
| Launched | 14 Jan 1943 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 4 Mar 1943 | Oblt. Eckehard Wolf | ||||||||
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| Career 1 patrol |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 10 Nov, 1943 in the Bay of Biscay near Cape Ortegal, Spain, by depth charges from British, American and Czech Wellington and Liberator aircraft (Sqdn 612/B, 311/D, VB-103/E, VB-110/E). 8 dead and 42 survivors. | |||||||||
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-966 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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