U-366
Type | VIIC | |||
| Ordered | 20 Jan, 1941 | |||
| Laid down | 22 May, 1942 | Flensburger Schiffsbau, Flensburg (werk 485) | ||
| Launched | 16 Apr, 1943 | |||
| Commissioned | 16 Jul, 1943 | Oblt. Bruno Langenberg | ||
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| Career | 2 patrols | 16 Jul, 1943 - 29 Feb, 1944 5. Flottille (training) 1 Mar, 1944 - 5 Mar, 1944 13. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| 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). | |||
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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Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998 U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998 U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998 |