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| U-466 | Type VIIC |
| Feldpost Number | M 06 641 |
| Construction Yard | Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel-Gaarden |
| Yard Number | 297 |
| Ordered | 15th Aug 1940 |
| Keel laid | 24th May 1941 |
| Launched | 30th Mar 1942 |
| Commissioned | 17th Jun 1942 |
| Baubelehrung | Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Ostsee, Kiel /
1.KLA, Kiel | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 06.42 - 12.42 | 5.U-Flottille, Kiel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 01.43 - 03.44 | 3.U-Flottille, La Pallice
Frontboot (operational)
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| 04.44 - 08.44 | 29.U-Flottille, Toulon
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 17.06.42 - 19.08.44 | OL ~ KL Gerhard Thäter
see also: U-3506 |
| Operations information for U-466 | 12.01.1943 - 11.02.1943
First Sailing - active patrol
U-466 left Kiel under the command of Gerhard Thäter on 12th Jan 1943 and arrived at La Pallice on 11th Feb 1943 after over four weeks.
| 17.04.1943 - 26.05.1943
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 17th Apr 1943, U-466 left La Pallice under the command of Gerhard Thäter and returned to La Pallice on 26th May 1943 after five and a half weeks on patrol.
| 29.06.1943 - 16.08.1943
Third Sailing - active patrol
U-466 departed under Gerhard Thäter from La Pallice on 29th Jun 1943 and arrived back at La Pallice on 16th Aug 1943 after nearly seven weeks on patrol.
| 29.09.1943 - 30.09.1943
Fourth Sailing
U-466 left La Pallice under the command of Gerhard Thäter on 29th Sep 1943 and returned one day later to La Pallice on 30th Sep 1943.
| 16.10.1943 - 19.11.1943
Fifth Sailing - active patrol
On the 16th Oct 1943, U-466 left La Pallice under the command of Gerhard Thäter and arrived back at La Pallice nearly five weeks later on 19th Nov 1943.
| 04.03.1944 - 30.03.1944
Sixth Sailing - active patrol
U-466 departed under Gerhard Thäter from La Pallice on 4th Mar 1944 and after more than three weeks arrived at Toulon on 30th Mar 1944.
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