German submarine U-466 was a Type VIIC U-boat

U-boat

U-boat is the anglicized version of the German word U-Boot , itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot , and refers to military submarines operated by Germany, particularly in World War I and World War II...

 built for the German

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 Kriegsmarine

Kriegsmarine

The Kriegsmarine was the name of the German Navy during the Nazi regime . It superseded the Kaiserliche Marine of World War I and the post-war Reichsmarine. The Kriegsmarine was one of three official branches of the Wehrmacht, the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany.The Kriegsmarine grew rapidly...

 for service during World War II

World War II

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She was scuttled at sea on 19 August 1944.

U-466 was first launched by Deutsche Werke AG in Kiel on 17 June 1942, under the command of Captain Gerhard Thäter

Gerhard Thäter

Gerhard Thäter was a German naval officer.Entering the Kriegsmarine in 1936 he served in the submarine branch and as commander of U-466 and U-3506 saw action during the Second World War.When the Federal Republic of Germany established her own armed forces in 1956, Thäter joined the German Navy again...

. U-466 undertook five war patrols, lasting a total of 182 days at sea, with no ships sunk or damaged. The U-466 took damage on 29 January 1943 by depth charges dropped from U.S. B-24 Liberator

B-24 Liberator

The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, California. It was known within the company as the Model 32, and a small number of early models were sold under the name LB-30, for Land Bomber...

 aircraft. The boat was damaged and five men were wounded. On 30 March 1944 in the Mediterranean Sea

Mediterranean Sea

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 off Toulon

Toulon

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, France

France

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, the British submarine HMS Uproar

HMS Uproar (P31)

HMS Uproar was a Royal Navy U-class submarine built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Uproar...

 attacked U-466 with four torpedoes, all of which missed. In August 1944, the harbour at Toulon was attacked by the USAAF 8th Air Force and U-466 was severely damaged. U-466 was eventually scuttled on 19 August 1944 at Toulon during the Allied invasion of southern France in Operation Dragoon

Operation Dragoon

Operation Dragoon was the Allied invasion of southern France on August 15, 1944, during World War II. The invasion was initiated via a parachute drop by the 1st Airborne Task Force, followed by an amphibious assault by elements of the U.S. Seventh Army, followed a day later by a force made up...

. U-466 was the last U-boat to be scuttled in the Mediterranean.

U-466 bore the "heart & sunburst" emblem on its conning tower.