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The U-466 German VII-C
class submarine
L' U-466 era un sommergibile Tedesco della diffusa e versatile Classe VII-C: fu costruito a Kiel nei cantieri Deutsche Werke nel corso del 1941, e varato nel 1942.. . The submarines of the VII-C class were 67.10m long; displacement 769 tons (surfaced) 871 tons (submerged); max speed 17.7kn (surfaced) 7.5kn (submerged); five 533mm torpedo launchers; one 88mm gun, plus one or two 20mm or one 37mm machine gun. They were designed to dive down to -220m. I sommergibili della Classe VII-C erano lunghi 67.10m; dislocamento 769 tonnellate (in emersione) e 871 tonnellate (in immersione); velocità massima 17.7 nodi (in emersione) e 7.5 nodi (in immersione); erano armati con cinque tubi lanciasiluri da 533mm e di un cannone da 88mm, più una o due mitragliere da 12.7mm o un cannone da 37mm; erano progettati per potersi immergere fino a -220m The U-466 performed five missions. L' U-466 effettuò cinque missioni. On July
5, 1944, the U-466 was attacked and severely damaged by an American
Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber when she was in Toulon harbour. Il 5
Luglio 1944, l' U-466 fu attaccato e gravemente danneggiato da un
bombardiere Statunitense Consolidated B-24 Liberator mentre era nel porto
di Tolone. |
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The U-466
was one of the successiful VII-C class German submarines: she was
built in Kiel by Deutsche Werke during 1941 and launched during 1942.
