German submarine U-366

German submarine U-366 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II.

She carried out one patrol. She did not sink or damage any ships.

She was a member of three wolfpacks.

She was sunk by a British aircraft northwest of Hammerfest in March 1944.

Service history
The submarine was laid down on 22 May 1942 at the Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges yard at Flensburg as 'werk' 485, launched on 16 April 1943 and commissioned on 16 July under the command of Oberleutnant Bruno Langenberg.

She served with the 5th U-boat Flotilla from 16 July 1943 and the 13th flotilla from 1 March 1944.

The boat was moved from Kiel in Germany to Bergen in Norway in February 1944.

Patrol
U-359's only patrol took her from Bergen to Hammerfest, along the Norwegian coastline, also in February.

Loss
During another move from Hammerfest, she was attacked and sunk on 5 March 1944 by rockets fired from a Fairey Swordfish of 816 Naval Air Squadron, FAA (Fleet Air Arm). The aircraft had flown from the escort carrier HMS Chaser.

50 men died in the U-boat; there were no survivors.