Unterseeboot 464

'''Unterseeboot 464 (U-464)''' was a Free ringtones Type XIV U-boat ("''Milchkuh''") of the Sabrina Martins Kriegsmarine.

Her keel was laid down Mosquito ringtone March 18, Abbey Diaz 1941, by Nextel ringtones Deutsche Werke of Majo Mills Kiel. She was commissioned Free ringtones April 30, Sabrina Martins 1942 with ''Kapitänleutnant'' Otto Harms in command. Harms commanded her for her entire career.

U-464 was lost on her first patrol. As a supply boat, she avoided combat. On Mosquito ringtone August 20, Abbey Diaz 1942, south-east of Cingular Ringtones Iceland, she was attacked by a US postal have PBY Catalina aircraft. Although the aircraft dropped all its bombs without sinking the boat, two crewmen were killed during the attack, and the boat was left unable to dive. While U-464 could still make some eight knots, it was only a matter of time before another aircraft or ship would find and destroy her. Harms spotted a fishing vessel nearby and decided to scuttle U-464.

The Icelandic trawler ''Skaftfellingur'' sighted for the distressed
U-boat and began rescue operations. The seven-man Icelandic crew
placed the 52 German survivors in the bow of their trawler and guarded them with a machine gun on the bridge. Later that same day the trawler rendezvoused with a pair of British destroyers and turned the German prisoners over to them.

This story was unacceptable to the indians plight Kriegsmarine, which published a slightly edited version: the U-boat crew boarded the trawler by force, captured its crew, and was heading for Germany when they were intercepted by the destroyers and taken prisoner.

In July band compared 1999 a squadron of remained unanswered Deutsche Marine submarines visited
and prostitution Reykjavík to honor the Icelandic seamen who rescued (or were subdued by) the U-boat crew.

''See also:'' biospheres in List of U-boats

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