terminated at Danzig, (now Gdansk). Loss The U-boat was sunk by a Soviet naval mine in the Gulf of Finland on 27 November 1944. She was found in 2009, explored in the summer of 2014 and 2018, sonar surveys by Estonian vessel VLT-089 on July 24, 2018; and filmed on 8–9 September 2018 by Finnish vessel Deep Explorer and on October 10, 2018, by Estonian vessel VLT-089 in position in Estonian waters. Summary of raiding history References Notes Citations Bibliography External links 3D image of sunken U-479 submarine World War II submarines of Germany 1942 ships Ships built in Kiel U-boats commissioned in 1943 World War II shipwrecks in the Baltic Sea Shipwrecks in the Gulf of Finland German Type VIIC submarines Ships lost with all hands U-boats sunk in 1944 U-boats sunk by mines Maritime incidents in November 1944