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Type	IIA
Ordered	2 Feb, 1935
Laid down	11 Feb, 1935	Deutsche Werke, Kiel (werk 237)
Launched	1 Jul, 1935
Commissioned	25 Jul, 1935	Oblt. Hermann Michahelles
Commanders	25 Jul, 1935 - 30 Sep, 1936   Hermann Michahelles 1 Oct, 1936 - 31 Jan, 1938   Kptlt. Heinrich Liebe (Knights Cross) 31 Jan, 1938 - 16 Mar, 1939   Oblt. Herbert Schultze (Knights Cross) 17 Mar, 1939 - 5 Aug, 1940   Kptlt. Helmut Rosenbaum (Knights Cross) 7 Jul, 1940 - 5 Aug, 1940   Oblt. Hans Heidtmann (in deputize) (Knights Cross) -- acting 6 Aug, 1940 - Oct, 1941   Georg von Wilamowitz-Möllendorf Oct, 1941 - 15 May, 1942   Karl Kölzer 16 May, 1942 - 19 Nov, 1942   Oblt. Werner Schwaff 20 Nov, 1942 - 12 Dec, 1943   Oblt. Helmut Herglotz 13 Dec, 1943 - 8 Apr, 1944   Oblt. Wolfgang Schwarzkopf
Career	2 patrols	1 Jul, 1935 - 1 Aug, 1939  U-Bootschulflottille (school boat) 1 Sep, 1939 - 1 Feb, 1940  U-Bootschulflottille (school boat) 1 Mar, 1940 - 1 Apr, 1940  U-Bootschulflottille (front boat) 1 May, 1940 - 30 Jun, 1940  U-Bootschulflottille (school boat) 1 Jul, 1940 - 8 Apr, 1944  21. Flottille (school boat)
Successes	No ships sunk or damaged
Fate	Sank 8 April, 1944 west of Pillau, in position 54.48N, 19.55E, after a collision with the German steam trawler Helmi Söhle. Raised on 9 April, 1944 and stricken. 17 dead and 18 survivors.

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Attacks on this boat

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-2 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.

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Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998 U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998 U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998 U-Boats of World War Two Volume 1, Stern, Robert C., 1988 ... see more Naval books

There was another U-2 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 18 Jun, 1908 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 18 Jul, 1908. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 2 during WWI.