List of all U-boats
U-2338
Type | XXIII | ||||||
| Ordered | 20 Sep 1943 | ||||||
| Laid down | 10 Aug 1944 | Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 492) | |||||
| Launched | 18 Sep 1944 | ||||||
| Commissioned | 9 Oct 1944 | Oblt. Hans-Dietrich Kaiser | |||||
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| Career No patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | ||||||
| Fate | Sunk 4 May, 1945 east-north-east of Frederica, in position 55.34N, 09.49E, by British Beaufighter aircraft (Sqdn. 236 & 254). 12 dead and 1 survivor. | ||||||
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Raised in 1952 and broken up
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-2338 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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