List of all U-boats

U-2344

Type

XXIII

 
Ordered20 Sep 1943
Laid down4 Sep 1944 Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 498)
Launched24 Oct 1944
Commissioned10 Nov 1944Oblt. Hermann Ellerlage
Commanders
10 Nov 1944 - 18 Feb 1945  Oblt. Hermann Ellerlage
Career
No patrols
10 Nov 1944-18 Feb 1945  32. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Sank 18 Feb 1945 north of Heiligendamm, in position 54.16.5N, 11.48.5E, after a collision with U-2336. 11 dead and 3 survivors.

Raised in June 1956, measured and conserved, but not restored. Broken up at Rostock in 1958.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-2344 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



Hitler's U-boat War
Blair, Clay


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Books dealing with this subject include

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 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.