U-2350

Type

XXIII

 
Ordered20 Sep 1944
Laid down 28 Sep 1944 Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 504)
Launched22 Nov 1944
Commissioned23 Dec 1944Oblt. Werner Schauer
Commanders
23 Dec 1944 - 8 May 1945  Oblt. Werner Schauer
CareerNo patrols23 Dec 1944 - 15 Feb 1945  32. Flottille (training)
16 Feb 1945 - 8 May 1945  4. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Surrendered at Kristiansand Süd, Norway. Taken to Loch Ryan, Scotland on 29 May, 1945 for Operation Deadlight.

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sunk on 28 November, 1945 in position 56.10N, 10.05W by naval gunfire from the destroyers HMS Onslow and ORP Piorun (Polish).

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-2350 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2
Wynn, Kenneth


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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.