U-2367
Type | XXIII | |||
| Ordered | 20 Sep, 1944 | |||
| Laid down | 11 Dec, 1944 | Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 521) | ||
| Launched | 23 Feb, 1945 | |||
| Commissioned | 17 Mar, 1945 | Oblt. Heinrich Schröder | ||
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| Career | No patrols | 17 Mar, 1945 - 5 May, 1945 4. Flottille (training) | ||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||
| Fate | Sank 5 May, 1945 near Schleimünde, in approximate position 55.00N, 11.00E, after a collision with an unidentified German U-boat. Raised in August 1956. Renamed U-Hecht (pike) and served in the German Federal Navy from 1 Oct, 1957. Stricken on 30 Sep, 1968 and broken up at Kiel in 1969. | |||
General notes on this boat
On 1 Oct, 1957 U-2367 is commissioned in the German navy as U-Hecht (S 171). Commander is Kaptlt. Hans-Heinrich Hass, who commanded from 1944 to 1945 U-2324.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-2367 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 |