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U-2502

Type

XXI

 
Ordered6 Nov, 1943
Laid down 25 Apr, 1944 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 2502)
Launched15 Jun, 1944
Commissioned19 Jul, 1944Kptlt. Gert Mannesmann
Commanders
19 Jul, 1944 - 8 Apr, 1945  Kptlt. Gert Mannesmann
9 Apr, 1945 - 12 Apr, 1945  Kptlt. Hans Hornkohl
12 Apr, 1945 - 8 May, 1945  Kptlt. Heinz Franke (Knights Cross)
CareerNo patrols19 Jul, 1944 - 1 Mar, 1945  31. Flottille (training)
1 Mar, 1945 - 8 May, 1945  11. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Surrendered in the 11th Flotilla.

Left Horten, Norway on 19 May, 1945 and reached Oslo on 20 May. From Oslo on 3 June to Scapa Flow on which she reached on 6 June. On 7 June she reached Lisahally, N. Ireland.

On 1 Jan, 1946 she was taken to Moville some 15 miles north of Lisahally. From there she was sunk on 2 Jan, 1946 at 1030 hours in position 56.06N, 09.00W during Operation Deadlight.

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
On 1 Jan, 1946 she was taken to Moville, some 15 miles north of Lisahally. From there she was sunk on 2 Jan, 1946 at 1030 hours in position 56.06N, 09.00W.

Attacks on this boat

8 Apr, 1945
The commander, Kptlt. d. Res Gert Mannesmann, died during an air raid on Hamburg.

1 recorded attacks on this boat.

Men lost from the boat

8 Apr, 1945
The commander, Kptlt. d. Res Gert Mannesmann, died during an air raid on Hamburg.

  Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -



German U-Boat Losses During World War II

Niestle, Axel

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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