U-2504
Type | XXI | |||||||||
| Ordered | 6 Nov 1943 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 20 May 1944 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 2504) | ||||||||
| Launched | 18 Jul 1944 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 12 Aug 1944 | Oblt. Horst Günther | ||||||||
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| Career No patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate | Scuttled at 0700hrs on 3 May, 1945 near Hamburg, position not known. Wreck broken up. | |||||||||
This boat had a faulty construction and was assigned to training and experimental purposes only. She had a double propeller fitted (one reverse).
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-2504 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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