U-2509

Type

XXI

 
Ordered6 Nov 1943
Laid down17 Jun 1944 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 2509)
Launched27 Aug 1944
Commissioned21 Sep 1944Kptlt. Rudolf Schendel
Commanders
21 Sep 1944 - 8 Apr 1945  KrvKpt. Rudolf Schendel
Career
No patrols
21 Sep 1944-8 Apr 1945  31. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Sunk 8 April, 1945 at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg, by bombs from British Lancaster and Handley Page Halifax aircraft (RAF Bomber Command).

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-2509 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.


We have an emblem for this boat!

You can view it here. (The emblem on the left is not the emblem for this boat).



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.