U-2513
Type | XXI | |||||
| Ordered | 6 Nov, 1943 | |||||
| Laid down | 19 Jul, 1944 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 2513) | ||||
| Launched | 14 Sep, 1944 | |||||
| Commissioned | 12 Oct, 1944 | Kptlt. Hans Bungards | ||||
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| Career | No patrols | 12 Oct, 1944 - 1 Apr, 1945 31. Flottille (training) 1 Apr, 1945 - 8 May, 1945 11. Flottille (front boat) | ||||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||
| Fate | Surrendered at Horten, Norway on 8 May, 1945. Taken to Oslo on 20 May. Left Oslo for Lisahally, Northern Ireland to which it reached on 7 June. Transferred to USA in August 1945 and used for trials. Sunk at 24.53N, 83.15W west of Key West, Florida during rocket tests by the destroyer USS Robert A. Owens on 7 Oct, 1951. | |||||
General notes on this boat
This boats lies at 228 feet depth (ca. 75m) at 24.53N, 83.15W near Dry Tortugas, west of the Key West, USA. This boat has been dived to by US Navy divers, the first dive was probably made in 1952 by 12 divers. This can be considered a very advanced dive site.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-2513 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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Books dealing with this subject include: Dive into History, Keatts, Henry C. and Farr, George C., 1994 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 |