U-2515
Type | XXI | |||||
| Ordered | 6 Nov, 1943 | |||||
| Laid down | 28 Jul, 1944 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 2515) | ||||
| Launched | 22 Sep, 1944 | |||||
| Commissioned | 19 Oct, 1944 | Oblt. Gerhard Linder | ||||
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| Career | No patrols | 19 Oct, 1944 - 11 Mar, 1945 31. Flottille (training) | ||||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||
| Fate | Damaged in December 1944 in the Baltic Sea by a mine. Sunk 17 Jan, 1945 in Dock 111, Hamburg, by bombs while damaged sections were being replaced. Wreck broken up. | |||||
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-2515 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 |