List of all U-boats

U-2517

Type

XXI

 
Ordered6 Nov 1943
Laid down8 Aug 1944 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 2517)
Launched4 Oct 1944
Commissioned31 Oct 1944Ltnt. Hermann Hansen
Commanders
31 Oct 1944 - 5 May 1945  Oblt. (R) Hermann Hansen
Career
No patrols
31 Oct 1944-5 May 1945  31. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Scuttled on 5 May, 1945 in Gelting Bay. 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-2517 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



Hitler's U-boat War
Blair, Clay


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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.