List of all U-boats

U-2520

Type

XXI

 
Ordered6 Nov 1943
Laid down24 Aug 1944 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 2520)
Launched16 Oct 1944
Commissioned25 Dec 1944Oblt. Albrecht Schubart
Commanders
25 Dec 1944 - 19 Apr 1945  Oblt. Albrecht Schubart
20 Apr 1945 - 3 May 1945  KrvKpt. Rudolf Schendel
Career
No patrols
25 Dec 1944-3 May 1945  31. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Scuttled on 3 May, 1945 at Kiel. 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-2520 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.

U-boat Emblems

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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.