List of all U-boats

U-2523

Type

XXI

 
Ordered6 Nov 1943
Laid down6 Sep 1944 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 2523)
Launched25 Oct 1944
Commissioned26 Dec 1944Kptlt. Hans-Heinrich Ketels
Commanders
26 Dec 1944 - 17 Jan 1945  Kptlt. Hans-Heinrich Ketels
Career
No patrols
26 Dec 1944-17 Jan 1945  31. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Sunk 17 Jan, 1945 at position 4 at the Blohm & Voss yard in Hamburg, by bombs. 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-2523 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.