List of all U-boats

U-2529

Type

XXI

 
Ordered6 Nov 1943
Laid down29 Sep 1944 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 2529)
Launched13 Nov 1944
Commissioned22 Feb 1945Oblt. Karl-Heinrich Feufel
Commanders
22 Feb 1945 - 14 Apr 1945  Oblt. Karl-Heinrich Feufel
15 Apr 1945 - 8 May 1945  Oblt. Fritz Kallipke
Career
No patrols
22 Feb 1945-8 May 1945  31. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Surrendered on 9 May 1945 at Kristiansand Süd, Norway (Waller & Niestlé, 2010).

Transferred from Kristiansand-Süd, Norway to Loch Eriboll, Scotland on 3 June, 1945. Transferred on 7 June to Lisahally.

Became the British submarine N 28.

Transferred to the USSR in 1945. From Feb 1946 to Dec 1955 in the Soviet Navy as B-28. Then used for 2 years as an electric station. Broken up in 1958.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-2529 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.