Type | XXI | ||||||
| Ordered | 6 Nov 1943 | ||||||
| Laid down | 13 Oct 1944 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 2533) | |||||
| Launched | 7 Dec 1944 | ||||||
| Commissioned | 18 Jan 1945 | Oblt. Horst Günther | |||||
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| Career No patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | ||||||
| Fate | Scuttled on 3 May, 1945 at Travemünde. Wreck broken up. | ||||||
The Commander, Oblt. Horst Günther, left the boat on 30 April 1945 to take command of a type VIIC boat. U-2533 was then taken over by the IWO, Oblt. Josef Rink. The crew waited at Travemünde for orders to sail to Bergen but after the cease-fire they sailed out, most of the crew got off while the machine crew prepared to scuttle the boat.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-2533 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
U-boat Emblems
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