List of all U-boats

U-2534

Type

XXI

 
Ordered6 Nov 1943
Laid down23 Oct 1944 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 2534)
Launched11 Dec 1944
Commissioned17 Jan 1945Kptlt. Ulrich Drews
Commanders
17 Jan 1945 - 8 May 1945  Kptlt. Ulrich Drews
Career
No patrols
17 Jan 1945-3 May 1945  31. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Scuttled 3 May, 1945 at east of island Fehmarn in position 54.26,8N, 11.34E (?) (Axel Niestlé, October 1991).

The boat was later raised and broken up.

Previously recorded fate

  • Sunk by a British Liberator aircraft (Sqdn 86/K) on 6 May 1945. (Postwar assessment)
    Notes. This attack was actually against U-3503 causing minor damages.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-2534 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.