Type | XXI | ||||||
| Ordered | 6 Nov 1943 | ||||||
| Laid down | 24 Oct 1944 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 2538) | |||||
| Launched | 6 Jan 1945 | ||||||
| Commissioned | 16 Feb 1945 | Oblt. Heinrich Klapdor | |||||
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| Career No patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | ||||||
| Fate | Scuttled at 0445hrs on 8 May, 1945 off the south-west coast of the island of Aero near Marstel, in position 54.53.5N, 10.15.7E. Wreck broken up in 1950. | ||||||
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-2538 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
U-boat Emblems
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