U-3003

Type

XXI

 
Ordered6 Nov 1943
Laid down27 May 1944 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1162)
Launched18 Jul 1944
Commissioned22 Aug 1944Oblt. Ludo Kregelin
Commanders
22 Aug 1944 - 4 Apr 1945  Oblt. Ludo Kregelin
Career
No patrols
22 Aug 1944-4 Apr 1945  4. Flottille (trial boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Sunk 4 April, 1945 at Kiel, 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-3003 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.


We have an emblem for this boat!

You can view it here. (The emblem on the left is not the emblem for this boat).



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2
Wynn, Kenneth


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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.