List of all U-boats

U-3005

Type

XXI

 
Ordered6 Nov 1943
Laid down21 Jun 1944 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1164)
Launched19 Aug 1944
Commissioned20 Sep 1944Oblt. Walter Sitek
Commanders
20 Sep 1944 - 10 Jan 1945  Oblt. Walter Sitek
11 Jan 1945 - 5 May 1945  Kptlt. Johannes Hinrichs
Career
No patrols
20 Sep 1944-3 May 1945  4. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Scuttled on 3 May, 1945 at Kiel. 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-3005 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.