U-3017

Type

XXI

 
Ordered6 Nov 1943
Laid down2 Sep 1944 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1176)
Launched5 Nov 1944
Commissioned5 Jan 1945Oblt. Rolf Lindschau
Commanders
5 Jan 1945 - 8 May 1945  Oblt. Rolf Lindschau
Career
No patrols
5 Jan 1945-30 Apr 1945  4. Flottille (training)
1 May 1945-8 May 1945  4. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Surrendered at Horten, Norway on 8 May, 1945, and transferred to Britain. Became the British submarine N 41. Used for tests. Broken up at Newport in November 1949.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-3017 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



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.