U-3032

Type

XXI

 
Ordered6 Nov 1943
Laid down9 Nov 1944 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1191)
Launched10 Jan 1945
Commissioned12 Feb 1945Oblt. Horst Slevogt
Commanders
12 Feb 1945 - 3 May 1945  Oblt. Horst Slevogt
Career
No patrols
12 Feb 1945-3 May 1945  4. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Sunk 3 May, 1945 east of isle Fehmarn, Germany in position 54.26,5N, 11.32,2E, by rockets from British Typhoon aircraft (Sqdn 184). 36 dead and 24 survivors.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-3032 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.