U-3041

Type

XXI

 
Ordered6 Nov 1943
Laid down 7 Dec 1944 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1200)
Launched13 Feb 1945
Commissioned10 Mar 1945Oblt. Joachim Vieth
Commanders
10 Mar 1945 - 26 Apr 1945  Oblt. Joachim Vieth
27 Apr 1945 - 8 May 1945  Kptlt. Hans Hornkohl
CareerNo patrols10 Mar 1945 - 8 May 1945  4. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Surrendered at Horten, Norway in May 1945.

Transferred from Horten to Loch Ryan, Scotland on 29 May 1945. Became the British submarine N 29. Transferred to the USSR in 1945. From Feb 1946 to Dec 1955 in the Soviet Navy as B-30, later PZS-35. Broken up in 1959.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-3041 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.