List of all U-boats

U-3501

Type

XXI

 
Ordered6 Nov 1943
Laid down20 Mar 1944 F Schichau GmbH, Danzig (werk 1646)
Launched19 Apr 1944
Commissioned29 Jul 1944Oblt. Helmut Münster
Commanders
29 Jul 1944 - 4 Oct 1944  Oblt. Helmut Münster
Apr, 1945 - 1 May 1945  Kptlt. Hans-Joachim Schmidt-Weichert
Career
No patrols
29 Jul 1944-1 Nov 1944  8. Flottille (training)
1 Nov 1944-15 Feb 1945  7. K.L.A. Danzig (training)
16 Feb 1945-5 May 1945  5. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Scuttled on 5 (or 1?) May 1945 at the west side of the Weser estuary. 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-3501 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.

U-boat Emblems

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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.