List of all U-boats

U-3515

Type

XXI

 
Ordered6 Nov 1943
Laid down27 Aug 1944 F Schichau GmbH, Danzig (werk 1660)
Launched4 Nov 1944
Commissioned14 Dec 1944Oblt. Fedor Kuscher
Commanders
14 Dec 1944 - 8 May 1945  Oblt. Fedor Kuscher
Career
No patrols
14 Dec 1944-15 Feb 1945  8. Flottille (training)
16 Feb 1945-8 May 1945  5. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Surrendered on 9 May 1945 at Horten, Norway (Waller & Niestlé, 2010).

Transferred from Horten to Loch Ryan, Scotland on 19 May, 1945.

Became the British submarine N 30.

Transferred to the USSR in 1945. From Feb 1946 to Sept 1972 in the Soviet Navy as B-27, later BS-28 and UTS-3. Used from Jan 1957 as a training boat. Broken up in 1973.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-3515 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.