List of all U-boats

U-3525

Type

XXI

 
Ordered6 Nov 1943
Laid down17 Oct 1944 F Schichau GmbH, Danzig (werk 1670)
Launched23 Dec 1944
Commissioned31 Jan 1945Kptlt. Hans-Ludwig Gaude
Commanders
31 Jan 1945 - 30 Apr 1945  Kptlt. Hans-Ludwig Gaude
1 May 1945 - 3 May 1945  Kptlt. Franz Kranich
Career
No patrols
31 Jan 1945-30 Apr 1945  5. Flottille (training)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Damaged by bombs on 30 April, 1945 in the western Baltic. Taken to Kiel, and scuttled there on 3 May, 1945. 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-3525 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.