Scuttled U-boats, May 1945

Scuttled U-boats - Type XXI

XXI boats
2 Type XXI (U-3040 in the foreground) scuttled in Kiel harbour.

U-boatTypeDateCommander
U-2501XXI3 May 1945
U-2503XXI4 May 1945Kptlt. Karl-Jürg Wächter
U-2504XXI3 May 1945
U-2505XXI3 May 1945Oblt. Joachim Düppe
U-2507XXI5 May 1945Kptlt. Paul Siegmann
U-2508XXI3 May 1945Oblt. Uwe Christiansen
U-2510XXI2 May 1945Oblt. Werner Herrmann
U-2512XXI3 May 1945Kptlt. Hubert Nordheimer
U-2517XXI5 May 1945Oblt. Hermann Hansen
U-2519XXI3 May 1945
U-2520XXI3 May 1945KrvKpt. Rudolf Schendel
U-2522XXI5 May 1945Kptlt. Horst-Thilo Queck
U-2524XXI3 May 1945Kptlt. Ernst von Witzendorff
U-2525XXI5 May 1945Kptlt. Paul-Friedrich Otto
U-2526XXI2 May 1945Oblt. Otto Hohmann
U-2527XXI2 May 1945Oblt. Hans Götze
U-2528XXI2 May 1945
U-2531XXI2 May 1945Kptlt. Hellmut Niss
U-2533XXI3 May 1945
U-2534XXI3 May 1945Kptlt. Ulrich Drews
U-2535XXI3 May 1945
U-2536XXI3 May 1945Oblt. Ulrich Vöge
U-2538XXI8 May 1945Oblt. Heinrich Klapdor
U-2539XXI3 May 1945Oblt. Johann Johann
U-2540XXI4 May 1945Oblt. Rudolf Schultze
U-2541XXI5 May 1945Kptlt. Rolf-Birger Wahlen
U-2543XXI3 May 1945Oblt. Gottfried Stolzenburg
U-2544XXI5 May 1945Oblt. Rudolf Meinlschmidt
U-2545XXI3 May 1945Oblt. Hans-Bruno von Müffling
U-2546XXI3 May 1945Oblt. Max Dobbert
U-2548XXI3 May 1945Oblt. Karl-Erich Utischill
U-2552XXI3 May 1945Kptlt. Johannes Rudolph
U-3001XXI3 May 1945Kptlt. Wilhelm Peters
U-3002XXI2 May 1945FrgKpt. Hermann Kaiser
U-3004XXI2 May 1945
U-3005XXI3 May 1945Kptlt. Johannes Hinrichs
U-3010XXI3 May 1945
U-3011XXI3 May 1945Oblt. Otto Fränzel
U-3012XXI3 May 1945Oblt. Alfred Meier
U-3013XXI3 May 1945Kptlt. Volker Simmermacher
U-3014XXI3 May 1945Kptlt. Karl-Heinz Marbach
U-3015XXI5 May 1945Kptlt. Peter-Ottmar Grau
U-3016XXI2 May 1945Oblt. Bernhard Meentzen
U-3018XXI2 May 1945Oblt. Siegfried Breinlinger
U-3019XXI2 May 1945Oblt. Ernst-August Racky
U-3020XXI2 May 1945Oblt. Heinrich Mäueler
U-3021XXI2 May 1945Oblt. Kurt van Meteren
U-3022XXI5 May 1945Kptlt. Paul Weber
U-3023XXI3 May 1945Oblt. Erich Harms
U-3024XXI3 May 1945Oblt. Fredinand Blaich
U-3025XXI3 May 1945Kptlt. Hans Vogel
U-3026XXI3 May 1945Oblt. Günther Drescher
U-3027XXI3 May 1945Kptlt. Karl Mehne
U-3028XXI3 May 1945Kptlt. Erwin Christophersen
U-3029XXI3 May 1945Kptlt. Hermann Lamby
U-3030XXI8 May 1945Oblt. Bernhard Luttmann
U-3031XXI3 May 1945Oblt. Heinrich Sach
U-3033XXI4 May 1945Oblt. Peter Callsen
U-3034XXI4 May 1945Oblt. Horst Willner
U-3037XXI3 May 1945Kptlt. Gustav-Adolf Janssen
U-3038XXI3 May 1945Oblt. Matthias Brünig
U-3039XXI3 May 1945Kptlt. Günter Ruperti
U-3040XXI3 May 1945
U-3044XXI5 May 1945Kptlt. Detlef von Lehsten
U-3501XXI5 May 1945
U-3503XXI8 May 1945Oblt. Hugo Deiring
U-3504XXI2 May 1945Kptlt. Karl-Hartwig Sieboid
U-3506XXI2 May 1945Kptlt. Gerhard Thäter
U-3507XXI3 May 1945Oblt. Hans-Jürgen Schley
U-3509XXI3 May 1945Oblt. Wilhelm Neitzsch
U-3510XXI5 May 1945Oblt. Ernst-Werner Schwirley
U-3511XXI3 May 1945Kptlt. Hermann Schrenk
U-3513XXI3 May 1945Oblt. Otto Heinrich Nachtigall
U-3516XXI2 May 1945Oblt. Heinrich Grote
U-3517XXI2 May 1945Kptlt. Helmut Münster
U-3518XXI3 May 1945Kptlt. Herbert Brünning
U-3521XXI2 May 1945Oblt. Günther Keller
U-3522XXI2 May 1945Oblt. Dieter Lenzmann
U-3524XXI5 May 1945KrvKpt. Hans-Ludwig Witt
U-3525XXI3 May 1945Kptlt. Franz Kranich
U-3526XXI5 May 1945Oblt. Kurt Hilbig
U-3527XXI5 May 1945
U-3528XXI5 May 1945
U-3529XXI5 May 1945Oblt. Karl-Heinz Schmidt
U-3530XXI3 May 1945Oblt. Walter-Ernst Koch

85 Type XXI Elektro boats boats scuttled in May 1945.

U-3539 - U-3542 (4 U-boats) were scuttled at Schichau, these boats were about 80% complete at the time.

U-2505, U-3004 and U-3506 were not really scuttled along with the other boats but rather trapped inside the Elbe II fitting-out bunker in Hamburg. There they stayed undiscovered until 1985. For further information please check out the U-3004 page.


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